I chose to review this for the Waterbrook Multnomah Publishing Group because the subject is one that interests me very much. While I admit that I have not been very disciplined about regularly praying for the future spouses of my children, it is something I do. Often I will pray through Power of a Praying Parent and tack on my future children in law as I pray for my own kids. But, it was nice to find a book that has prayers just for this purpose.
A little different format from the Power of... books, this book includes testimonials of both the authors and others who have shared their stories of prayers and answered prayers. It includes scriptures, poems, bullet points of things to pray for in a variety of areas such as praying your future spouce will be a "God Lover", that they will have patience, strength, etc. It includes sample prayers to pray for your future spouse and also prayers for yourself, how to prepare yourself, your attitude, your commitment, your character in a way that is pleasing to God and will help in future relationships.
I found the advice to be good and useful. I also appreciated that they addressed that God doesn't always have a spouse for everyone. Advice to live your life for our greatest lover of all, God, to the fullest and not just wait around for our prince or princess to show up. They advise to be patient and faithful while waiting for God's timing and to enjoy living in God's perfect will, whatever it may be.
I plan to have my girls read this book and to pray with them more as we wait to see who God will bring into their lives. I also plan to check out Mrs. Gunn's fiction books for young girls. They sound wonderful.
If you would like to read Chapter 1 of this book, click HERE.
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I received this book for free from WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group for this review.
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