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Ingredients of Happy Families: LOVE

Ingredients of happy families: Love Eros = erotic Storge = family (Rom 1: 31; 2 Tim 3: 3) Philia = friendly (Rom 12: 10; 2 Pet 1: 7) Agape = highest (Gen 24: 67; Ti 2: 3 -4)

Ingredients of happy families: Love Agape = undefeatable goodwill Act of emotion (Gen 24: 67) Act of training (Titus 2: 3 -4) Act of will (Matt 5: 43 -48; 1 John 4: 10, 19) Act of selflessness (Luke 10: 25 -37; Phil 2: 3 -4; Gal 5: 13) Act of God (Rom 5: 6 -8; Eph 5: 25 -32)

Troubleshooting: Love Misunderstanding love (solution: solution show your love) Dating for physical intimacy (solution: solution wait for marriage. SS 2: 7; 2 Sam 13: 15; Gen 2: 24) Unrealistic expectations (solution: solution communicate w/everyone involved)

Troubleshooting: Love Uncommitted to faithfulness (solution: solution pledge your troth, Num 32: 22 -23; Gal 6: 7) Unconcerned w/ fostering love (solution: solution much time and effort) Unconcerned w/ fostering physical intimacy (solution: solution tend the garden! 1 Cor 7: 2 -5; cf. Gen 45: 14 -15; Luke 15: 20)

Ingredients of Happy Families: (2) LOVE

Troubleshooting: Love Misunderstanding love (solution: solution show your love) Dating for physical intimacy (solution: solution wait for marriage. SS 2: 7; 2 Sam 13: 15; Gen 2: 24) Unrealistic expectations (solution: solution communicate w/everyone involved)

Troubleshooting: Love Uncommitted to faithfulness (solution: solution pledge your troth. Num 32: 22 -23; Gal 6: 7) Unconcerned w/ fostering love (solution: solution much time and effort) Unconcerned w/ fostering physical intimacy (solution: solution tend the garden! 1 Cor 7: 2 -5; cf. Gen 45: 14 -15; Luke 15: 20)

Troubleshooting: Love Myopia of love (solution: solution love ALWAYS looks outwardly. Gen 27; Judg 14 -16) Absence of gratitude (solution: solution love ALWAYS looks for expression) Absence of joy (solution: solution God placed joy within the family. Ecc 9: 9)

Troubleshooting: Love Lack of communication (solution: solution quite time, elicit discussion, listen with patience. ) Disinterest in regaining love (solution: solution go back to the beginning. Rev 2: 4 -5)

Behavior of: Love 1 Corinthians 13: 4 Love is patient [long-spirited, long-suffering] Love is kind [useful, benevolent] Love is not jealous [covetous] Love does not brag [boast] Love is not arrogant [inflated ego]

Behavior of: Love 1 Corinthians 13: 5 Love does not act unbecomingly [rudely] Love does not seek its own [demand its way] Love is not provoked [irritable] Love does not take into account a wrong suffered [keeps no record of being wronged]

Behavior of: Love 1 Corinthians 13: 6 Love does not rejoice in unrighteousness [injustice, unfairness] Love rejoices with the truth [when truth prevails]

Behavior of: Love 1 Corinthians 13: 7 Love bears all things [to cover with silence] Love believes all things [never loses faith] Love hopes all things [always hoping for the best outcome] Love endures all things [perseveres difficult circumstances]

Behavior of: Love 1 Corinthians 13: 8 Love never fails [constant, enduring through time]

Love makes all relationships a source of godliness and joy. “IOU” (Romans 13: 8 -10): “Tolerance” (Ephesians 4: 1 -3) “Togetherness” (Colossians 2: 1 -3)