Elder Lynn G. Robbins: Love Is a Choice
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🗓️ 8 February 2023
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
Love is a choice—Elder Lynn G. Robbins believes this so much, he wrote a book about it. After years of counseling with couples in his church capacities, Elder Robbins has seen firsthand how Christlike love helps us develop deeper and more lasting relationships. He teaches us that being a disciple of Christ helps us form strong bonds with those we love, but only if our efforts are driven by intentional and deliberate choices. So in this Valentine's Day episode of All In, we invite you to consider the power of choice and responsibility in all of your relationships—romantic or not.
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2:30- Falling Out of Love vs. Growing in Love
14:09- Greatest Happiness Found in the Home
17:45- 100 Percent Responsibility
23:39- Anger and Loud Tones
29:53- Abuse
33:41-Finances
38:48- The Greatest Sermon Christ Gave?
41:51- Happily Ever After—A Choice
46:28- Why Choose Love?
48:13- What Does It Mean To Be All In the Gospel of Jesus Christ?
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"After a couple gets married, that infatuation begins to fade and if they confuse that for true love, they may wonder, 'Where is that special feeling? Am I falling out of love?' Their marriage is at a very critical crossroads at that point where they need to discover what true love is."
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Links and References
"Most successful marriages require a high degree of mutual toleration." —President Gordon B. Hinckley
100 Percent Responsibility video
"Our Strengths Can Become Our Downfall" talk
"A determined man finds a way; the other man finds an excuse." —David B Haight
"Choosing Whom to Marry" article
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| 1:21.7 | As I considered what might make a great Valentine's Day related episode of this podcast, I looked |
| 1:27.6 | up at my bookshelf and saw a book that I have loved for a long time. Love is a choice by |
| 1:33.1 | Elder Lengi Robbins. I read this book for the first time when I was still very single and felt |
| 1:39.4 | there were so many useful insights on how to simply become a better disciple of Jesus Christ, |
| 1:45.0 | and how to love those in every relationship in my life better. So regardless of your relationship |
| 1:51.6 | status, this Valentine's Day consider this episode our Valentine's Day gift to you. In his book, |
| 1:59.0 | Love is a choice Elder Lengi Robbins writes, many popular songs and films make reference to an |
| 2:05.4 | everlasting love. For the world these lyrics are simply poetic. For us, they are genuine expressions |
| 2:12.0 | of our divine potential. Elder Robbins goes on to say true and mature love is manifest after we |
| 2:18.7 | discover each other's imperfections and still commit to one another. There are no perfect marriages |
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