How many of you are under appreciated?

“Always remember, everyone is hungry for praise and starving for honest

appreciation!”David Brandt Berg

The 5 Love LanguagesHow to fill your “love tank” as well as others’.

Presented by: Shannon Phillips

With the help of:

Gary Chapman, Ph.D.

The 5 Love Languages

1.Words of Affirmation2.Quality Time3.Receiving Gifts4.Acts of Service5.Physical Touch

Words of Affirmation

• Encouraging Words• Kind Words• Humble Words

“I can live for two months on a good compliment.”

Mark Twain

Quality Time

• Togetherness• Quality Conversation• Quality Activities

“One of the by-products of quality activities is that they provide a

memory bank from which to draw in the years ahead.”

Gary Chapman, Ph.D.

Receiving Gifts

“ . . . one of the easiest love languages to learn.”

Gary Chapman, Ph.D.• Gifts and Money

– gifts need not be expensive

• The Gift of Self– Physical presence in the time of crisis is the

most powerful gift you can give if your [spouse’s] primary love language is receiving gifts

Acts of Service

• “Requests give direction to love, but demands stop the flow of love.”

• Require thought, planning, time, effort, and energy.

• “Serve one another in love.”

YES!

NO.

• Simple?• Easy?

Physical Touch

• Infant research and physical contact

• Body sensitivity• The Body Is for Touching• Crisis and Physical Touch

“Physical touch can make or brake a relationship. It can communicate

hate or love.”Gary Chapman, Ph.D.

What is your Primary Love Language?

• Think about it• What have you

requested most of your partner?

• In what way do you regularly express love to your partner?

What are you doing for others?What can you do for others? •Teach

•Carry out

•Fill your

“Love Tank”

AND others’!

IT’S UP TO YOU!