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S1: Jim asks Gary, is there only one person out there

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S1: for me to marry?

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S2: Well, you know, Christians look at this in different ways.

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S2: Some believe absolutely that God has one individual picked out

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S2: for you, and he wants to lead the two of

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S2: you together. Others feel like that. This falls in the

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S2: category of other areas of life, where God gives us

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S2: choices on what kind of shirt to wear today, that

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S2: he hasn't predestined, that you wear a particular kind of shirt,

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S2: but he leaves that choice up to you. Both of

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S2: these views are Christian, because both of them recognize that

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S2: God is active in our lives, and if we're seeking

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S2: his guidance, he will guide us. And that's the important thing.

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S2: I think you'd find it interesting to read Genesis chapter

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S2: 24 and look for the principles that God used to

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S2: lead Abraham's servant to the bride for Isaac. I think

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S2: those same principles apply in our lives today.

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S3: Doctor Gary Chapman is the author of the Five Love Languages.

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