We’re doing a relationship series during February at Imagine Church, and I have found myself wondering how many people would go to Jesus for marriage counseling. Now, of course, Jesus would make a great marriage counselor,
though his advice could sound a little confusing at first.
If a couple went to Jesus and said, “We don’t love each other any more,” I imagine Jesus might say, “You’re confusing noun and verb. What you’re saying is you’re not feeling it. I want to help you feel it! If you want to fan the flames of love, then you need to quit treating love like it’s a noun and you need to treat it like a verb.” To which most couples would respond with, “Huh?”
But as with everything else, Jesus is right. The foundation for staying in love is to make love a verb. Here’s what Jesus is saying. He’s saying, “I want you to learn how to actively love one another. Love is something you do! And when 
two people actively love each other, it rekindles and makes better the ‘in love’ part of the relationship. But you have to love one another. That’s why I made it a command — love one another!”
It’s easy to fall in love. But Jesus teaches us how to stay in love — and to stay in love, you’ve got to make love a verb. In fact, I’m going to tell you something that I’m not going to tell anyone else, so don’t quote me on this. But the more you make love a verb, the more you’ll make love! But you didn’t hear that from me, okay? If anyone asks, just tell them Jesus said it.
