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Am I Loving

My

Spouse?

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Main Cause of Marital Problems?

What is love?• Is it an emotional feeling?• Is it a lustful sense toward our spouse?• Is our love for our spouse dependent on how we feel

that day?

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Do You Love Your Spouse?• Do I love my spouse?• Love is expressed through our actions

1 Corinthians 13:4-7

What do my actions say?

• Women…patient?• Men…patient?

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What Does My Wife Need From Me?

1. Affection – touching, not sex2. Conversation – with eye contact3. Honesty and openness4. Security – financial (not wealth), emotional, physical, spiritual5. Family commitment – committed to wife & children. Must say it often

What Does My Husband Need?

1. Sexual fulfillment2. Companionship – accompany him, not necessarily conversation3. Attractive spouse – not supermodel. Get dressed up for him. He needs

to know you are doing it for him.4. Domestic support – he needs to know you’re doing it for him.5. Positive affirmation – tell him that you believe in him. He cares what

you think. He needs to hear it from you, often.

Marriage Is A Covenant: w/God & Spouse

Love is expressed through our actionsAm I Loving My Spouse?