Unconditional Love

Family Cell 4/3/09

Unconditional Love:

How does God show us unconditional love?
- He shows us through inexhaustible forgiveness.
- John 3:16- “For God so loved the world that He gave his
only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should
not perish but have everlasting life.”

Love Creates an Open Atmosphere
- 1 John 4:18- “There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out
fear, because fear involves torment.”
- When we have an open atmosphere created by love, we are
able to have transparency with our spouse/children.
-We must work to create an atmosphere where we value and
appreciate each others strengths, weaknesses, ideas, and so on.

Love Can Last A Lifetime
-Romans 5:8- “God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we
were yet sinners, Christ died for us.”
-Love is not determined by the one being loved, but rather by the one
choosing to love.
-The bible refers to this type of love using the Greek word agape.
-Agape love is selfless and unconditional.
-Agape love says I love you in sickness and health, for richer or poorer, for
better or worse.
-1 John 4:19- “We love, because He first loved us.”
-We will struggle and fail to love if we don’t allow God to fill us with His
love.
-We can’t give away what we don’t have.
-John 14:14- “If you ask anything in My name, I will do it.”
-Ask the Lord to fill your heart with His love and ask Him how to give that
love to your spouse/children. (This should be done daily)
-John 13:34- “A new command I give you; love one another as I have loved
you, so you must love one another.

Love is Learning
-Proverbs 24:3-4- “By wisdom a house is built, and by understanding it is
established; and by knowledge the rooms are filled with all precious and
pleasant riches.”
-Remember when you first started dating your spouse?
-You wanted to learn all you could about them. You would ask a thousand
questions, speak for hours, and write letters.
-You studied him or her.
-At what point do we stop learning about our spouse? Is it our careers,
our children, our selfishness, or just the daily hustle and bustle of life?
-Difficulties in relating with our spouse can be due to not understanding
them. This also applies to our children.
-Love takes the initiative to begin to learn and understand our spouse.
-Proverbs 18:15- “the ear of the wise seeks knowledge.”
-Learn to listen to your spouse. Hear their hearts desires.
-Remember we don’t need to be problem solvers. Just a listening ear.
-Ask God for discernment
-God is a giver of wisdom. Ask God to show you what you need so you can
learn to love your spouse like He loves your spouse.
-Make your spouse your chosen field of study. Learn all you can about
your spouse and your children.
-Learn how to fill your spouses love tank.
-You will reap the investment you put into your spouse.

-LOVE NEVER FAILS