Marriage is a Commitment!

Titus 2: 1-5 Read now..... "That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children,"

As wives and moms we are taught to love our husbands and children. In Ephesians 5:22-28 we are told in one verse "Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it:" As you read the 2 passages given today you'll see they are familiar in one respect. Titus 2 says that the wife if to love the husband, then in Ephesians 5 the husband is told to love the wife.

Now my question is do you have Agape love as is spoken of in Ephesians or Phileo love as is spoke of in Titus? Here's 6 truths regarding Phileo and Agape love.

1. Man most wants phileo love or affection from his wife; woman most wants agape  love or deep, abiding love from her husband.

2. Phileo love or affection from a woman will stir agape love or a deep, abiding love from a man; agape love from a man will stir phileo love in a woman.

3. There is less of a need to command a woman to have agape love than there is in a man, and there is less of a need to command a man to have phileo love than there is in a woman.

4.There is no place in the Bible where a woman is commanded to have agape love nor is there a single place in the Bible where a man is commanded to have phileo love.

We are commanded to give not what we want or need, but what the other wants and needs.

5. We should not try to be a good wife or a good husband, and we should not expect to receive the exact love that we give.

6. A man needs to feel needed and attractive; a lady needs to feel protected, loved, and cherished.

Do you agape or phileo your wife/husband?