🌹🌺💍♂️♀️​Very many people see love only as giving things away, being liberal, being generous, or being extravagantly munificent. But the truth is: love goes far beyond acts of giving at any level. That is why the Bible clearly says:
​”And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.” (1 Corinthians 13:3, KJV)
🌹​This scripture showcases an extraordinary level of generosity and self-sacrifice: giving away all of one’s possessions to charitable initiatives and even boldly laying down one’s very life in martyrdom. Yet in the sight of God, they are worthless if the person doing those things lacks divine approval or praise. Why? Because their life was devoid of love; they were loveless.
🌹🌺💍♂️♀️​LET LOVE BE YOUR PERSONALITY
​Love must become your personality—only then can it truly be said that you are love. Why? Because God, who is our model, is not just generous; He is the very personification and embodiment of love, and He commands us as His children to walk in His footsteps. It is only natural for a child to resemble their parents:
​”1 Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children; 2 And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.” (Ephesians 5:1–2, KJV)
🌺​Another translation puts it this way:
​”1 Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children; 2 and walk in love, just as Christ also loved you and gave Himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God as a fragrant aroma.” (Ephesians 5:1–2, NASB)
🌹🌺💍♂️♀️​MANY MARRIAGES COLLAPSE BECAUSE…
​Many marriages collapse not because the spouses were not meant for each other, but because their personalities were grossly deficient in the various attributes of love.
💍​Why do people commit infidelity year after year and casually label it as mere “cheating”? It is because they are empty of love. That is why they can strip off their clothes, carry out such wickedness, and still smile—feeling smug that they are successfully deceiving their mate as they lie endlessly to cover their tracks. They forget that all liars shall end up in the lake of fire (Revelation 21:8).
♂️​These individuals may bring home their paycheck, fill the freezer with dairy, eggs, meat, and fish, and stock the kitchen store with bags of grain, palm oil, vegetable oil, stockfish, and smoked bushmeat. Their gas cylinders are fully topped off to last three months, and they pay their children’s school fees on time or even in advance. Yet they are still brutal enough to secretly stab their spouse in the back through infidelity.
♀️​I have heard of a case where a husband brought the women he was sleeping with from a distant city to confront his wife; they cornered her and even physically beat her up.
🌹​Spouses who indulge in infidelity are empty of love, even if they give their wives millions every month as a personal allowance. They are the exact kind of people the Bible describes in 1 Corinthians 13:3. They give everything to their spouse, yet break their marriage covenant without caring that such atrocious acts cut and hack their partner to a slow death with invisible daggers. These actions trigger severe health conditions, not to mention the immense emotional hemorrhaging they inflict on a faithful partner.
🌹🌺💍♂️♀️​INFIDELITY CAUSES DISEASE AND DEATH
​There are documented cases of spouses who died because of their mate’s infidelity. Yes, there are medically documented instances of men who suffered severe strokes or died following the emotional trauma of discovering their wife’s unfaithfulness. Likewise, many women have been completely destroyed by their husband’s infidelity.
🌹🌺💍♂️♀️​WHAT LOVE REALLY IS
​As stated earlier, love is not merely generosity, even though those who possess love are naturally generous.
♀️​Do you want to know what love really is?
​Love is a godly and gracious character trait that flows out through your personality. That is why the attributes, components, and virtues of love enshrined in 1 Corinthians 13:4–8 are not material things you give away. They are, instead, godly personality traits you demonstrate.
♂️​The characteristics of love found in 1 Corinthians 13:4–8 are virtues you acquire as you live in submission and obedience to God and His Word. As you practice these virtues over time, they become part and parcel of your character, personality, and daily life.
🌹🌺💍♂️♀️​DON’T REMAIN THE SAME
​In your love life—and in your marriage—learn not to be content with the mere fact that you are married.
💍​At the point you got married, there were likely many faulty behaviours in your life that needed fixing. Once married, it became your duty to actively seek—through earnest desire, prayer, and obedience to God’s Word—growth and transformation in those areas. Whether it is anger, a hot temper, poor hygiene, impatience, pride, unforgiveness, lust, or selfishness: endeavour to change. Replace those negative traits with the virtues of 1 Corinthians 13:4–8.
🌹🌺💍♂️♀️​CONCLUSION
​A lot of the time, we are the primary cause of crisis in our own marriages—either through our weakness in love or our complete lack of it.
🌺​Let us all seriously endeavour to cultivate every attribute of love found in 1 Corinthians 13:4–8. When we exhibit these virtues in our relationships with our spouses, our unions will truly feel like a heaven on earth. ♂️♀️
💕♥️🩷Tonight’s Bedroom Assignment:
Re-read this devotional together just before bedtime and discuss it with open and sincere hearts.
✝️Altar Call: Jesus Christ is calling you! Come to Him today in genuine repentance. Believe in Him and be saved!
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🌹🌺♂️💍♀️ HALLELUJAH!!!