Have you read the book, The Five Love Languages?

It’s a rather insightful book. It was written by relationship counselor Gary Chapman in 1995.

He said we all tend to show love — and prefer to receive love — in five distinct ways. And quite often, a failure to understand how your mate prefers to receive it can cause conflict and feelings of being unloved and misunderstood.

What are these five love languages?

1. Words of affirmation
2. Quality time
3. Acts of service
4. Gifts
5. Physical touch

So, what do you think is your love language? How about your mate or the people you love?

Here’s a far more important question:

What is God’s love language? How does He prefer to receive love?

Believe it or not, God’s primary love language is none of the above.

• Words of affirmation are great, but Yahshua the Messiah (Jesus Christ) said in Mark 7:6–7: “This people honors Me with their lips, but their heart is far from Me. And in vain they worship Me, teaching as...

It’s a fact.

The Bible is the world’s best-selling and most widely distributed book. Its 31,102 verses continue to inspire and encourage people through difficult times.

Based on the Bible verse lists compiled and published by BibleGateway.com, BibleStudyTools.com, and YouVersion.com, here are the seven most popular encouraging Bible verses, taken from the New King James Version (NKJV):

1. Jeremiah 29:11

“For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the LORD, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.”

If there’s anything we need right now, it’s hope.

Bad news is everywhere. It underscores the fact that we are living in dangerous times. No place is totally safe or peaceful any longer.

We ask: Will we ever return to a time when we can walk the streets without fear of being bombed, kidnapped, shot, or raped? Do we really have a future?

This verse is so encouraging because it shows us that God has good plans for us....