Quin Sherrer - Praying Prodigals Home

PRAISE FOR

PRAYING PRODIGALS HOME

A book filled with hope, practical wisdom and encouragement for parents of prodigalsnot only to help them let go and wait in peace instead of panic, but to persevere in praying their children home to Gods heart.

Cheri Fuller

Author of When Mothers Pray
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

File this one under H for Hope! Praying Prodigals Home is filled with wise counsel offered with lots of heart. As I considered the timeliness of this work in the big picture, it occurs to me that in the matter of the great end-time falling away referred to in Scripture, there can beand will be through persevering, hope-filled prayera great return!

Esther Ilnisky

Author of Let the Children Pray
West Palm Beach, Florida

There is no pain like that of having a prodigal in your life. I have experienced this personally, and I have seen a great victory. I only wish I had had this book to read during the times when it seemed like nothing would ever change in my childs life. This book will comfort you and give you hope.

Cindy Jacobs

Cofounder, Generals of Intercession
Colorado Springs, Colorado

Praying Prodigals Home is great encouragement and guidance for believers who grieve over and pray for wandering loved ones.

Dee Jepsen

Author of Jesus Called Her Mother
President Emeritus, Enough Is Enough
Port Charles, Florida

Praying Prodigals Home will give you (1) hope when you feel hopeless, (2) insights when you cant figure out or fix anymore and (3) direction when you feel tossed about by your prodigals ways. The only question left unanswered at the end of this book is How long? Im waiting, too, for my prodigal to come home. Lets take these tools, dear friend, and go the distance.

Miriam Neff

Author and counselor
Kildeer, Illinois

This pragmatic book faces tough issues and provides answers based on solid spiritual truths. A worthy read!

Morris L. Sheats

Senior Pastor, Hillcrest Church
Dallas, Texas

Some books about pain remain aloof from the agony, promising help for the hurting but often delivering little more than irritating recipes from unsaved theoreticians. Others are so saturated in hurt that they serve to sympathize but offer scant hope. Praying Prodigals Home is a ray of light from two women who have waded through the corporeal darkness known only to the parents of prodigal children. Real and frank but with a merciful river of joy and faith, this book comforts those who sit in fear while their loved ones trek through the far country. The writers beckon us to reach beyond the pain to a higher plateau, where something called peace is to be had, even amidst the grief.

Mark Rutland

President, Southeastern College
Lakeland, Florida

Your prodigals may have moved to a far country but rest assured, God has their address. Praying Prodigals Home reminds us that He can and will save them. This book is a faith builder!

Thetus Tenney

Author of Prayer Takes Wings
Tioga, Louisiana

From the heart of these two mothers has come wise counsel. You can tell that theyve been listening to the Father! This book is filled with story after story, all of them pregnant with hope. As I read this manuscript on an airplane, hot tears filled my eyes and high hope filled my heart. I had to set the pages aside and spend a few minutes praying for my three daughters from seat 4A at 30,000 feet. Thank you, Quin Sherrer and Ruthanne Garlock, for helping us pray with understanding! I plan to give this book to several close friends and relatives. Its like sowing seeds of hope.

Tommy Tenney

Author of The God Chasers and Gods Dream Team
Pineville, Louisiana

This book is a must! Quin Sherrer and Ruthanne Garlock have filled it with testimonies that act as a spoon with which to stir your faith. These are not stories of spooky happenings that frightened backsliders back to God but, rather, of Gods miraculous intervention in answer to prayers. This is a beautiful portrait of a supernatural God working in the natural to draw to Himself our loved ones who are lost. I highly recommend that you read Praying Prodigals Home and that you keep an extra copy around to give to someone whose faith needs bolstering.

Iverna Tompkins

Conference speaker
Phoenix, Arizona

Here are amazingly powerful testimonies of believers who have prayed back home beloved prodigals, ages 15 to 94. Loaded with pearls like Pride is a luxury parents cant afford when wooing their child back from the pit, this book is filled with unforgettable stories from well-known and unknown parents who have stood in the gap for a prodigal.

Marion Bond West

Author and Contributing Editor, Guideposts
Watkinsville, Georgia

2000 by Quin Sherrer and Ruthanne Garlock

Published by Chosen Books
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Chosen edition published 2014

ISBN 978-1-4412-6870-9

Previously published by Regal Books

Ebook edition originally created 2011

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All Scripture quotations, unless otherwise indicated, are taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version. Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan Publishing House. All rights reserved.

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The stories shared here are real, but details of certain events and names of individuals and locations mentioned have been changed to protect the privacy of the persons involved, and to maintain confidentiality. Any similarity between persons in this book and individuals known to the reader is strictly coincidental.

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