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What Does The Bible Say About Falling In Love? Is Falling In Love Biblical? by turboG: 5:57am On Mar 01, 2016 |
What does the Bible say about falling in love? Is falling in love a biblical concept? What does it mean to fall in love? To “fall in love” is to become enamored with someone or to begin to feel love for him or her. Falling in love is an expression describing one’s emotional state when the happy feelings of what’s assumed to be love start to grip the soul. The Bible does not speak of falling in love, but it does have much to say about love. The Bible presents love not as an emotion but as an act of the will. We choose to love; that is, we commit ourselves to act in the best interests of another person. The idea of “falling in love” relies on warm emotions, fuzzy feelings, and (more than likely) surging hormones; the biblical view of love is that love can exist apart from feelings; no hormones are needed to obey the command to “love your neighbor as yourself” (James 2: ![]() Of course, nice emotions often accompany love, and we naturally have warm feelings toward someone we’re attracted to. And of course it’s good and proper to have fuzzy feelings and surging hormones when in the company of one’s spouse. But if that’s all there is to “falling in love,” then we’re in trouble. What happens when the fuzzy feelings fall away? What about when the hormones stop surging? Have we fallen “out” of love? Read More: http://www.divdel.com/blogs/2016/02/what-does-the-bible-say-about-falling-in-love/ |
Re: What Does The Bible Say About Falling In Love? Is Falling In Love Biblical? by TalkWithLizy: 6:14am On Mar 01, 2016 |
JESUS IS D FOUNDATION FOR TRUE LOVE AND IS BIBLICAL. turboG: |
Re: What Does The Bible Say About Falling In Love? Is Falling In Love Biblical? by tonio2wo: 7:59am On Mar 01, 2016 |
turboG:Goan read songs of solomon! |
Re: What Does The Bible Say About Falling In Love? Is Falling In Love Biblical? by TalkWithLizy: 11:05am On Mar 01, 2016 |
tonio2wo: Song of Solomon to do wetin |
Re: What Does The Bible Say About Falling In Love? Is Falling In Love Biblical? by turboG: 12:58pm On Mar 01, 2016 |
TalkWithLizy: To know more about the subject matter |
Re: What Does The Bible Say About Falling In Love? Is Falling In Love Biblical? by ifenes(m): 2:24pm On Mar 01, 2016 |
Is falling in love biblical? This gotta be one of the dumbest questions on this website. 1 Like |
Re: What Does The Bible Say About Falling In Love? Is Falling In Love Biblical? by TalkWithLizy: 6:41pm On Mar 01, 2016 |
ifenes: Why NOW? |
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