Importance of love in building a strong marriage

IOI CHRISTIAN MORNING MEAL

TOPIC: IMPORTANCE OF LOVE IN BUILDING A STRONG MARRIAGE

There are several non-negotiable essentials that stand as pillars in every strong, spiritual marriage.

Love –
When we speak of love, we are not talking about the kind of love portrayed in Hollywood. Movies and television depict love as nothing more than sexual desire. While the sexual relationship within the context of marriage is very important, 1 Cor. 7:1-5, even it flows from a deeper, more spiritual kind of love.

Paul describes the kind of love we are talking about in 1 Cor. 13:4-6. A closer look of love’s character is in order here.

v. 4 Suffereth Long - This word means “patient endurance even when provoked, long-tempered”. Love does not retaliate!

v. 4 Is Kind - This word refers to active goodness. It is never hateful or mean. Love is kind in words and actions.

v. 4 Envieth Not - True love is not jealous. Instead of being jealous when others prosper or excel, love is pleased when they do well.

v. 4 Vaunteth Not Itself - Literally, this phrase means “does not make a parade”. Love does not brag! It does not draw attention to itself or to what it is doing.

v. 4 Is Not Puffed Up - Love is not arrogant or proud. It does not demand to be number one.

v. 5 Does Not Behave Itself Unseemly - Love is never rude, but it always treats others with compassion, consideration and respect!

v. 5 Seeketh Not Her Own - True love is never selfish and self-centered, but it is actively interested in what will profit others. It never looks at itself first, but it always considers another ahead of itself.

v. 5 Is Not Easily Provoked - True loves keeps no record of evils done to it, but it willingly endures all slights and injuries. It is not irritable.

v. 5 Thinketh No Evil - “takes no worthless inventory” Two thoughts are in mind here. First, genuine love does not attribute evil motives to people. Second, genuine love does not keep a record of evils done to it. It doesn’t hold a grudge.

v. 6 Rejoiceth Not In Iniquity - Love does not rejoice in sin.

v. 6 Rejoiceth In The Truth - It rejoices when truth is proclaimed and when truth wins the victory. Love is glad for the truth, even when the truth hurts. Love is glad when truth wins the day!

This kind of love is to be mutual. The husband is commanded to love his wife with every fiber of his being, Eph. 5:25; 28, 31. The wife is commanded to love her husband, Titus 2:4. A home filled with love is a home filled with the essence of Heaven!

LET US PRAY
DEAR FATHER, PLEASE FILL OUR HOME WITH YOUR LOVE AND MAKE OUR HOME A GOOD EXAMPLE IN JESUS NAME.

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