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Family Projects. Compose a definition of success for you and/or your family made up entirely of Scripture. “Success for me/us is….” Compose a doctrinal statement of Scriptures that you and your family will not compromise. Start memorizing a chapter of the Bible.
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Family Projects • Compose a definition of success for you and/or your family made up entirely of Scripture. “Success for me/us is….” • Compose a doctrinal statement of Scriptures that you and your family will not compromise. • Start memorizing a chapter of the Bible. • Think of ways to minister to other people. • Purpose to know and share the Gospel.
TEN WAYS TO RECOGNIZE TRUE LOVE Dr.Jobe Martin Biblical Discipleship Ministries www.biblicaldiscipleship.org
Luke 2:52: “And Jesus kept increasing in wisdom, and stature, and in favor with God and men. • 1) True love involves an enthusiastic response to the total self of the one who is loved. • You don’t “fall in love” you “wait for love.” • You don’t fall in love with a body—you learn to love a person (marry a body and it will grow old and wrinkled---it is the character wrapped up in the body that is important.)
2) True love has a quality of self-giving. • Your strongest desire is to enrich the loved one, not to exploit. • If you enter marriage with your strongest desire to completely satisfy your mate and vice-versa, and you are both sold out to satisfying the Lord Jesus, then you have the ingredients for a successful Christian marriage=total commitment to God and each other.
3) True Love always embraces real responsibility to the one loved. • What qualities are you looking for in another person? • What qualities do you most admire? How many of these qualities are true of you?
4) True love is marked by real joy in the presence of the one loved. • It does not irritate you when they are around. • There is true sorrow or loneliness when separated.
5) True love involves mutual enjoyment of each others company • The physical expression is not constantly necessary. • There should be more to share than just a body. • If you would take all the physical expression out of your relationship, what would you have left?
6) True love tends to be protective of the one loved. • 7) True love tends to build each other up. • 8) True love has a feeling of belongingness, you want to share all. • 9) True love generates feelings of pleasure as well as reverence. • 10) True love always keeps growing and maturing. • I Corinthians 13
COMMITMENT TO COMMUNICATION • TWO KEYS: • 1) The key of love opens the door to communication in an active sense. I Corinthians 13:4-7 • The key of blessing opens the door to communication in a reactive sense. I Peter 3:9
Explanation of Biblical Love • 1) Love suffers long = the kind of love that waits and prays for the reformation of your mate rather than striking out in resentment at his or her conduct. • 2) Love is kind = it responds with a blessing when insulted and seizes on opportunities to demonstrate tenderness. • 3) Love envies not = no competitive spirit between loved ones.
4) Love vaunts not itself = never brag about your strength to magnify your mate’s weaknesses. • 5) Love is not proud = no superspirituality. • 6) Love does not behave unseemly = love has good manners. • 7) Love is not selfish = it always seeks the best interests of the other. • 8) Love is not easily provoked = a weakness or offense in your loved one should not cause you to be bitter or angry, if it does, you are not loving.
9) Love thinks no evil = cast all your mate’s offenses into the sea and put up a “no-fishing” sign. Get rid of your mental filing system.