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Recap of 8/6/06 (1 Kings 11:1-3)
Yardsticks for Love (Howard G. Hendricks)
-“True love involves a responsiveness to the total self of the one loved.”
-“In true love there is not only a feeling of pleasure, but also of reverence.”
-“True love has a quality of self-giving.”
-True love asks not what can I get out of a relationship, but what can I give to it.
-“True love is marked by unusual joy while in the company of the other, and pain in separation.”
-“There is mutual enjoyment of each other without constant need of physical expression.”
-“True love has a protective attitude.”
-“In true love there is a feeling of belongingness.”
-“True love has a feeling that you understand each other unusually well.”
-“Love matures. It is dynamic in its growth.”
