Derek Prince relates how God led him into marriage - first with Lydia; then, after Lydia's death, with Ruth. 'The first time, I really did not understand what God had done. Then, when the process was repeated in my second marriage, I came to realise that God had followed the very same pattern He Himself had established at the dawn of human history - a pattern He has ordained to stand unchanged until human history reaches its consummation.' It is this divine pattern for entering into marriage that is the central theme of this book, providing engaged couples, counsellors and ministers with a clear and reasoned presentation of the steps leading up to a successful marriage lived in the will of God.