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The Love Dare
Too many marriages end when someone says "I've fallen out of love with you" or "I don't love you anymore."
The Love Dare discusses how these statements reveal a lack of understanding about the fundamental nature of true love.
As featured in the popular new movie Fireproof, from the team that brought us Facing the Giants, The Love Dare is a 40-day guided devotional experienc...more
The Love Dare discusses how these statements reveal a lack of understanding about the fundamental nature of true love.
As featured in the popular new movie Fireproof, from the team that brought us Facing the Giants, The Love Dare is a 40-day guided devotional experienc...more
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The movie that this book was birthed out of, Fireproof, starring Kirk Cameron, was amazing!! My husband and I both enjoyed it more than any movie we have seen in a long time. It was so nice to see a clear moral and Christian message for a change, rather than the filth that fills our eyes and ears on a daily basis. We ordered the book before we even saw the movie and were so glad that we did! We are not through the entire thing, but I highly recommend both the movie and the book for any one who i...more
The movie "Fireproof" starring Kirk Cameron is excellent and will help you relationship immensely. It is very anointed and has moved even the toughest guys I know to tears at the end. Very touching and inspirational.
The book that the movie is based on is called "The Love Dare" and it takes a lot of dedication and discipline to do, but, well worth every bit of the effort. I DARE You to try to make it through without blowing it! I dare you!
Sherrie Conkel
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The book that the movie is based on is called "The Love Dare" and it takes a lot of dedication and discipline to do, but, well worth every bit of the effort. I DARE You to try to make it through without blowing it! I dare you!
Sherrie Conkel
http://www.SchoolTimeCafe.com
http://www.yo...more
So far--EXCELLENT. This movie was EXCELLENT. Thank you Stephen Kendrick for creating this book. I am fortunate to be able to say that my husband and I have an excellent marriage, but in the 20 years we have been together there have been tough times, for sure. Now, with people we know doing destructive things in their marriages (speaking negatively about their spouses and to their spouses, rampant pornography, not prioritizing time with each other, etc.) marriages are not being nurtured and are f...more
From the cheesiest, most powerful movie I ever loved, the 40 day love dare. I am on Day 27, and I am flunking my way through this book. This one is a good spiritual practic of a king not much in vogue - ministering to your spouse, because just like firemen don't abandon their partners in a firestorm, you don't abandon your spouse in a firestorm.
I have a friend in a recovery group who says "some days you stay married one day at a time just like you stay sober one day at a time." This is a book t...more
I have a friend in a recovery group who says "some days you stay married one day at a time just like you stay sober one day at a time." This is a book t...more
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If you are married, and want your relationship to work out, this is the book to read. It speaks about Love, how God views love, and oneness--togetherness--and unity. It is a forty-day journey to see your spouse for who they are, who they have become, and who you love the most underneath God's leadership. God is the third thread in a marriage, there is a difference between a marriage contract and covenant with God. I take the covenant with God more so than marriage contract. I want to be married...more
After watching the movie, Fireproof, I heard about a local church offering marriage classes based on this new movie. Interested in the goal to bring my husband & I closer together as well as increase our faith, we joined the six week marriage class.
The Love Dare is the book our church chose for this marriage class. Each week, couples would read a chapter and then we would gather at the church to discuss it. There was a HUGE turnout for this and we formed smaller groups.
The church provided F...more
The Love Dare is the book our church chose for this marriage class. Each week, couples would read a chapter and then we would gather at the church to discuss it. There was a HUGE turnout for this and we formed smaller groups.
The church provided F...more
LOVE LOVE LOVE THIS BOOK! If you haven't seen the movie Fireproof, it's a MUST SEE! It is a perfect accompaniment to this book, but not necessary. No matter how good or bad your marriage is, if you will commit to following this book (no need to tell your spouse) and you honestly put forth the full effort no matter how they react, your marriage will improve!!! It has worked in my marriage, which was already good....but it made it great! I know many people who had struggling marriages and this boo...more
I worked through the 40 Dares in this book over the last month and a half, and it completely changed the way that I look at my spouse.
I have always loved her, but now I have found a better way to love her.
A very powerful dare asked me to visualize two rooms in my heart (one APPRECIATION and one DEPRECIATION) for my spouse. It asked me how often I go in the APPRECIATION room and how often I visit the DEPRECIATION room.
I made a three page list of things that I love about my wife, Nancy, and I gave...more
I have always loved her, but now I have found a better way to love her.
A very powerful dare asked me to visualize two rooms in my heart (one APPRECIATION and one DEPRECIATION) for my spouse. It asked me how often I go in the APPRECIATION room and how often I visit the DEPRECIATION room.
I made a three page list of things that I love about my wife, Nancy, and I gave...more
I just finished this book today, and thought I'd talk a little about it.
The book The Love Dare was shown on the movie Fireproof. The movie is about a fireman who is struggiling through a failing marriage headed for divorce, when his father hands him a book. The Love Dare. The husband reads the book and takes the journey, finding love, happiness, and unity with his wife. It is a very inspiring and moving...movie. But the book is even more so.
I found this book while at the library. You see, I have...more
The book The Love Dare was shown on the movie Fireproof. The movie is about a fireman who is struggiling through a failing marriage headed for divorce, when his father hands him a book. The Love Dare. The husband reads the book and takes the journey, finding love, happiness, and unity with his wife. It is a very inspiring and moving...movie. But the book is even more so.
I found this book while at the library. You see, I have...more
I know this book is for couples, but my mother recommended it so I read it months ago and am now reading it a second time. I have three intentional purposes for reading it. The first is that I will marry at some indefinate time in the future and I want to be a partner and a godly wife and I don't think that it's wise to not prepare for that eventuality. I take marriage very seriously and I plan to have a wonderful marriage, but I realize that loving someone is as much a choice as it is an emotio...more
I am on Day 29 Love's Motivation
When God is your reason for loving, your abitlity to love is guaranteed.
The love that's demanded from you in marriage is not dependent on your mate's sweetness or suitability. The love between a husband and wife should have one chief objective: honoring the Lord with devotion and sincerity. The fact that it blesses our beloved in the process is simply a wonderful additional benefit.
When God is your reason for loving, your abitlity to love is guaranteed.
The love that's demanded from you in marriage is not dependent on your mate's sweetness or suitability. The love between a husband and wife should have one chief objective: honoring the Lord with devotion and sincerity. The fact that it blesses our beloved in the process is simply a wonderful additional benefit.
I really thought I'd like this book better than I did--and it's not that it's a bad book, it's excellent really, for those with struggling marriages--but so much of it is just not applicable for me and my relationship with my spouse. I thought it would be more about doing and saying things for my husband during the 40 days, to help our relationship grow and develop and mature. However, by about Day 20, a lot of the 'dares' have more to do with forgiving wrongs committed by your spouse, seeking t...more
Mar 24, 2009
Erin
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review of another edition
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I saw the movie "Fireproof", which despite its cheese factor was really quite good (great message), and it's based on the book The Love Dare, about 40 days of being a better partner to your spouse. I'm not in a relationship, but I wanted to give both the book and the movie to my sister and wanted to read the book first before I gave it to her. Incredibly easy to read, but very powerful--the basic point is to be less selfless and to make your partner the priority. It sounds easy, but how many rel...more
I heard a lot of people talking about this, so my husband and I got this book and we did the exercises in it and it was kind of lame because I think this is more for people who have seriously huge commitments to God and our relationship isn't really like that. I'm an Easter/Christmas Catholic and my husband is not affiliated to anything. So some of the things were kind of odd for us to go about discussing. Overall, it was fun, though, to devote an hour in the evenings to something, I'd read a ch...more
The Love Dare beautifully sets forth many essential attributes of love, in ways that they can be applied day-to-day in marriage. I loved this book because of its message of unconditional love.
I think this book teaches the key elements of what I call the 100 / 0 principle. If you are willing, committed, and eager to spend the rest of your life giving your spouse 100% of your heart while expecting 0% reciprocity then you have a heart suitable for marriage. Otherwise you're too selfish! The beauty...more
I think this book teaches the key elements of what I call the 100 / 0 principle. If you are willing, committed, and eager to spend the rest of your life giving your spouse 100% of your heart while expecting 0% reciprocity then you have a heart suitable for marriage. Otherwise you're too selfish! The beauty...more
The accompanying movie, Fireproof, really hit home for my wife and I. We watched it together, and we saw ourselves in some of the scenes. After that, we worked through the 40 day Love Dare.
We found that working through it together, on the same day, made things more difficult. We both knew what "dare" the other person was on, and there was a sense of expectation that neither of us intended. "She's on day three today. I wonder where my present is?" That's the entirely wrong idea! (Sin does, indeed...more
We found that working through it together, on the same day, made things more difficult. We both knew what "dare" the other person was on, and there was a sense of expectation that neither of us intended. "She's on day three today. I wonder where my present is?" That's the entirely wrong idea! (Sin does, indeed...more
I loved the movie Fireproof which featured this book. I thought it was amazing that such simple things could help a marriage. I did the love dare during the time that KSBJ had it on their website and I know it helped improve our marriage. We have been together for 6 years and married almost 4. Though we try our best, there are still things that all marriages go through. This book really helps to put your faith in God, and your marriage into His hands. I think it would benefit any marriage, and e...more
Love Dare is a handbook that I think would benefit any marriage. After seeing the movie, "Fireproof" I was curious to check out the book that was used in the movie. It gives a scriptural basis for 40 practical things to do to strengthen your marriage. The idea is to do one of the challenges each day and then of course continue to integrate them into your life. Some I found to be hard, others easy and most we already do. I especially liked the 20 questions listed in the back to help me get to kno...more
I hate to sound cliche' - but this book/movie/study contributed to the saving of my marriage! Marrying my high school sweetheart was easy - STAYING married, something altogether different! The challenges that came from our past home lives (growing up DYSFUNCTIONAL), and all the crumbling marriages around us, took its toll. I was convinced we had reached our marital expiration date, until my husband "Love Dared" me - and meant it! Once I read the book for myself, there wasn't a possibility of wal...more
Oct 22, 2012
Kim Justice
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Where do I start with this review of an amazingly wonderfully book. I will start by saying I never actually did the whole Love Dare journal. But I have read this book and I have watched the movie.
My husband and I have been married 30 years, 31 this coming December. Yes we have had our ups and downs just like all marriages. Reading this book and watching this movie was an awesome experience that helped me to realize that some times it is the little things we take for granted. But it i...more
Where do I start with this review of an amazingly wonderfully book. I will start by saying I never actually did the whole Love Dare journal. But I have read this book and I have watched the movie.
My husband and I have been married 30 years, 31 this coming December. Yes we have had our ups and downs just like all marriages. Reading this book and watching this movie was an awesome experience that helped me to realize that some times it is the little things we take for granted. But it i...more
Tim and I read through this 40-day devotional together.
Even if you have different beliefs, I think we learned a lot about each other as people in additional to what we learned about our faith and about our marriage.
The book asks questions and challenges you to be better people for each other. At the very least, I think Tim and I are more conscious of our actions and words to each other.
The book is based on the movie "Fireproof". I thought the movie was, well, um, "cheesy", but the message good....more
Even if you have different beliefs, I think we learned a lot about each other as people in additional to what we learned about our faith and about our marriage.
The book asks questions and challenges you to be better people for each other. At the very least, I think Tim and I are more conscious of our actions and words to each other.
The book is based on the movie "Fireproof". I thought the movie was, well, um, "cheesy", but the message good....more
*Adding to my books read.
Read this a few years ago, as a loan from a friend. I have to say it was better than I thought it would be and brought up several good points about marriage, even if you aren't a Christian or consider yourself spiritual. It is easy to let material things become as important/more important in your life and even your marriage, to the point you don't see it until it's too late. I think any married person would get something out of this, if they give it a chance.
Side note:...more
Read this a few years ago, as a loan from a friend. I have to say it was better than I thought it would be and brought up several good points about marriage, even if you aren't a Christian or consider yourself spiritual. It is easy to let material things become as important/more important in your life and even your marriage, to the point you don't see it until it's too late. I think any married person would get something out of this, if they give it a chance.
Side note:...more
If your marriage is great, good, boring, or on it's way to the trash; then you should invest the next 40 days of your life to save it! These are not magic bandaids, these are things that you should be doing everyday anyway. This book will not only save your marriage, it will make you a better person. God made marriage as a special gift for us, He never meant for us to break that bond that He made. Don't lose heart, you can be a better spouse even if you think that you have done everything.
Also,...more
Also,...more
I read and follow this book at least once annually. I find myself wanting to buy it and share it with all my married friends!!!
"Unconditional love is eagerly promised at weddings, but rarely practiced in real life. As a result, romantic hopes are often replaced with disappointment in the home. But it doesn’t have to stay that way.
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. Whether your marriage is hanging by a thread or healthy and strong, The Love Dare is a journey you ne...more
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. Whether your marriage is hanging by a thread or healthy and strong, The Love Dare is a journey you ne...more
This book, which was first introduced in the recent film Fireproof, is a 40-Day challenge to love your spouse better. It provides some helpful biblical exposition on topics related to marriage and the fruit of the spirit, specifically in the context of a marriage covenant.
While the focus of the Love Dare is definitely geared more towards leading non-Christians to saving faith in Jesus Christ in the context of saving their marriage, or to newer believers who have not had very much exposure to th...more
While the focus of the Love Dare is definitely geared more towards leading non-Christians to saving faith in Jesus Christ in the context of saving their marriage, or to newer believers who have not had very much exposure to th...more
This book was given to every married man in our student ward by our bishop, in hopes that we would really make our marriages our highest priority. The format is not for everyone, but I liked thinking about something small that I could do for Jake every day. I did lots of little thing like making a fun date night once a week a priority, smile and listen more, and include God in our marriage. I started to pray about little things that Jake is facing in his life, and I prayed more often for him. I...more
I read this the same time I read the Love Language book and out of the 2 I'd definitely recommend the Love Language book over this one. I loved the concept of the book, doing something each day for your spouse (a dare) without him/her knowing to strengthen the relationship, but some of the doctrine was off which bothered me. It also is a book geared toward relationships that are in trouble/near breaking-up so it was hard for me to identify with it (thank goodness!). And a lot of the tip's I alre...more
Stephen Kendrick has an amazing ability to climb inside the mind of every married person and find out the secret thoughts and habits that make marriages good and bad. Even if your marriage is sailing smoothly you can still read this book and get advice on how to avoid the attitudes and actions that can harm a marriage later in life. It seems to me that most of the advice in Fireproof (some chapters excluded) could also be applied to siblings that are struggling with issues or parents and their c...more
It doesn't matter if you are newly married or married for 50+ years, happily married or on the brink of divorce, this book is a must read AND USE for all couples. Many of these principles would apply to other relationships as well. While I needed to adjust some of the "dares" to fit my own beliefs, I find this book to be truly inspired and very helpful. I cannot recommend it highly enough. I gave it to my husband as a 31st anniversary gift - ironically it fell on Easter, a good day for resurrect...more
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