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I received In His Hands compliments of The Good Book Company in exchange for my honest review.
In His Hands is a lovely devotional style book by pastor Eric M. Schumacher and founder and president of Praying Through Ministries, Jessika Sanders. The book is divided into twelve sections containing prayers about various medical crises. The sections include prayers for healing, family, the medical team, times of spiritual darkness and doubt, praise, loss, and more. One thing evident about In His Hands is the care that went into crafting the book. The sections demonstrate that the authors truly thought through many if not all of the aspects parents might pray through when their child faces a medical crisis.
Each section of the book contains simple prayers for children to pray and even includes prayers parents can pray for grandparents. Prayers can be prayed individually and there are even some that can be used in group settings. Many of the prayers contain Scripture references at the end so readers can look up those references to see the verses that inspired the prayers.
The prayers are honest, tender, truth filled, and point to Jesus. The section on loss made me wish this resource existed during my miscarriage. The prayers in that section are so precious to me and it is clear that they were written with tremendous care. In His Hands is a great resource for churches to keep on hand for parents with children enduring medical crises.
Grief is a strange experience that often leaves those grieving at a loss for words. In His Hands meets parents in their grief and equips them to pour out their hearts to God in a way that honors Him and leaves them filled with hope. This is a lovely, desperately needed resource and I’m confident the Lord is going to use it in mighty ways.
