What does the Song teach us about Love?

1. Love is Worth Waiting For

-Patience for the Right One-

Pleasing is the fragrance of your perfumes; your name is like perfume poured out.

Solomon’s name… his reputation… was highly regarded

Be Choosy – Have High Standards

-Patience for Love-

Daughters of Jerusalem, I charge you: Do not arouse or awaken love until it so desires

Restraint during the Courtship

A garden enclosed Is my sister, my spouse, A spring shut up, A fountain sealed.

2. Love Can Be Communicated

Not Shy About Verbal Expression

Behold, you are fair, my love!

Behold, you are handsome, my beloved!

my darling, my dove, my flawless one,

Love can be communicated…

In our Human Relationships

In our Relationship with God

3. Love is Under Attack

Catch for us the foxes, the little foxes that ruin the vineyards…

Love the way that God Intended it Is Under Attack

I came that you might have life and have it abundantly

>By God’s Design … Ordained by God

4. Love Requires Devotion

I belong to my lover and his desire is for me

Personal, Present, Possessive, Passionate

Devotion in Our Marriages?

Devotion in Our Relationship with God?

Married:

Commit Yourself To A Marriage As God Intended.

Surrender Yourself To Christ So That Your Spouse Can See Jesus In You.

Single:

Commit Yourself To Purity And Tell The Lord That You Won’t Settle