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Part 3: Quality Time

THE 5 LOVE LANGUAGES: TRANSLATING LOVE - PART 3

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

“You are beautiful, my darling, beautiful beyond words. Your eyes are like doves behind your veil. Your hair falls in waves, like a flock of goats winding down the slopes of Gilead. Your teeth are as white as sheep, recently shorn and freshly washed. Your smile is flawless, each tooth matched with its twin. Your lips are like scarlet ribbon; your mouth is inviting. Your cheeks are like rosy pomegranates behind your veil. Your neck is as beautiful as the tower of David...You are altogether beautiful, my darling, beautiful in every way.”

 Song of Solomon 4:1-4a, 7 (NLT)

"So Jacob served seven years to get Rachel, but they seemed like only a few days to him because of his love for her.”

Genesis 29:20 (NIV)

 

  • “Comfort one another.”

  • “Honor one another above yourselves.”     

  • “Don’t complain about one another.”

  • “Serve one another.”

  • “Bear with each other.”

  • “Accept each other.”

  • “Be devoted to one another in love.”

  • “Greet one another with a holy kiss.”

 

“Follow God’s example, therefore, as dearly loved children and walk in the way of love, just as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.”  

Ephesians 5:1-2 (NIV)

 

“If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing.” 

1 Corinthians 13:1-2 (NIV)

 

  • Quality time - giving someone your undivided attention, your presence, your whole self. It is not sitting on a couch watching TV together.

 

“Jesus went up on a mountainside and called to Him those He wanted, and they came to Him. He appointed twelve that they might be with Him and that He might send them out to preach.”

Mark 3:13-14 (NIV)

 

1. LOVE MAKES MY TOP RELATIONSHIPS MY  TOP PRIORITY.

 

“A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this everyone will know that you are My disciples, if you love one another.”

 John 13:34-35 (NIV)

 

2. LOVE LEARNS TO PAY ATTENTION. 

 

“My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry.”

James 1:19 (NIV)

 

“Lord, You have been our dwelling place...from everlasting to everlasting You are God...Our days may come to seventy years, or eighty, if our strength endures; yet the best of them are but trouble and sorrow, for they quickly pass, and we fly away...Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.”

Psalm 90:1a, 2b, 10, 12 (NIV)

MY NEXT STEP TODAY IS TO: 

  • Stop and give a gift of your time to someone this week.

  • Ask God to help you with the hard questions about schedule and time in your life/family.     

  • Get more information about Baptism Day on Easter-April 4th.

  • Do this week’s YouVersion® Bible App Reading Plan: “The Value of Time” (5 days).

 

  • Quality time means: Teach us to number our days. 

 
The 5 Love LanguagesDr. John GerlachLove