The Love Dare by Stephen Kendrick & Alex Kendrick
Week 2: Days 1–7 — Love Is Patient and Kind
Read Days 1–7 of The Love Dare. Key Scriptures: 1 Corinthians 13:4; Ephesians 4:2; Proverbs 15:1.
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The first week of dares focuses on the foundational qualities of patience and kindness — the first two things Paul says love *is* — and they turn out to be far more revolutionary than they first appear.
Discussion Questions
8 questions1.Day 1's dare is simply to say nothing negative to your spouse for the entire day. How did that dare go? What did it reveal about how often critical or cutting words come naturally to you?
2.The authors describe a husband or wife who is chronically irritable as someone whose 'fuse is too short.' What feeds a short fuse in marriage — what things in your own life make you more easily provoked?
a.What does the book suggest as the antidote to irritability?
b.Where do you need to lengthen your fuse this week?
3.Day 3 introduces the dare of kindness — doing something unexpectedly thoughtful for your spouse. What did you do, or what did you consider doing? What made it feel easy or hard?
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