How would you like to win a gift basket FILLED with Love and Respect books AND everything you need to cook a delightful candlelight dinner for two?! The lucky winner will receive a copy of Love & Respect; The Language of Love & Respect; The Love & Respect Experience: The Husband-Friendly Devotional that Wives Truly Love; Love & Respect for a Lifetime; and the all NEW Love & Respect in the Family…. all surrounded by scrumptious food, drinks, and something for dessert too!
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126 comments:
The best Love AND Respect date speaks to how each one feels loved whether its through touch, quality time, acts of service, affirming/respectful words or receiving gifts.
Great stuff.
Thank you so much for doing this - we did the Love and Respect Bible study and it has changed our lives!
Hope we win!
My husband and I have been married for 21 yrs. come this Valentines Day :). We got married at the very young age of 19 & 20. There were many years in the beginning of our marriage that was extremely rocky that was until we both came to have a personal relationship with our LORD and SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST! Then we heard of a local church that was doing your Love and Respect series. This was a life changer in how we treated each other, and handled conflict in our marrige. I just want to say thank you for being a huge part of saving my marriage, and teaching us how to treat one another. Now I can say 21 yrs. and 3 wonderful boys later we are truly happy and most of all best friends! Thank you again and God bless!
My ideal date for both men and women would be doing something fun. Amusement park, ziplining, etc.
Our perfect date that is full of love and respect is when we share eachothers passions. My husband will go horseback riding with me and I will enjoy one of his passions with him. Usually standing with him in the garage while he does his woodworking. I try not to talk too much :-)
My advice would be to follow the Love and Respect principles. Pray about the planning. Let the event be an expression of your love and respect for each other but more importantly about your commitment to the Lord.
This series changed my marriage! We used via a Life Group thru our church! Would love to actually have it to reference when that crazy cycle starts up!
This series changed my marriage! We did it with our Church Life Group and it was amazing! It would be awesome to have it on hand when that crazy cycle starts up!
Love and respect DVD are great to bless your marriage and the class I took did bless me beyond measure, to be the wife God planned for me to be, respect my husband and loving him is the bonus... <3 Love and Respect saved my marriage... <3
I have learned and continue to learn so much from Love and Respect. Read it, Love it, Live it!
The biggest and hardest part about having a meaningful and fulfilling date after having kids is finding time,a sitter and not having the kids on your mind the whole time. I have found keeping our date night short and sweet helps best and most of the time we go to coffee and find it is much easier to relax that way.
I don't know if this would be considered advice but I love when my husband remembers when I said I wanted to try something and then plans a night around it!
Find something that both like to do...that speaks to both love languages. It's no fun if one of the pair is only going along to please the other. I know we should be so self-sacrificing and there are times we need to be, but on a date to further the relationship there should be things each enjoys doing. Picking one's favorite restaurant or meal comboed with another's favorite place to window shop or take along a favorite game or activity to a favorite park or setting of the other's.
Anything we can dream up that involves holding hands, eye contact and a little "lovin"—works as a fulfilling date night for us, personally!! :)
Eye contact, when talking to your date is helpful in knowing that they are interested in what you are saying
Anything that you can laugh and feel free if any burdens. Spontaneous is best....listen to your mate & surprise them with a date night from something they have stated they would like to do but either have ever done. Oh yeah, the no cerfew nights are the best so have kids taken care of till morning.
Trying to put into practice all I am learning. Would love to learn more and have a date night with my husband. We don't get many date nights. Thanks for the opportunity!
Do unto each other as Christ would do unto us and do one to each other as if you are doing likewise to Christ.
Any date where both people are relaxed and happy, enjoying each other's company. Can be as simple as an evening at home watching a movie!
My husband and I are very grateful for the perspective and awakening that Love and Respect gave us. Turned our marriage around!! We recommend it quite often!
Thesa
I would say the perfect date to please both is one you plan together :) my husband and I did that for our very first date and it was un.for.gettable!!
Just the two of you no kids a open conversation talk and bring your selves together closer to god.
What a great offer!
Cindy B
Thank you for your ministry. My husband and I were encouraged at your conference this weekend. So much truth to be told!
I think the perfect date is something you would both enjoy, for instance her favorite dinner and his favorite movie!
The perfect date is one that fills the love tank of both husband and wife!!
Still praying I can get my boyfriend to read these with me. Wish me luck!
My husband and I would love to win these books...They would be a blessing to our family.
If you have children try to have a date night alone together.
Good information - Hoping to win
Winning this would mean more than I can say, as it would help to open the door for a much needed date night with my amazing husband!
Good info - hoping to win
Thank you for what you do to help marriages! We got married @ 18..our pastor never gave us counsel, and we never had my in-laws support! This site is one I direct folks@ church to all the time! It teaches us what no one else did! for getting married so young we are thankful to celebrate 23 years!!
Loved this conference..went here with my husband!
The best thing about L & R, it taught my husband & I to communicate without fault! The perfect date is when we can just be together & communicate!
I love these books and have been wanting to get them for a very, very long time. Unfortunately my family has fallen on some very hard times lately and I haven't been able to afford them, but if I were to win them I know they would be an invaluable source of wealth that would not only help us, but our friends and family... as a gift this good has GOT to be shared!!! <3
The best date is something we can both enjoy and that's filled with laughter.
Hope to bring the "Love & Respect" webinar to my church soon! I recommend it highly for ALL couples and singles, too. Excited about L&R for the Family, too!
We love to simply go on a walk or hike and talk. We come up with questions for one another beforehand so they are thought out. Helps us to know each other more and pursue each other deeper.
Excellent Love Ministry. Emerson and Sarah are like Love Ninjas! I am excited go get the new book for my family. Everyone responds to love and respect the same way - husbands and wives, as well as your children .
The ideal Love and Respect Date...doing something we both enjoy (like eating!) so that we can connect more easily from a unified spot. Find something to serve the other's love language, speak to your husband with your hand on his shoulder and tell him about what kind of man he is ;) and then go home and get bizzay. HA!
Plan a date that you would both enjoy doing together; then do it, making sure you don't bring up any difficult subjects, subjects about the kids, work, etc. Hold hands and just enjoy each other!
I think the best date is one that involves great food, intimate conversations, and some alone time if you know what I mean! Wink wink!
My husband and I went to the Love and Respect conference prior to getting married...We are both grateful for the insight and skills we learned. Key to great dates are spending time with each other, listening, eye contact, and making the time about each other. Show the other that you value what they say and do, tell them.
check out this line from a popular tv show, it says exactly what emerson says about what a man does........... i thought emerson should see it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQp7JjBIpFI&feature=em-upload_owner#action=share
The Love & Respect material was, I believe, the 'jump start' my husband & I needed to get us past years of frustrations and misunderstandings. It was one of the key turning points which have helped us build our marriage.
The best date I would suggest would be to regularly go to marriage conferences or special nights organized to strengthen marriages in order to always be open to have a better relationship. Never take the other for granted and work to keep the romance in the relationship. Respect your husband and his decisions. Be available to him.
20 months ago, my hubby walked out. I had ac opt of love and respect for a few years and but never read it....this I was my wake up call. I read the book and learned so much, and more importantly a lot about what had transpired that awful day and why. I learned to love my hubby in a whole new way and learned how to respect him. For 20 months, I thought we much be that Small percentage of couples that would not reconcile.....but I persisted, never gave up, fought for my marriage and my hubby.....jan 13, 2014, I was woken up at 5am by my hubby who needed to tell me he loved me....after 20 months, they were the most precious words I never thought I would hear again....
Thank you Love and respect thank you!!!!
The best date is one where you do anything that is a common interest.
Find something you both enjoy doing, even if it is go for a walk or play video games together.
This book is kicking my butt and I love it!!!! I've learned so many things I never knew or understood!!!
Prayer and let God lead!
I'd like to encourage wives to go to more action adventure movies with their husbands, they really appreciate our company:)
I would love to have these resources for my young adult kids and a date night, with eye contact? wow. that would be a blessing. It has been hard work and yet a testimony of God's grace these last 26 years.
The best date would be where the husband feels respected and the wife feels loved.....what we each need the most. Praying we win.......our marriage NEEDS this help!!
The most meaningful dates will be when you do something you both enjoy. My husband and I, when it's warm, like to go to the park with some board games and snacks. It was something we did when we were dating and it holds special memories for us. My advice would be, do something that you used to do when you were dating. Relive those special moments together. Fall for each other all over again with surprising your spouse with an unexpected blast from the past.
Would really love the books and dinner with my kids.
OOOOOOOO I cant wait!!! this would be awesome!!!!
A date night that includes some prep/planning by the husband and where cellphones are kept hidden away not by mandate but because each values the time with the other.
It depends on what each person's love language is...
For me, it's quality time, so just talking together while making a healthy dinner without any interruptions would be great!
For my husband, it is Physical touch. So we would swap massages and make love.
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We could use a real getaway. We work all of time.
Im excited about attending this conference. Ive heard such good things. Hope it helps us!
The perfect date for my husband and I includes some time that we can talk, face-to-face, and connect emotionally. Then, we include some shoulder-to-shoulder time, doing a fun activity together. Speaks love to both of us!
Grabbing some food to go/make a picnic lunch/dinner & finding a park/lookout to eat it & just talk & share life experiences again (with no kids interrupting). Then going home to be together (hopefully kids are spending the night with grandma. ;)
Anytime spending time together with good conversation is a good date
So excited to possibly win some new material! My hubs and I have attended a video conference as well as assisted in hosting one at our home church. We've loved and learned so much in the 2 years we've been exposed to Love and Respect and look forward to many more!
For me, i like to be in the planning process f the date. It makes me feel like there is more thought that has gone into the date than just up and going out somewhere. It makes me feel like i am worth the time and thoughts that go into it.
After 17 years of marriage and 2 children, I definitely need this series! #loveandrespect
Loved the conference. My husband would love me to go fishing with him, then I would enjoy a nice romantic picnic along the way.
What a blessing this Christ- centered information is! My husband would love for me to go fishing with him, and I would like a romantic picnic along the way.
Always make your Mom and Dad proud! I know Jay and Ed would be very proud!
The best days incorporate a little of what each of you like. LISTEN to your spouse when they talk and you will KNO Wwhat those things are!!
Great book so far!! Definitely had good conversations with my husband while reading the book.
My wife and I have really benefitted from your love and respect book and audio series :)
A perfect date would be one that includes sharing together, laughing together, & just enjoying being together no matter what we are doing.
Great stuff! Excellent book.
I love this ministry and the Biblical centered teaching that it corresponds to.
For us right now the perfect date is anywhere together without the kids...riding in the car seems to be the best place to spend time together and talk. Doesn't cost much,I'm happy cause I'm with him and hes happy cause hes driving his car and there are no interruptions.
Best marriage teaching ever!
The best Love and Respect date is attending one of your conferences. We are attending in Peoria tonight and are excited about being there and learning more about Love and Respect.
The Love and Respect series, we do the series once a year at our church and it has done wonders in mariges as well as mine. The crazy cycle is the key. Love it and love you guys too.
We love remembering our dating days when love was fresh and fun. We try to do the things we enjoyed together back then. Not to try and recreate but to remind ourselves that we still have fun together. Things of life can take over and you can forget those basic things that brought you joy early on. We always enjoyed dancing, we don't go to clubs any more but are looking into dance lessons to learn how to do swing dancing.
My husband and I are currently at Peoria and have finished the Love and Respect conference. Words cannot describe what we have learned. This series is a must for any married couple, or engaged couple.
thank you so much for all you do!!
This series is amazing and should be on the bookshelf of every married couple!
you teach a patriarchal system in relationships. that is not godly. that system stems from the Greco roman times and is not a reflection of god. you are teaching love from man's view and man's demand. you really need to read craig keener's book, paul women and wives and you need to look on the website god's word to women. you have not done enough research historically and culturally and are misapplying the bible to continue female subjugation brought on my man, NOT GOD. on a separate note, women love sex as much as men and stop making us sex slaves to men. I AM SICK OF IT!
Love the book. I think it is a great resource for married couples.
We have two young children, so for us, having an ideal date is not to set our expectations too high & expect an extravagant date, but rather to just spend the time focusing on our reconnection. We just try to remember to be thankful for the time we get to spend alone and make the most of it. We love getting coffee and driving around talking or listening to a Chrstian book on cd & discussing it, or going out to dinner. Simple dates :)
Thank you so much for doing this! I studied Love and Respect before I was married, and it provided so much insight into how I view my now-husband and our new marriage.
Turn off your phones and computers! Dates don't have to be expensive, but should involve giving of your attention to each other! Don't get ideas from Pintrest or YouTube either. Romance isn't something that goes "viral!"
The first bit of advice is to leave all expectations of a "perfect evening" out of your mind. What your thoughts of a perfect evening may not always be what your spouse thinks is a perfect evening. Just have fun and enjoy the evening as it comes. Love and respect come easily when you respect your man and love your woman with all your heart. :)
My ideal date is to have a weekend away from all responsibilities, and kids, and just enjoy being together.
We just got home from experiencing the Love and Respect conference in person. What a difference it made on our outlook not only in our marriage, but our family and our outside relationships. This information has the power to change lives and to change the course of your family's destiny. Thank you for sharing God's word!
My husband and I just got home from a Love and Respect conference. What an eye opener. Thank you for a great message.
I think when planning a date for both the man and woman it is really important to take into consideration what each of them like and dislike and try to make it a sort of compromise for example if he enjoys the outdoors and she is a lover of music then maybe compromise and go to an outdoor concert if possible :)
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Best type of date is enjoying a shared interest! Whether that is simply coffee or a competitive game of basketball, when you are spending quality time together, that is the best time spent.
My husband and I attended the Love and Respect Conference this past weekend. Amazingly, he can't stop talking about.
My husband and I attended a Love and Respect conference this weekend. Amazingly, he can't stop telling people about it!
A meaningful date for us includes a relaxed dinner where neither of us is "pulled on" by our young kids - works for the both of us!
Love & Respect has changed my life and all my family's lives as well. I share it everyday with someone. Date: Includes Love letters to each other, creativity, meal, laughter, dancing, love making music, prayer, positive affirmation, gratitude... Enjoy the moment!
Thank you so much for your insight! We are applying it and are AMAZED at the results! See you in Cleveland TN!!!!
An ideal date would be a weekend away with time to reflect on what we love and appreciate about the other person.
Let him choose the place and tell him what he means to you. He can speak her love language
What a great resource. Will bless your marriage and family.
My husband and I are currently planning our ideal date - a 2 day "staycation", which we will be taking 2 months before our second child is due (Grandma will be watching our first). We will be getting massages, eating out somewhere nice, and probably be getting a couple of naps in! It's just what we need to spend some quality time together and get refreshed before our baby comes in April.
My husband and I have been married for 20 years...we discovered Love & Respect just a few years ago...Best thing ever for our marriage!!! We have had the priviledge of hosting a few Love & Respect video seminars at our church and in our home. It has been such a blessing to us and countless others! Thank you!!
My husband and I went to the love and respect video conference last weekend and had a great time. We have 3 kids ages 1, 3, and 4 so we rarely have time to ourselves but we do our best to make a habit of it. When asked what is the most romantic thing you've done with your spouse: his idea of romance is sitting next to each other on the couch watching a movie and eating ice cream together- so he answered. There are two times I remember, one years ago before we were married, he ran out to his truck to get a CD and play a "special song" for me one night after cooking dinner. Then when he put it on he grabbed my hand and pulled me into the living room asking me to dance to it with him. A simple yet totally meaningful gesture that I still remember years later. The second was when I was really sick and weak and he ran a bath for me, putting candles and music in the room so that I could have some time to myself and relax. These are not extravagant or expensive ideas, but small things that are full of thought and gentleness toward each other. Just an easy move like drawing a bath and shopping her hair for her is not only completely sexy, but romance and agape love at its best because you're serving her in only a way that you can! Happy Valentines!!
Shampooing** her hair sorry for the typo
Read the book, did the Respectfully Yours Bible study & it's forever changed our marriage. Currently reading Love & Respect in the family. Tonight we begin a repeat session of Respectfully Yours because it was just so good.
When planning a date one should consult their loved ones and be in mutual agreement so they will both enjoy the time spent together, unless it's a surprise! Then they should hint in a subtle to what the other would like to do or not to do. A couple should plan things for one another, not because they feel obligated to do so, but because they love each other.
I think a great date night idea would be to read an excerpt to each other from one of the Love & Respect book series!
Just be thoughtful...make sure to take into consideration his or her likes or dislikes. For example, if you know she likes pink better than red, make sure the roses are pink. If you know he prefers steak over chicken, choose a steak dinner. If she'd rather have a night out away from home than to be home another night...plan something away from home. It's always the thought that counts. :)
We just did the Love and Respect Conference in Peoria and it was awesome!!
We love LOVE and RESPECT! Recommend it to everyone and would LOVE to win!
Always listen to your spouse no matter how hard it is.. learning the hard way is much more painful than just doing it. Man or woman we all need to be listened to..
Make the date meaningful by giving each other your UNDIVIDED attention...and no work talk. Keep it positive, light, and loving for the best date ever!
thank you for doing this! we appreciate you guys and all your wonderful advice on "Love and Respect!"
God Bless you both!
I read the book Love & Respect and my husband listened to the audio book. I truly believe that it helped save our marriage. Thank you for writing it
i think whoever is planning the date needs to gear it to the other's preferences. Compromise!
I would say find something that you both can do together....just take time to have fun & be friends! :)
Ideal date would be just the two of you some where quiet. Turn off all distractions including phones. Listen to each other.
Get to know what your man likes if you don't know already. Try to incorporate that into your date and prepare yourself to be pleasant and joyful because you know you're gonna want him to be the same way for you. ;)
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