Phase one: get dieseled -- Rule 1: make sure your relationship road map isn't upside down -- You have been wandering around in this hill country long enough, turn northward (Deut. 2:3) -- Rule 2: meet your personal mentor -- You shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you (Acts 1:8) -- Rule 3: know the plan -- "I know the good plans I have for you, " declares the Lord (Jeremiah 29:11) -- Rule 4: practice intimacy now -- Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away (Song of Solomon 2:10) -- Rule 5: clean house -- If anyone cleanses himself ... He will be a vessel for honor (2 Tim. 2:21) -- Phase two: get smart -- Rule 6: put the kingdom above the booty -- The glory of the Lord shall protect you from behind (Isaiah 58:8) -- Rule 7: recognize stop and go signs -- They tried to go ... but the spirit did not permit them (Acts 6:6) -- Rule 8: wait, don't whine -- Do not fret-it only causes harm (Psalm 37:8) -- Rule 9: pare down your pals -- In the multitude of counselors there is safety (Proverbs 11:14) -- Rule 10: stop looking back -- Do not remember the former things (Isaiah 43:18) -- Phase three: get together -- Rule 11: test the soil -- Other seed fell on good ground and yielded a crop (Mark 4:8) -- Rule 12: learn what Mr. or Mrs. Right needs -- Study to show thyself approved (2 Tim. 2:15) -- Rule 13: watch the wiring -- Can two walk together, except they be agreed? (Amos 3:3) -- Rule 14: handle the heat -- Be ye angry, and sin not (Ephesians 4:26) -- Rule 15: listen more, talk less -- Let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak (James 1:19) -- Conclusion: tour the high road -- Arise, walk the width of the land, for I give it to you (Gen. 13:17).