The Curriculum

Finding Intimacy in a Love - Starved World, is a curriculum designed and written for young adults who are asking for the secret to relationship success. God has preserved a remnant in this generation who will rise above immoral trends to play a significant role in the Lord’s return. This curriculum emphasizes urgent preparation mindsets based on the Song of Solomon love model. It includes a concise 10 week lesson plan and accompanying text to teach God’s plan for intimacy in relevant, 21st century terms. The expressed purpose for this
project has been three fold:

* To bring young adults into a thriving relationship with Christ based on intimacy rather than mere commitment.
* To empower young adults with the essential tools needed to secure a lasting love relationship with a future spouse.
* To ignite a holy passion for righteous living that will accurately portray the contagious love of God to our world.

The ten weeks are divided into two parts with a break down of topics as follows:

Part 1 (4 weeks)

Lesson 1:   “My Lover is My Friend”, Relating to God

Lesson 2:  “He Brought Me to His Banqueting Table”, Divine Romance

Lesson 3:   “I Am Yours and You Are Mine”, Getting Past a Casual Acquaintance with God

Lesson 4:   “Let Him Kiss Me”, The Battle of Unbelief

Part 2 (6 weeks)

Lesson 5:   “Doves and Shepherds”, Complimentary Genders

Lesson 6:  “Must I?” Love Equals Sex.  True of False?

Lesson 7: “Place Me Like A Seal Over Your Heart” God’s Plan for Sexual

Intimacy

Lesson 8:  “There is No Flaw in You”, Restored Purity

Lesson 9:  “Browsing Among the Lilies”, Dating with a Purpose

Lesson 10: “Bringing Contentment from Afar”, Becoming a Finisher

Lesson Content:

Each lesson includes the following:
• Recommended Reading List (for further study)
• OpeningDiscussion
•Object Lesson
• LessonContent(completewith“readaloud”text)
•Home Assignments (Each home assignment begins with a commentary on the referenced verse from the Song of Solomon.)

Sample Object Lesson (Lesson 7)

OBJECT LESSON #2: “Bonding is Designed for One Person” Place strips of Scotch tape about 3 inches in length on every students arm just above the wrist. Make sure it covers an area of hair. This represents your first sexual relationship. It is meant to be permanent with a bond at the soul level. Now ask each student to rip it off. It will be painful. (If this is done quickly, it does not hurt as much.) Explain that separation from your sexual partner is very painful. Now ask the students to apply their tape to someone else’s arm. Next, instruct each student to transfer the tape to yet, another student’s arm. Dis- cuss this object lesson and how it demonstrates a decrease in bond-ability.

Our ability to bond is the strongest with our first sexual partner where memories and emotional attachments are easily recalled. Subsequent sexual relationships decrease your ability to bond on a soul level making intimacy very difficult to establish and maintain...

HomeAssignmentCommentary (Lesson3)“I Am Yours and You Are Mine” “My lover is mine and I am his; he browses among the lilies.” Song of Solomon 2:16 “ I am yours and you are mine ”; that’s what “falling in love” means. It’s exclusive affection that distinguishes this relationship from any other. “I am yours” radiates through your soul with the realization that you are the preferred one. And the immediate response from your partner is, “You are mine!&rdqu

Romantic love is reciprocal; that’s what makes this sensation so awesome ...Just like human love, divine love is also reciprocal. That means God enjoys you. That means God misses you. That means God is desperate to be near you. That means you have a way about you that no one else can copy and God loves the way you make Him feel!!