Before you date anyone, you need to know their convictions about morals and Jesus. This can't be stressed enough. 

They might seem to agree with you on many points, but do you know if they are being honest or if they're just saying that they believe the same things as you to make you happy?

The devil will more than likely bring you someone who seems to fulfill all of the things you prayed for in your future husband. Guard your heart. Don't believe every spirit (or person) who claims to be of God. 

After all, the devil doesn't wear a red cape and have horns- he disguises as all you ever hoped and dreamed of. 

Before I launch into a story or two about this, here are a few verses about this:

"Do not be deceived: Bad company ruins good morals."

- 1 Corinthians 5: 11.

"And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light."

- 2 Corinthians 11: 14

"You shall not intermarry with them, giving your daughters to their sons or taking their daughters for your sons, for they would turn away your sons from following me, to serve other gods. Then the anger of the Lord would be kindled against you, and he would destroy you quickly. "

- Deuteronomy 7: 3-4.

"Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. On that day many will say to me, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?' And then will I declare to them, 'I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.' " 

- Matthew 7: 21-23

"But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the detestable, as for murderers, the sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their portion will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death."

- Revelations 21: 8

 "Don't you realize that those who do wrong will not inherit the Kingdom of God? Don't fool yourselves. Those who indulge in sexual sin, or who worship idols, or commit adultery, or are male prostitutes, or practice homosexuality, nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor slanderers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God."

-1 Corinthians 6: 9-10

"Beloved, believe not in every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world."

1 John 4: 1.

You need to know the beliefs of someone before you date them, whether you ask them about them directly or ask his friends or family. I have three stories about people who have had experiences with a signifant other who didn't hold the same values. The people from the first two shall remain nameless.

The first story is a recent occurrence.

A few months ago, he had an argument with his girlfriend over the subject of LGBT. They nearly broke up, but they made up after their argument. He figured that she only sided with them merely because she had friends who were like that. 

Just recently, he was having an online conversation with his girlfriend and one of her friends. Then, his girlfriend's friend messaged him in a private chat between them. 

Her friend asked him, "Would you still love her if she were bi?"

Knowing that she was asking him because his girlfriend asked him to, he asked her why his girlfriend asked her to ask him that.

Her friend denied that she had been asked to do that.

Then, he proceeded to ask his girlfriend why she asked her friend to do that.

His girlfriend denied asking her friend to do that.

Then, back in the three's group chat, he was asked the same question again, this time by his girlfriend, and her friend told him that she really was bi.

After a discussion with his girlfriend, he came to understand that she believed that it was okay to act upon those sorts of feelings. 

Because he loved God more, he broke up with her.

The other happened years ago:

She was married to a man. 

After years of marriage, she discovered that he was cheating on her. 

With a man.

It broke her heart, but she divorced him.

Now, the final story happened only last year. 

My parents had been married for nearly sixteen years. My mom had the new baby, we had just moved into a new house, we got cows, and my dad got everything he ever wanted.

In the March of last year, my mom had a dream that he was having an affair with another woman.  She immediately told him about the dream, causing him to feel guilty enough to tell her that he had been having an affair with another woman in real life. 

Wanting them to remain together, my mom had them both go to counseling to try to sort everything out and mend their broken marriage.

My dad left one evening in May, only to return later that night to tell my mom that he still loved her and wanted to be with her. She bought his lies.

After their sixteenth anniversary in July, my dad was in Wisconsin, and he called my mom and told her that he was leaving.  As it turned out, he was planning his financial situation the whole time between May and then. 

He moved out for good in August. 

They finalized the divorce in January.

Hopefully, these stories show you just how important it is to know someone's beliefs and convictions before you invest in a relationship with them. 

It is far better to stand up for your beliefs in God than it is to conform to the beliefs of your significant other.