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2/1/2009
My husband and I will have been married for 12 years in April. We married for the wrong reasons. I just found out last night that for the first 2 or 3 years of our marriage he didn't love me. But has grown to now. I myself am still not sure. Some days I think I do but others not so sure. After I watched this movie I have been very troubled. I have been trying to asset our marriage but I can't seem to understand why I have these feelings. I have decided to take this challange. I know that it will help my marriage.
-Kelly
2/1/2009
HI EVERYONE WOW!!!! I FINALLY WATCHED FIREPROOF THIS WEEKEND. AND THE MOVIE WAS SOOOOO EXCELLENT IT REALLY MADE U C THINGS FROM ANOTHER ANGLE. I LAUGHED AND CRIED AND JUST ENJOYED EVERY MINUTE OF IT. AND MY HUSBAND CHRIS DID TO. IT KEEPS YOU TRYING AND WANTING MORE FOR YOUR MARRIAGE AND NEVER GIVING UP THATS WHAT IT IS ALL ABOUT. I ACTUALLY WENT BACK AND WATCHED IT AGAIN SO TWICE FOR ONE WEEKEND. THANKS FOR LETTING ME B APART OF IT.
2/1/2009
I WATCHED THIS MOVIE LAST NIGHT. I LOVED IT!!! ME AND MY HUSBAND HAVE ONLY BEEN MARRIED FOR 2 YEARS AND HAVE ALOT OF PROBLEMS. I HAVE 3 KIDS ONE OF THEM ARE ONLY HIS. HE HAS A BAD ANGER PROBLEM JUST LIKE THE GUY IN THE MOVIE, AND THINKS I SHOULD BE ABLE TO DO IT ALL MYSELF AND HIM DO NOTHING BUT COME HOME AND GO TO BED. I HOPE THIS WORKS FOR US. THANKS FOR MAKING THE MOVIE. I WILL BE ORDERING THE BOOK NEXT.
2/1/2009
Hellow I`am a mother of three and have been married for 20 months and before I watched fireproof I wanted out of my marriage. I truly thank you for making this movie. I not only see my husband in a new out look but I have became closer to God and never want to give up ever again, THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS YOU.
2/1/2009
Me and my husband have been married for three years and seperated for 9 months. Our marriage have reached this point because of infideltity on his part and unforgiveness, stubborness, impatience and no communication on my part. I was brought up to believe that when your spouse cheats, there is no return or forgiveness and so when he did, I closed all other possible options.
I watched the movie Fireproof tonight not thinking it had anything to do with marriage but I'm glad I did. It was an amazing movie and it opened my mind and my heart. My husband has been trying for months to get me to forgive him and I wouldn't hear of it. Without going into the day's events, I believe that God used this movie to get my attention. My day one starts here. I will keep you posted.
Mrs. T. Armstrong
Tyisha
2/1/2009
My husband of 8 yrs. is a firefighter and we tried to watch the movie last night unfortunatly he fell asleep (which hurt my feelings) but I finished the movie tonight (alone, he was on shift) and the fighting that happens in the movie seem to mimic our lives I hope and pray everyday that somehow we'll be able to get through this in one piece. I'm not willing to give up on him yet!
1/31/2009
My Husband and I just watched this movie and it is now one of our favorites. we have been married 5 years this year, and have had our tough times. It touched our hearts. it is so inspirational, and encouraging. Its so real, a mirror image to a lot of marriages. Thank you for making this movie, I know it will touch many marriages across the country, and entire world. It did ours, we know we have a lot to work on but with the help of God it is possible. God moves in mysterious ways! Thank you, and God Bless.
1/31/2009
I watched "Fireproof" last night for the first time. It is the only movie I have ever watched that moved me as much as it did. I got out of the Marines about 3 years ago, and now I'm a firefighter. My husband is still in the Marines, and is about to get deployed for the 5th time. Our brad new marriage of only 3 years has been a roller coaster from having a baby, moving, buying a new house, and deployment. He hasn't been home for even a year yet(since his last deployment in '08) , and is about to be deployed again (this May of '09). Between my job, raising our daughter practically bymyself, and the stress of deployment, our marriage is hanging by a small thread. I saw myself and him in each character in the movie, and I can't wait for my husband to watch it with me tonight. I just ordered the 40 Day Love Dare, and Im anxiously waiting for its arrival. I'm hoping in the small amount of time him and I have left together, we will be able to eventually feel the love we had for each other, the way we use too.
-Liz
1/31/2009
Hello,
I have been married for 6 months and it seems like everyday has been very trying for our relationship. We did our premarital counseling and we now are doing postmartial counseling. We have already talked about divorce several times and have gone weeks without intimacy. I feel like we are falling out of love with one another. I always think he is the blame and he feels the same about me. This is my husband's second marriage and my first and it has not been very pleasant for me. I felt like a waited lifetime for marriage only to be disappointed. I really want our marriage to work but I don't want to be unhappy. I rented fireproof about 3 days ago not knowing that the movie was about marriage. I tried to get my husband to watch it with me because a friend of ours recommended we watch the movie. We started watching the movie and he complained that it was boring and went to bed. I continued to watch the movie and was blessed by what I saw. Some of the issues that they went through reminded me of what we are going through. I went out of town the next day and told my husband to return the movie to the rental store for me since he wasn't going to finish watching it. I received a text on my phone next morning from my husband telling me he finished the movie. He told me he loved me and wanted to work on our marriage, he said he was selfish,foolish, and have been acting UnChristlike. I rejoiced after I read this but I know this is only the beginning of a long journey, I'm willing to take. I just ordered the Love Dare book for me and my husband and I will keep everyone posted on how we do.
sheron
1/31/2009
We just watched this last night with my parents. It is an amazing story and sadly so very true for many families these days!!
I am a 26yr old wife and mother. I have been with my husband since I was 16yrs old. We have been married for 8yrs. We were set up on a blind date through friends of his that i had met all cause of a flat tire. We knew there was a reason we met. Years later we have 2 amazing kids(7 and 2) and I never understood how much stress growing up put on you. Our son was born 10mths after we got married and we had to grow up pretty fast.
We are open and honest with eachother and have a great marriage. But everyone has their ups and downs no matter how good you have it. I love my husband so very much. We have made it through a lot of hard times. We try not to be mean to eachother when times are rough....but it happens.
We are taking the challange. We are going to go find the book(one for each of us) and work on fire proofing our marriage. It is very important to me that our children have something to look at and say i want a life like that. I will spend the rest of my life with this wonderful man....why not try to help it out a little right??
1/31/2009
My husband and I have been married for 13 years. We have seen the good and the bad. We seperated for a while and even filed for divorce. We are still together today but have a long way to go. About a year ago I gave my life to christ and it made a huge difference. My husband has yet to do so but I know after he sees this movie that will change. Thank you for putting out such a wonderful movie. It touched my heart in so many ways. God Bless
Amy
1/31/2009
I watched fireproof today and it was amazing. My husband is currently away on deployment for the US Navy. We have the toughest times during deployments but after watching this movie I am truely going to do everything I can to not argue while he is away. This movie has changed me. Thank you for making the movie.
Deanna
1/31/2009
My aunt gave me "The Love Dare" book for Christmas. It is now February, and I have only done 3 dares. But like Caleb, I didnt put my heart into it. I am going to start over this time, and put my heart into it. I will pray for help, and do everything I should.
1/31/2009
ME AND MY HUSBAND HAVE BEEN MARRIED FOR 5 YRS , HE HAS A BIG PROBLEM WITH BEING ON THE INTERNET AND WATCHING PORN , AND HIS FRIENDS WERE ALWAYS MORE IMPORTANT , HE MET OTHER GIRLS AND TREATED THEM WITH SO MUCH RESPECT , I HAVE NOT FELT LIKE HE HAS EVER LOVED ME , HE DOESN'T TREAT ME THE WAY I WANT TO BE TREATED, WE HAVE NO INTIMACY , HE TELLS ME THATS ALL I MARRIED HIM FOR , THE PAIN IN MY HEART AND ALL THE CRYING I HAVE ENDURED IS UNEXPLAINABLE , BEING CALLED EVERY NAME IN THE BOOK , HURT ME SO MUCH , AND THE THOUGHT OF HAVING AN AFFAIR CAME TO MY MIND ALL THE TIME , I MET DIFFERENT MEN EVERYWHERE I WENT AND SO MANY TIMES THEY TOLD ME I WAS BEAUTIFUL AND SEXY , I JUST LOVED HEARING IT , AND IT MADE ME START THINKING WHAT AM I DOING TO MYSELF , I WASNT HEARING THOSE THINGS AT HOME NOR DID I EVER GET SUCH ATTENTION AT HOME , AND FINALLY I REALIZED MAYBE IT'S TIME FOR ME TO MOVE ON , I FINALLY , AND AFTER SO MANY YEARS OF DEALING WITH THIS I WANTED TO LOOK FOR AN APARTMENT AND MOVE OUT WITH MY 2 CHILDREN , ONCE THE WINTER WAS OVER , THEN THIS MOVIE CAME OUT AND I WATCHED IT 3 TIMES , THE CHARACTERS IN THE MOVIE , ACTED IDENTICAL TO ME AND MY HUSBAND , I COULDN'T BIELEVE WHAT I WAS SEEING , AND I HAVE BEEN THINKING OF THE MOVIE EVER SINCE , AS I WATCHED THE MOVIE I JUST CRIED SO MUCH CAUSE I COULD FEEL WHAT THE WOMAN WAS GOING THROUGH , OUR FRIENDS TRIED TALKING TO MY HUSBAND AND NOTHING EVER SEEMED TO WORK ! I DON'T KNOW HOW HE FEELS AFTER WATCHING THE MOVIE , BUT IT DEEPLY AFFECTED THE WAY I FEEL ABOUT GOD AND OUR MARRIAGE !!
1/30/2009
I have been married for almost 2 years...my husband and I have had many problems and are facing divorce..neither of us really want it i believe but feel it's maybe for the better. We watched Fireproof and it was us to the T!!!!! Even the kids said we were identical to the characters in the movie..thank u...for opening my eyes and giving me hope. I plan to save the money to buy the 40 day love dare to see if it will help my marriage..very inspirational film..one of my favorites now!!!!!
1/30/2009
My Husband and I have only been married for a little over 4 months and we have already had our good share of nasty fights. I am pregnant with our first baby..a girl and she is due in April. I just turned 18 and he is 21. Today we went to Wal*Mart just to do some shopping and he(Jeff) came up to me and asked if we could get the Fireproof movie. I rolled my eyes and said sure. (He is a fireman and loves anything to do with fire). We put the movie in not knowing that we should have bought a box of tissues along with the movie. We thought it was just like any other firefighter movie...lots of fire and action. We were totally worng! This movie was way better! It was Inspirational to both of us. I'm not sure who held who when it came to the tears. Both of our parents are going through a divorce and we both told each other that we would never put each other & our kids through a divorce but now we REALLY don't want to ever go through it. This is an amazing movie and I'm so glad we bought it! It made me fall in love all over again.
Jenn
1/30/2009
well, we have been married almost 5 years. we got married so young: 19 & 20. we have two small children. we love each other. but lately i've been bored. he admitted it too. there's nothing wrong. our life is great, our kids are great,....nothing to really complain about .... except that we seem like roommates. It's been a rough week of arguing. and we dont typically argue. tears were shed and he asked what he was doing wrong. we didnt know how to fix what was happening to us. we just wanted it to stop. we just felt so .... DISTANT.
My mother saw Fireproof in the theatre when it came out. she told me it was amazing and that i should go on a date with my husband to see it. with two kids, it's hard to get out, so we never ended up seeing it (and we weren't bored at the time...this is a new development). When we were at bestbuy yesterday, I saw that Fireproof was out and remembered that my mom had told me to see it.
I was feeling incredibly apathetic and in a general sour mood tonight when he got home. i asked if we could open up that movie and watch it together. he said, yeah sure. now, we both go to church together when we can (he works alot) but dont have the same kind of FERVENTNESS to the Lord. I feel like he could be stonger in the Lord and that's been rough for our marriage. even though i knew that coming into it 5 years ago.
The movie spoke to us. BOTH. we stopped midway for a snack break. i thought he would think it was cheesy whenever God was brought up. TO MY AMAZED SURPRISE he just opened up and said: THIS IS SPEAKING TO ME. to say i was shocked would be an understatement!!!! We ordered the leather-like books (2) and the couples kit. Took a look at the site together and he was actually interested. HE HATES READING. he even TEARED UP in the movie...trying SOOOO hard not to cry and held me tight.
This isnt his personality. so this is huge and we really realize just how much we love each other. that the SPARK we were missing is still there. we just need more GOD!
sorry this was so long. but i am in utter SHOCK at his response. this movie is a blessing. we also ordered the book for a couple of friends of ours getting married. they're having issues and we think this would be the best gift. would you believe HE SUGGESTED it??!!!
Thank You Lord for the wonderous and mysterious ways in which you work. it's certainly never BORING. hahah!
1/29/2009
I watched your movie tonight "FireProof" and I was impressed to say at least. As a former career fire Captain I have seen marriages and relationships come apart during my tenure. I truly wish this movie could have come out sooner. I wish every firefighter would watch this video and hear its message. The job of a firefighter is a strenuous one and I believe with all my heart this movie will make a difference. When our firefighters would go to a structure fire we called that a "Job". When they came home I would tell them you guys did a "good job today." Well you folks put together a great movie! Job well done! Best Wishes and thanks for the training.
1/29/2009
What an incredible movie. I watched it for the first time tonight. I have a landscaping business while my wife is blessed to stay at home with our two daughters. Needless to say after coming home tired I feel sometimes that I don't need to lift a finger because I worked all day. Kirk Cameron's role in the movie made me realize how wrong I've been and that I need to strive to help my wife at home as well and not feel that I'm relieved of my duties just because I worked outside the house.
1/29/2009
My wife and I met while I was and still in the Military while I was visiting my hometown on leave and at that time she was working in the postal service (retired now). We dated little but wrote one another. Then months later she transfered her job to Loiusiana where I was stationed and we Married. We were married about one year when we adopted a brother and sister ages 10 and 12 in 2002. We knew that God put us in a time and place to start an extented family soon because these kids needed parents to love and guide them through live after all that they have been through. So immediately I had to learn to be a good husband, a loving husband and father all at the same time.
My wife and I have been and still faithful to God and very active in church, but then I received orders to deploy to Iraq in 2003 and I had to become a praying husband and praying father understanding how far dedication and devotion with a loving spouse will go over 10,000 miles away.
She was there for me, giving me support while learning more about our children, I felt as though I was taking her for granted but when ever I got the chance to call, email or write her it would be like the day we first met. I would remember every date needed to celebrate and send flowers or a gift through mail from Iraq. She would have issues with the kids but would fine that time for me. Although I was there with the kids for a short time, I had to discipline by phone I rely on my faith in God to restore what I missed not being there with my wife.
Well, I redeployed and we picked up where we left off. I transferred to another post in Kentucky where we bought our home. We got more involved in the church, My son plays the drums, my wife and I were involved in the youth ministry and my daugther sings with the choir. We began to have problems with my son in school and the teenage attitude, along with our jobs our together time took a strain, the weekend were family time but we have to reserve little time for ourselves. We prayed that much harder, God heard it, we continue to dedicate our time and promised god until death do us part. Things were great and then I received orders to transfer to Texas and deploy to Iraq 2007-2009 once again I'VE MISSED (2)THANKSGIVINGS AND (2) CHRISTMASES without my family, I had to rely on God through it. I found this movie FIREPROOF and got my wife involved in the web site and the movie and it is great, it serves many purposes in a marriages we talk about it often.
I'm here in Iraq today writing about a distant love and marriage that has been strained through the test of time but with God's unchanging hand we are able to talk and email one another everyday and will start a couple's ministry. I redeploy in a couple of days and then I retire from the military July 2009. Nothing is greater then God. Today I can say "My marriage is nothing without God"........
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