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‘What does your partner do or not do that hurts deeply?’.

He developed the Five Love Languages Profile, which is an online scale ( found here)Īlternatively, individuals can ask themselves some of the following questions: Some people may appreciate all five, while others may actively dislike one or more.Ĭhapman suggested several methods in his 1992 book for discovering people’s love languages.

However, through understanding and practicing their partner’s love language, they can rectify and revive these relationships.Īll five love languages are equally important, but people differ on the ones they prefer. He stated that after time in a relationship, couples might forget how to have meaningful connections with their partners. They may instead have been receiving an expression of love that is not connected to their love language.īy finding out people’s love languages and the love language of their partner, Chapman suggests that this can help people ensure that they both truly feel loved.Ĭhapman explains that falling in love is a ‘temporary emotional high’ and that after the initial emotional obsession has died down, partners must put in the effort to pursue what he terms ‘real love.’ 415153Chapman concluded that people don’t give and receive love in the same ways and that everyone has a primary love language that speaks to them most deeply.Įssentially, Chapman found that his client’s partners may have been expressing love, but it was not in a meaningful way to their partners. No reuse or duplication without permission. Gary Chapman and get a copy of his book "Love is a Choice" at .Īll rights reserved Charisma Media.

At home or at work, each of us can serve others, just as Christ did, discovering His love through us, and the change that brings to our world.

Chapman’s observations are timeless and can be applied to any relationship. Understanding another person’s love language makes navigating relationships infinitely more possible when we recognize how to love them in a way they feel valued. Through those difficulties God revealed to him that love is not based on a feeling it begins with an attitude that is followed by appropriate behavior. The early years of his marriage brought conflict that led to the discovery that God had a different idea about love than he did. Gary Chapman, author of the New York Times Best Seller, The 5 Love Languages, is a speaker, counselor, and syndicated radio host.

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