Welcome back to the Coffee and Bible Time podcast.

For those that may be listening for the first time, our podcast is an offshoot from our main platform YouTube.

Our channel is called Coffee and Bible Time where our goal is to help people delight in God's Word and thrive in Christian living.

We also have a website in storefront with Bible studies, prayer journals, courses, and more.

And I'm so excited to tell you about our brand new, in-depth Bible Study Academy.

Have you always wished that you knew how to study your Bible in-depthly for yourself,

but you just don't have time to go to Bible College?

Well, join us this year as we adventure through 12 different courses designed to give you the

background and the tools to study

the Bible for yourselves. You can find out more information about the Academy on our website at

coffee and Bible time.com. Hi, I'm Mentor Mama. And I'm Taylor. And today we are going to be talking about love and how to make it last for the long haul, not only in our marriages, but in families, among friends, and yes, even among our enemies. Our guest today, Dr. Gary Chapman, is here with us to talk about how the complexities of life

have an effect on our relationships.

So making the choice to love and not merely relying on the feelings of love is so important to maintaining strong

lasting relationships. Dr. Gary Chapman, author, speaker, and counselor has a passion

for people and for helping them form lasting relationships. He is the best-selling author of the five love

languages series and newly released book, Love is a Choice. And he's also the director of

marriage and family life consultants. Gary travels the world presenting seminars and his radio

programs air on more than 400 stations. Please welcome Dr. Gary Chapman.

Well, thank you, Ellen. It's great to be with you today. Oh, thank you so much. I'm so excited to have you on the program because my first introduction to your writing actually was, of course, through the Five Love Languages.

And it certainly has had such a great impact on myself, my family.

So thank you for that.

Well, great.

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