with love and to enable us to live by his power (Acts 1:8).

 

With all this loving care, how can we do less than serve him completely?] Keep in mind, the two-sided reality of the Christian life. On the one hand, we are complete in Christ, declared righteous and accepted fully by him. On the other hand, we are still growing in Christ, becoming more and more like him.

 

This love is a love that is planted in the human heart, but then is cultivated, watered, and cared for by the Holy Spirit. It’s like a gardener planting his new seeds in the rich soil.

 

He doesn't plant it and forget about it; he nurtures and protects it. [As Paul states clearly in 1 Corinthians 13:13, faith, hope, and love are at the heart of the Christian life. Your relationship with God begins with faith, which helps you realize that you are delivered from your past by Jesus’ death and resurrection.

 

Hope grows as you learn all that God has in mind for you; it gives you the promise of the future. God’s love fills your life and gives you the ability to reach out and love others.]

 

The word "love" appears 310 times in the King James Bible, 348 times in the New American Standard Bible. Not surprisingly [Jesus Christ is the name most mentioned in The Bible. Jesus is mentioned 973 times. In John 14:15, Jesus states, "If you love me, you will keep my commandments." And John 14:23 reconfirms that. "If a man loves me, he will keep my word".]

 

Many of you may have seen the bumper sticker that reads "Real men love Jesus." Jesus is that word that any man can love. Here are the loves from God’s word. The ancient Greek language had four words to describe different types of love, agape, phileo, eros, and storge.

 

Only two of these Greek words are used in the New Testament, agape (self-sacrificial love) and phileo (brotherly love). Here are the full meanings for each word.

Agape: Greek [Greek agape: volitional, self-sacrificial love] This is one of the most powerful heart to heart conversations in the Bible. Have you ever asked someone more than once, "do you love me? “Jesus asked Peter three times if he loved him.

 

The first time involved his love for other things. (Agape). The second time was close and personal (Agape). The third time Jesus used the word (Phileo, read below). Notice Peters response each time.

 

However, the third time Peter was grieved by the question. (Greek- lupeo) to make sorrowful, to affect with sadness, cause grief, to throw into sorrow. We all need the unconditional love that The Father (God) has for us.

 

There is nothing we can do to change how The Father feels about us. It is also the type of love that takes place between God and His Son Jesus. (Ephesians 2:4-5; 1 John 4:9-10).

 

Many of you have a heart devoid of love. Your heart has been shattered so many times. No amount of words, (Hallmark) Flowers, candy, or chocolate can repair it. There is no Dr. Love on earth that can love you like Jesus can.

 

If you’re tired of all the empty promises, open your broken heart to the heart made perfect for your heart. Please go to the drop-down page and read "How to know Jesus."

Philos: Greek, to love, to be a friend, to be fond of [an individual] that is, have affection for (denoting personal attachment as a matter of sentiment or feeling. This type of love is the one that we ought to have toward friends, family and pretty much toward everyone else.

 

Jonathan and David made a covenant together because Jonathan loved David as much as himself (1 Samuel 18:1-3; Romans 12:10). Jonathan and David's souls were knit together.

 

The word knit in Hebrew means to "bind, tie, bind together, league together." Have you ever seen a torn sweater reknit by a professional seamstress? You can't even see where the torn piece was? David and Jonathan hearts were knit the same way.

This is the kind of love God wants for you. Please send me a prayer request to pray for your broken relationships.

Eros:  This type of love is more of a physical form of love. ... husband should fulfill his wife’s sexual needs, and the wife should fulfill her husband’s needs (1 Corinthians 7:3-5; Ephesians 5:25-31.

 

Kiss me and kiss me again, for your love is sweeter than wine; (Song of Solomon 1:1). Did you know there are times in a fragile, hurtful marriage, that couples will use their bodies to punish each other by withholding marital sex?

 

The marriage relationship is built on sacrificial love. Meaning, you have come into this commitment to give all of yourself to your mate. How should a man love his wife? He should be willing to (1) sacrifice everything for her,

 

(2) make her well-being of primary importance, and (3) care for her as he cares for his own body. No wife needs to fear or resist submitting to a man who treats her in this way. Jesus spoke on the seriousness of the marriage relationship (Matthew 5:31,32).

 

God intends marriage to be a lifetime commitment (Genesis 2:24). When entering marriage, people should never consider divorce an option for solving problems or a way out of a relationship that seems dead. Love is a choice you make daily.

 

As you make that choice, as the passage above says, the Lord will lead you into a greater understanding and expression of his love. He will teach you to love like he does. Are your actions today helping your marriage grow stronger, or are you tearing it apart? Please leave me a prayer request to pray for your marriage.

Storge: (Greek, storgē ) Is liking someone through the fondness of familiarity, family members or people in your family tree. In (Romans 12:10) philostorgos is translated as “be devoted.” The word combines philos and storge and means “to cherish one’s kindred.”

 

Believers in Christ, children of the same heavenly Father, are to “be devoted to one another in love.” Philostorgus is used only once in the New Testament, and that’s in (Romans 12:10.) Family reunions can be a wonderful opportunity to fix broken relationships.

 

When a moment of time is considered to speak to hearts that have been offended, years of bad blood between relatives can be repaired. Why not invite Jesus into your next family gathering. Please leave me a prayer request if you would like help in this matter.

Why do you think babies and children love Jesus so much? When we teach and let children see how God has called us to love, it creates boundaries that tell our youth what the correct way is to love someone.

 

Sometimes I'm amazed at the thinking of adults when they think it’s strange for woman to be 35 years old and still be a virgin. When her heart has been preserved by God to wait until marriage, it’s a beautiful testimony to everyone.

 

I recall visiting my mother years ago to see how she was doing. As we continued to reminisce about various things, I told her I had just attended a silver ring ministry service.

 

When she asked me what this was about, I told her it was a service with about 250 teenagers who had committed their lives to the Lord to remain celibate until marriage. She was quite for a moment, but then told me everyone is out there having sex.

 

She alluded to all the stuff you see teens doing on TV and meeting at dance clubs and parties. I responded by telling her that she had been used to seeing what was constantly going on around her. Watching her children go through numerous relationships.

 

But I invited her to come to one of these services and see the love of Jesus in the eyes of these teenagers and let them share their love for Jesus personally. That abruptly ended the conversation.

 

I realized there are many people who think its abnormal to have a purity mindset about the true love God desires for us. True love is not based on words or hypocritical deeds, but it is based on truthful actions.

 

It doesn't only believe or hope, but it does actions that will make the things it believes or hopes a reality. “Love can happen many times. If you fall in love and the person turns out to be the wrong one for you. But true love happens just once.

 

In addition, people have different emotional reactions toward different people in the context of romantic love and hate. How long does being in love last? What are the different levels of love? These and many more questions people have about love. Cupid comes from Roman mythology and was believed to be the son of Venus, the goddess of love.

 

What can Cupid really offer? Believe me when I tell you, there's no Cupid with a quiver full of arrows waiting to shoot the love of your life. The last time I saw an arrow stuck in someone, it was hurtful and deadly. So again, what is your personal definition of love? It’s time to get rid of "Valentine's Cupid arrows" and rely on "Jesus’s Agape touch."

My precious hearts, my prayer for you is that your year may be filled with lots of love. Your life will change when you invite Christ into it. God explains his love to you with beautiful action. Whatever your questions are, God has responded with amazing love. Think about it this way. Why God creates? Because he loves, he creates people to love.

 

Why God cares? Because he loves them, he cares for sinful people. Why are we free to choose? Because he wants a loving response from us. Why Christ died? Because his love for us caused him to seek a solution to the problem of sin. Why we receive eternal life? Because his love expresses itself to us forever.

 

It is amazing that Christians from different national and cultural backgrounds, with different tones of skin color, and from different Christian denominations, can immediately feel “kindred” to one another because of their shared faith in Christ and the love of God in their hearts for one another.

Here is a prayer you can pray about having the love your heart desires. "Heavenly Father no one understands love more than you. You are the essence of love and it originated from you. Since you are love, I bring my heart void of love to you so I can experience your agape love that my heart was created for.

 

Please teach me and show me how to receive and be loved through your son, Jesus. Thank you, Jesus, for now I know what real love is. In your name I pray, Amen."

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