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Love is giving up control. It’s surrendering the desire to control the other person. The two—love and controlling power over the other person—are mutually exclusive. If we are serious about loving someone, we have to surrender all the desires within us to manipulate the relationship.

By Rob Bell
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Rob Bell is an American author, speaker, and former pastor. As the founder of Mars Hill Bible Church, he became well known for his sermons and books focused on Jesus’s message of love, peace, forgiveness, and joy, and the belief that Christianity should shape people into more loving, compassionate people.

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