Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE If a house is divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand.—Mark 3:25 TODAY’S DARE Talk with your spouse about establishing healthy rules of engagement…Resolve to abide...

Do not merely look out for your own personal interests, but also for the interests of others.—Philippians 2:4 TODAY’S DARE Demonstrate love by willingly choosing to give in to an area of disagreement between you and your spouse. Tell them...

Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE Husbands ought also to love their own wives as their own bodies.—Ephesians 5:28 TODAY’S DARE What need does your spouse have that you could meet today? Can you run an errand? Give a back rub or...

Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. —Romans 5:8 TODAY’S DARE Do something out of the ordinary today for your spouse—something...

Greet one another with a kiss of love. —1 Peter 5:14 TODAY’S DARE Think of a specific way you’d like to greet your spouse today. Do it with a smile and with enthusiasm. Then determine to change your greeting to reflect your love for...

Love is as strong as death, its jealousy unyielding as the grave. It burns like blazing fire.—Song of Solomon 8:6 NIV TODAY’S DARE Determine to become your spouse’s biggest fan and to reject any thoughts of jealousy. Then share with...

[Love] believes all things, hopes all things.—1 Corinthians 13:7 TODAY’S DARE For today’s dare, get two sheets of paper. On the first one, spend a few minutes writing out positive things about your spouse….pick a positive attribute...

He who is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he who rules his spirit, than he who captures a city.—Proverbs 16:32 TODAY’S DARE Choose today to react to tough circumstances in your marriage in loving ways instead of with irritation...

He who blesses his friend with a loud voice early in the morning, it will be reckoned a curse to him.—Proverbs 27:14 TODAY’S DARE Ask your spouse to tell you three things that cause him or her to be uncomfortable or irritated with you. You...

How precious also are Your thoughts to me. . . .How vast is the sum of them! If I should count them, they would outnumber the sand.—Psalm 139:17–18 TODAY’S DARE Contact your spouse sometime during the business of the day. Have no agenda...

Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE Be devoted to one another in brotherly love; give preference to one another in honor.—Romans 12:10 TODAY’S DARE Whatever you put your time, energy, and money into will become more important to...

Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE Be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving each other, just as God in Christ also has forgiven you.—Ephesians 4:32 TODAY’S DARE In addition to saying nothing negative to your spouse again...

Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love.—Ephesians 4:2 NIV TODAY’S DARE Although love is communicated in a number of ways, our words often reflect the condition...

Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE Where you go, I will go, and where you lodge, I will lodge. Your people shall be my people, and your God, my God.—Ruth 1:16 TODAY’S DARE Write out a renewal of your vows and place them in your...

Love never fails.—1 Corinthians 13:8 TODAY’S DARE Spend time in personal prayer, then write a letter of commitment and resolve to your spouse. Include why you are committing to this marriage until death, and that you have purposed to love...

Delight yourself in the Lord; and He will give you the desires of your heart.—Psalm 37:4 TODAY’S DARE Ask yourself what your mate would want if it was obtainable. Commit this to prayer, and start mapping out a plan for meeting some (if not...

Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE If two of you agree on earth about anything that they may ask, it shall be done for them by My Father.—Matthew 18:19 TODAY’S DARE Ask your spouse if you can begin praying together. Talk about...

Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path. —Psalm 119:105 TODAY’S DARE Commit to reading the Bible every day. Find a devotional book or other resource that will give you some guidance...

Plans fail for lack of counsel, but with many advisers they succeed.—Proverbs 15:22 NIV TODAY’S DARE Find a marriage mentor—someone who is a strong Christian and who will be honest and loving with you. If you feel that counseling is...

Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE Day 154: Love celebrates godliness [Love] does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth.—1 Corinthians 13:6 TODAY’S DARE Find a specific, recent example when your spouse demonstrated...

If two lie down together they keep warm, but how can one be warm alone?—Ecclesiastes 4:11 TODAY’S DARE Recognize that your spouse is integral to your future success. Let them know today that you desire to include them in your upcoming decisions...

Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE The husband must fulfill his duty to his wife, and likewise also the wife to her husband.—1 Corinthians 7:3 TODAY’S DARE If at all possible, try to initiate s** with your husband or wife today...

Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE Day 151: Love and marriage A man shall leave his father and his mother, and be joined to his wife; and they shall become one flesh.—Genesis 2:24 TODAY’S DARE Is there a “leaving” issue...

Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE Day 150: Love brings unity Father, keep them in Your name, the name which You have given Me, that they may be one even as We are.—John 17:11 TODAY’S DARE Isolate one area of division in your marriage...

Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE Day 149: Love’s motivation Render service with a good attitude, as to the Lord and not to men.—Ephesians 6:7 HCSB TODAY’S DARE Before you see your spouse again today, pray for them by name...