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b'If you\\u2019ve been dating someone for a while and you really like them, you may\\nstart asking yourself, \\u201cIs this love? How do I know?\\u201d The Bible has tons to\\nsay about loves of all kinds, including romantic, friendship, and familial.\\nThe Bible also says, \\u201cGod is love\\u201d (1 John 4:8, 16). Jesus demonstrated\\nGod\\u2019s amazing love for us by dying on the cross for our sins and rising\\nagain so that we can be saved and live with Him forever. Overcoming death\\nand sin is a huge demonstration of love, but how do we relate Jesus\\u2019s love\\nand actions to those of our significant other?\\nLove should look like Jesus. Does your partner treat you and others with\\ncompassion, mercy, kindness, patience, selflessness, and humility\\u2014the way\\nJesus treated those around Him? It sounds like a tall order, but true love\\nincludes all those things. Yes, none of us are perfect, so we won\\u2019t display\\nall these attributes of love all the time, but the Holy Spirit moves us\\ntoward them. As we seek to follow Jesus, the fruit of the Spirit\\u2019s work\\nshould be present in our lives (Galatians 5:22-23). It might be easier to\\nask, \\u201cDoes my significant other value becoming more like Jesus each day?\\nAnd do I become more like Jesus when I spend time around my partner? Would\\nmy partner give in a self-sacrificing way?\\u201d\\nThe person you\\u2019re dating might be fun to hang out with, but if you\\u2019re\\nthinking about marrying a person, your relationship should reflect the\\nrelationship that Jesus has with His church. Jesus demonstrated a deep\\naffection for us, His people, and He hasn\\u2019t abandoned us to be on our own.\\nHe invites us to rely on His help and\\nguidance in every decision we face.\\nIf you\\u2019ve made it to the end of this devotion and you\\u2019re still not sure\\nabout any of this, that\\u2019s okay! Dating and falling in love isn\\u2019t always a\\nstraight path, but you can trust that God\\u2019s love for you will always be a\\nsteady relationship. \\u2981 Naomi Zylstra\\n\\u2981 Who is someone you love (such as a friend, family member, or significant\\nother)? How does this love reflect the love Jesus has for us?\\n\\u2981 What does self-sacrificing love look like to you?\\n\\u2981 The Bible tells us that Christians should not seek to marry\\nnon-Christians (1 Corinthians 7:39; 2 Corinthians 6:14). Why do you think\\nthis is the case?\\nBut anyone who does not love does not know God, for God is love. 1 John 4:8\\n(NLT)\\n\\xa0\\nRead Verses:\\n1Cor.13.4-1Cor.13.7|1John.4.8'