Is this a good mindset to have ?

As long as you are willing to follow His will rather than the will of man which is self centered.

Man fell in the Garden because she/he put their will ahead of the will of God. God commands us to care for others but they, in eating the fruit, became aware of self and man has been self absorbed ever since, primarily doing what is best for self rather than others. Every woe in earth is based upon that fact.

QuestionQuest74 said:

What makes it easier to follow God’s word is that God wants what best for me since he loves more than my family or friends can ever do.

Is that’s a good mindset to have as a Christian?

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For me ......I am motivate towards obedience because I love Him.
Blessings.

QuestionQuest74 said:

What makes it easier to follow God’s word is that God wants what best for me since he loves more than my family or friends can ever do.

Is that’s a good mindset to have as a Christian?

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God does want what is best for you. So, we are wise to trust Him and submit to Him and do what He has us doing >

"casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you." (1 Peter 5:7)

But God does include friends and family and girlfriends in doing us good. And we need to learn how to love with each other. The men with Jesus were not right; they all needed to learn with each other how to love, be humble, and serve one another.

So, you do need to evaluate if and when someone is doing what is good. God can make us able to tell what is and what is not good to do with family and friends and girlfriends.

Someone trustworthy will welcome you to make sure with God.

"Test all things; hold fast what is good." (1 Thessalonians 5:21)

And where your attention is going is important.

We need to evaluate where our attention goes in relating with different people.

So, it is good to have women who bring our attention to Jesus and God's word and prayer.

And we need to care about what is best for each woman we know . . . like how God cares about what is best for us.

So, hoping to use women for what we want can be not loving them. Lust guides to and demands pleasure, love brings us to so better.

QuestionQuest74 said:

What do women gotta do with this whole conversation?

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They have to do with what is best for you. You said >

QuestionQuest74 said:

What makes it easier to follow God’s word is that God wants what best for me since he loves more than my family or friends can ever do.

Is that’s a good mindset to have as a Christian?

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Yes, this can be good. But there is more to it. God uses people to give us what is best. And we need to know His word so we can tell who is best for us . . . including which women are best for us and what to do with each one.

One can say, Oh I am in God's word and no human can love me like God does; and so I read God's word and do not expect much from humans. But if you isolate yourself only with God's word, you can inbreeding with your own imperfect self. So, we need the people has to help us.

And a women in Jesus can help you get the best we can share with God. 1 Peter 3:1-4 is one scriptural example of how God can use women to help men.

So, yes God uses His word, plus the good example of His obedient and selfless women. So, yes with God's word we can have what is best, but this is in sharing with the right women and men whom God uses to minister to us, while we can help them.

So, yes God loves us more and better than humans can. However, God has the right people whom He uses to help us.

And you have been talking in your other discussions about relating with women on dates. So, I am offering to connect those conversations with this one. I am offering that while we feed on God's word, we do well also to share with mature men and women so we have their good example and they can talk with us about things while they actually get to know us.

And if you date, I would go out with someone who is sharing with your mature example people. And both of you can talk with them about things. This way, your dating is more of a family thing.