What is “the Love Dare”?
Then my eye caught this book called “The Love Dare” by Stephen & Alex Kendrick, where for 40 days you challenge yourself to be a better person for the sake of your marriage.
Can the Love Dare strengthen your marriage?
If so let me tell you a little bit about my experience with The Love Dare – A 40 Day Challenge To Strengthen Your Marriage. It’s a 40 day action plan written by Stephen & Alex Kendrick, for improving marriage – whether the marriage is healthy and strong or a marriage that’s in need of help.
Why should I take a daily Dare?
TO TAKE THIS DARE REQUIRES A RESOLUTE MIND AND A STEADFAST DETERMINATION. IT IS NOT MEANT TO BE SAMPLED OR BRIEFLY TESTED, AND THOSE WHO QUIT EARLY WILL FORFEIT THE GREATEST BENEFITS. IF YOU WILL COMMIT TO A DAY AT A TIME FOR FORTY DAYS, THE RESULTS COULD CHANGE YOUR LIFE AND YOUR MARRIAGE.
What would you dare your spouse to do?
The book’s first dare is to “resolve to demonstrate patience and to say nothing negative to your spouse at all. If the temptation arises, choose not to say anything.” Day 2 dares a spouse to “do at least one unexpected gesture as an act of kindness.” Doing anything like that was foreign to the husband in “Fireproof.”
What is the point of the Love Dare?
The Love Dare, as featured in the popular new movie Fireproof (from the makers of Facing the Giants), is a 40-day challenge for husbands and wives to understand and practice unconditional love.
Is The Love Dare real?
The Love Dare is a non-fiction marriage-related book written by Alex and Stephen Kendrick. It is a 40-day Christian devotional designed to strengthen marriages.
What is the first day of the Love Dare?
The first part of this dare is fairly simple. Although love is communicated in a number of ways, our words often reflect the condition of our heart. For the next day, resolve to demonstrate patience and to say nothing negative to your spouse at all.
What is the third day of the Love Dare?
The Love Dare Day 3, Whatever you put your time, energy and money into will be come more important to you... that's | AMORE.
How do you assess your marriage?
A good way to assess how you are doing in your relationship is to look at how you and your partner are interacting with one another. Do your interactions support you both as individuals while at the same time enhancing your relationship? Couples need to interact with one another intentionally and attentively.
How can I save my marriage?
Here are ten tips to save your marriage:Use Kindness When Discussing a Conflict of Interest. ... Be Gentle With Your Spouse. ... Be Aware of Your Own Feelings. ... Know When to Take a Break. ... Scan for the Positives. ... Listen With Empathy. ... Stay Away From Criticism. ... Give Each Other Space.More items...•
What does Day 6 of the Love Dare mean?
Choose today to react to tough circumstances in your marriage in loving ways instead of with irritation. Begin by making a list below of areas where you need to add margin to your schedule.
How many days are in the Love Dare book?
A 40-day challenge for husbands and wives to understand and practice unconditional love.
Who wrote The Love Dare?
Stephen KendrickAlex KendrickThe Love Dare/Authors
Who wrote Fireproof movie?
Alex KendrickStephen KendrickFireproof/Screenplay
Why is the Love Dare important?
The Love Dare is one that works because it provides a clear plan of action. Many people desire to save their marriage, but they don’t know where to start. The Love Dare gives you the step by step instructions to help you rebuild your marriage.
What Is The Love Dare?
The Love Dare is a systematic way to make deposits into your relationship account.
Do You Tell Your Spouse You’re Doing The Love Dare?
As you know from the video above, it works if you and your spouse go through the 40 days together .
How long is the Love Dare book?
The Love Dare is a 40-day plan of action for improving marriage, whether the marriage is healthy and strong or hanging by a thread. On each of 40 days, this best-selling book dares a husband or wife to foster unconditional love in their marriage in a specific way.
Who are the authors of The Love Dare?
The authors of The Love Dare – Stephen Kendrick and Alex Kendrick — are brothers who serve as associate pastors at Sherwood Baptist Church in Albany, Ga. The story and screenplay for “Fireproof” also are these brothers’ work.
What is the Love Dare?
If so let me tell you a little bit about my experience with The Love Dare – A 40 Day Challenge To Strengthen Your Marriage. It’s a 40 day action plan written by Stephen & Alex Kendrick, for improving marriage – whether the marriage is healthy and strong or a marriage that’s in need of help.
What does "considor it a dare" mean?
CONSIDER IT A DARE, FROM OTHERS WHO HAVE DONE IT BEFORE YOU.”
EM20 Newbie
So I've been married for 12 years and have always been what I call a lukewarm Christian. I believed in God but never really sought an intimate relationship with him. I would only go to church on Christmas Eve and Easter. I always put my husband first, even before God. The past two years I felt like he fell out of love with me.
1watchman Overseer Supporter
I don't care for love formulas or any such inventions to substitute for the Holy Spirit of God. Please read John 1, John 3, and John 14, then in the secret of your heart ask our Creator-God to teach you and lead you into truth. I was saved over 60 years ago by first reading John 14.
dhh712 Mrs. Calvinist Dark Lord
I agree with the first response. I'm sorry to see the problems you are going through, but no worldly invention is going to help you. I would second the suggestion of reading the Bible daily and pray (at least twice a day). That is the best advice for any problem. You will not be able to depend on anything else.
AWorkInProgress A fool becoming wise
As for the Love Dare, I have never tried it. If anything I just watched the movie. My translation of the Love Dare is really a challenge about what love truly is. In the movie, the guy's pride wrecked havoc on this marriage and with new truth to reveal the errors of his ways. His marriage began to dissolve to the mess we saw in the movie.
parsley
Sorry to hear about the situation. We never expect our marriages to progress like that! But these things can happen over many years.
timf Regular Member
I spent several years counseling thousands of people. There is no secret formula that makes everything better. There are many counselors who will offer to help you for money. You could actually stumble across one that could be helpful, but they are rather rare.
Research
First, know that Christian’s divorce at the same rate as Non-Christians. Divorce is non-denominational. Research shows that all marriages have an “emotional bank account.” Imagine that each person can make deposits into and withdrawals from the account based on each and every interaction they have with each other.
Example 1: Happy Couple
9AM: Husband smiles at wife and gently rubs her back. Wife smiles at him and tells him she loves him. Deposit: $100.00
Example 2: Indebt Couple
9 AM: Both roll out of bed, don’t say anything to each other: Both want attention but neither gives. Withdrawl: $100.00
Frequency, not intensity, and duration
While grand gestures may have a large qualitative value attached to it as a deposit (as in the end of the movie ‘Fireproof’), when withdrawals have occurred numerous times daily and over the course of time, large value deposits are effectively worthless against the debt that is owed.
Take the Dare
This is where the value of the “Love Dare” lies for non-Christians and Christians based upon marriage research. Remember, Christians divorce as the same rate as Non-Christians. Divorce is politically, gender, socio-economic, and religiously neutral.
