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I bet it will be. I'd rather give myself to someone who is going to love me forever.
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| What could it hurt? |
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I've got a list -- my heart, my mind, my body and my future.
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| Everybody's doing it. |
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Wow! Everybody is a pretty big group. But I've heard that more than half of America's teens are virgins.
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You would if you loved me.
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If you loved me you wouldn't ask.
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I promise we'll use a condom.
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Condoms, like promises, are broken a lot more times than not.
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| No one has to know. |
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I'll know and I don't want to live with that.
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| What are you afraid of? |
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Pregnancy, more than 20 STDs.
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| You're just chicken. |
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It takes more guts to say no than yes.
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| Don't you want to know what it's like? |
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I'll find out someday and in the meantime I don't have to worry about pregnancy, STDs or feeling bad about myself.
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How will you know if the person you're marrying is any good at sex if you don't try it?
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When I get married, we'll learn together. I won't be compared to anyone else, and it will be so new and so exciting.
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| Put out or get out. |
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Bye, bye!
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| What's wrong with you? |
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Nothing, and I want to keep it that way.
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Guys hear things like:
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Maybe you just don't like girls
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Maybe I just don't like using girls. And maybe I'm just smart enough to save myself for my wife.
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It'll make a man out of you.
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Being a man isn't about having sex
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| If you were a real man, you'd do it. |
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If you were a real friend you wouldn't say something like that.
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There's nothing wrong with saying no to sex. You would tell your friends no if they asked you to go skydiving with a faulty parachute, wouldn't you? "No" is easy to say. Just make sure you keep yourself out of situations that might weaken your choice.
- Don't drink or do drugs. Both alter your thinking and ability to stick to your convictions.
- When you're tired, it's hard to think straight. When you lay down, make sure you're alone.
- Emotions can drive us down the wrong road. Know what emotional state you're in and steer clear of temptations to say yes to a sexual encounter that may send your emotions reeling.
- There's safety in numbers. Hang out with others, staying in groups so you don't find yourself in a situation you can't get out of.
- You've got a lot of life ahead of you. It's worth waiting for.
The most important choice of your life is to accept Jesus as your Savior.
When you do, keeping your commitment to yourself is a little easier since you have the strength of God to draw upon. If you've never accepted Jesus here's how to do it.
Realize that you can't get to Heaven by anything that you do. You can't be good enough to get there, and belonging to a certain religious group isn't instant admission.
Confess that you can't save yourself and you are lost without Jesus.
Believe that Jesus died for you and took care of the debt you owe for your sins.
Call on the name of the Lord Jesus Christ sincerely asking Him to save you from your sins. God promises that "whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved" (Romans 10:13).
Rely on God's promises, not on your feelings. By faith declare that you are saved because Jesus died for you. Confess Him as your Lord and Savior.
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