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4/2/2009
My husbands parents bought the movie and told us to watch it, and of course my husband doesnt want to watch it. I watched it about a week ago and was extremely touched by the movie. I haven't had the greatest relationship with God, but now I realize that we have to have a good relationship with him to have great marriages. I recently found out that my husband has cheated on me, that was the most hurt I have ever felt, but I love him and told him that I can forgive him for that if he is willing to do what it takes to keep our marriage alive. We have been married for almost a year, our one year anniversary is April 19th and I am afraid that we will not even spend the day together. He has been staying out, not coming home and doing just about anything he wants to, meanwhile I am doing everything in my power to save my marriage. Before watching the movie I had packed my things and I left, for a week, it was very very hard for me and I felt that I needed to go home so I did. We talked alot that week while I was gone. Now that I am back home I feel that we just don't talk that much other than money or our problems. When I watched the movie, I prayed for God to give me the strength to do the 40 day challenge to save my marriage. I am going to do this God, and to save my marriage. I never thought that I would be facing divorce, especially in the first year. Reading everyone elses stories, has given me even more strength and willingness not to give up. Please pray for me and my husband. I have no doubt that he loves me. I am putting my marriage in God's hands.
Amanda
4/2/2009
My name is Andrew, and i am 18 yrs old, and last year i meet this girl named annie, she is turning 16. Well were both christians and we both have a heart for the lord. I love her with all my heart. Well we started dating september of last year and well first two months were great. Then from there we started sliding down hill. I believe in my heart she is the girl for me. A couple of weeks ago we broke up and i was devasted like part of my life was gone. i want to try this love dare and i pray to god that it will work even though were a long road ahead i believe god can and will do anything just pray for Annie and i. Thank you alot and god bless <3
4/2/2009
I have been married for 26 yrs and i watched the movie fireproof, and i felt a new love for my husband all over again. its usally me who starts an arguement with my husband. i dared to take the 40 day challenge. Thank You so much. i feel like a teenage in love............Nancy
4/2/2009
I have been with my partner for almost 3 years. It has felt longer with all the arguments and fights. He and I both had seen the movie through a family member and I am starting to think the 40 Day Love Dare may help us too. We are tight right now so I am not able to buy the book. I am trying to find an online version of it so I can start, but I haven't found one yet. I am in need of a change because it is even taking a lot of energy to fight against each other. We are both too selfish to realize our faults and when we do, we don't know how to start to change them...I am praying something good manifests sooner or later.
4/2/2009
My name is Greg Vasquez and I married my wife a little over 2 years ago. I have not been a good good husband by any stretch of the word. I have been unfaithful and allowed my flesh to win to many times. She says we are finished but I want my marriage more than ever. I have been asked why now...why not then. I cant really answer that, thereis no good excuse for my past behavior. I want to be the best husband ever. I will do what ever it takes... please pray for us...for me. today is day one.
Greg
4/1/2009
My husband and I have been married for three years and our marriage is definitely improving with time. We have seen "Fireproof" twice and he recently got the movie for me for my birthday. Although we have a good marriage I decided to do the Love Dare and am currently 27 days in. My husband does not know that I am doing it but has made several comments along the lines of "What is the deal with you lately?" or "You are such a great wife." He has expressed appreciation for me taking the time to bless him and though our marriage was good before it is now at a whole new level. The Love Dare has changed our marriage and caused me to appreciate my husband so much more! I would recommend it to anyone who wants to improve their marriage, whether on the brink of divorce or not.
4/1/2009
My husband and I have been married for almost 8 years. We do not have a good marriage. I watched the movie and was very moved by it. I have not convinced him to watch it cause he is not religous and thinks it is all in my head the way things are. I decided on my own to do the 40 day love dare just to see where it leads me and maybe back to an us. I dont want to loose this marriage.
thanks
angie
angie
4/1/2009
Today was the first day that I realized that the love of my life may no longer want to share a life with me. I am no longer sure if he wants to marry me, and I have not been able to stop crying for the past 12 hours. I do not know how I can express myself to him. He has become my best friend, but for the past few weeks I have not felt close to him. We are supposed to marry May 15, but as things stand today, I am not sure if we are going to make it another day. Being from a different city than where I currently live, I have no one that I can turn to. I am to afraid to tell myself that it may be over, and maybe I will not be able to go back to where m heart once was. I love this man with my entire heart, I think I loved him before I met him. But I do not think I know what it takes to completely love him. Tonight I am going to his house to eat dinner and talk, but I am not sure if we will solve anything. I am determined to show my love to him everyday until our wedding day. If May 15 comes and we cannot work it out, I will move on with my life without him. I think that there is now 43 days to go, before we might say "I do", and I promise to myself that I will do something everyday to make him know how much I love him and how much I need him in my life. I want this movie to be a wake up call to us both, but 40 days may not be enough. But my heart is truly in it and I know the lord will guide us through these trying times.
deanna
4/1/2009
i have been married for almost 2 years now, i am in the United States Army, and i was very moved by this movie, my wife and i are now seperated, and choosing to go through with divorce, but I know deep down that it is not what I truly want, I am leaving for Iraq in early may, and she has no desire to spend time with me before I go, and she began stripping a month ago and its killing our marriage, and I want to commute to the 40 days, im just not sure if its enough, I do love her dearly and I have made many mistakes but I know that I can change, I just hope she is willing to change as well...I have already tried something similar to th 40 day love dare, but I was constantly rejected, over and over again, and it hurt, but after watching the movie I believe that you have to just buckle down and get past the rejection..I just hope there is enough love in her heart to accept cause its pretty far gone...
Ian
3/31/2009
My husband and I have been together for 9 years, and deceided to get married on our 9 year dating anniversary. To say the least, it's been very hard and a month after the marriage I wanted to get it annulled. We watched the movie this past weekend and I really thought he got something out of it. Considering I am a believer and he is not, I was really grateful that he was listening as attentively as he was. We have 1 child together and I am currenlty pregnant. I'm so unhappy and recently was considering filing for divorce but since I'm pregnant my state won't allow it! Because I believe in the power of God, I am going to commit to the 40 day challenge! Please pray for us...
3/31/2009
My husband and I have been married for 18 yrs. He has been battling addiction for the entire time. I have put up with being cheated on, stolen from and mental and emotional abuse and misuse. I watched the movie and I personally thought yeah ok this is "realistic" yeah right. He has a short time clean but he seems worse now then ever because he uses his clean time as an extra head sweller so to speak. I just feel used and unappreciated like Caleb. I have people at work and friends who ask me for advice but at home my choices of anything down to the color socks I chose to wear today is challenged. (no exaggeration) I was at the point literally, 3 days away from filing for divorce before I watched this movie. Of course, God did not let me get away with that thought and here I stand starting on day one. I am not sure where it will take me/us but I have committed to the 40 days. I will update you all as I take the journey. Sincerely - Last hope
3/31/2009
I have been married to the most wonderful and most beautiful woman in the world for nearly 12 years. We had the perfect marriage we always got along we never fought and we were faithful to each other. We also have two wonderful daughters. A few months ago I messed everything up I let a co-worker get into my head and brainwash me. This led to me lying to my wife and cheating on my wife. Now my life along with my wives life my daughters life my family and her families lives have all been destroyed. I don't know if we will ever be able to get what we had back but I am willing to try anything. We have watched Fireproof a few times together and I have watched it several times by myself. It is a great movie and it has made me realize a lot of things. So I bought The Love Dare to see if it would help. I am on day 25 and have not had any problems with any of the dares so far. I really enjoy the book and I have taken it seriously from day 1. I know that I need God in my life and I believe that God is helping me on this journey. I also believe that God has given me unconditional love for my wife. I want to be with her all the time, and I always think about her when were apart. My love for my wife is stronger than it has ever been, but I still don't know if I will be able to get her back. I am doing The Love Dare to try to prove to her that I love her with all of my heart and that I do want to spend the rest of my life with her. I have never been more serious about anything in my life as I am now trying to get her back. I have my priorities straight now and I realize that I need God in my life. I enjoy going to church now and I enjoy reading the Bible every day. I know the things that are important to me now and I will never forget again. I hope and pray that I get one more chance to honor, respect, and cherish my wife for the rest of my life. Billy
Billy
3/31/2009
I have been married for 6 1/2 years. My marriage has gone downhill in the last couple of years. We have had some tragedies in our life. Our grandson died by suicide in our home and I found him. My son has had no communication with me for two years. My husband and him hate each other, the reasons are too long to list. We have been under alot of stress, not from only this although these are the two big ones. We own a business and work together which is stressful. I have found a wonderful church in my area and he will not go with me. I have caught him looking at pornography on the internet. We were dining out about three months ago and overheard a table talking about the movie Fireproof, and saying every married couple should see it. Well about three weeks ago we decided to watch a movie on pay per view, and were looking at the list. I saw Fireproof and suggested it. He said okay, what is it about and I said marriage and that the movie had great reviews and I had been wanting to see it. So he put it on, and when it began I knew he would think it was a "trap or a set up by me" to get him to watch it, especially when they started referring to God. I told him I didn't know it was going to be "religious" as he always says, and he could change it, but he said well, let's give it some time and watch. So we watched it through to the end. I cried, and I even think he had a tear or two. Well I couldn't stop thinking about that movie, and even the music and songs. I thought in the back of my mind about getting the book. So one day I had to go to Wal-mart and decided to check the book section. There it was. The last copy on the top shelf, just staring at me. I felt it was meant for me, being the only one left so I bought it. I am now on day 7 and it has been very hard, and I have felt like giving up and wondering why I am doing this at times. But I am a committed person so I am not going to give it up. It has taken me more than one day to complete some of the dares. Today I finally finished dare 7 and it actually was a good day. I feel hope today. And I thank God, because I think he is working in all this. I don't know how this story will end yet, but I am trying very hard to be positive even though this love dare stuff is not easy. It's hard!
3/30/2009
My husband and I just watched the movie over the weekend..We have been married since July of last year and I see the movie as a wake up call for us. Not the husbands point of view. We argue alot and marriage is not the greatest. I hope he will listen and we get the counceling we need before it is to late. Great Movie................
cathy
3/30/2009
My Husband and I have been together for 3 years. This is our life... We wake up get all 3 kids ready, leave, take the kids to daycare, then head into work TOGETHER. We are together 24/7. No break. Yes sounds wonderful but sometimes we get on eachothers nerves. He is a very hard headed man and i'm very jealous person. I'm afraid of losing my husband. If were together all the time our fights are at work and at home. We watched the movie over this past weekend and i LOVED it, on the other hand my husband said it was eh okay. i really want to do the 40 days. I don't know if my husband will do it but for me, i want to fix our marriage. Were young I'm 21 and he's 22 but we have a long way to go. Where we live we have no family that lives around us so i can't just go to my parents and talk to them. There all phone calls away. When we argue or fight it's over little things. My Husband grew up really different than i did. I learned respect, he didn't. He's getting there but it's so slow. If your reading this please pray that my husband can come to GOD. He never wants to go to church. I want to go as a family. I need GOD to grab his heart, take him down a path that he can learn and love GOD. His parents are a problem to His dad does drugs. I just need alot of prayers. Please i am asking for help.
Stephanie
3/30/2009
My husband and I had been together for twenty years.I found out that for the last five years he has been cheating on me. He broke up with one married woman and started to see another one. I didnt know about the first one but found out about the second one. when I found out I went into a kind of shock.I called the Airlines got on a plane and went to california for three days. (we live in Texas) I thought he would be gone with her but he was home when I got home. I asked him if he wanted a divorce and he started crying saying he didnt know. So I told him to think about it,pray about it.He called me the next night and told me it was over between them. She works where he does.She is maried and has three kids.He told me he wanted what I wanted no more lies between us,he asked me to remarry him. I was really afraid to do it,but I knew I had to put it all on the line.So we went to Nevada and got remarried on our 20th wedding anniversary April17th.. With family and friends. By may he was caught in a motel with this other woman. I could not believe it. So I asked him if he wanted a dovorce he said he didnt know what he wanted.But I knew he would not stop cheating. He was seeing her everynight and coming home to me in the morning.So by september We filed for divorce uncontested....We saw the movie fireproof and my husband started crying...two days later he was at it again.... I let him stay until the divorce was over Dec23rd.He moved out Jan 10th....I know God does not believe in Divorce, But I do believe he takes people out of your life for a reason... My now ex husband calls me for time to time to tell me about fights he having with his married girlfriend.. Its hard but i pray for them both.I feel sorry for her husband,but there are kids involved...so I have given it over to God. I had alot of anger for awhile but now i am just numb............I maried him twice in Gods house. He made a fool out of me.I feel like Iam still married to him because I gave God my word. Please pray for me....I still give God the glory....I will not second guess his plan for my life. I will trust you Lord til the day I die...Your servant Gina
Gina
3/30/2009
My husband and I have a great marraige and always have, but we decided to to the Love Dare any way. It has been a wonderful journey. We have seen that even good strong marraiges have room for improvement, and it has reafirmed the idea that we were dong the right thing, when others would tell us we needed to think more about ourselves. I have always felt that the only way to prove my love for someone is by whay I could do for them and my husband has alway been great at proving his love for me. However, we all have those times of "why me" and feel like "its all about me" even if its few, its still to many. The Love Dare is an awsome oppertunity to fine tune your marraige even when you aren't having "problems".
Rev. DawnMarie
3/30/2009
The movie is great, we have watched it together 3 times and I have watched it a few times by myself. This July 19th will make 12 years that we have been married if we can make it until then. We have had a great marriage but the last few months have been a nightmare. I had never cheated on my wife and I have always loved her with all of my heart. A few months ago I let a co-worker come between my wife and me I let her get into my head and I cheated on my wife with her and now my marriage is hanging by a thread. If I could go back and do things different I would in a second but I can't. I am on day 25 of The Love Dare and have not had any problems with any of the dares so far. The Love Dare is the best book I have ever read and I am barely half way through. The Love Dare has made me realize what is important in life I have always had faith and trust in God and knew he was real but this book has opened my eyes to God more than I could ever imagine. It also made me realize that my wife and our two little girls are my life. I now know that God and family are the most important things in my life. I had it made I had the most beautiful wife in the world and the two greatest little girls who I also hurt I messed up so bad I don't know if it can be fixed I hurt my wife and kids, my mom, my brothers, my wives family. The people I care about the most and that care about me are the ones that I hurt. My wife has talked with a attorney about divorce but has not filed yet. I don't know if I will ever be able to get her to love me the way she used to but I am going to continue The Love Dare and try to prove to her every day that I love her more than I ever have. I pray for God to forgive me and I really do believe that God has helped me have unconditional love for my wife it is a love that I feel is stronger than it has ever been. I also know that if I can get her back nothing like this will ever happen again because my love for her is so strong. If I can't get her back I still believe The Love Dare has made me a better person. I would recommend The Love Dare to any couple even if you think your marriage could not get any better I promise you that The Love Dare won't hurt. Pray for me. Billy
Billy
3/29/2009
When I first saw the movie I cried and had hope that things would change, next I became angry and critical and wondered how come my husband wouldn't change. Shortly after that GOD opened my eyes; He showed me that I had to change. He showed me that I had been a fool. That I had hurt my husband deeply, that I had been selfish, unkind, I cried every day and every night and for the first time was truely remorseful for the hurt and pain I have caused my husband our two boys. God has given me a new love for my husband, one I have never felt. I see him through the eyes of the LORD, as I should have from the day we started dating. While GOD is still working I am praising Him for he is moving. He is changing my husbands heart.
3/28/2009
I met my wife on the internet. It was not an idyllic way to meet. I eventually decided she was 'the one' for me and moved from AZ to TX. We married six months later. Just after our fifth anniversary she had had enough of my selfishness, only I didn't think I was that way. I moved out of our house and into God. Five weeks later I finally saw the lightbulb above my noggin. All this happened before Fireproof came out. God transformed both of us and showed me how to love her His way. We finally saw the movie a few nights ago. I can so relate to Caleb. I was just that way, internet junk and all. I was a hero at work and felt disrespected at home. My behavior was actually the opposite of what I had told my wife how I would be years before. I thank God that He intervened before our marriage died.
Daniel
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