Praise for
Praying for Your Future Husband
Praying for Your Future Husband shows young women how to love and serve the man they will marryeven before meeting him! A practical and encouraging book that helps girls invest in their future marriages right now.
L ESLIE L UDY , best-selling author of When God Writes Your Love Story and Authentic Beauty
Full of wisdom, vulnerable honesty, and inspiration, Praying for your Future Husband is a book every young Christian woman should read. In thinking about the man of their dreams, theyll encounter who the One and Only wants them to be firstHis.
L ISA T. B ERGREN , author of Waterfall, The Busy Moms Devotional, and Life on Planet Mom
This book is a must-read for every girl who has even wondered what her future husband will be like. Every page left me wishing Id had this book when I was still singleor during all the years I mentored boy-crazy teenage girls. Whether you are looking for inspiration, encouragement, or even proof that prayer works, this book is for you. The perfect blend of real-life stories and a how-to manual, Praying for Your Future Husband will be an ideal companion from now until the altar.
S HANNON P RIMICERIO , author of The Divine Dance, God Called a Girl, and the TrueLife Bible Studies series
When I was twelve years old, my husband began praying for me. I did not know that, of course, because I did not yet know him or God. But later, looking back, I saw how those prayers had miraculously affected my life. Gunn and Goyer are practical, vulnerable, inspirational, and encouraging. I can think of few better gifts for a young lady to offer her future husband than the gift of her prayers, and this book shows how to do it.
S ANDRA B YRD , best-selling author of the London Confidential series and other books for teens and tweens
Praying for Your Future Husband is packed with wisdom and overflowing with practical insight to encourage the heart of every young woman seeking Gods best. The perfect blending of Robins and Tricias unique and personal journeys to find their mates, it is filled with wisdom and sound advice from Scripture to spur on your prayer life as you follow your own path. This is a must-read for every young woman who desires a road map on the journey of discovering Gods heart!
P AM S TENZEL , MA, author of Nobody Told Me and Sex Has a Price Tag and director of Enlighten Communications
Are you tired of waiting for the right man and convinced that all the good guys are already taken? Want to find the man who will love you and cherish you, having been prepared by the Lord himself? This book is where you begin. Robin and Tricia have taken all the pieces of the finding true love puzzle and have assembled a clear picture and a path that make sense and tell the truth about God and His plans for you. Stop worrying, and dive right in. This book shows you each step of the way to a future that God has planned for you and your future husband!
A MANDA B ENNETT , author of more than ninety books
P RAYING FOR Y OUR F UTURE H USBAND
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Scripture quotations marked ( AMP ) are taken from the Amplified Bible, Copyright 1954, 1958, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1987 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. Scripture quotations marked ( CEV ) are taken from the Contemporary English Version. Copyright 1991, 1992, 1995 by American Bible Society. Used by permission. Scripture quotations marked (Gods Word) are taken from Gods Word, a copyrighted work of Gods Word to the Nations Bible Society. Quotations are used by permission. Copyright 1995 by Gods Word to the Nations. All rights reserved. Scripture quotations marked ( KJV ) are taken from the King James Version. Scripture quotations marked ( MSG ) are taken from The Message by Eugene H. Peterson. Copyright 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002. Used by permission of NavPress Publishing Group. All rights reserved. Scripture quotations marked ( NASB ) are taken from the New American Standard Bible. Copyright The Lockman Foundation 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995. Used by permission. (www.Lockman.org). Scripture quotations marked ( NCV ) are taken from the New Century Version. Copyright 1987, 1988, 1991 by Thomas Nelson Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Scripture quotations marked ( NIV ) are taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version. NIV. Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2010 by Biblica Inc. Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved worldwide. www.zondervan.com. Scripture quotations marked ( NKJV ) are taken from the New King James Version. Copyright 1982 by Thomas Nelson Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Scripture quotations marked ( NLT ) are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright 1996, 2004. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers Inc., Wheaton, Illinois 60189. All rights reserved. Scripture quotations marked ( RSV ) are taken from the Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Some anecdotes and stories have been changed to protect the identities of the persons involved.
Copyright 2011 by Robins Nest Productions, Inc. and Tricia Goyer
Published in the United States by WaterBrook Multnomah, an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group, a division of Random House Inc., New York.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Gunn, Robin Jones, 1955
Praying for your future husband : preparing your heart for his / Robin Jones Gunn, Tricia Goyer. 1st ed.
p. cm.
eISBN: 978-1-60142-349-8
1. Teenage girlsReligious life. 2. Christian teenagersReligious life. 3. Mate selectionReligious aspectsChristianity. 4. HusbandsReligious life. I. Goyer, Tricia. II. Title. III. Title: Preparing your heart for his.
BV4551.3.G86 2011
241.6765dc22
2011006310
v3.1
From Robin:
To my daughter, Rachel.
You prayed, you waited, you trusted, and God answered.
Oh how He answered!
Let the happily-forever-after begin!
From Tricia:
To my daughter Leslie.
Like stars in the night sky, there are millions of guys to wish on.
Praying with you to find the one who will make your dreams come true.
And may you draw closer to the Eternal One as you seek him.
G OD proves to be good to the man
who passionately waits,
to the woman who diligently seeks.
Its a good thing to quietly hope,
quietly hope for help from G OD .
Its a good thing when youre young
to stick it out through the hard times.
When life is heavy and hard to take,
go off by yourself. Enter the silence.