Love Dare Discussion Guide

40 Day Love Dare Discussion Guide Week Six

1. "Joined together, you are greater than your independent parts. You need each other. You complete each other." Have you let your spouse know that you value their input and want to include them in upcoming decisions?
2. "You are one of the most influential people in your spouse's life. Have you been using your influence to lead them to honor God, or to dishonor Him?" Find a specific example when your spouse demonstrated Christian character in a noticeable way - and commend them for it!
3. "Everyone needs wise counsel throughout life. Wise people constantly seek it and gladly receive it. Fools never ask for it and then ignore it when it's given to them." Did you find a marriage mentor? If not, are you working towards it? Discuss in the group the benefits of having someone like that in your lives.
4. "The Holy Spirit, who now lives in your heart by way of salvation, is an illuminator of truth. And because of His internal lamp, the Scriptures are now yours to read, absorb, comprehend, and live by." What parts of your life are in the greatest need of God's counsel? Have you committed to reading the Bible on a daily basis?
5. "...if told that shared prayer is a key ingredient in marital longevity and leads to a heightened sense of sexual intimacy, they would think you had really gone too far." Have you found a time to begin praying together? Have you faced obstacles when you try to pray together? Share some of these experiences with the group.
   
6. "Dreams and desires come in all shapes and sizes. But love takes careful notice of each one. Love that is from God is unending, unstoppable." Did you write a letter of commitment to your spouse? As you went through the process of writing it, how did it affect you?
7. "In marriage, your wedding ring represents your covenant vows - not merely commitments you hoped to keep but premeditated promises, publicly spoken and witnessed by others." As you reach the end of the 40 Day Love Dare, did any couple in your group choose to renew their wedding vows? Why or why not? Did you write out a renewal of your vows?

This is the last week of the Love Dare. Make sure every couple has a chance to reply to at least one of the discussion questions. Take a good amount of time to pray for one another as couples. Commit, as a group, to supporting and encouraging the marriages of the people in your lives.