Built to Last — The Foundation of Love

Opening Built to Last , this message argues that relationships fail or endure based on what is underneath, not what is visible, using the Leaning Tower of Pisa as a picture of a beautiful structure built on an unstable foundation. Anchored in Matthew 7:24-27, the teaching insists the right foundation is love defined by God rather than the world. Because "God is love" (1 John 4:8), His character defines it; 1 Corinthians 13 describes love not as a feeling but as a verb, something practiced daily. Studies on lower divorce rates among practicing, praying couples are offered as evidence that "this Jesus stuff actually works." Four practical foundations are laid out: God's word, trust, commitment that lives the vow rather than treating the altar as a finish line, and mutual submission modeled on Christ (Ephesians 5:21).