Get Married: What Women Can Do to Help It Happen

by Candice Watters and Steve Watters

Book Overview

Is it okay to want to be married? Is there anything a woman who has never been married can do to make marriage more likely? Candice Watters gives women permission to want Christian marriage,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802458297
• ISBN13: 9780802458292
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: Moody Publishers
• Length: 195 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

Excellent advice for women who want to get married.

Get Married is the go-to book on how to do just that. I thought the book, overall, was just excellent. It is filled with useful advice that a woman can actually use in order to make her dreams of marriage come true. Everything in this book struck a cord with me, especially the chapter titled "Living like you're planning on getting married'--so true. If you think you're never going to get married, well, guess what, it's probably not going to happen. So, this is the book for any woman who wants to get married--don't miss this one! Another one that helps, too: Man Magnet: How to Be the Best Woman You Can Be in Order to Get the Best Man-A Guide To Dating (Revised Edition).

Life Changing

Candice Watters has taken the thoughts of a multitude of single chrisitian women and have so wonderfuly penned it in this book. This book is in a category all by itself, instead of telling single women that their unwanted singleness is "Gods Will" for there life she explains that the desire for marriage is perfectly O.K. if not the norm!! The most life changing point she made to me was that we can bodly pray for a husband. After reading so many single books and hearing the church say that if you are single it is better and instead of wanting a husband you should just want to work more for the Lord. But this answer did not work for me or the countless other single woman I knew it just left us more discouraged than ever. So the more I worked the more I desired a husband and the cycle goes on but along came this book to give me the wisdom and tools that I need to move forward. Give this book to every single christian young lady you know!!!

It worked for me!!

I am engaged- in part due to the wisdom that Candice Watter's presented on the webzine [...]. This book was released after he asked, and I said "yes!" but many of Watters' articles have been so strongly influential in the direction my life has taken that I wanted to own a copy of her book out of support of her ministry, to further my love and desire for marriage, and in expectation that it is sure to be as source of wisdom in counseling other woman. My goodness, were my expectations correct! It was such a great read that I finished it, cover to cover, in a matter of hours. Candice Watters' wisdom walks through cultural perceptions in and outside the church of singleness and marriage and how our current "postmarriage" society is inhibiting the creation of fertile communities for bringing marriage about, but she doesn't leave it with a critique. Watters further procedes to offers practical lifestyle changes woman can make to help bring marriage into their lives. She wisely discussing both God's Sovereignty and free will, emphasizing that turning a desire for marriage into reality requires both God's matchmaking abilities and wisdom on the part of woman. In her confrontation of the common church statement that a desire of marriage is "idolatrous," Watters states, "Not only is it unlikely that a godly woman's desire for biblical marriage would become an idol, biblical marriage is often the antidote to much of the idolatry -- 'sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, and greed'-- that plagues our culture." (p.50) Before you qualify her thought on this matter, take some time to read her biblical backing. Whether you agree or disagree, its sure to make you think! As for her route for becoming a bride, Watters emphasizes the basics, a strong and passionate relationship with the Lord, a life of prayer and bible study, becoming part of a multigenerational church community and finding a mentor. If you're interested in her creative specifics, you'll have to read it for yourself! Besides her witty discussions of pop-culture and vulnerability in sharing her own marriage story, my interest in Watters comes from her indirect influence on my life. I implemented her wisdom, and it worked for me! I committed to being part of a multigenerational church community, rather than just a singles group or college ministry, and developed an amazing relationship with a mentor. Watters advocates both of these ideas in her articles and her book as a means for growing in your relationship with the Lord, learning about the qualities necessary for marriage, finding a mate through a social network of elders, and developing a relationship under their guidance and accountability. Sure enough this is how it would happen for me. Through spending time with my mentor, she noticed that my character, calling and interests would be a good match for her very own son! Through prayer and sensitivity to the the Spirit, the Lord revealed to me that my mentor's

A Fresh Perspective on Singlehood and the Road to Marriage

Getting married doesn't have to be out of reach and being single isn't a consolation prize. In this book, Candice Watters gives us pratical tips and stories from her own life about how to finally reach the altar. I was most impressed with how she debunks the current trends and the myths of today's dating world. She opened my eyes to the fact that it's perfectly OK to desire marriage and pursue that goal. I highly recommend this book to anyone who's given up on love and the "he'll-come-when-you-least-expect-it" cliches from the Church. Watters has the real answer, and the truth could change your life.