40
Days Love Journey
remaining parts
Day 11: Love cherishes
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 foot massage? Is there
housework you could help with? Choose a gesture that says, “I cherish you” and
do it with a smile.
Day 12: Love lets the other win
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 you are putting
their preference first.
Day 13: Love fights fair
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. If your mate is not ready for this, then write out your
own personal rules to “fight” by. Resolve to abide by them when the next
disagreement occurs.If a house is divided against itself, that house will not
be able to stand.
Day 14: Love takes delight
Enjoy life with the wife you love all the days of
your fleeting life.
—Ecclesiastes 9:9 HCSB
TODAY’S DARE
Purposefully neglect an activity you would normally
do so you can spend quality time with your spouse. Do something he or she would
love to do or a project they’d really like to work on.
Just be together.
Day 15: Love is honorable
Live with your wives in an understanding way . . .
and show her honor as a fellow heir of the grace of life.
—1 Peter 3:7
TODAY’S DARE
Choose a way to show honor and respect to your
spouse that is above your normal routine. It may be holding the door for her.
It might be putting his clothes away for him. It may be the way you listen and
speak in your communication. Show your mate that he or she is highly
esteemed in your eyes.
Day 16: Love intercedes
Beloved, I pray that in all respects you may prosper
and be in good health, just as your soul prospers.
—3 John 2
TODAY’S DARE
Begin praying today for your spouse’s heart. Pray
for three specific areas where you desire for God to work in your spouse’s life
and in your marriage.
Day 17: Love promotes intimacy
He who covers over an offense promotes love, but
whoever repeats the matter separates close friends.
—Proverbs 17:9 NIV
TODAY’S DARE
Determine to guard your mate’s secrets (unless they
are dangerous to them or to
you) and to pray for them. Talk with your spouse,
and resolve to demonstrate
love in spite of these issues. Really listen to them
when they share personal
thoughts and struggles with you. Make them feel
safe.
Day 18: Love seeks to understand
How blessed
is the man who finds wisdom, and the man who gains understanding.
—Proverbs 3:13
TODAY’S DARE
Prepare a special dinner at home, just for the two
of you. The dinner can be as nice as you prefer. Focus this time on getting to
know your spouse better, perhaps in
areas you’ve rarely talked about. Determine to make
it an enjoyable evening for you and your mate.
Day 19: Love is impossible
Let us love
one another, for love is from God; and everyone who loves is born of God and
knows God.
—1 John 4:7
TODAY’S DARE
Look back over the dares from previous days. Were
there some that seemed impossible to you? Have you realized your need for God
to change your heart and to give you the ability to love? Ask Him to show you
where you stand with Him, and ask for the strength and grace to settle your eternal
destination.
Day 20: Love is Jesus Christ
While we were still helpless, at the right time
Christ died for the ungodly.
—Romans 5:6
TODAY’S DARE
Dare to take God at His Word. Dare to trust Jesus
Christ for salvation. Dare to pray, “Lord Jesus, I’m a sinner. But You have shown
Your love for me by dying to forgive my sins, and You have proven Your power to
save me from death by Your resurrection. Lord, change my heart, and save me by
Your grace.”
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