The Seven Laws of Love

This post reviews an excellent book, which I highly recommend, entitled "The Seven Laws Of Love" written by Dave Willis.  The link to purchase this book at Amazon is listed below.

The Seven Laws Of Love

Dave is a pastor and enjoys teaching the Bible, marrying couples and helping people discover the beautiful life Jesus makes possible.  I also want to link this post to the love chapter of the Bible.  First Corinthians Chapter 13  Verses 4-8 of this chapter gives the following-

• Love is patient
• Love is kind
• It does not envy
• It does not boast
• It is not proud
• It does not dishonor others
• It is not self-seeking
• It is not easily angered
• It keeps no record of wrongs
• Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth
• It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres
• Love never fails

I just purchased this book today to read on my Kindle Fire and was so inspired just a short way into the book, I had to buy three more paperbacks, one each for my wife Linda, and for Kevin and Angie my two adult children married with families of their own, raising my five precious grandchildren.

The Seven Laws in the book are listed below-

• Love requires commitment
• Love selflessly sacrifices
• Love speaks truth
• Love conquers fear
• Love offers grace
• Love brings healing
• Love lives forever

The above laws are covered in the first part of the book.  Part two, also seven chapters, covers love in action.

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A quote early in the book by Dave Willis is one I have to share with everyone.

"After studying all that the Bible has to teach us about love, I've boiled down hundreds of love-related passages of Scripture into the following definition-

"Love is an unconditional commitment to selflessly serve, truthfully communicate, fearlessly protect, gracefully forgive, compassionately heal, and enduringly remain in relationship with and for the sake of another."

"The Seven Laws of Love are wrapped up in this single definition."

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Additional quotes from Dave's book can be accessed here.

Some quotes by Shaunti Feldahn in the forward are below-

"You don't have to trust someone in order to forgive, but you have to forgive someone in order to make trust possible again.'

"Your character should always be stronger than your circumstances."

"A husband and wife must operate like two wings on the same bird; if they don't work together in full partnership, the marriage will never get off the ground.'

"Time is the currency of relationships, so consistently invest time in your marriage."

"Being nice to people isn't a personality trait, it's a choice."

"When you step from this life into eternity, love will be all that matters."

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Posted on February 13, 2016