“Love your Valentine”
Ephesians 5:25a- Husbands love your wives, just as Christ loved the church .... (NIV)
I. A SACRIFICIAL LOVE
Ephesians 5:15 - “Husbands, love your wives just as Christ loved the church and gave himself for her.” (NIV)
II. A SANCTIFYING LOVE (to make holy)
Ephesians 5:25b - …..”He gave up his life for her
26 - to make her holy and clean, washed by the cleansing of God’s word.
27 - He did this to present her to himself as a glorious church without a spot or wrinkle or any other blemish. Instead, she will be holy and without fault.” (NLT)
III. A SENSITIVE LOVE
Ephesians 5:28b - … “Husbands ought to love their wives as they love their own bodies …..
29 - No one hates his own body but feeds and cares for it, just as Christ cares for the church.” (NLT)
A Wife’s 5 Most Basic Emotional Needs (Dr. Willard Harley)
- Affection
- Conversation
- Honesty and Openness
- Financial Security
- Family Commitment
