Selecting a Mate without the Heartaches

God's Path for Selecting a Love that Lasts reveals dating guidelines for choosing a suitable spouse. Selecting an appropriate mate can increase the likelihood of a thriving marriage and reduce the risk of divorce believes Leah Heling, educator, author, and parent. Her Scripture-based instruction guide will help singles avoid the heartaches and dangers of modern dating.

What Are Your Dating Concerns?

• I doubt I will ever find a Christian to marry.
• How will I know when I meet the right person?
• In the past I was promiscuous, but for years I have remained pure.
• Because I don't want to be hurt again, I have given up dating.

Find answers to these and other concerns when you read the book. You will:

• Read about God's principles for selecting the most appropriate spouse and when.
• Discover how to remain faithful to a potential future spouse.
• Learn biblical approaches to sexual purity and the benefits of secondary virginity.
• Discover the risks of flirting and immodesty.
• Understand the importance of sequential bonding before marriage.
• Examine God's basic three-fold design for marriage to keep in mind while dating.
• Realize God's principles that will prepare you for a lifelong, satisfying marriage.
• Appreciate God's truths for living happily single.

Book Features

• Bible verses and principles
• True-life stories
• Assessments for personal reflection and growth
• Study questions after each chapter
• Humor

Who Would Benefit Reading this Book?

Adult Singles

"Heling emphasizes biblical principles that matter as you seek the Lord's will in finding a mate. I could have avoided much heartache if I had this instruction manual when I was younger."--Brian Goodwin

Parents, Pastors, Youth Leaders, and Teens 15+

Parents and other authority figures will welcome this child-rearing tool, which will help you prepare your children for dating (a post-high school experience, an adult activity) and also for marriage. Will you prepare your children or leave dating and marriage to chance?

"This well written and informative guidebook is a helpful tool for parental discussion with your children. A parent armed with prayer and these principles would be on firm ground. I loved the Zinger quotes."--Sue Gerhartz, grandma

These guidelines provide the tools for selecting a suitable, Christian spouse and avoiding dating heartaches. This guide encourages you to pray and trust the Lord in all matters, in doing so, you will experience peace and confidence while dating.

Residing in WI, Leah is married with two adult children, three grandchildren, and one great-grandchild. She has experience as a parent, teacher, speaker, and self-published author. Leah achieved her lifelong dream of becoming a teacher. Her experience includes teaching grades K-8, and she created and taught Christ-centered Living adult classes. Her love for teaching has been further realized through writing. Leah has a passion for writing Christ-centered literature that encourages and guides the believer to live by faith. Therefore, with understanding, they may experience the peace of God, joy, and gratitude even in the most distressing times. Leah writes, "Years ago, my lack of spiritual maturity was a concern for me. My worries and fears caused me to wonder what kind of faith I had. Although I was saved through faith, I did not know how to live by faith. I was greatly lacking in a consistent daily dependent trust in the Lord Jesus. I did not understand God's command: "As the Lord commands, as you therefore have received Christ Jesus the Lord [by faith], so walk in Him, rooted and built up in Him and established in the faith . . ." (Col. 2:6-7). Through the consistent intake of the Word of God through faithful hearing of sound teaching, the Lord developed in me a more consistent faith. Consequently, God instilled the desire to encourage other believers to live by faith. The result was the writing of "LifeQuakes: God's Rescue Plan in Hard Times" - a how-to-resource book for living by faith and experiencing God's perfect peace. Her second book, "God's Path for Selecting a Love That Lasts: Selective Dating without the Dangers and Heartaches," focuses on living by faith as a single in the dating process and also includes many Scriptural marriage principles to keep in mind before and while dating. Although Leah's writing is insightful and substantial, her style is conversational and easy to read. Readers of her work have described it as a practical and comprehensive writing approach to God's truths for everyday living, which distinguishes her from other Christian writers.