A new commandment I give unto you That ye love one another as I have loved you, that ye also love one another John 13:34.

The word love is used today so casually without a meaning. Most of us have some type of love, but everyone does not have agape love, which is different from all other love.

We express our love in many ways, but Agape is the greatest of these love. Eros love is a romantic love that we should have for our spouse. God has ordained the love between a husband and wife until death. That love should not be tampered with by adultery or, as the world defines it, an affair. We don’t allow others to give their opinion regarding our marriage which is negativeness about our spouse.

We don’t allow anyone or anything to come in between our marriage. If our marriage is not the way we desire it to be, take it to God with prayer. Don’t pray that God will work on your husband; leave yourself out. Pray that God will change what needs to be changed in you and change what needs to be changed in your husband to make your marriage happy and enjoyable the way God designed it to be.

Philia love is affectionate love towards others that is not sexual; it’s kind, tender, and friendly to others without a relationship. You treat them the same way you desire to be treated. This includes whatever they have said or done towards us; we decide to show philia love towards them. They will have to answer to God for whatever they said or did.

Storge love is a familiar love parent has for their children. Loving our children is disciplining them. Instilling good morals. Teaching them wisdom and knowledge that comes from God. When we teach our children to reverence God and the things of God they automatically have the protection and blessings of God upon them.

Ludus love is playful love. Have you been around people who always tell jokes, making you laugh when you may be going through a difficult time? People you like being around because they’re always cheerful, and that cheerfulness rubs off on you.

Pragma is the enduring love that you have for your spouse and children. Sometimes loving our spouse and children can be difficult because of what they have said or done. Enduring love does not mean you take abuse verbally or physically. Enduring love is to work with them until they can make a change and assist them in making that change. That’s what God does for us; we have failed God on many occasions, but His love for us endures with our failures until we can walk uprightly before Him.

Nania love is obsessive love with have for people or things. This type of love will lead us away from God because we have made that person or thing our god. This type of love can be harmful to ourselves and others. This is the type of love that Satan influences because it’s something God will not give us. God does not want us to love anything or anyone more than we love Him.

Agape love is unconditional love, and it only comes from the Spirit of God. We can’t love that way unless God gives it to us. Agape love loves the unloveable; it forgives and does not hold on to offenses. It’s God’s love that He has given us to love Him the way He deserves to be loved. When we love Him, we have no problem loving others.

Philautia is self-love; one can’t love others because they are too much in love with themselves. They’re selfish people that only think about themselves. This type of love is self-destructive.

Love comes in many forms, but the love we need is Agape love, that love that only God can give. We can only experience His love by not just believing in Him but by having a relationship with Him. When submitting ourselves to His instructions, He gives us a portion of Him. When we have His love, we see people and things differently. When we have His love, we have truly become a child of God.