You try the word 'Love’ the results is 7,110,000,000.
No marriage or relationship can be successful without love
1 John 4:7
Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.
What is love??
Love is more than just a feeling, an attraction or a passionate drive.
Love is more than just action.
Love is a decision.
John 15:12
This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.
1 Corinthians 13:13
And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love.
Christian love is not basically a feeling; it is an act of the will.
Love means treating others the way God treats us.
Love is the manifestation of Christ-like behavior in a marriage or relationship.
1 Corinthians 13:4-7
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres
Love is…
1. Love is Patient
When you choose to be patient, you will respond in a positive in a negative situation.
Patience brings an internal calm during an external storm.
Ephesians 4:2 (NIV)
Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love.
2. Love is Kind
Ephesians 4:32
And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you.
Kindness is love in action.
Patience avoids a problem; kindness creates a blessing
Proverbs 3:3-4
Let not mercy and truth forsake you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart, and so find favor and high esteem in the sight of God and man.
3. Love is not Selfish
Romans 12:10
Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves.
Philippians 2:3
Let nothing be done through selfish ambition or conceit, but in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than himself
Love is never satisfied except in the welfare of others.
Choosing to love your mate will cause you to say ‘no’ to what you want, so that you can say ‘yes’ to what they need.
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