Motivation – Day 29 of the Love Dare

Motivation – Day 29 of the Love Dare.  In prayer, thank God for giving you the privilege of loving your spouse, unconditionally, the way He loves you both.

Day 29 – Love’s Motivation

Render service with a good attitude, as to The Lord and not to men ~ Ephesians 6:7

THE DARE: Before you see your spouse again today, pray for them by name and for their needs. Whether it comes easy for you or not, say “I love you”, then express love to them in some tangible way. Go to God in prayer again, thanking him for giving you the privilege of loving this one special person – unconditionally, the way He loves both of you.

Let God become your driving motivation in:

• Work. “Do you work heartily, as for the Lord rather than for men.” Colossians 3:23
• Service. “Obey those who are your masters on earth, not with external service, as those who merely please men, but with sincerity of heart, fearing the Lord.” Colossians 3:22
• Everything. Work hard at “whatever you do … knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance. It is the Lord Christ whom you serve” Colossians 3:23-24
• Even marriage. “Wives, be subject to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.” Colossians 3:18. “Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave himself up for her.” Ephesians 5:25

The Love In Your Marriage is Loving and Honoring The Lord

This means that the love you demonstrate in marriage should actually have one chief objective; loving and honoring the Lord with devotion and sincerity. Your role as a husband and wife will take on new focus and drive when you see it as an instrument for living out your love for God, when pleasing Him becomes the “why” behind “what” you do.

God’s Word says we can love Him through the ways we treat, serve, and love other people. So every loving thought, attitude, or action in your marriage can become another way for you to say “I love you” to God. The fact that it blesses your spouse in the process is a wonderful, additional benefit.

Make God, the One who created marriage, your primary focus

Make God your primary focus and your greatest delight. It will flourish as you draw closer to the One who created marriage who loves your wife or husband infinitely more than you do.

Love motivated by raw duty cannot hold out for very long. But love that is lifted up as an offering to God never loses its anchor and is able to sustain itself when all other weather conditions have lost their ability to energize us.

If you are committed to giving your spouse the best love you possibly can, then shoot for love’s unchanging motivation. Love that keeps God as its primary focus is unlimited in the heights it can attain.

Did you like Day 29 – Loves Motivation of the Love Dare 40 Day Challenge?  Let me know what you think.  And if you missed any of the other days, check out the The Love Dare series here, where I’ll be going through the 40 days myself.  Much love 🙂