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The Love Dare

Authors: Stephen Kendrick, Alex Kendrick
Publisher: Broadman & Holman
Category: EBooks

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111 reviews
Sales Rank: 29

Format: Kindle Book
Media: Kindle Edition
Pages: 224
Number Of Items: 1

Dewey Decimal Number: 248
ASIN: B001GSTOMU

Publication Date: September 27, 2008
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Product Description

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 need to take. It-s time to learn the keys to finding true intimacy and developing a dynamic marriage. Take the dare!

Customer Reviews: Read 106 more reviews...

5 out of 5 stars

Be Daring December 22, 2008
Theresa
30 out of 31 found this review helpful

As most people might already know, this book is based upon the Christian movie "Fireproof", which is about a man who saves his marriage by completing a character-testing, 40-day list of "dares" suggested to him by his father. Like the movie, the book of course is Christian based as well.

I loved the movie and the book is more of the same. However I looked at both of them from the perspective of a person happily married for over 15 years. I can tell you that while I don't practice all the dares in the book, my spouse and I are good about doing many of them- and of course there's always room for improvement. From my personal experience, I feel like concentrating on the kinds of ideas presented in the book have been absolutely key to making our marriage last.

Now the book itself also consists of a 40-day list of dares. For each day, there's about a page and a half or so of advice, followed by a specific dare and some space for you to write down your personal reflections. Dares range from things such as practicing patience to writing out a renewal of your vows. The guys will probably particularly like Day 32!

As you can tell, I highly recommend going to see the movie and reading the book. In a society that places a high value on looks and money, while sporting a 50% divorce rate, its nice to see more movies and books coming out that get people more focused on the right values in life. Even if you don't do anything more than just glance through the book, you're going to be given something to think about. Other self-help books I enjoyed include Finding Happiness in a Frustrating World.

5 out of 5 stars

The Love Dare and Fireproof Couples Kit Helped My Marriage September 20, 2008
Eric Abel (San Diego, CA)
35 out of 45 found this review helpful

After going through The Love Dare and Fireproof Your Marriage Couple's Kit, my wife and I found new hope for our marriage. In a practical way, we learned how to love unconditionally and that has had priceless results on our relationship. We highly endorse The Love Dare book and recommend you get the Fireproof Your Marriage Couples Kit too. We are going to recommend the Fireproof Your Marriage Leader's Kit to our Pastor and may be our whole church will benefit from the small groups.

5 out of 5 stars

COULD SAVE YOUR MARRIAGE October 6, 2008
Patrick N. Millsaps
26 out of 34 found this review helpful

I was a divorce attorney for 5 or 6 years and saw hundreds of marriages come to an end--but usually for the same few reasons. This book could put divorce attorneys out of business.

5 out of 5 stars

Amazing!!! September 18, 2008
Paige Turner
46 out of 63 found this review helpful

I just started this book and have only done the first two dares so far, but I can tell you that it has already left a very positive impact on me and my marriage. :) It has changed the way I think about my husband and made me want to put him as a priority again. I would definitely recommend this book to every married couple no matter how long they have been married. I am looking forward to continuing on the journey and completing the rest of the Love Dares. :)

You won't be disappointed.

5 out of 5 stars

A great marraige tune up October 2, 2008
Emma Baier (St. Louis)
11 out of 14 found this review helpful

The Love Dare is a really unique book! It's essentially a program that you go through with your partner and it's powerful stuff. Described as a "forty-day guided devotional experience that will lead your heart back to truly loving your spouse while learning more about the design, nature, and source of true love." It may not guaranteed fix a problematic relationship, but it will help you see the good in your partner and what you love about him/her.

The book has forty days of entries that each discuss a unique aspect of love and then offers a dare for you and your spouse. I found some of the dares really easy and others were quite hard. It also has a journal section for you to chart your progress.

It will force you to remember all the things you love about this person. Definitely a good way to sharpen the saw in your relationship and bring two people closer together.

Another book I strongly recommend that my wife and I came across recently and we've really enjoyed because it's given us some outstanding tools for communicating and understanding each other is The Emotional Intelligence Quick Book