1. Ingredients of Happy Families:
Love

2. Ingredients of happy families: Love
Eros = erotic
Storge = family (Rom 1:31; 2 Tim 3:3)
Philia = friendly (Rom 12:10; 2 Pet 1:7)
Agape = highest (Gen 24:67; Ti 2:3-4)

3. Ingredients of happy families: Love
Agape = undefeatable goodwill
Act of emotion (Gen 24:67)
Act of training (Titus 2:3-4)
Act of will (Matt 5:43-48; 1 John 4:10, 19)
Act of selflessness (Luke 10:25-37; Phil 2:3-4; Gal 5:13)
Act of God (Rom 5:6-8; Eph 5:25-32)

4. Troubleshooting: Love
Misunderstanding love (solution: show your love)
Dating for physical intimacy (solution: wait for marriage. SS 2:7; 2 Sam 13:15; Gen 2:24)
Unrealistic expectations (solution: communicate w/everyone involved)

5. Troubleshooting: Love
Uncommitted to faithfulness (solution: pledge your troth, Num 32:22-23; Gal 6:7)
Unconcerned w/ fostering love (solution: much time and effort)
Unconcerned w/ fostering physical intimacy (solution: tend the garden! 1 Cor 7:2-5; cf. Gen 45:14-15; Luke 15:20)

6. Ingredients of Happy Families: (2)
Love

7. Troubleshooting: Love
Misunderstanding love (solution: show your love)
Dating for physical intimacy (solution: wait for marriage. SS 2:7; 2 Sam 13:15; Gen 2:24)
Unrealistic expectations (solution: communicate w/everyone involved)

8. Troubleshooting: Love
Uncommitted to faithfulness (solution: pledge your troth. Num 32:22-23; Gal 6:7)
Unconcerned w/ fostering love (solution: much time and effort)
Unconcerned w/ fostering physical intimacy (solution: tend the garden! 1 Cor 7:2-5; cf. Gen 45:14-15; Luke 15:20)

9. Troubleshooting: Love
Myopia of love (solution: love ALWAYS looks outwardly. Gen 27; Judg 14-16)
Absence of gratitude (solution: love ALWAYS looks for expression)
Absence of joy (solution: God placed joy within the family. Ecc 9:9)

10. Troubleshooting: Love
Lack of communication (solution: quite time, elicit discussion, listen with patience.)
Disinterest in regaining love (solution: go back to the beginning. Rev 2:4-5)

11. Behavior of: Love 1 Corinthians 13:4
Love is patient [long-spirited, long-suffering]
Love is kind [useful, benevolent]
Love is not jealous [covetous]
Love does not brag [boast]
Love is not arrogant [inflated ego]

12. Behavior of: Love 1 Corinthians 13:5
Love does not act unbecomingly [rudely]
Love does not seek its own [demand its way]
Love is not provoked [irritable]
Love does not take into account a wrong suffered [keeps no record of being wronged]

13. Behavior of: Love 1 Corinthians 13:6
Love does not rejoice in unrighteousness [injustice, unfairness]
Love rejoices with the truth [when truth prevails]

14. Behavior of: Love 1 Corinthians 13:7
Love bears all things [to cover with silence]
Love believes all things [never loses faith]
Love hopes all things [always hoping for the best outcome]
Love endures all things [perseveres difficult circumstances]

15. Behavior of: Love 1 Corinthians 13:8
Love never fails [constant, enduring through time]

16. Love makes all relationships a source of godliness and joy.
“IOU” (Romans 13:8-10):
“Tolerance” (Ephesians 4:1-3)
“Togetherness” (Colossians 2:1-3)