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Loving a prodigal is a long and desperate journey, filled with fear, worry, anger, self-recrimination. You wait for the phone call--will it be from jail or the hospital? You plead with your loved one. You search for help. You feel the shame. You cry out to God, "How long, Lord?"Author Judy Douglass knows these lovers of prodigals well. She is one herself and has created a large and growing community with others. When You Love a Prodigal is a collection of 90 essays--90 days of perspective on what God offers to you as you love your prodigal. At the end of each brief essay, response questions will help you process how God intends to use the wilderness journey to mold your spiritual life. You can work through it day by day, or you can read it straight through. Judy has traveled this road with her own prodigal--reading, learning, praying, and seeking God. Over and over he continued to give her wisdom, he sustained her, he covered her with grace, and he filled her with hope. May you, too, be strengthened and filled with hope as together you discover how God will take you through your own valley.

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Publié par	Baker Publishing Group
Date de parution	17 septembre 2019
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781493420087
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	2 Mo

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“Judy’s excellent book, When You Love a Prodigal , is not only a very practical help to those who have prodigals, it is a preparation for the ministry God will give you in helping others who are parents of prodigals. This book, because it is biblically based, will help you comfort others with the comfort, wisdom, and understanding you will receive from Judy and Steve’s experience. O Beloved, don’t waste your sorrows—share how God has sustained you. Share what you’ve learned from loving a prodigal.”
—Kay Arthur, author, Bible teacher
“So many times those who pray for and love the wayward feel utterly alone, but in When You Love a Prodigal , you will find needed solace and companionship. Backed by Scripture, real-life experience, and hard-won wisdom, author Judy Douglass has the expertise and heart to guide you through a devotional prayer journey toward hope. In its pages you will begin to understand what a gift it is to your walk with God to labor in prayer for another.”
—Mary DeMuth, author of Healing Every Day: A 90 - Day Devotional Journey
“ As a friend of mine used to say, ‘Motherhood is hard,’ and every mother I know agrees. Somehow, women survive, but it is not easy. Some parents who have children of their own reach out to children who have no home. Such has been the case with Steve and Judy Douglass. I have known them for years, long before they were married. I would trust them with my life. God trusted them with an abandoned child, and they took him in and loved him as their own. There is no doubt they saved his life. It was not easy. Her story is amazing. Judy shares biblical truths she learned on her agonizing journey that will be helpful to anyone who loves a prodigal.”
—Mary Graham, former president, Women of Faith
“Thank you, Judy, for the gift of When You Love a Prodigal. This ninety-day devotional invites us to enter a journey of hope and in so doing experience the very character of a loving heavenly Father who welcomes and restores prodigals. This compelling book is written from the heart and full of encouragement!”
—Dr. Crawford W. Loritts Jr., author, speaker, radio host; senior pastor, Fellowship Bible Church, Roswell, GA
“ When You Love a Prodigal is a gold mine of honesty, compassion, hope, and encouragement. If you love a prodigal, this is the book to read!”
—Josh and Dottie McDowell, author/speaker, Cru
“Every parent of a prodigal benefits from the presence of a friend who has stood in the road searching in the distance for a glimpse of their loved one’s return. Judy Douglass is just such a friend. With mounds of wisdom and with worn knees, Judy offers the comfort of companionship. God has placed Judy on a platform of worldwide leadership, and yet she bends close to every single parent who suffers.”
—Elisa Morgan, speaker; author, The Beauty of Broken and Hello, Beauty Full ; cohost, Discover the Word ; president emerita, MOPS International
“This book is a book of hope . Each day brings a huge dose of powerful, faith-building encouragement through God’s Word. The stories, uplifting insights, and Judy’s personal journey will give you courage to face another day, changing your fear to faith. Each devotional points you to your heavenly Father, who hears your cries and answers your prayers. He loves you and He loves your prodigal. Don’t give up, no matter what!”
—Fern Nichols, founder, Moms in Prayer International
“Judy Douglass has written a beautiful, profound, and personal exploration of the power of truly accepting love. It will move every reader, because each of us must be loved as a prodigal if we are to be loved at all.”
—Nancy and John Ortberg, senior pastor, Menlo Church
“My wife and I had the privilege and joy of working closely with Judy and her husband as they were walking through the challenges of loving a prodigal. I am so pleased that the powerful lessons Judy learned on her journey of obedience and service will bless so many who are also seeking to love their prodigals well.”
—Roy Peterson, president, American Bible Society; former president, Seed Company and Wycliffe Bible Translators
“Loving a prodigal, without enabling a child, is one of the most challenging assignments a parent ever faces. If there is ever a time parents need a mentor, it’s when one of their children goes rogue. Judy Douglass is the compassionate mentor and friend you need to guide you as parents in loving your child.”
—Dennis and Barbara Rainey, cofounders of FamilyLife
“As parents of a prodigal child, the journey to unconditional love and forgiveness for Judy and Steve Douglass came in understanding God’s unfailing grace for their child . . . and themselves. Let this book of devotionals so honestly and beautifully written by Judy encourage and sustain you as you walk your path to bring your prodigal home. You don’t have to walk it alone.”
—Les Steckel, former CEO and president, Fellowship of Christian Athletes
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Title Page
Copyright Page
© 2019 by Judy Douglass
Published by Bethany House Publishers
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Dedication
To Josh
Who God Rescued from abandonment and loss Relentlessly pursued as His child Gave to us as a treasured gift Made a teacher for us to learn the reality of grace
To the Prayer for Prodigals Community
Who walked and wept and prayed with us on a long wilderness journey
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Contents
Cover 1
Endorsements 2
Half Title Page 5
Title Page 7
Copyright Page 8
Dedication 9
Definitions 10
Foreword 13
Introduction: Wilderness 15
1. Love 21
2. Grace 43
3. Time 65
4. Rest 85
5. Trust 105
6. Prayer 131
7. Promise 153
8. Hope 173
9. Spirit 193
10. Gift 209
A Word from Josh 227
A Word from Judy 229
With Gratitude 231
Notes 234
Resources 236
Back Cover 241
Foreword
And he arose and came to his father. But while he was still a long way off , his father saw him and felt compassion, and ran and embraced him and kissed him.
Luke 15:20 E S V , emphasis added
A long way off. A chasm of shame and guilt and regret and anger and bitterness and despair . . . a chasm that only love and grace can navigate.
Jesus, the teacher of all teachers, teaches us. To love prodigals. To love in a way that crosses the chasm. While the prodigal is still a very, very long way off.
Jesus doesn’t minimize the distance, He resources it. Fuel for the journey, fire for the soul.
Traversing the pain-filled, doubt-littered, fear-exploding route of redemption.
A son . . . two sons—one consumed with pleasure, the other consumed by the pursuit of power and control. Both prodigals. Both lost