Series: “Love Gifts: What Matter’s Most!”- Part 4
Sermon: “Romance?”
Scripture Lesson: Mark 10:6-8
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Series: “Love Gifts: What Matters Most!”
“Romance?”
Pastor Jerry
February 9, 2020
We continue the series “What Matters Most” and today we’ll talk about “Romance.”
To give love …and to be loved …are the most precious ____________ life has to offer.
“ 7…a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, 8 and the two will become one flesh.’ So they are no longer two, but one.” Mark 10
How do you get oneness?
_______________________ is how you act toward each other.
You know how we are to act toward each other by ______________________________. The Bible is God’s love letter to us!
The Bible says, _____________________ is kindness, gentleness, patience, caring, compliments, and devotion.
A person needs to know they are __________________.
It is hard for some people to show _____________to their mates.
You would not have fallen in love if you hadn’t _____________ alone together.
You will not stay in love if you do not ________ ______________alone together.
Whatever you did to win a person to fall in love with you …you will have to do ___________________as much to keep them.
Romance says you’re _________________ on my list of priorities and that you matter more than anything else (or anyone else).
“Romance (Love) is that which causes one person to desire the ______________________ to come to another person and that they will do whatever it takes to make it so.”
God designed us to grow into ______________________ so that we would enjoy being with one another.
You can’t enjoy one another when you’re too _______________.
We could attribute about ___________________percent of our disconnectedness to the fact that we’re overly busy.
Romance is how you act toward each other. Act with all your heart, mind, soul and strength.
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Series: “Love Gifts: What Matters Most!”
“Romance?”
For the last three weeks we have been talking about what matters most in healthy relationships. We’ve talked about “true love, understanding each other, and communication.” Today …we want to conclude this series by talking about “Romance.”
To give love …and to be loved are the most precious gifts life has to offer.
Why? …because God created us with the ability to love one another. Mark 10, “ 7…a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, 8 and the two will become one flesh.’ So they are no longer two, but one.” That’s a great, graphic picture of what it means to have a God designed marriage. You become one!
I think connectedness is synonymous with oneness, which is what the Bible says God intended for relationships. How do you get connected? How do you get oneness
That’s where romance comes in! Romance is how you act toward each other.
How do you know how are we to act toward each other? You have to read God’s love letter. The Bible! In God’s love letter to us it talks about how we love one another, how we should relate to one another and care for one another. If you want to know how to love, you’ve got to be into His love letter.
So what does His Love letter say? It says, romance is kindness, gentleness, patience, caring, compliments, devotion. Romance for a person is telling them that they are special, appreciated, loved. A person needs to know they are important.
If you pay more attention to other people than you do to your own partner, if you give more compliments to others than you do to your own spouse …(such as a waitress, friend, or neighbor) …you are indicating that others are more important to you than they are.
It is hard for some people to show affection to their mates. WHY? Because some never see their parents show affection …never see them kiss …never see them hold hands… (there is no model of romance). But one can learn …so, why don’t they. Because they take others for granted. They are selfish. With this attitude …the relationship becomes a serious problem.
One of the problems couples experience …is that they become strangers. The love that brought them together is ignored. Whatever you did to win a person to fall in love with you …you will have to do three times as much to keep them.
Romance is sending out a message …how special, desirable, how wonderful a person is. Romance says you’re number one on my list of priorities and that you matter more than anything else (or anyone else).
“Romance (Love) is that which causes one person to desire the most good to come to another person and that they will do whatever it takes to make it so.”Kindness, devotions, gentleness, commitment, patience, caring, attention, …makes one feel cared for, cherished, and loved.
If you want a deep relationship, intimacy and connectedness you have to have those shared experiences that comes from times like dating. Dating enriches lives. It gives us something to look forward to. It models marriage to our kids. It creates positive memories.
You can’t enjoy one another when you’re too busy, so cut back. We could probably attribute about fifty percent of our disconnectedness to the fact that we’re busy. And when we don’t have the time or the energy, you can’t connect.
Romance is how you act toward each other. Act with all your heart, mind, soul and strength.