The Types Of Love Needed In Your Marriage

Read chapter 8 of Deepening Love--For Marital Happiness and answer the following questions.

Five types of love are needed for a mutually pleasing Christian marriage. What are they?

Four of these types of love are human, emotional types of love.

• Which of the above four are they?
  One of the five types of love is a Spirit produced, gospel induced love. Which of the five is it?

John 3:16 states: "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only-begotten Son, that all who believe in him should not perish but have eternal life."

And 1 John 4:19 states: "We love, because he first loved us."

• What will inspire spiritual love in you?

See pages 139 & 140.

• Why will this spiritual love be the most important of the five to the success and happiness of your marriage?

From a human perspective what can you do to foster your growth in this spiritual love?

See pages 130 & 131.

• Love as companionship and friendship will do what for you in your marriage, and what will it eliminate in your lives?

See pages 131 & 132.

• Love as a sense of belonging to one another will do what for you in your marriage?

See pages 133-136.

• Love as a delight in your partner will add what to your relationship?

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