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HOW TO REKINDLE YOUR ROMANCE
The Secrets of a Satisfying Marriage-Part 9
Revelation 2:4-5
Rev. 2:4-5 "You have forsaken your first love. Remember the height from which you've fallen. Repent and do the things you did first."
How a Relationship Deteriorates
Romance--> Reality--> Rut--> Resentment--> Regret
HOW TO REKINDLE YOUR "FIRST LOVE"
(the Five Ingredients)
1. Attention-(intellectual intimacy)
"...Live together in love, as though you had only one mind and one spirit between you... Look to each other's interests, not merely your own." Phil 2:2;4 (Ph/NEB)
2. Affirmation-(emotional intimacy)
"Give encouragement to each other and keep strengthening each other." IThes. 5:11 (JB)
"...take delight in honoring each other." Rom 12:1 (LB) (Verbalize your love each day)
3. Affection- (physical intimacy)
"Husbands,...be affectionate!" Eph. 5:19(Amp)
"The love a man gives his wife is the extending of his love for himself to enfold her." Eph 5:28b (Ph)
"Issac was sporting with Rebekkah his wife." Gen. 26:8 (KJV)
("tsachaq" - "to fondle or caress playfully")
4. Adventure- ( recreational intimacy)
"Enjoy life with your wife whom you love..." Eccl. 9:9
"...God richly provides us with everything for enjoyment. 1 Tim. 6:17
"Jesus came enjoying life..." Matt. 11:19(Ph)
5. accordance- (spiritual intimacy)
"If we are living in the light of God's presence...then we have wonderful fellowship and joy with each other..." 1 John 1:7 (LB)