1. Love Languages

2. Speaking different
languages makes good communication difficult

3. Love Languages

4. How was love expressed
in your family?

6. If we want to communicate effectively with our spouses, we may have to learn their Love Language..

8. When the emotional tank is low, feelings of love go away

9. When I feel loved by my spouse, I feel secure and my sense of self-worth is fed. If she/loves me, I must have significance.

10. Five
Love Languages

11. 1
Words of Affirmation

12. “I can live for two months on a good compliment.” - Mark Twain

14. Verbal compliments are far greater motivators than nagging words

15. Encouragement requires empathy and seeing the world from your spouse’s perspective. We must first learn what is important to our spouse.

16. 2
Quality Time
Quality Time

18. Emphasis is not on what you’re doing but on why

20. Togetherness is focused attention, not proximity

21. Doesn’t matter what you do

22. Creating memories

23. 3
Receiving Gifts

26. Gifts are visible symbols of
love that have emotional value.

27. You can learn to be a proficient gift giver

28. Doesn’t have to be expensive or often
Doesn’t have to be expensive or often. It has nothing to do with monetary value and everything to do with love!

29. There’s presents and then there’s presence…

30. The Gift of Self
The gift
of self

31. 4
Acts of Service

33. Doing things you know your spouse would like you to do

34. Requires thought, planning, time, effort, energy… and a positive spirit.

36. Need to learn their dialect so we can do the right things!

37. 5
Physical Touch

38. Some people emotionally yearn for their spouses to reach out and
touch them physically

40. Which love language does your spouse speak?

41. When an action doesn’t come
naturally to you, it is a greater
expression of love

43. understand it, like it, or want to.
True Love
Just do it, whether you
understand it, like it, or want to.

45. Love is a choice

47. If I know their primary love language and choose to speak it, her/his deepest emotional need will be met and she/he will feel secure in my love.

48. Each partner holds the key to changing the emotional climate of the marriage.