Fundamentally, God is love. And because we are made in His image, we have the capacity to love deeply and genuinely. However, our understanding of love is shaped by many influences — the Bible, our families, our parents’ marriage, relationships around us, and even social media. All these factors affect how we perceive love and what we believe a relationship should look like. Because of this, we cannot date everyone we come across. Discernment is important. We must learn to recognize red flags, because a wrong marriage can negatively affect your service to God, your love for Him, and even your love for people. A red flag is a character trait or pattern that signals you should not get involved with someone. These are not issues to be “managed” or tolerated. Red flags are non-negotiable dealbreakers.

Love in its unadulterated form comes from God because God is love. From 1Peter 4:8,we are expected to give a 100% in relationships. Giving anything less results for a not so great relationship. We don't want okay relationships, because that will cause us to settle and relationships are too important for us to settle. People don't change, they expand in relationships. In relationships, the more you focus on yourself, the less you focus on the relationship. Marriage is an act of faith. From Ecclesiastes 4:10, we would also see that God is love, we’re made in his image, therefore we’re made in the image of love.

We must realize that God is not against relationships because he himself is the Personification of relationship— God the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. God understands the importance of a relationship. Thus, he stated in Genesis 2:18, "It is not good for a man to be alone..." Every product has a principle of usage AKA, the prescription. For whatever is produced by a manufacturer, the best principle to apply in its usage is the manufacturer's prescription. Love is the standard thing in a relationship; Every relationship ever founded began on a reason to love.