Dating is a word to describe someone around your life without a meaningful purpose. For a child of God, every relationship ought to be of marriage in view.

So, before you go into relationship, you must understand and have the following:

1. Be mature enough

2. Define your life already

3. Be ready

4. Be divinely guided

However, there are relationship mistakes that many of us make today and they are causing problems for many homes today.

Know this, mistakes are inevitable but they are also avoidable.

Let's examine twenty (20) relationship mistakes.

1. Mistake of prophetic manipulation.

2. Mistake of marrying under pressure.

3. Mistake of setting benchmark.

4. Mistake of premarital sex.

5. Mistake of keeping God out of the equation.

6. Mistake of going against the will of God.

7. Mistake of despising the will of God.

8. Mistake of being trapped in the past.

9. Mistake of resurrecting old flames.

10. Mistake of red flags.

11. Mistake of fear of marriage.

12. Mistake of match-making.

13. Mistake of hiding yourself from your counsellors.

14. Mistake of laying faulty foundation.

15. Mistake of over-familiarity.

16. Mistake of dishonour.

17. Mistake of downplaying the role of finances.

18. Mistake of unguided communication.

19. Mistake of hiding from each other.

20. Mistake of hearing and going through this message once.