Love Languages

Love Language

1 Corinthians 13:1-8 NIV
1 If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. 3 If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing. 4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5 It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. 8 Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away.

The expression of love must be prioritized

1 Corinthians 13:1-3 NIV
1 If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. 3 If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing.

Could it be that deep inside hurting couples exists an invisible
“emotional love tank” with its gauge on empty?

Running your marriage on an empty “love tank” may cost you more
than you know.

The expression of love must be personalized

1 Corinthians 13:4-6 NIV
4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5 It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.

The object of love is not getting something you want but doing something for the well-being of the one you love.

The problem is that we have overlooked one fundamental truth: People speak different love languages.

Author Gary Chapman has determined that there are five emotional love
languages—five ways that people speak and understand emotional love.

1. Words of Affirmation
2. Quality Time
3. Receiving Gifts
4. Acts of Service
5. Physical Touch

Once you identify and learn to speak your spouse’s primary love
language, I believe that you will have discovered the key to a long-lasting, loving marriage.

The expression of love must be permanent

1 Corinthians 13:7-8 NIV
7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. 8 Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away.

the average life span of a romantic obsession is two years.

Do we “FALL” in love? Do we “FEEL” love? Or, do we “FIGHT” for love?

We can recognize the in-love experience for what it was—a temporary emotional high—and now pursue “real love” with our spouse.

Your marriage is worth working on. Your marriage is worth fighting for!
And healing may be accelerated as you discover your spouses primary
love language.

“I can live for two months on a good compliment.”

Proverbs 18:21 NIV
21 The tongue has the power of life and death, and those who love it will eat its fruit.

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