Gift-Wrapped by God: Secret Answers to the Question "Why Wait?" [Hardcover]

Linda Dillow (Author), Lorraine Pintus (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 15, 2002

Women who have maintained their sexual purity often ask, “Is it really that important for me to wait until I get married?” Meanwhile, single women who have been sexually active mourn the loss of their innocence, wishing they could somehow start again.

Women want to protect the purity that is God’s gift to them, and they also long to be loved. This volatile combination makes them vulnerable to temptation. That is why it is vital that women know not only that God wants them to wait, but why God wants them to do so. They need solid reasons, conviction, and a strategy that will prepare them to live out their sexual purity as God intends.

Filled with powerful true stories of hope and healing, Gift-Wrapped by God provides compelling emotional and spiritual reasons for choosing God’s path of sexual purity, as well as practical help for following it. Whether women have held onto their sexual innocence, have become prematurely sexually active, or have had their purity taken by force, they can express and fulfill their desire to come to their wedding day--and live out every day–-sexually pure and whole.

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Women who have maintained their sexual purity often ask, "Is it really that important for me to wait until I get married?" Meanwhile, single women who have been sexually active mourn the loss of their innocence, wishing they could somehow start again.

Women want to protect the purity that is God's gift to them, and they also long to be loved. This volatile combination makes them vulnerable to temptation. That is why it is vital that women know not only that God wants them to wait, but why God wants them to do so. They need solid reasons, conviction, and a strategy that will prepare them to live out their sexual purity as God intends.

Filled with powerful true stories of hope and healing, Gift-Wrapped by God provides compelling emotional and spiritual reasons for choosing God's path of sexual purity, as well as practical help for following it. Whether women have held onto their sexual innocence, have become prematurely sexually active, or have had their purity taken by force, they can express and fulfill their desire to come to their wedding day--and live out every day–-sexually pure and whole.


From the Hardcover edition. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

About the Author

Linda Dillow is the co-author with Lorraine Pintus of Intimate Issues and author of Calm My Anxious Heart, Creative Counterpart and A Mother’s Journey. Linda speaks at women’s conferences throughout the U.S. and abroad. She is the mother of four children, as well as a grandmother.

Lorraine Pintus is a Bible teacher, conference speaker, and author of Diapers, Pacifiers and Other Things. Her articles have been published in numerous magazines, including Decision, Christian Parenting Today, Today’s Christian Woman, and Focus on the Family. Lorraine is married and has two daughters.

Together, Linda and Lorraine lead Intimate Issues conferences around the country, answering women’s questions about sex from a biblical perspective. They have appeared on the 700 Club and numerous TV and radio programs, including Focus on the Family and Dennis Rainey’s popular Family Life Today. They both live in Colorado Springs, Colorado. You can visit their website at www.intimateissues.com.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 13 and up
  
• Hardcover: 240 pages
• Publisher: WaterBrook Press; 1 edition (October 15, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1578565855
• ISBN-13: 978-1578565856
• Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 5.5 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #290,445 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #40 in Books > Teens > Religion & Spirituality > Christianity

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21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Life changing advice, November 14, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Gift-Wrapped by God: Secret Answers to the Question "Why Wait?" (Hardcover)

This book is one of the most inspirational books I have ever read. I am 19 years old and I've made many mistakes in my life. This book explained the facts to me in a straight forward and easy to understand way without being judgemental or condescending. I reccomend that every parent buy this book for their teenagers. I wish that I had read it sooner. You are told your whole life to "wait" but nothing ever got into my heart with it the way this book did. I actually have already purchased it and given it to 6 of my friends! That is how great it was. The eight week bible study was also extremely helpful and it has inspired me to start a study group for the high school girls at my church. I've been searching for something that would get the message across that I didn't get in high school and here it is! What an awesome picture of God's gift of sex and the beauty of waiting and the wonder of his forgiveness! As the authors repeat again and again to hurting women "For this Jesus died". These words are what caused a breakthrough for me. Please pick up this book! It is a blessing in a world where we are bombarded daily with the world's view of sex!

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I'm so thankful for this book!, May 15, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Gift-Wrapped by God: Secret Answers to the Question "Why Wait?" (Hardcover)

If I could, I'd buy a copy for *every* single Christian woman out there, no matter their age. I did not become a Christian until age 19, and by that time I had given myself away to a small number of meaningless sexual encounters, not because I "wanted to", but because I didn't know any better. No one had ever taught me that my body, my sexuality, and my virginity were special gifts to be held onto and given someday to the right man. And this isn't another one of those tight-lipped, "all sex is evil" books written by some stuffy old church ladies, these women fully acknowledge the joys of a woman's sexuality, provided that it is kept in line with God's perfect will for us. It's true, I wish I had read this book years ago...but I'm just so thankful that I have it now.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars If you need to RENEW your mind in this area..., August 7, 2004

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This review is from: Gift-Wrapped by God: Secret Answers to the Question "Why Wait?" (Hardcover)

This is a GREAT book! The span of areas it covers surprised me... God's view of sex and the beauty of giving yourself as a "whole" gift to your husband, the consequences of living our own way, the healing available through Christ, and *practical* ways to help guard the gift. Sometimes it's hard, in our culture, to be passionate and remember the "why" of staying pure until marriage, but this book is a great tool to help any woman who wants to renew their mind in this area. GOD has the BEST in mind for us...
The only thing I didn't like is that it's very focused on "when you get married" and really, there's no guarantee for that day to come. But it also talks about doing it for GOD, not just the hope of a husband.
Read it, digest it, and do the Bible study in the back! :o)