Discover how to practice, receive, and express God’s love through the principles of Love Defined in every aspect of life.
12 Video Lessons
Watch, listen, and learn as Weyman and Susan Howard show you how to practice, receive, and give God’s love through the principles of Love Defined.
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Overview
In Love Defined, Weyman and Susan Howard take participants on a transformative journey to understand, receive, and express God’s love. This 12-session course explores biblical teachings on love as found in 1 Corinthians 13 and applies them to real-world situations. From practicing patience and kindness to bearing, believing, hoping, and enduring all things, Love Defined equips students with practical tools for spiritual and relational growth. The Howards combine personal testimonies, practical examples, and deep scriptural insights to help participants live out love in their relationships, churches, and communities. By the end of Love Defined, participants will have a deeper understanding of God’s love and be empowered to reflect Christ’s love in their everyday lives.
What You’ll Learn
In Love Defined, students will learn:
- The biblical foundation of love as outlined in 1 Corinthians 13 and its practical applications.
- How to practice God’s love in daily life, especially during personal and relational challenges.
- The importance of receiving and giving patience and kindness as described in Love Defined.
- Strategies for overcoming obstacles like anger, envy, and pride in relationships.
- How to apply the principles of Love Defined to situations like anxiety, relationship struggles, and emotional wounds.
- Ways to embody Christ’s love in personal relationships, the church, and the world.
Sessions
1. Practice
In Session 1 of Love Defined, participants are introduced to the core concept of practicing God’s love in everyday situations. This session emphasizes that love is not just a feeling but an active choice that requires practice, especially in challenging moments. Weyman and Susan Howard guide students through biblical examples of how love transforms lives when practiced consistently. By exploring real-life applications, participants will learn how to respond with love rather than anger, frustration, or offense in difficult circumstances. The Howards explain why practice is essential to becoming more Christ-like in our love, and how living out love can bring healing and restoration to broken relationships. Love Defined starts with the foundational step of choosing love daily.
2. Receive Patience
Session 2 of Love Defined focuses on the biblical virtue of patience and how it is central to love. This session teaches participants how to receive God’s patience, particularly when dealing with unmet expectations, frustrations, or delays in life. Through scriptural insights and practical applications, Weyman and Susan Howard explain how receiving patience from God enables believers to develop endurance and calm in stressful situations. By understanding patience as a reflection of God’s love, participants can better handle personal and relational challenges. This session provides actionable steps for cultivating patience in one’s spiritual walk, helping students live out the love described in Love Defined through patience and forbearance in everyday interactions.
3. Give Patience
In Session 3 of Love Defined, participants will focus on how to extend patience to others, particularly in difficult relationships or situations. The Howards emphasize that giving patience is a key aspect of reflecting Christ’s love. Through biblical teachings and personal stories, participants will learn practical ways to offer patience to family, friends, and fellow believers. By choosing to give patience rather than reacting with frustration or impatience, believers can bring peace and healing to their relationships. The session also explores how giving patience strengthens community bonds and encourages spiritual growth. This session of Love Defined challenges students to embody patience in all areas of life, demonstrating the transformative power of love in action.
4. Receive Kindness
In Session 4 of Love Defined, participants learn the importance of receiving kindness, both from God and from others. Weyman and Susan Howard explore how receiving kindness opens our hearts to deeper healing and transformation. Through biblical teachings, students will see how God’s kindness leads to repentance and personal growth. The Howards also share practical ways to accept kindness in our everyday lives, which helps us recognize God’s presence in our relationships. This session shows that receiving kindness is an integral part of living out the principles of Love Defined, as it fosters humility and gratitude. By the end of this session, participants will be equipped to receive and appreciate kindness as an expression of God’s love.
5. Give Kindness
In Session 5 of Love Defined, participants focus on how to give kindness to others, especially in difficult situations. The Howards teach that kindness is a powerful tool for overcoming relational challenges and healing emotional wounds. This session explores biblical examples of kindness in action, illustrating how acts of kindness can restore broken relationships and bring about spiritual growth. By learning how to give kindness, even when it is undeserved, participants will reflect God’s love in tangible ways. The Howards provide practical tips for extending kindness in everyday life, helping believers become conduits of God’s love. This session of Love Defined empowers students to cultivate kindness as a transformative force in their relationships and communities.
6. Receive Bears All Things
In Session 6 of Love Defined, participants learn how to receive the strength to bear all things through God’s love. This session delves into the biblical concept of bearing burdens and enduring hardships with grace. Weyman and Susan Howard explain how God’s love empowers believers to carry the weight of personal and relational struggles without losing hope. By receiving God’s strength, participants will learn how to persevere through trials and trust in God’s provision during difficult times. The Howards share personal stories and scriptural insights that illustrate the power of God’s love to sustain us through life’s heaviest burdens. This session equips students to apply the Love Defined principle of bearing all things in their daily lives.
7. Give Bears All Things
Session 7 of Love Defined focuses on the call to bear one another’s burdens as a reflection of Christ’s love. This session teaches participants how to support others emotionally and spiritually, even in challenging circumstances. Weyman and Susan Howard emphasize that bearing all things for others requires sacrifice, patience, and a deep trust in God. By learning to carry the burdens of loved ones, friends, and fellow believers, participants will reflect God’s love in profound ways. Through practical advice and biblical teachings, students will learn how to be a source of strength and encouragement to those around them. Love Defined shows that bearing all things is an essential part of building strong, Christ-centered relationships.
8. Receive Believes All Things
In Session 8 of Love Defined, participants will explore the concept of receiving faith that believes all things are possible through Christ. This session highlights the importance of trusting in God’s promises, even when circumstances seem uncertain or difficult. Weyman and Susan Howard guide students through biblical examples of faith in action, showing how receiving this kind of belief can transform one’s outlook on life. By embracing faith that believes all things, participants can face challenges with confidence and hope. Love Defined emphasizes that this faith is not just personal but communal, as it equips believers to inspire others to trust in God’s unfailing love and provision in all circumstances.
9. Give Believes All Things
Session 9 of Love Defined focuses on how believers can impart faith to others by living out the principle of believing all things. Participants will learn how to encourage and uplift those around them, helping others see the possibilities that faith in Christ brings. Weyman and Susan Howard share personal experiences and biblical teachings that illustrate the power of sharing faith in times of doubt and uncertainty. By choosing to give faith to others, participants can help restore hope and confidence in God’s plan. This session of Love Defined offers practical steps for speaking words of faith into others’ lives, building up their trust in God’s promises, and strengthening relationships through shared belief.
10. Receive Hopes All Things
In Session 10 of Love Defined, participants will explore the power of hope and its critical role in sustaining believers through life’s challenges. This session focuses on how to receive hope from God, which acts as an anchor during trials and difficulties. Weyman and Susan Howard discuss biblical stories of hope, helping participants understand how God’s love enables them to hope in all things, even in situations that seem hopeless. By learning to receive hope, believers can maintain a positive outlook and trust in God’s greater plan. Love Defined equips participants to live with enduring hope, knowing that God is always working for their good, even in the hardest of circumstances.
11. Give Hopes All Things
In Session 11 of Love Defined, participants will learn how to extend hope to others, particularly in times of hardship. The Howards emphasize the importance of being a source of hope for those who are struggling, offering encouragement and pointing others to Christ’s promises. Through personal stories and practical advice, this session teaches participants how to share hope in tangible ways, whether through words of encouragement, acts of service, or simply being present during difficult times. Love Defined shows that giving hope is an essential part of building a community that reflects Christ’s love. By giving hope, participants can inspire others to trust in God’s faithfulness and provision.
12. Endures All Things
Session 12 of Love Defined ties together the themes of love, patience, kindness, faith, and hope by focusing on endurance. This session explores how God’s love empowers believers to endure all things, from personal trials to relational challenges. Weyman and Susan Howard explain that enduring all things is not passive but an active expression of faith and love. By enduring hardships with grace and strength, believers reflect Christ’s love to the world. This final session of Love Defined provides participants with practical tools for applying endurance in their everyday lives, encouraging them to persevere through difficulties with the confidence that God’s love never fails.
Quick Facts
Langauges
English
Level
Intermediate
Credits
4.5 credit units
No. of Sessions
12 Sessions
Running Time
6 hour 27 minutes
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About the Instructors
Weyman Howard
Weyman Howard, along with his wife, Susan, is the co-founder of LoveDefined Ministry. This discipleship process was born out of the destruction of their marriage. In desperation, Weyman cried out to God for help when no one else could. And God met him faithfully. He invited Weyman to choose love even though it was painful and felt impossible. Choosing love meant clearly choosing God’s will over his own. This led to a path of transformation that became evident to Susan during their divorce process. Love broke through all the pain and failure and redeemed their marriage.
Today, they teach all believers the absolute necessity of learning how to walk in the wisdom, grace, and transformational power of God’s love. There is no place Love cannot reach, heal, or transform. But someone needs to bring it. That someone is you.
Weyman and Susan have been active in ministry for over 20 years, serving as pastors at Discovery Church in Carlsbad, CA, and leading various discipleship programs and seminars internationally. Their personal experiences, combined with their deep understanding of biblical principles, have equipped them to mentor and teach others effectively. They have been invited to speak at conferences and seminars across the globe, sharing their message of love and transformation with diverse audiences.
Weyman and Susan have been married since August 4, 1990. They have four children and four grandsons whom they treasure and delight in very much. Weyman loves nature and being still to experience God’s love through all that He created. He enjoys keeping their garden and fruit trees growing because it fills Susan with joy. He loves other nations and the diverse cultures that God created. He loves to bring the Father’s love to these nations and see people experience new life and freedom in Christ.
Susan Howard
Susan Howard, along with her husband, Weyman Howard, is the co-founder and leader of LoveDefined Ministry. She is the co-author of the workbook InnerRevelation > OuterRevolution. Susan speaks internationally and co-teaches with Weyman, sharing the transformative LoveDefined message. Others describe Susan as transparent, powerful, passionate, and prophetic. In her transparent style, she weaves God’s Word with personal experiences to empower lives with freedom and transformation. She has a heart for women to walk boldly into their true identities and purposes. She is passionate about seeing them set free to do the powerful work of God’s Kingdom, and she longs for the world to know the deep, life-changing truth of God’s never-ending love.
In addition to her work with LoveDefined, Susan has a background in mentoring and counseling, offering guidance and support to individuals seeking spiritual and personal growth. Her years of experience in ministry, combined with her prophetic insights, have made her a sought-after speaker and mentor.
When she is not teaching or mentoring women, Susan enjoys being with her family—her husband Weyman, four children, and four grandsons. She loves coffee, a good run, creating in the kitchen, laughter, and dinner around the table. Gratitude has changed her life, and Love has set her free. Susan desires to share these stories so others can discover the goodness of the Father’s love in their own journeys and be set free to bring God’s love to a hurting world.
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