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LOVE LANGUAGE

M I N U T E

Devotional

GARY CHAPMAN

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INTRODUCTION

i’ve been privileged to counsel couples for more than thirty years, and in that time I’ve seen my share of marital struggles. But what I’ve also seen, time and time again, is the power of God to transform relationships. When two people commit to each other—and especially when they commit to communicating love to each other through the fi ve love languages—positive change occurs.

Because my background is in marriage counseling, I tend to use the language of marriage when I write. Some of the issues I address are mar-riage specifi c. However, if you’re a dating or engaged couple, I hope you will read this book too. Th ere is plenty of helpful information for you as well. Th e building blocks of marriage—such as good communication, respect, uncon-ditional love, and forgiveness—are foundational to any romantic relationship. And learning to identify and speak your loved one’s love language will benefi t a couple at any stage.

You can use this devotional individually, or sit down together as a couple to read it each day. Use the prayer at the end of each devotion as a starting point for your own prayer—whether you pray silently together or aloud, one at a time. In just a minute or two every day, you can discover encouraging biblical insights.

Whether your relationship is strong or struggling, stable or challenging, my prayer is that this devotional will encourage you and give you renewed joy in each other. May your relationship be strengthened this year as you focus on loving and growing together.

Gary Chapman

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J A N U A R Y 1

COMMUNICATING LOVE

Th ree things will last forever—faith, hope, and love—and the greatest of these is love. Let love be your highest goal! corinthians :–:

after thirty years of counseling couples, I’m convinced there are fi ve diff erent ways we speak and understand emotional love—fi ve love languages. Each of us has a primary love language; one of the fi ve speaks to us more profoundly than the other four.

Seldom do a husband and wife have the same love language. We tend to speak our own language, and as a result, we completely miss each other. Oh, we’re sincere. We’re even expressing love, but we’re not connecting emotionally.

Sound familiar? Love doesn’t need to diminish over time. Th e end of the famous “love chapter” of the Bible, 1 Corinthians 13, says that love is of great value and will last forever. In fact, the apostle Paul says that love should be our highest goal. But if you’re going to keep love alive, you need to learn a new language. Th at takes discipline and practice—but the reward is a lasting, deeply committed relationship.

Lord, thank you for creating each of us so diff erently. Keep me from assuming that my partner thinks and feels the way I do. Please give me the patience to fi nd out how I can most eff ectively communicate love to my spouse.

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J A N U A R Y 2

LEARNING THE LOVE LANGUAGES

Dear friends, since God loved us that much, we surely ought to love each other. No one has ever seen God. But if we love each other, God lives in us, and his love is brought to full expression in us. john :-

my research indicates that there are fi ve basic languages of love:

Words of affi rmation—using positive words to affi rm the one you �love

Gift s—giving thoughtful gift s to show you were thinking about �someone

Acts of service—doing something that you know the other person �would like

Quality time—giving your undivided attention �

Physical touch—holding hands, kissing, embracing, putting a hand �on the shoulder, or any other affi rming touch

Out of these fi ve, each of us has a primary love language. One of these languages speaks more deeply to us than the others. Do you know your love language? Do you know your spouse’s?

Many couples earnestly love each other but do not communicate their love in an eff ective way. If you don’t speak your spouse’s primary love language, he or she may not feel loved, even when you are showing love in other ways.

Th e Bible makes it clear that we need to love each other as God loves us. Th e apostle John wrote that God’s love can fi nd “full expression” in us. If that’s true for the church in general, how much more true is it for a couple? Finding out how your loved one feels love is an important step to expressing love eff ectively.

Father, help me to be a student of my spouse. I want to know how best to show my love. Please give me wisdom as I try to determine my beloved’s love language.


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FOLLOWING THE CLUES

I am giving you a new commandment: Love each other. Just as I have loved you, you should love each other. Your love for one another will prove to the world that you are my disciples. john :-

what does your spouse most oft en request of you? Th is is usually a clue to a person’s love language. You may have interpreted these requests as nag-ging, but in fact, your spouse has been telling you what makes him or her feel loved.

For example, if your mate frequently requests that you take a walk aft er dinner, go on a picnic, turn off the TV and talk, or go away for a weekend together, these are requests for quality time. One wife told me, “I feel neglected and unloved because my husband seldom spends time with me. He gives me nice gift s on my birthday and wonders why I’m not excited about them. Gift s mean little when you don’t feel loved.” Her husband was sincere and was try-ing to demonstrate his love, but he was not speaking her love language.

As we see from the verse above, Jesus instructed his disciples to love each other as he had loved them. How does God love us? Perfectly and with com-plete understanding. He knows us, and he knows how we can experience his love. We can never love perfectly this side of heaven, of course. But discovering the love language of your spouse is an important step in the right direction.

Lord, thank you for knowing me perfectly and loving me perfectly. Help me to think carefully about what my spouse most often asks of me. Give me the wisdom to interpret that correctly so I can communicate love better to him or her.


J A N U A R Y 4

REVEALING YOURSELF IN MARRIAGE

Th e Lord gives righteousness and justice to all who are treated unfairly. He revealed his character to Moses and his deeds to the people of Israel.

psalm :-

what do you know about the art of self-revelation? It all began with God. God revealed himself to us through the prophets, the Scriptures, and supremely through Christ. As the verse above mentions, he revealed himself to the ancient Israelites through his actions. Th ey saw him guiding them out of Egypt and into the Promised Land, and as they did, they learned about him. If God had not chosen self-revelation, we would not know him.

Th e same principle is true in marriage. Self-revelation enables us to get to know each other’s ideas, desires, frustrations, and joys. In a word, it is the road to intimacy. No self-revelation, no intimacy. So how do we learn the art of self-revelation?

You can begin by learning to speak for yourself. Communication experts oft en explain it as using “I” statements rather than “you” statements. For example, “I feel disappointed that you are not going with me to my mother’s birthday dinner” is very diff erent from “You have disappointed me again by not going to my mother’s birthday dinner.” When you focus on your reaction, you reveal your own emotions. Focusing on the other person’s actions places blame. “You” statements encourage arguments. “I” statements encourage com-munication.

Father, help me to remember that revealing more of myself is the fi rst step toward greater intimacy with the one I love. Thank you for revealing yourself to us, and please give me the courage to share myself with my spouse.


J A N U A R Y 5

EXPRESSING FEELINGS

For everything there is a season, a time for every activity under heaven. . . . A time to cry and a time to laugh. A time to grieve and a time to dance.

ecclesiastes :,

some people wonder why they would ever want to share their feelings with their mate. Th e truth is, if you don’t openly share your feelings, they will likely show up anyway in your behavior. However, your loved one will have no idea why you are behaving as you are. Th at’s when you get the proverbial question, “Is something wrong?” Your spouse knows something is wrong but doesn’t know what.

Emotions are a natural part of life. King Solomon wrote in Ecclesiastes that there is a time for everything, including joy and sorrow, grieving and cel-ebration. All feelings have their place in our lives, and many of them commu-nicate a lot about us. Most of our feelings are tied to some experience we have had in the past or something we’re going through now. Th e next time you feel disappointed, ask yourself, What stimulated my disappointment? Th en try to share whatever it is with your spouse.

Revealing your feelings lets your spouse know what is going on inside you—what you are feeling and why. For example, you might say, “I’m feeling angry with myself because I came home late last night and we missed our ride in the country.” Such a statement may encourage your mate to say, “I’m disap-pointed too. Maybe we can do it on Th ursday night.” Revealing your feelings creates an atmosphere of intimacy and trust.

Lord, expressing emotions does not always come easily to me. Help me to remember that holding back my feelings only makes my spouse guess why I’m acting the way I am. Please give me the courage to share what I am feeling. May it bring us closer together.


Acting in Love ......................December 28, December 29

Actions ............................................ June 26Acts of Service....April 12, July 26, July 27Adult Children ............................... June 17Advice January 26, June 29, November 11Affi rmation .............. October 7, October 8,

October 9Alcoholism ....... December 1, December 2,

December 3Anger ........ January 19, March 7, March 8,

March 9, March 10, March 11, June 19, June 20, August 18, December 19, December 20, December 21

Anger at God ............................ October 31Apology ....... June 22, June 23, October 17,

October 18, October 19Arguing ................................. November 26Asking Forgiveness ................November 7,

November 8Attitude ................January 27, January 28,

June 6, June 7, June 8, July 30, July 31Bitterness ......November 24, November 25Change .................. August 11, October 20,

November 13Children .....July 10, August 26, September

21, November 4, November 5Choice March 23, March 24, June 12, June

13, June 14, August 9, August 10Commitment .................................... May 2Communication .......March 16, March 17,

March 18, April 8, April 9, April 10,

May 3, May 4, May 5, May 6, May 7, June 21, August 6, August 25, September 4, September 5, November 9, November 27, November 28, December 8, December 9, December 10, December 11, December 12, December 13

Companionship .... April 15, July 4, July 5, November 30

Compromise ........................ September 29, September 30

Confession ...........January 8, February 10, August 3, September 9

Confl ict ................January 30, January 31, July 13, July 14, July 15

Control .................................... July 8, July 9Covenant .............. April 5, April 6, April 7,

November 6Criticism ................................... October 30Decisions ..................March 28, March 29,

May 17, May 18Defensiveness ...............March 2, March 3,

August 29, August 30Depression ........... February 6, February 7,

February 8Diff erences ..... June 27, June 28, October 6Distorted Anger ...... October 3, October 4,

October 5Division of Labor .....................October 22,

October 23, October 24Divorce ............................................ June 11

TOPICAL INDEX


Eff ort ..................................... September 26Emotions ....... January 17, July 11, July 12,

August 2, November 22, November 23Empty Nest ........................... September 14Encouragement .............April 27, April 28,

April 29, April 30, August 22Failure ....................................... February 9Family ........................................ January 25Fear ............................................ January 18First Step ........................................ April 24Forgiveness .............February 11, April 21,

April 22, August 14, August 15, August 16, August 17, October 1, October 2

Future .................................... November 14Gift of Marriage ................... November 29Gift s .............May 15, May 16, October 25,

October 26, October 27Giving Love ..................................... July 23Goals ..................May 12, May 13, May 14Hope ...........................April 13, October 21Husbands ......................................... July 22Infi delity ...............October 10, October 11,

October 12Infl uence .......................................August 1In-laws .......June 16, June 18, December 27Intimacy ............ February 15, February 16,

February 17, February 18, February 19, September 19, September 20, December 6

Irresponsibility ..May 19, May 20, May 21Kindness ................................... January 21Learning to Love ............................ June 24Legacy .............. February 4, December 30,

December 31Listening ..............January 23, January 24,

July 18, July 19, July 20Living in the Present ...............October 14,

October 16Long-Term Anger ......................August 19Looking Ahead ......................December 25Love ....................... January 20, August 20,

August 21, December 22Love Language ...........................January 1,

January 2, January 3, February 12, February 13, March 25, April 11, June 15, August 4

Money .....................................February 20, February 21, February 22, February 23, February 24, May 8, May 9, May 10, May 11, August 23, August 24, November 19, November 20, November 21

Motivation ...............August 27, August 28Needs .......March 19, March 20, March 21,

March 22, May 1, November 1, November 2, November 3

Oneness ........................July 1, July 2, July 3Parenting ....April 19, April 20, October 13Parents .......................March 26, March 27,

June 30, September 1, September 2, September 3, November 10

Patience ..................................... January 22Peacemaker ............................. February 26Personal Growth .................. November 12Personality .......February 25, February 27,

February 28, March 1Physical Touch .............March 4, March 5,

March 6, November 16, November 17, November 18

Prayer ..............June 9, June 10, August 13, September 22, September 23, September 24

Priorities ...................March 12, March 13, March 15, July 6, July 7

Quality Time ....................... September 12, September 13

Reconciliation ................... July 24, July 25, September 8, December 14, December 15

Repentance ............January 9, January 10, January 11

Respect ................. August 5, September 25Responsibility ................................ April 23Sacrifi ce ..................................... February 5Seasons of Marriage .... March 31, April 1,

April 2, April 3, April 4Self-anger ...........December 4, December 5Self-care .......................................March 14Selfl ess Love ...........................December 26Self-perception ............................... May 24Self-reliance .................................... May 25Self-revelation ......... January 4, January 5,

January 6, January 7


Self-worth ..............................December 23Servanthood .............May 22, September 6Service .................. February 1, February 2,

February 3, May 29, May 30, December 16, December 17, December 18

Serving Others ..................... September 27Sex ........... January 14, January 15, June 3,

June 4, June 5, July 28, July 29, September 10, September 11

Sexual sin .................................. January 16Signifi cance ...........................December 24Silence .................... May 31, June 1, June 2Spiritual Intimacy ............. July 16, July 17,

December 7Spouse’s Anger...............April 16, April 17,

April 18

Struggles .....................................August 12Submission ..................................March 30Success ........................................August 31Teamwork ............January 12, January 13,

May 27, May 28, November 15Th anksgiving ............................ October 15Time .............................August 7, August 8Time with God ..................... September 15Tough Love ....................April 14, April 25,

April 26, September 16, September 17Transformation ................May 23, May 26Truth ......................October 28, October 29Unconditional Love ...............February 14,

September 7, September 28Verbal Abuse ........................ September 18Wives ................................................ July 21Words ..........................January 29, June 25



Genesis 2:2 ...................................March 22Genesis 2:18 .................................March 29Genesis 2:23-24 ...........................March 13Genesis 3:6-7 ........................ September 19Genesis 3:11-13 .............................. June 23Genesis 24:51-53 ............................ May 15Exodus 18:17-18, 21, 24 ................ June 29Exodus 20:12 .......................... September 1Exodus 35:29 ............................ October 25Deuteronomy 11:18-19 ..........November 5Deuteronomy 24:5 ................... January 14Deuteronomy 26:18 ................November 3Joshua 24:14 ..................................... May 2Joshua 24:15 ................................March 23Ruth 1:16-17 .................................... April 51 Samuel 15:19-20 ........................March 22 Samuel 6:12, 14 ................... February 281 Kings 19:4 ..................................... July 311 Kings 21:4 .................................... May 312 Kings 5:11 .................................... June 192 Chronicles 7:14 .....June 10, September 9Nehemiah 4:6 ........................... January 13Job 12:11 ..................................November 8Job 13:17 ...........................April 17, July 18Job 31:35 .......................................August 6Psalm 1:1-3 .................................August 31Psalm 7:10-11 ........................December 19Psalm 10:17............................... October 10Psalm 17:3 ............................. September 18Psalm 19:8 ...................................... April 12Psalm 19:13-14 ................................ July 11Psalm 19:14..... November 27, December 8

Psalm 27:4 ....................................March 12Psalm 27:8 ............................... February 15Psalm 27:10-11 ................................. June 1Psalm 32:1 ...................................August 16Psalm 32:3, 5 ............................November 7Psalm 33:20-22 ................................ April 4Psalm 34:11............................... February 4Psalm 34:18...........February 6, October 31Psalm 36:7 ....................................March 19Psalm 37:8 ..............March 7, December 21Psalm 38:6 ............................... February 16Psalm 38:18..................................... June 22Psalm 41:4 ................................. October 19Psalm 42:1-2 .......................................July 2Psalm 42:5-6 ................February 8, July 30Psalm 51:1, 10 ........................... October 11Psalm 51:1-2 ........................... February 10Psalm 51:4, 7 ...............................August 14Psalm 56:3-4 ............................. January 18Psalm 63:1-2 ......................... September 12Psalm 74:16-17 ............................March 31Psalm 89:14............................... October 28Psalm 90:12...................................August 7Psalm 95:6-7 ............................. October 16Psalm 100:1-2 ........................... February 3Psalm 103:6-7 ............................. January 4Psalm 103:11-12 ......................December 5Psalm 103:12 ............................ October 17Psalm 103:13 ...........................November 4Psalm 127:3.................................August 26Psalm 139:1-2 .....................................July 3Psalm 139:1-2, 6 ......................... January 7

SCRIPTURE INDEX


Psalm 139:13-14 ................... November 12Psalm 139:14 ................................... July 15Psalm 139:23-24 ...........................August 4Psalm 147:3............................... February 7Proverbs 3:5-6 ................................ May 17Proverbs 4:25-27 ............................ May 13Proverbs 10:20-21 .......................March 17Proverbs 10:32 ................................ June 21Proverbs 11:14 ................................ May 25Proverbs 12:14-15 .. April 8, September 30Proverbs 12:15 .......................... January 23Proverbs 12:18 .......................... January 29Proverbs 12:25 ............................ October 7Proverbs 13:12 ............................ January 6Proverbs 14:9 ..............................August 19Proverbs 14:13 .............. July 12, August 18Proverbs 15:1 .............. March 18, April 16,

April 27, October 4Proverbs 15:13, 15 .................... January 27Proverbs 15:23 .................................. May 4Proverbs 15:31-32 ........................... July 14Proverbs 17:1 ................................... July 13Proverbs 17:14 .......................... January 30Proverbs 18:2 .......................... September 4Proverbs 18:13 ........................ September 5Proverbs 18:15 ............... March 16, May 5,

September 29Proverbs 18:20-21 ...........April 28, June 25Proverbs 18:22 ...................... November 29Proverbs 19:20 ...................... November 11Proverbs 20:3 ........................ November 26Proverbs 20:7 ............................ October 12Proverbs 20:27 ............................August 28Proverbs 21:5 .................................... May Proverbs 22:3 ............February 23, May 11Proverbs 22:9 .......................... February 24Proverbs 23:22 ........................ September 3Proverbs 23:24 ................................ June 16Proverbs 23:29-30, 32 .............December 1Proverbs 25:11 .......................... January 26Proverbs 25:14 .......................... October 27Proverbs 25:28 ..............................August 2Proverbs 27:5-6 ..........................August 25Proverbs 27:9 ................................... April 1Proverbs 27:17 ............................... April 19Proverbs 28:13 .......................... January 11Proverbs 29:11 .........................December 4

Proverbs 29:22 ...............................March 8Proverbs 31:10-12, 26 ..................... July 21Ecclesiastes 3:1, 4 ....................... January 5Ecclesiastes 3:1, 4-5 .......................March 6Ecclesiastes 4:9-10 ....... January 12, July 4,

October 23Ecclesiastes 4:11-12 ...........................July 5Ecclesiastes 5:10-11 ............... February 20Ecclesiastes 9:9 ..................April 15, July 7,

September 14Song of Solomon 1:2 ................... March 4,

September 10, November 17Song of Solomon 2:6 ....................March 5Song of Solomon 2:14 .................... July 29Song of Solomon 4:10 ............. January 15Song of Solomon 4:10, 12 ............... June 5Isaiah 26:9 ............................... February 17Isaiah 55:6-7 .................................... July 24Jeremiah 29:11 ......................... October 14Jeremiah 29:13-14 ........................... July 19Jeremiah 31:3........................ November 22Jeremiah 32:38-39 .......................March 21Lamentations 3:21-23.............. October 21Ezekiel 9:9 ...................................... April 25Ezekiel 18:30-31 ....................... January 10Hosea 2:23 ....................................... April 7Jonah 4:4 ..................................... October 3Malachi 2:15 ................................... June 11Matthew 2:10-11 ............................ May 16Matthew 3:1-2, 8 ........................ January 9Matthew 5:9 ............................ February 26Matthew 5:23-24 .................... September 8Matthew 5:43-45 ............................ June 13Matthew 6:11-13 ........................August 15Matthew 6:33 .................................. May 10Matthew 7:1-3, 5 ...................... October 30Matthew 7:3, 5 ............................ January 8Matthew 7:3-5 ............................... April 24Matthew 11:28-30 .......................... May 23Matthew 13:12 ................................. July 20Matthew 16:26 ....................................July 6Matthew 18:15 ................ March 9, June 30Matthew 18:20 ...................... September 23Matthew 18:21-22 ................ September 20Matthew 19:4-6 ...................... September 2Matthew 19:5-6 ...... January 25, March 26Matthew 19:6 ........................ November 30


Matthew 20:26-28 ... July 27, December 16Matthew 25:19-21 .................. February 22Matthew 25:21 ...................... November 21Mark 3:5 .................................... January 17Mark 9:35 ........................................ May 29Mark 10:44-45 .......................... February 2Mark 12:29-31 ......................... January 20,

September 15Luke 6:47-48 ............................December 6Luke 8:18 ..................................November 9Luke 15:20....................................... May 21Luke 21:14...................................August 29John 8:31-32 ................................... May 24John 8:32 ................................... October 29John 10:27-28 .................................. April 6John 13:5, 14-15 ............................. May 30John 13:12, 14-15 ................... September 6John 13:34 .................June 12, November 1John 13:34-35 ............................. January 3John 15:12-13 ..............................March 25Acts 20:35 ..............................December 26Romans 1:12 .................................... July 17Romans 2:11 ......................... November 10Romans 3:10-12 ....................... February 9Romans 5:5 ........................... September 28Romans 5:6-8 ......................... September 7Romans 5:8 ..............................November 6Romans 6:6-7 ..........................December 3Romans 8:1-2 .......................... January 16,

December 10Romans 8:28 ...............................August 12Romans 12:2 ................ May 26, August 11Romans 12:6 ........................... February 25Romans 12:8-10 .................................July 9Romans 12:10 ..............January 24, May 1,

July 23, September 13Romans 12:15 ........................December 11Romans 14:12-13 ........................... June 20Romans 15:5 ................................... May 18Romans 16:1-2 ........................... October 91 Corinthians 1:10 .....February 21, May 81 Corinthians 3:6-9........................ May 281 Corinthians 3:8-9.......................March 11 Corinthians 3:11 ..................December 71 Corinthians 3:16-17 ................March 141 Corinthians 7:3 ............................. June 41 Corinthians 7:3-4................ February 19

1 Corinthians 7:3-5............. September 11, November 18

1 Corinthians 10:24 ....................March 281 Corinthians 11:1 ................December 301 Corinthians 12:12 .... March 15, June 27,

August 231 Corinthians 12:17-18 ............. October 61 Corinthians 12:18-21 ................. June 281 Corinthians 13:4-5 ............... January 311 Corinthians 13:4-7 ... March 24, June 241 Corinthians 13:5-6 ....................... May 71 Corinthians 13:7 .................February 13,

April 13, September 171 Corinthians 13:13 ..............December 221 Corinthians 13:13–14:1 ......... January 11 Corinthians 14:1 ...February 12, June 152 Corinthians 2:4 .......................... April 262 Corinthians 5:17 ......................... May 202 Corinthians 8:7 ..................... October 262 Corinthians 9:6 ............................ April 22 Corinthians 13:11 ...................... April 30Galatians 5:13 .........................November 2,

December 18Galatians 5:22-23 ..................December 29Galatians 6:1 ..........................December 20Galatians 6:2 .................................... July 16Galatians 6:4-5 ............................... May 19Galatians 6:5 .................................. April 23Galatians 6:9 ........................ September 26,

December 28Galatians 6:10 .................................. July 26Ephesians 1:5, 13 ............................ May 27Ephesians 1:7 ...............................March 20Ephesians 1:16-17 ............................ June 9Ephesians 3:20 ....................April 9, July 25Ephesians 4:2 ........... January 22, March 3,

July 10, August 27Ephesians 4:15 .........................December 9Ephesians 4:23-24 ....June 6, November 13Ephesians 4:26-27 ......January 19, April 3,

October 5Ephesians 4:29 .................April 29, July 28,

November 28Ephesians 4:31 ..October 22, November 25Ephesians 4:31-32 ....March 11, March 27,

June 18Ephesians 4:32 .......................... January 21


Ephesians 5:1-2 ... August 1, November 15Ephesians 5:2 ................................. April 11Ephesians 5:15-16 ......... May 14, August 8Ephesians 5:21-22, 25 ................March 30,

December 17Ephesians 5:28 ...................June 14, July 22Ephesians 6:4 ................................. April 20Philippians 1:27 ....................December 24Philippians 2:4 ............................August 24Philippians 2:5-8 ............................ May 22Philippians 3:13-14 ....................... May 12,

November 14, December 25Philippians 4:6-8 .............................. June 7Philippians 4:8 .......................... January 28Colossians 1:9 ....................... September 22Colossians 1:11-12 ................. February 18Colossians 2:2 .....................................July 1Colossians 3:12-13 .....................August 30Colossians 3:13 .......February 11, April 18Colossians 3:14 ....... April 14, December 2Colossians 3:23 ........................ October 24Colossians 3:23-24 ................... February 1Colossians 4:2 ....................... September 24Colossians 4:6 ........... May 3, December 131 Th essalonians 5:16-18 .................. June 81 Th essalonians 5:18 ................ October 152 Th essalonians 3:5 ....................August 101 Timothy 1:19 .............................. April 221 Timothy 4:12 ......... June 2, December 311 Timothy 6:10 ..................... November 19

1 Timothy 6:11-12 ............... November 20Philemon 1:8-9 ........................... October 2Hebrews 3:13 .............................. October 8Hebrews 10:24 ... August 22, September 27Hebrews 11:1 .........................December 15Hebrews 12:10 ...................... September 16Hebrews 12:15 ...................... November 24Hebrews 13:4 .................................... June 3James 1:5 ................................... October 13James 1:19 ................. May 6, December 12James 1:19-20 ..............................March 10James 1:22, 25 ........................... October 20James 5:16 ................... April 21, August 131 Peter 1:22 ............................... October 181 Peter 2:17 ........................April 10, July 8,

September 25, December 271 Peter 3:7 ............ August 5, November 161 Peter 5:7 ...................................August 172 Peter 2:19 ........................... November 231 John 1:8-9 ............... August 3, October 11 John 3:1 ...............................December 231 John 3:16 ................................ February 51 John 3:18 ..................... June 26, August 91 John 4:9-11 .......................... February 141 John 4:11-12 ............................ January 21 John 4:16 ..................................August 201 John 4:18 ..................................August 212 John 1:6 ..............................December 143 John 1:4 ................June 17, September 213 John 1:9-10 .......................... February 27


dr. gary chapman is the author of the perennial best seller Th e Five Love Languages (over 4 million copies sold) and numerous other marriage and family books. He also coauthored a fi ction series based on Th e Four Seasons of Marriage with best-selling author Catherine Palmer. Dr. Chapman is the director of Marriage and Family Life Consultants, Inc.; an internationally known speaker; and the host of A Love Language Minute, a syndicated radio program heard on more than two hundred stations across North America. He and his wife, Karolyn, live in North Carolina.

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The One Year Love Language Minute Devotional · PDF filetyndale house publishers, inc. carol stream, illinois LOVEthe one year® LANGUAGE DevotionalMINUTE GARY CHAPMAN Love.indd iii