Choosing God's Best

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Summary: Praise God for teaching us His ways, for they're not ours!
Review: As a divorced thirty-nine-year-old man, I felt little hope for avoiding repetition of the same mistakes I had made in choosing a partner for life. Reading Dr. Raunikar's book has given me hope that I might avoid the same pitfalls of my past.

This God-centered, biblically-based, thoroughly-practical, easy-to-read, Holy Spirit-inspired work has radically changed my concept of God's plan for my life and I HIGHLY recommend it to anyone who is ready to submit their future to the only One who is really in control. As a result of reading this book and consequently turning to Jesus Christ (who alone can forgive), I have enjoyed great healing from the sins of my past relationships.

Several close friends of mine have also read Choosing God's Best and the excitement in their lives since reading it is VERY encouraging!

Don't wait another day! GET THIS BOOK AND READ IT! You won't regret it!

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Summary: God's "A" List
Review: Choosing God's Best is on God's "A" list for helping singles make wise choices. This book will help you understand that you need God to assist you in your journey towards marriage.

Tamara Suell
Author of A Woman's Hand Is Taken
Release - November 2004

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Summary: Biblically based principles of male/female relationships
Review: Do you need to read Choosing God's Best? Read the endorcements below from BILL BRIGHT President-Campus Crusade For Christ; DEREK WEBB-Caedman's Call; STEPHEN ARTERBURN-Cofounder/ Chairman, New Life Clinics; ELISABETH ELLIOT-Author and speaker. I'm sure your'll decide as so many other teenagers, college students, singles and parents that Choosing God's Best is a must read book!

"In Choosing God's Best, Dr. Don Raunikar offers hope for the single man or woman who is disillusioned with the modern dating scene. Drawing upon time-tested biblical principles, Dr. Raunikar makes a convincing case for the benefits of courtship based on God's wisdom verses a dating relationship based on man's." BILL BRIGHT President-Campus Crusade For Christ

"I feel like Choosing God's Best was specifically written for me. Few would argue that the current system of dating is in desperate need of reform. Dr. Raunikar goes even farther with his radical, biblical solution to the perils and pitfalls of dating. My only regret is that I didn't have this book 5 years ago. Thanks, Dr. Raunikar, for being a radical." DEREK WEBB-Caedman's Call

"So glad to see one more book addressing what I've called 'the dating mess.' Choosing God's Best is straightforward and scriptural. I especially appreciated the seven categories of dating which are seldom understood." ELISABETH ELLIOT-Arthur and speaker

"I wish Dr. Raunikar's book had been around when I was dating. So much pain, so many missed opportunities and so many mistakes that could have been avoided if I had used these amazing principles." STEPHEN ARTERBURN-Cofounder/ Chairman, New Life Clinics

Check out the awsome web page at wise-words.com to find out more about Choosing God's Best. If you would like for the author of Choosing God's Best to present a seminar in your church/city, feel free to contact him at [e-mail] God Bless

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Summary: A WONDERFUL BOOK! READ IT AND YOU WILL NEVER BE THE SAME
Review: For all those Christian singles out there who are struggling with waiting on God for "The One," this book offers much needed encouragement, wisdom, and practical advice, all aimed toward keeping one's focus on God and honoring Him in the process of considering marriage. Reading this book, I realized that instead of focusing on what I don't have ("a relationship"), I ought to be focusing on *becoming* a godly woman who will be a better spouse to whomever I will marry in the future. I found Raunikar's advice on opposite gender friendships particularly helpful. In this do-what-you-want world it is hard to believe that there could actually be "too" much closeness between a guy and a girl who don't plan on marrying each other. The heartbreak is very real and the effects devastating, because even though interactions are not "romantic", there can be "counterfeit emotional oneness" built (as Raunikar calls it) that can be permanently damaging in the long run. I am encouraged to set boundaries in my opposite gender friendships to keep them from progressing to a dangerous level. I have learned my lesson the hard way, but this book gives me hope for the godly marriage God has planned for me in the future. I am inspired to wait, to pursue Jesus with my whole heart, and then when the right time comes, to ditch the world's system of dating and pursue a Biblical courtship that will honor God. READ THIS BOOK: what makes Raunikar's books so outstanding in comparison to a lot of other books on Christian "dating" that I have read: Joshua Harris' 'I Kissed Dating Goodbye', Elisabeth Elliott's books, Michelle McKinney-Hammond's books... this book provides EXPLICIT DESCRIPTION AND GUIDANCE about the whole courtship process. What was stated in vague terms in other books is explained so clearly here. So much of it makes sense: wait to express physical intimacy, seek accountability, limit the amount of time you spend together... all of these guidelines are for the sole purpose of helping one guard his/her heart. I have also realized how damaging focusing on relationships can be in one's walk with God; it breeds discontent and self-pity. God has so much more for us than that! I am *greatly* encouraged that God has the best for all of us. Read this book, commit your heart to God, and be encouraged! There is a better way than the emotional heartache and trauma caused by exclusive dating relationships and too intimate "friendships." I would recommend this book to ANY CHRISTIAN SINGLE WHO IS SEEKING GOD'S WILL. I am going to buy copies for my single friends who struggle with relationships and waiting on God. Take heart and know that God has the best for you!

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Summary: Wish I Had Read This Book When I Was Dating.
Review: I am buying this book for my 22 year old, unmarried daughter. I truly wish that I had read this book when I was in the dating process. I have read this book prior to giving it to my daughter so that I could assess the contents. Dr. Raunikar's comments that the dating process is by nature designed for breaking-up and resultant deep pain is so true and insightful, and that this pattern of breaking-up lays the conceptual groundwork for this happening in marriage. The safe environment that is provided for the girl/woman by most of the contact occurring in the parent's or spritual accountability couple's home, at least in the first portions of the courting process, is so much better than the woman being alone in a car or other enviornment where she is at the whim of the man. Courting sounds like such an out-of-date concept, but Dr. Raunikar shows how it has been tested by time and provides the best answer for male-female relationships and eventually discovering the one that God has designed for you.

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Summary: An Excellent Book
Review: I read this book by checking it out from a local library, and I say its an excellent book, and I agree with it 100%. I believe its one who expirence or seen other peoples expirence that helps us and the reference that it shows us where in the Bible that relates to us today with dating vs. courting, I believe if anyone is true to God this book would be the wisdom they might yeild too, or at least consider the best possible choice it has for us to find our Godly mate.

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Summary: good but....
Review: This book is good but I felt that it misses the mark. Like other dating books it covers common sense advice like "avoid dating a non Christian, be mature in your relationship with Christ before entering a romantic relationship." etc.

The author presents charts throughout the book on how a romantic relationship should follow. No offense but there is no such thing as a formulaic way to go about relationships, and its ridiculous to actually think that dating is a sin or "disease."

Yes, I agree there are a lot of problems in dating but its not like "courting" is more holy or more safe. There will be problems with romantic relationships no matter what they want to call it. So while I agree there is a lot of smart advice in this book, I wouldn't recommend it.

Life doesn't follow formulas and charts. There are better books out there like "Boundaries in Dating" and "When God Writes Your Love Story." I liked them a whole lot better than this book.

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Summary: it's good...
Review: this book is really, really great, but it's also really, really legalistic. you will definitely learn a lot about what is and isn't healthy with regard to Christian dating and your Christian walk. however, i think that the book can also be very intimidating. i remember feeling very unworthy and very incapable of being loved or having a healthy Christian relationship after reading it. i actually cried out of frustration both with myself and with what the author purports to believe that God expects from Christian relationships. some people may thoroughly enjoy this book because it really takes dating back to the old school (old school as in old testament!). actually, the author seems to be in favor of doing away with the practice of dating altogether and is in favor of courtship (again, in the old testament sense of the word). while i have serious issues with the thesis of this book, i do highly recommend it, especially for young adults like myself. it may help to also read "boundaries in dating" so as to get a balanced view of what some Christians believe that God wants from our "romantic" relationships. read both and decide for yourself which approach would best serve to enhance not only your "dating/courting" relationships, but also your relationship with Christ.

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Summary: Good for understanding the word's way of thinking
Review: This book is truly a blessing from God. For years I have been praying for God to send me a girlfriend and mate. But God kept telling me that I was not ready and even that I may never marry. This disturbed me greatly and I became depressed. God took me from my depression and I discovered this book at a Christian Book store. It changed my whole perspective on God's plan for my life and what he has in store. I realized that being single is a blessing and not a curse. I shall wait for whatever God has in store for me and pray for his continued blessings. This book is a study guide which always references the word of God and provides real life examples of how God's plan really works. Love and marriage our not ours to decide. It is a gift from God and "Choosing God's Best" is a uplifting guide which helps you through the journey.

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Summary: Excellent Book- Great for Youth Group Study
Review: This book lays a good foundation for anyone who is Truly searching for Real Love, rather than the popcorn/cotton candy Love that celebrities call Love.

But real, deep, lasting Love.

In addition or instead of this book, I recommend "When God writes your Love story" by: Eric and Leslie Ludy
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