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Introduction

Dear Reader, first of all, I would like to wish you a wonderful time as you read these lines. In your hands you have a book about God’s plans for committed, believing, single people in our time. Be ready for the Holy Spirit to inspire you and to speak specifically to you. Invite him to come!

At the end of each chapter (in the sections “Practical applications and challenges” and “Notes”), there is space for you to write down anything important that occurs to you. Allow some time. Take a pen, and look for a (quiet) place where you will not be disturbed.

This book is divided into three sections:

Part 1: Prophetic visons about single people and practical preparation

Part 2: Foundations: What does the Bible say about men and women, the way to marriage, and married life?

Part 3: My own story.

I pray you will have an encounter with the father heart of God, receive an embrace and a kiss from heaven, and that your heart will experience His healing love.

Why did I write this book?

The book originated with a prophecy that was confirmed by several different prophetic ministries. In obedience to that, I am now publishing some extracts from my journal. It has not been easy for me to do this, but I hope it will honor God and bring much fruit, as the Holy Spirit speaks to you through it.

As the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and do not return to it without watering the earth and making it bud and flourish, so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater, so is my word that goes out from my mouth: It will not return to me empty, but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it (Isaiah 55:10-11).

You might be wondering who I am and why I have written a book of this kind. Well, I am a single woman, I love Jesus, and I am a medical doctor. I have walked with God for several years, secure in good and transparent relationships. My image of my future husband is essentially realistic and not simply an ideal.

But what can you do if you have not yet found a person of the opposite sex, or if God has not confirmed it? There is a large WHY? and it leaves an emptiness that cannot quickly be filled. I have waited for an answer from God in this matter, and have asked him to correct me, if necessary. Once He spoke gently to my heart saying, “I am not doing just anything in your life. I have a good and wonderful plan.”

During the period in which I was seeking God in this matter, I repeatedly received heavenly visions during worship, which spoke very clearly to me. I wish to share these with you, as I know they are not meant only for me.

In the last days, God says, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams. Even on my servants, both men and women, I will pour out my Spirit in those days, and they will prophesy (Acts 2:17-18).

Ask the Holy Spirit what God has prepared especially for you in this book.

PART 1: PROPHETIC VISIONS ABOUT SINGLE PEOPLE AND PRACTICAL PREPARATION

Where there is no vision, the people perish (Proverbs 29,18 KJV).