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Let God Help You Choose Your Partner by Babatunde B Adeboye 342 pages; quality trade paperback (softcover); catalogue #04-0231; ISBN 1-4120-2403-X; US$34.99, C$44.49, EUR28.99, £16.95 A book for single Christians. Find out what every single person should know, understand and prepare before marriage. Find the answers to these burning questions from the word of God.
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About the Book
In today's complex and troubled world it can be very daunting and intimidating for the single Christian when it comes to making choices. For the single person who desires to be married someday where do they start? Is it God's will for me to be married, how do I pray the right prayer, how long do I have to wait, who is the right person, do I have to go dating and courting someone before getting married? How does my lifestyle affect my relationship with God, my singleness and my eventual marriage? What about sex, what is marriage all about and how do I prepare for it?
Covers a wide range of issues from knowing who you are to knowing God's plan for your life, from learning how to make godly decisions to grasping the whole concept of marriage. If you are a single Christian or not and you are contemplating marriage then this is the book for you. A book that tells you exactly what you need to know from the truth of God's word and not about someone else's experience.
Gives you a clear understanding of why you should allow God and His word to be your guide in all your decision making
Identifies the common problems and difficulties that the single Christian person would face How to avoid the pitfalls and mistakes from bad choices that lead to broken marriages and divorce
A deeper and greater understanding of God's purpose for marriage
What every single person should know, understand and prepare for before contemplating marriage
Deals with the most important questions asked by singles
Deals with relationship issues especially on courting, dating and sex
Plus many more
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About the Author
Babatunde is a Bible scholar, tutor and a freelance Christian writer. He has a great and tremendous gift from God in understanding and digging deep into scriptures to reveal the truth.
His special mission is to bring the truth, understanding and simplicity through a bible teaching ministry to the body of Christ.
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INTRODUCTION
With every moment of our lives we are faced with decisions about the choices we have to make. The Lord created us in His image and likeness giving us a freewill about the choices we can make. From a simple decision about what colour shirt to wear to a life changing decision about what career path to take, from how you choose to respond to circumstances or situation that may arise in your life down to the choice of whether to get married or not.
Other than the decision to make Jesus Christ the Lord and saviour of our lives the most important decision a believer will make is the choice of who tomarry. Whoever you marry will have a direct effect on your destiny and future. The decision about who to choose as your partner is always a mind bogging experience but it need not be so if you would learn to put our trust in the Lord, as only He knows who is best for you.
It is sad to notice single people going on from one date to another being led by the flesh, trying to find who is right person, finding themselves in sexual immortality, getting their feelings and emotions hurt and end up confused. The bible makes it clear to be carnally or fleshly minded is death but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. (Romans 8:6). As a child of God you should be led by the Holy Spirit, as it says in Ephesians 5:6 walk in the Spirit (the Holy Spirit in your spirit) and you shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. The Lord has only one person for you and by the power of the Holy Spirit that person will be revealed to you.
It is God's desire for you not to be alone (see Genesis 2:18), as he has already prepared a suitable partner for you. In the familiar scripture in Deuteronomy 30:19 the Lord says He sets life and death, blessing and cursing before us, but we should choose life so that we can live. The Lord already knows and has selected the right person for you but it is up to you to choose that which the Lord has specially created for you
Recent statistics reveal that one in every two marriages end in divorce and these figures are even higher among Christian marriages. Christian marriages should set biblical standard for which all marriages should follow. I strongly believe that there are two main reasons for such a high rate of divorce: people are very selfish and self-centred and secondly the wrong choice of a partner in the first instance due to lack of godly wisdom.
Jesus said in Matthew 6:33 that we should seek the kingdom of God which is God's way of doing things and His righteousness first then all other things will be added to us which also includes your spouse. A desire to get married is a good thing to wish and ask for, and is pleasing in God's sight but our priorities in life should be put in the right order. Our priorities should be to put the Lord first and not just living your lives just wanting to get married.
A lot of single people who want to get married do not have a clear understanding of who they really are let alone understand the whole concept of what being married is all about. Remember if you don't fully understand who you are and who God has called you to be, how will or how can you be a blessing to the partner the Lord plans to give you. The decision or choice to spend the rest of your life with someone is not one you should take lightly; remember that to really get to know someone completely is not something you can do in a short period of time, it is a life-long process. Only the Lord can reveal to you the heart and character of whom you choose as your spouse.
The bible as the word of God says that the two shall become one, this is the challenge right here two different people with different background and personalities will have to learn how to function as one. The toughest thing in a marriage relationship is how the two individuals can be in a harmonious relationship as required by the Lord and this is why the scriptures have a lot to say about how married couples should treat each other and how to prepare one's self as an individual for marriage.
Your attitude and lifestyle must be pleasing to the Lord. God looks at your attitude towards Him, His word and to people and circumstances around you. Unfortunately a lot of single people will have bad attitudes towards everything in their lives. Remember your attitude is your life - it will determine how far you will go and God's blessing flowing into your life.
Finally for the believer the word of God should be the highest and final authority by which you set you life standards and all your decisions should be based in line with the scriptures - not worldly and ungodly dictates. As the word of God - all scripture (given by the inspiration of God) is profitable for instruction, reproof, for correction, training and instruction for righteousness, holy living and conforming to God's will for your life (2 Timothy 3:16) You need to put your trust and rely on the Lord completely as you will need the Lord's help in your choosing and in all your decision-making. Remember that the choice is always yours to make but the Lord wants to help you make the right ones in all your choosing, if you refuse to let God help choose your mate for you the devil will certainly assist you in choosing the wrong one.
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