God is Love

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LOVE LOVE LOVE

• TRUE MEANING OF LOVE
• AGAPE LOVE

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What is Love

•  "When my grandmother got arthritis, she
  couldn't bend over and paint her toenails
  anymore. So my grandfather does it for her all
  the time, even when his hands got arthritis too.
  That's love." - Rebecca - age 8 
• "When someone loves you, the way they say your
  name is different. You just know that your name
  is safe in their mouth." - Billy - age 4  

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• "Love is when you kiss all the time. Then when
  you get tired of kissing, you still want to be
  together and you talk more. My Mommy and Daddy
  are like that. They look gross when they
  kiss" - Emily - age 8 "Love is what's in the
  room with you at Christmas if you stop opening
  presents and listen." - Bobby - age 7
  (Wow!) "If you want to learn to love better,
  you should start with a friend who you hate." -
  Nikka - age 6 "Love is when you tell a guy you
  like his shirt, then he wears it everyday." -
  Noelle - age 7 

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Love Define

• A deep, tender, ineffable feeling of affection
  and solicitude toward a person, such as that
  arising from kinship, recognition of attractive
  qualities, or a sense of underlying oneness.
• A feeling of intense desire and attraction toward
  a person with whom one is disposed to make a
  pair the emotion of sex and romance.

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• Deep and ardent affection adoration, devotion, w
  orship. See like/dislike, love/hatred.
• The passionate affection and desire felt by
  lovers for each other amorousness, fancy, passion
  ,romance. See love/hatred, sex/asexual.
• An intimate sexual relationship between two
  people affair, amour, love affair, romance. Seelo
  ve/hatred, sex/asexual.
• The condition of being closely tied to another by
  affection or faith affection, attachment,devotion
  , fondness, liking, loyalty (used in
  plural). See connect.
• A person who is much loved beloved, darling, dear
  , honey, minion, precious, sweet,sweetheart, truel
  ove. Informal sweetie. Idioms light of one's
  life. See love/hatred.

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• Quotes "We don't believe in rheumatism and
  true love until after the first attack." - Marie
  E. Eschenbach"Love is an irresistible desire to
  be irresistibly desired." - Robert Frost"Love
  is the only sane and satisfactory answer to the
  problem of human existence." - Erich Fromm"Love
  is often nothing but a favorable exchange between
  two people who get the most of what they can
  expect, considering their value on the
  personality market." - Erich Fromm"Well, love
  is insanity. The ancient Greeks knew that. It is
  the taking over of a rational and lucid mind by
  delusion and self-destruction. You lose yourself,
  you have no power over yourself, you can't even
  think straight." - Marilyn French

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Three Types of Love

• Eros love. This is a sex type love and can be
  emotional. The word, "erotica" comes from this
  word.
• "Philo". This is your "brotherly love" In the
  book of Revelation, one of the 7 churches
  mentioned is the church of Philidelpha, which is
  known for it's brotherly love. It means, "if you
  love me I'll love you in return. It's a recipial
  form of love.

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Agape Love

•  Agape love. Christ had this type of love. It's a
  love that's given and expects no return.
• Agape love is a gift. The gift of giving and not
  expecting anything in return. True love.  

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• It is a love that is totally selfless, where a
  person gives out love to another person even if
  this act does not benefit her/him in any way.
  Whether the love given is returned or not, the
  person continues to love (even without any
  self-benefit).

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Luke 627-31

• 27 But I say to you who hear, love your enemies,
  do good to those who hate you,28 bless those who
  curse you, pray for those who mistreat
  you. 29 Whoever hits you on the cheek, offer him
  the other also and whoever takes away your coat,
  do not withhold your shirt from him
  either. 30 Give to everyone who asks of you, and
  whoever takes away what is yours, do not demand
  it back. 31 Treat others the same way you want
  them to treat you. 

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Luke 632-34

• 32 If you love those who love you, what credit
  is that to you? For even sinners love those who
  love them. 
• 33 If you do good to those who do good to you,
  what credit is that to you? For even sinners do
  the same.
•  34 If you lend to those from whom you expect to
  receive, what credit is that to you? Even sinners
  lend to sinners in order to receive back the
  same amount. 

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Who are we to Love?

• 35 But love your enemies, and do good, and lend,
  expecting nothing in return and your reward will
  be great, and you will be sons of the Most High
  for He 

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Greatest Love

• Jn. 316 For God so love the world that He gave
  His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth
  in Him shall not perish but have ever lasting
  life.
• 1 Jn.316 Hereby perceive we the love of God,
  because he laid down his life for us and we
  ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.

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• Jerm.313 The LORD hath appeared of old unto me,
  saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an
  everlasting love therefore with lovingkindness
  have I drawn thee.

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