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Tests have shown that the The 5 Love Languages translate well in any culture or language.

If your children are to thrive in life, it's absolutely essential that they hear you say "I love you." If a parent never received words of affirmation growing up, it may be difficult for them to express love to their own children. Dr. Gary Chapman encourages you to read the book "The Five Love Languages of Children".

The concept of Biblical love is the commitment to look out for the interest of your spouse whether they deserve it or not. We should follow the way in which Jesus loved us - He loved us before we loved Him.

As your child approaches their teen years, it important to keep talking to them in their own love language, but you should make sure you're talking to them in a more mature way.

Being obsessed with the in-love experience is a love that's based on feelings. With time, feelings fade. True love is based on actions - the commitment to demonstrate love in spite of how we feel.

You might feel that your parents never loved you as a child. Maybe it's because they never spoke YOUR love language. However, they may have been showing love in THEIR love language and you didn't recognize it. It's important to speak to someone in THEIR love language.

Why might your child feel like you don't love them? It's most likely because you haven't been expressing your love in their own love language.

A husband shouldn't wait for his wife to show him love before he begins to show love to her. Scripture tells us that "while were still sinners, Christ died for us". He loved us before we loved Him.

How can we as husbands channel God's love to our wives? It requires a commitment to love our wives, regardless of whether they behave loving or not. You will become the channel through which God's love will be shared.

How can you stay in a relationship when you don't love him any more? You may not love him, but you've made a commitment. Love is a decision. You can't wait for your emotions to change. Choose to love your unlovely spouse in the power of the Holy Spirit.