{"id":302359,"date":"2011-09-08T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-09-08T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast\/%series%\/the-love-of-love\/"},"modified":"2011-09-08T11:00:00","modified_gmt":"2011-09-08T15:00:00","slug":"the-love-of-love","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast\/familylife-today\/the-love-of-love\/","title":{"rendered":"The Love of Love"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bob Lepine (also known as Dr. Love) talks about what REAL love looks like.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":91,"featured_media":294104,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","inline_featured_image":false,"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","episode_type":"","audio_file":"https:\/\/web.familylifetoday.com\/fl2011-09-08.mp3","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"00:","filesize":"22.81M","filesize_raw":"23921301","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":""},"categories":[2088],"tags":[4299,4213,4714,2991],"podcast_series":[7823],"cwp_profile":[3142],"series":[2101],"class_list":["post-302359","podcast","type-podcast","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-romance-and-sex","tag-faith","tag-love","tag-romance","tag-sex","podcast_series-aint-nothin-like-the-real-thing","cwp_profile-bob-lepine","series-familylife-today"],"acf":[],"episode_featured_image":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1001\/2024\/09\/FLT-Podcast-Cover-2-508x508-3.jpg?w=508","episode_player_image":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1001\/2023\/02\/image-scaled.jpg","download_link":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast-download\/302359\/the-love-of-love","player_link":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast-player\/302359\/the-love-of-love","audio_player":null,"episode_data":{"playerMode":"light","subscribeUrls":{"apple_podcasts":{"key":"apple_podcasts","url":"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/familylife-today\/id212174303?mt=2&app=podcast","label":"Apple Podcasts","class":"apple_podcasts","icon":"apple-podcasts.png"},"google_podcasts":{"key":"google_podcasts","url":"","label":"Google Podcasts","class":"google_podcasts","icon":"google-podcasts.png"},"spotify":{"key":"spotify","url":"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/0j5UaKdQOHQCuo1bt0ebEm","label":"Spotify","class":"spotify","icon":"spotify.png"},"youtube":{"key":"youtube","url":"","label":"YouTube","class":"youtube","icon":"youtube.png"}},"rssFeedUrl":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/feed\/podcast\/familylife-today","embedCode":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"vgsdCgdDP0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast\/familylife-today\/the-love-of-love\/\">The Love of Love<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast\/familylife-today\/the-love-of-love\/embed\/#?secret=vgsdCgdDP0\" width=\"500\" height=\"350\" title=\"&#8220;The Love of Love&#8221; &#8212; FamilyLife\u00ae - A Cru Ministry\" data-secret=\"vgsdCgdDP0\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! 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He knew all the songs, all the lyrics, and so we asked him to give this message on our first ever <em>Love Like You Mean It\u00ae cruise.<\/em>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<em>\u00a0<\/em>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 That\u2019s the good memories I was talking about, not the song lyrics.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 Oh, yeah.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 I was talking about \u2013\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 No, no, no, no.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 I\u2019m talking about --\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 You loved giving this message and starting it out with some great oldies to kind of blend in the theme talking about what music presents as the truth about love.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 Well, here was the setting.\u00a0 This was day one of the <em>Love Like You Mean It<\/em> cruise back last February.\u00a0 And by the way, we\u2019re getting ready to head back out next February, Valentine\u2019s week, for the second <em>Love Like You Mean It<\/em> cruise, and before we\u2019re done today we\u2019ll let you know about a special deal we\u2019ve worked out for <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> listeners this week.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBut, this was Valentine\u2019s Day, Monday, February 14<sup>th<\/sup>.\u00a0 We\u2019d just gotten on board the ship, and I had the assignment of giving a Valentine\u2019s night message, and I wanted to talk about what genuine love looks like.\u00a0 It just occurred to me that we don\u2019t have a lot of sources telling us the truth about love.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 And there\u2019s where you called upon your vast, encyclopedic knowledge \u2013 or should I say \u201cgoogle?\u201d \u2013 his google knowledge of all music \u2013\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 Googlic.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 -- since the beginning of time.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 Make it an adjective \u2013 googlic.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 I just wish you folks \u2013 well, you need to come this year.\u00a0 That\u2019s what you need to do.\u00a0 You need to join us.\u00a0 But you should have been there last year because Bob Lepine, co-host of <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>, had a lot of fun up front with the audience, and you start by involving one of our favorite musicians from Nashville.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 Well in fact, he and his wife have been guests this week on <em>FamilyLife Today,<\/em> and he just happened to be on the cruise,\u00a0 Michael O\u2019Brien, and so I thought, \u201cOkay, I\u2019m going to demonstrate, I\u2019m going to illustrate how we get lied to about what real love is, and I\u2019m going to get Michael O\u2019Brien to help me.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 And you\u2019re going to want the sound track from this.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 I think we have been lied to about romance and love from popular songs.\u00a0 I think that if you grew up listening to pop radio, you heard song lyrics that lied to you about what real love is like, and it gave you a warped sense of what to expect when Valentine\u2019s Day came around.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIn fact, as I was thinking about this -- Is Michael O\u2019Brien, is Michael out here in the \u2013 Michael\u2019s over here on the side.\u00a0 Michael, come up here, will you?\u00a0 Michael O\u2019Brien, ladies and gentlemen.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t(Applause)\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 Michael is going to be doing a concert on Wednesday night.\u00a0 He\u2019s going to lead worship for us and then do a concert on Wednesday night.\u00a0 But he and I were talking about this, and I said, \u201cWould you mind coming up and just demonstrate my theory, my hypothesis that we have been lied to by popular love songs?\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo, for example, you know that great Percy Sledge classic, <em>When a Man Loves a Woman<\/em>, right?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michael:<\/strong>\u00a0 Uhh \u2013 Michael Bolton version.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 Oh, come on.\u00a0 No, no.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t(laughter)\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 Give us a little <em>When a Man Loves a Woman.<\/em>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<em>\u00a0<\/em>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michael:<\/strong>\u00a0 <em>When a man loves a woman,<\/em>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<em>\u00a0<\/em>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 Oh, yeah.\u00a0 C\u2019mon.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t(crowd screaming and whistling)\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michael:<\/strong>\u00a0 <em>Can\u2019t keep his mind on nothin\u2019 else.<\/em>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 Okay.\u00a0 Hang on just a second.\u00a0 Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.\u00a0 Hold it.\u00a0 Hold it.\u00a0 Okay.\u00a0 When a man loves a woman, he can\u2019t keep his mind on nothin\u2019 else.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michael:<\/strong>\u00a0 That\u2019s right, man.\u00a0 That\u2019s right.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 Okay, so like if the game is on, like football, okay?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t(laughter)\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 You see where I\u2019m going with this?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michael:<\/strong>\u00a0 I do.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 Alright.\u00a0 Okay.\u00a0 Keep going.\u00a0 Keep singing.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michael:<\/strong>\u00a0 <em>If she\u2019s bad, he can\u2019t see it.<\/em>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<em>\u00a0<\/em>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 Oh, now, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait \u2013\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michael:<\/strong>\u00a0 <em>Oh she can do no wrong.<\/em>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 Now, c\u2019mon.\u00a0 Wait.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t(laughter)\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 Now, c\u2019mon.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michael:<\/strong>\u00a0 That\u2019s a good lyric right there.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t(laughter)\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 It\u2019s a great lyric.\u00a0 It\u2019s a lie, Michael.\u00a0 It\u2019s a lie.\u00a0\u00a0 Forget that song.\u00a0 Let\u2019s think about \u2013 think about \u2013 You\u2019re probably one of those boy band types, weren\u2019t you?\u00a0 You look like you could be in a boy band. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michael:<\/strong>\u00a0 Oh, gee.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 Don\u2019t you think he\u2019s got that boy band look to him, huh?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u00a0(laughter)\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 Yeah.\u00a0 Yeah.\u00a0 So like, give me \u2013 how would the Backstreet Boys lie to us?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michael:<\/strong>\u00a0 (laughing) Oh, man.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 C\u2019mon, give it \u2013\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michael:<\/strong>\u00a0 <em>I don\u2019t care what you are, where you\u2019re from, what you did, as long as you love me \u2013<\/em>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<em>\u00a0<\/em>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, hold it.\u00a0 Whoa, hold up.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michael:<\/strong>\u00a0 <em>Who you are, yeah, what \u2013<\/em>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<em>\u00a0<\/em>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 Yeah, that\u2019s -- that\u2019s \u2013 that\u2019s lovely.\u00a0 But Michael, that\u2019s a lie, that\u2019s a lie.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t(pervasive, continued laughter)\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michael:<\/strong>\u00a0 That\u2019s beautiful.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 I don\u2019t care who you are, what you\u2019ve done, where you\u2019re from, as long as you love me?\u00a0 I think he cares \u2013\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michael:<\/strong>\u00a0 That\u2019s love.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 -- who she is, what she\u2019s done, where she\u2019s from, all of that.\u00a0 Okay, skip that one.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michael:<\/strong>\u00a0 Alright.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 Go to \u2013 let\u2019s go to another boy band.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michael:<\/strong>\u00a0 No.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 Oh, come on.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michael:<\/strong>\u00a0 Okay.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 C\u2019mon.\u00a0 You know these guys, right?\u00a0 (singing) dah, dah, dah.\u00a0 C\u2019mon.\u00a0 They had that big wedding song, right? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michael:<\/strong>\u00a0 <em>I\u2019ll love you forever.<\/em>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<em>\u00a0<\/em>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 Yeah, right.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michael:<\/strong>\u00a0 <em>In the lifetimes before.<\/em>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 In the lifetimes before?\u00a0 What is that?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michael:<\/strong>\u00a0 <em>And I promise you never, will I hurt you anymore.<\/em>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 Right.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t(laughter)\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michael:<\/strong>\u00a0 <em>I give you my word, <\/em>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<em>\u00a0<\/em>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 Yeah.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michael:<\/strong>\u00a0 <em>I give you my heart,<\/em>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<em>\u00a0<\/em>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 My heart, yeah.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michael:<\/strong>\u00a0 <em>This is the battle we\u2019ve won,<\/em>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<em>\u00a0<\/em>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 Yeah.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michael:<\/strong>\u00a0 <em>And with this vow, forever has now begun.<\/em><em>\u00a0 <\/em>This is my best part, here.\u00a0 <em>Just close your eyes.<\/em>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 Close your eyes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michael:<\/strong>\u00a0 <em>Each loving day, I know this feeling won\u2019t go away.<\/em>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait \u2013 hold \u2013 hold \u2013 hold --\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michael:<\/strong>\u00a0 <em>Till the day<\/em>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 Yeah, fine, fine. Okay, go ahead and finish that line.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michael:<\/strong>\u00a0 <em>Till the day my life is through, this I promise you.<\/em><em>\u00a0 <\/em><em>This is promise you.<\/em>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 Oh, yeah, okay.\u00a0 Did they say in that song, \u201cI\u2019ll never hurt you,\u201d something --\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michael:<\/strong>\u00a0 Yeah, exactly.\u00a0 It\u2019s a good lyric.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 It\u2019s a lie, Michael, it\u2019s a lie.\u00a0 Okay, skip the boy bands.\u00a0 Let\u2019s go to \u2013\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michael:<\/strong>\u00a0 Thank you.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 Let\u2019s go to \u2013 You like country music?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michael:<\/strong>\u00a0 A little bit.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 How about Garth?\u00a0 Do you like Garth?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michael:<\/strong>\u00a0 (indistinct)\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 Well, how would Garth lie to us in a love song?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michael:<\/strong>\u00a0 <em>I\u2019d go hungry; I\u2019d go blind for you.<\/em>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 Yeah, see what I\u2019m talking about?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michael:<\/strong>\u00a0 <em>I\u2019d go crawling down the aisle for you.<\/em>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<em>\u00a0<\/em>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 I think that\u2019s enough of that.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michael:<\/strong>\u00a0 I wouldn\u2019t even do that.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 No, right, yeah.\u00a0 So, there are some redeeming songs.\u00a0 I\u2019m thinking of that great Marvin Gaye, Tammi Terrell classic from the \u201860s.\u00a0 Give me a little of that, right?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michael:<\/strong>\u00a0 <em>Ain\u2019t nothing like the real thing, baby, ain\u2019t nothing like the real thing.<\/em>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<em>\u00a0<\/em>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 Yeah, yeah.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Michael:<\/strong>\u00a0 <em>Ain\u2019t nothing like the real thing, baby, there ain\u2019t nothing like the real thing.<\/em>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<em>\u00a0<\/em>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 Michael O\u2019Brien, ladies and gentlemen.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t(Applause)\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 Alright, let\u2019s focus on the real thing.\u00a0 Lucky for you tonight, I am here tonight as Doctor Love, and I\u2019m going to share with you what I have found from the Scriptures as I have been looking at the real thing.\u00a0 What does real love look like?\u00a0 Not just the romantic, quiver-in-the liver Valentine\u2019s Day passion, but I\u2019m talking about the real thing.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd as much fun as the romantic part is, and it ought to be an aspect of your relationship, it can\u2019t be the foundation of your relationship.\u00a0 You try to build a relationship on that feeling, and as we\u2019ve just heard, you\u2019re going to wake up some morning and it ain\u2019t going to be there, and you\u2019ve got nothing.\u00a0 So you\u2019ve got to build it on something stronger than just how do you make me feel today, or how do you make me feel tonight?\u00a0 You\u2019ve got to have genuine love.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tLove is a big theme in the Bible.\u00a0 In fact, there is a lot about love, about God\u2019s love for us in the Old Testament.\u00a0 Jesus comes and says the great commandment is to love God and the second is to love your neighbor.\u00a0 The Bible has a lot to say about love, but I want us to zero in on a half of a chapter in Romans chapter 12, which is where we\u2019re going to find the Bible explaining to us characteristics of genuine love.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBefore we look at the passage in particular, let me give you a context for the book of Romans.\u00a0 The book of Romans starts off in the first three chapters with this basic thesis:\u00a0 Everybody has messed up when it comes to a relationship with God.\u00a0 And then in Romans 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8, the Bible explains to us what God did in response, which was not to wipe us out, which is what we deserved, but instead, what God did in response to our rebellion was to move in to reconcile our relationship with Him by offering His son as a substitutionary sacrifice for our sin.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd Romans 9, 10 and 11 explains God\u2019s plan for the people of the Jewish nation.\u00a0 And then, once that\u2019s all done, we get to Romans chapter 12 and Paul says now because of all of that, because of what God did for us in Christ, because of how even in the midst of our rebellion, Christ died for us, we should respond rightly.\u00a0 And so he says, \u201cI urge you, therefore, Brethren, to offer your whole life as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tYou get to Romans chapter 12, verse 9, and the writer makes this statement: \u201cLet love be genuine.\u00a0 Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good.\u00a0 Love one another with brotherly affection.\u00a0 Outdo one another in showing honor.\u00a0 Do not be slothful in zeal, be fervent in spirit, serve the Lord.\u00a0 Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u201cContribute to the needs of the saints.\u00a0 Seek to show hospitality.\u00a0 Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse them.\u00a0 Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep.\u00a0 Live in harmony with one another.\u00a0 Do not be haughty, but associate with the lowly.\u00a0 Never be wise in your own sight.\u00a0 Repay no one evil for evil, but give thought to do what is honorable in the sight of all.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u201cIf possible, so far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all.\u00a0 Beloved, never avenge yourself, but leave it to the wrath of God, for it is written, \u2018Vengeance is mine; I will repay, says the Lord.\u2019\u00a0\u00a0 To the contrary, \u2018if your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink; for by doing so you will heap burning coals on his head.\u2019\u00a0 Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe read a passage like that and we think, \u201cWell, this describes how I should act toward other people at my church.\u201d\u00a0 Yes, that\u2019s true, but it also applies to how you should deal with one another in marriage.\u00a0 I mean, you do go to church together, right?\u00a0 So you ought to have this kind of genuine love for one another.\u00a0 In fact, sometimes it\u2019s easier to have this kind of love for somebody you don\u2019t know as well as your spouse.\u00a0 The better you know your spouse, the harder it is to have this kind of genuine love.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBut I want to address the five characteristics that I think come from this passage that apply to our marriage.\u00a0\u00a0 Number one:\u00a0 Genuine love is devoted.\u00a0 It\u2019s devoted love.\u00a0 Number two: It\u2019s honoring.\u00a0 Genuine love is honoring.\u00a0 Number three:\u00a0 Genuine love is harmonious.\u00a0 Number four:\u00a0 Genuine love is forgiving, and number five: Genuine love is anchored in Christ.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo let\u2019s step back.\u00a0 \u201cLet love be genuine.\u201d\u00a0 This love that it\u2019s talking about is a love \u2013 The Bible has four different Greek words that get translated love in our Bible.\u00a0 Some of you know this.\u00a0 There\u2019s the word \u2018eros,\u2019 which means sexual love or intimate, romantic love.\u00a0 Then there\u2019s the word 'philios' or 'philia,' which means brotherly affection or liking somebody, being drawn to that person, friendship.\u00a0 Then there\u2019s the word 'storge,' which talks about the love that exists within a family, and then there\u2019s the word 'agape.'\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThe word agape is a word that means the kind of love that God has for us.\u00a0 It\u2019s an unselfish, self-sacrificial, unconditional love.\u00a0 Pastor Kent Hughes describes the love this way:\u00a0 \u201cIt is a God-like love that loves regardless of the circumstances, a deliberate love that decides it will keep loving even if it is rebuffed.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tYou get the picture?\u00a0 This is not some \u201chere\u2019s how I feel today,\u201d soft, squishy, mushy kind of love.\u00a0 This is a strong love, a powerful love, a rugged love, a love that is proactive, that leads, that initiates.\u00a0 It\u2019s steadfast, it\u2019s immovable, it\u2019s a rooted love that\u2019s not going anywhere, and it has to be genuine, not counterfeit, genuine or real.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIn fact, that Bible verse, \u201cLet love be genuine,\u201d is translated a number of different ways in our English version.\u00a0 In the old King James it said, \u201cLet love be without dissimulation,\u201d which is kind of a funny word that we don\u2019t use much, but what it meant was, \u201cLet love be different than an actor on a stage who\u2019s wearing a mask.\u201d\u00a0 That\u2019s really what it goes back to.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThe word that\u2019s translated there is the word that we get our word \u2018hypocrite\u2019 from.\u00a0 So that\u2019s why the New American Standard says, \u201cLet love be without hypocrisy.\u201d\u00a0 Let it not be phony, let it not be like you\u2019re wearing a mask when you\u2019re doing it, let it be sincere or genuine.\u00a0 It must be real.\u00a0 The New Living Translation:\u00a0 \u201cDon\u2019t just pretend to love others, really love them.\u201d\u00a0 And the Message says, \u201cLove from the center of who you are, and don\u2019t fake it.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo our love is to be strong, committed, God-like love.\u00a0 It\u2019s genuine, it\u2019s sincere, it\u2019s not pretend, not fake, coming from the center of who we are.\u00a0 But then this question comes around, \u201cSo what happens on those days when you aren\u2019t feeling it?\u201d\u00a0 What happens on those days and this happens in marriage, doesn\u2019t it \u2013 when you just aren\u2019t drawn to the other person.\u00a0 You\u2019re not feeling love toward the other person.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI thought about that \u2013 All I could think about was Randy Jackson.\u00a0 You know Randy, right?\u00a0 Because he\u2019ll hear these singers on <em>American Idol<\/em>, andwhat\u2019s he say?\u00a0 \u201cI\u2019m not feelin\u2019 it, dawg.\u201d\u00a0 Right?\u00a0 \u201cNah, I\u2019m not feeling it.\u201d\u00a0 Right?\u00a0 And there are days in our marriage where it\u2019s \u201cI\u2019m not feeling it, dawg.\u201d\u00a0 Probably shouldn\u2019t use \u2018dawg\u2019 when you\u2019re doing that.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t(laughter)\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBut there are days when we\u2019re just not feeling it.\u00a0 Now here\u2019s what I want to suggest to you.\u00a0 If you\u2019re not feeling love toward your spouse, the issue is not that your spouse is not inspiring you properly to feel love toward her or him.\u00a0 See, that\u2019s what we think.\u00a0 \u201cIf I don\u2019t feel love toward you, then the issue must be you.\u00a0 You\u2019re not doing those things that stir up love in me, so why don\u2019t you do those and then I\u2019d love you?\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tNo, if you\u2019re not feeling love toward your spouse and you want that feeling back, what do you do?\u00a0 You don\u2019t do what Barry Manilow did, okay.\u00a0 You remember Barry?\u00a0 I used to listen to Barry.\u00a0 I\u2019m not going to get Michael up, because Michael wouldn\u2019t do Barry.\u00a0 If I asked him to he wouldn\u2019t play it. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<em>Doctor, my woman is coming back home late today.<\/em><em>\u00a0 <\/em><em>Could you maybe give me something \u2018cause the feeling is gone and I must get it back right away, before she sees that I\u2019ve been up down trying to get the feeling again.<\/em>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tRight?\u00a0 We all want to do this a little bit?\u00a0 Not on the boat.\u00a0 Okay.\u00a0 If you\u2019re not feeling love toward your spouse, it\u2019s not that you need a pill, it\u2019s not that he needs to act differently or she needs to dress differently.\u00a0 Those aren\u2019t the issues.\u00a0 If you\u2019re not feeling love toward your spouse, you know what the problem is?\u00a0 You are not receiving the abundant love of God into your life from which love for your spouse would overflow.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tYou see, the reason that you feel love toward your spouse or toward anyone is because you have received and drunk in and experienced and meditated on and been filled up with the love of God that just abounds, overflows.\u00a0 Philippians 1, Paul prayed \u201cThat your love would abound more and more.\u201d\u00a0 It\u2019s this idea that just you can\u2019t help it.\u00a0 When you are connected to God, receiving His love, rejoicing in His Spirit, what pours out of you is love, no matter what the other person is acting like.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo if you\u2019re not feeling love toward your spouse, the issue is not your spouse.\u00a0 The issue is how are you and God doing?\u00a0 And that\u2019s the source of genuine love.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWell, we\u2019ve been listening to the first part of a message from the <em>Love Like You Mean It<\/em> cruise earlier this year, a message on what real love looks like.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 And as you were speaking there, Bob, I was thinking about 1 John chapter 4, where we get love in high definition, I mean high quality.\u00a0 \u201cBeloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God.\u201d\u00a0 The way we learn to love is first of all by knowing God, experiencing His love, and then we become \u2013 well, we become those who have been mentored by God, trained by God in knowing truly how to love another imperfect human being.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBecause that\u2019s what marriage is all about.\u00a0 It\u2019s not about romance, just about falling helplessly over a cliff and spending the rest of your lives, hopelessly and helplessly under the swift currents of love.\u00a0 No, you\u2019ve got to have a love from on high.\u00a0 You have to know the God of all love, the God who demonstrated His love for us \u201cin that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.\u201d\u00a0 And you know what?\u00a0 That\u2019s what you have to do to make a marriage great.\u00a0 You have to die for your spouse.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 There\u2019s got to be a little more fiber in your love than just the sentiment, right?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 Honestly, it\u2019s back where you started the message, Bob.\u00a0 We have such a squishy, worldly view of love.\u00a0 Barbara and I have just celebrated our 39<sup>th<\/sup> year of marriage, and I just feel like even in the last decade I\u2019ve finally begun to settle in and begin to understand what love is really all about.\u00a0 It begins with a commitment, but then it\u2019s followed up with forgiveness and grace and manifestations of that commitment over a lifetime.\u00a0 Marriage is a great place to demonstrate love.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 You know, I think both you and I were surprised by the number of couples we talked to who joined us on the <em>Love Like You Mean It<\/em> cruise earlier this year who said that not only was it a fun vacation and a great getaway, but it was a great spiritual week for them and for their marriage as well.\u00a0 The messages each night, the workshops that went on during the day, the Christian music that was on board the ship, and just having the whole ship to ourselves made for a really great week.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAs you know, we are getting close to selling out this year\u2019s cruise.\u00a0 It\u2019s going to be Valentine\u2019s week again, February 13<sup>th<\/sup> through the 17<sup>th<\/sup>.\u00a0 We leave from Miami on Monday morning, head out in the Caribbean and come back on Friday.\u00a0 Along the way folks are going to hear from you and from me and from Voddie Baucham and from Gary Thomas, the author of the book <em>Sacred Marriage.<\/em>\u00a0 We\u2019ve got Sanctus Real joining us this year; Paul Overstreet is going to be with us, Matthew West and others.\u00a0 It\u2019s going to be a great event for couples.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI was talking to a friend of mine recently, and they are celebrating one of those milestone anniversaries.\u00a0 He said, \u201cI decided that this should be our anniversary getaway this year.\u201d\u00a0 I thought, \u201cThat\u2019s a great idea,\u201d and I told him about the special offer for <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> listeners this week.\u00a0 If you sign up before the end of the week, when you\u2019re registered your spouse comes at no additional cost. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBut that\u2019s this week only, and you have to identify yourself as a <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> listener.\u00a0 So call 1-800-FLTODAY or go online at FamilyLifeToday.com.\u00a0 If you go online there\u2019s more information about how to get in touch with us and how to get registered for the cruise.\u00a0 If you call 1-800-FLTODAY and let folks know you\u2019re interested in the <em>Love Like You Mean It<\/em> cruise, we\u2019ll get you taken care of.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAgain, you need to let us know that you\u2019re a <em>FamilyLife Today <\/em>listener when you get in touch with us, so you can take advantage of this special offer this week -- you come on the cruise and your spouse comes at no cost.\u00a0 So we hope you\u2019ll be able to take advantage of it, and I hope to see you next February in Miami as we head off on the <em>Love Like You Mean It<\/em> cruise.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tNow I just want to make sure that those of you who are regular listeners and who also get in touch with us and help support the ministry of <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>, help us cover the cost of producing and syndicating this daily radio program, keeping our website up and going, I just want you to know how much we appreciate when you do get in touch with us, and when you help support the ministry.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe are listener-supported; without your help this program could not continue to be heard on this station or on our network of stations all across the country.\u00a0 Those of you who are monthly legacy partners, we\u2019re very grateful for your ongoing financial support.\u00a0 Those of you who just from time to time will call or go online and make a donation, we appreciate that as well.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIn fact, this week if you make a donation to help support <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>, we want to encourage you to request a copy of Dennis and Barbara Rainey\u2019s book, <em>Two Hearts Praying as One.<\/em>\u00a0 It\u2019s a book that Dennis and Barbara wrote to help couples be more regular in the spiritual discipline of praying together, and there may be no better indicator of health for a marriage relationship than how regularly a couple prays with one another.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIf you\u2019d like to get a copy of the book <em>Two Hearts Praying as One<\/em>, when you make your donation online at FamilyLifeToday.com, just type the word \u201cHEARTS\u201d in the online key code box, and we\u2019ll send a copy of the book out to you.\u00a0 Or call 1-800-FLTODAY, make a donation over the phone and ask for the book on praying as a couple, and again we\u2019ll send it to you.\u00a0 We do appreciate your financial support.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd we hope you\u2019ll be back tomorrow when we\u2019re going to hear more about what makes love real love.\u00a0 I hope you can tune in for that.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI want to thank our engineer today, Keith Lynch, and our entire broadcast production team.\u00a0 On behalf of our host, Dennis Rainey, I'm Bob Lepine.\u00a0 We will see you back next time for another edition of <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> is a production of FamilyLife of Little Rock, Arkansas.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tHelp for today.\u00a0 Hope for tomorrow.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t*Song: All You Need is Love\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tArtist: The Beatles\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAlbum: Magical Mystery Tour, (c)1967 EMI Records\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t*Song: When a Man Loves a Woman\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tArtist: Percy Sledge\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAlbum: When a Man Loves a Woman, (c)1966 Atlantic\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t*Song: As Long As You Love Me\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tArtist: Backstreet Boys\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAlbum: As Long As You Love Me, (c)1996 Jive Records\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t*Song: This I Promise You\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tArtist: \u2018N Sync\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAlbum: No Strings Attached, (c)2000 Jive Records\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t*Song: Make You Feel My Love \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tArtist: Bob Dylan\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAlbum: Time Out of Mind, (c)1997 Columbia\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t*Song: Ain\u2019t Nothing Like the Real Thing\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tArtist: Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAlbum: You\u2019re All I Need, (c)1968 Tamla\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe are so happy to provide these transcripts to you.\u00a0 However, there is a cost to produce them for our website.\u00a0 If you\u2019ve benefited from the broadcast transcripts, would you consider <a href=\"http:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/donate\">donating today<\/a> to help defray the costs?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tCopyright \u00a9 2011 FamilyLife.\u00a0 All rights 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