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Serving - How to Deepen Your Love, Part 2

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25 min·February 12, 2026

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How do you feel when you’ve tried everything you know, and your attempts to show love to your spouse just don’t seem to be making any difference at all? Or maybe you’re on the flip-side and you’re waiting for the day when your spouse finally does something that makes you feel like they really care. In this program, Chip talks about how to love in a way that actually connects.

How do you keep love alive?

  • Ephesians 5:25-33
  • Very rarely, do we take how Jesus loves the Church and use that as our model for how we are to love one another in marriage.
  • Your marriage is not just about your PERSONAL fulfillment. -John 13:1-17, 33-35
  • Other than the Church of Jesus Christ, your relationship with your mate is the single most powerful testimony of the reality of God.

Principles:

  1. Love is not a FEELING.
  2. Love is SERVING. -Philippians 2:3-4
  3. Love must be RECEIVED.
  4. Love is UNCONDITIONAL.

Practical Implications:

  1. Love is a CHOICE.
  2. Love MEETS the NEEDS of the one loved.
  3. Love requires extreme HUMILITY and SECURITY.

Learn the five languages of love

  • Words of affirmation
  • Quality time
  • Receiving gifts
  • Acts of service
  • Physical touch

Two clues as to what your love language is:

  • What bothers you the most?
  • What do you ask for the most?

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