1 Cor 13:8
Love never fails. But whether there are prophecies, they will fail; whether there are tongues, they will cease; whether there is knowledge, it will vanish away.
I. Why Does It Appear As If Love Is Failing Us?
II. We Must Understand What Love Is – And What Love Is Not
To Get Better Result We must
Four Expressions of Love –
1. Philia – Friendship Love
2. Storge – Family Love
3. Eros - Romantic Love –
4. Agape - Unconditional Love
Love Succeeds or Fails At The Juncture of These Two Realities – Eros - Agape
Eros Love -- Romantic -- Sensual Love
The Nature of Eros
A. Is Deceptive It Confuses Lust As Love
B. It’s Selfish, And Demanding
C. It’s Unreliable
III. Agape – THE UNCONDITIONAL LOVE
1 Cor 13:4-6
Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; 5 does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; 6 does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth;
HOW DO WE LOVE
John 13:34 -- A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another.
HE SERVED
JN 13:4-5 -- rose from supper and laid aside His garments, took a towel and girded Himself. 5 After that, He poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples’ feet, and to wipe them with the towel with which He was girded
LOVE IN MARRIAGE
1Pt 3:7 – Live With Each Other According to Knowledge - Scratch Where It Itches – Not
5 Basic Needs That Can Divorce Prove Your Marriage
5 Needs of A Wife (Affection, Communication, Honesty, Financial Commitment)
5 Needs of A Husband (Sex, Recreational Companionship, Attractiveness, Domestic Support, Respect )
LOVE IN FRIENDSHIP
Proverbs 18:24
A man who has friends must himself be friendly, But there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother
Proverbs 17:17
A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity
LOVE IN PARENTING
Psalm 103:13
As a father pities his Children so the Lord Pities those who fear him
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