Prayerful Passages: Asking God’s Help in Reconciliation, Separation, and Divorce

By Jack H. Emmott

In Prayerful Passages: Asking God's Help in Reconciliation, Separation, and Divorce (Outskirts Press, 2016), Jack H. Emmott, Jack H. Emmott, with profound clarity, helps faithful people struggling in their marriage to find the words they need to pray, and the Divine Presence and power they need in challenging life circumstances.

I believe God has used Jack Emmott as a powerful instrument to bring love, peace and healing to struggling marriages in our troubled world. Rev. Stuart Bates Rector, St. Francis Episcopal Church, Houston, Texas

This book will make an ideal gift for a friend or family member going through divorce. Gene Lee, Ph.D. Christian Counselor and Psychologist

I wish the families I've seen in family court had been able to make their difficult passages with these prayers in their hearts and on their lips. This book would have alleviated their anguish. Frank Rynd, J.D. Former Family Law Judge

• Language: English
• Publisher: Outskirts Press
• Release date: Mar 8, 2016
• ISBN: 9781478774693

Jack H. Emmott

Jack H. Emmott is a life-long Christian who learned to pray as a small child at his mother’s side each night before bedtime. At age six, Jack was struck with polio. Despite his devastating paralysis and decades of surgeries, Jack never gave up praying and he never gave up on God. In fact, God’s gracious answers to Jack’s many prayers have been, in part, a fulfilling career as a family law attorney, a beautiful and loving wife, children and grandchildren. In "Prayerful Passages," Jack has opened the doors of comfort and healing to guide a Christian struggling with the anger, loss, and grief that inevitably arise during the separation, divorce, and reconciliation stages of a marriage in peril. Open the doors of your own heart to God’s grace and healing. These prayers will aid you in your journey.

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For my wife, Dorothy, and my mother, Lucile,

for through them,

I have seen and received the Love of God.

What others are saying about 

Prayerful Passages …

When we are faced with the daunting prospect of marital conflict, separation, or divorce, we often cannot find the words to express our deepest thoughts and feelings. Jack Emmott’s Prayerful Passages gives us the words we need—words that can open our hearts to the guidance and healing that is available through the grace of God. For those who are seeking reconciliation and those who are dealing with the loss of their marriage, these prayers will impart comfort and hope.

Gregory Schaefer, Ph.D.

Clinical Psychologist

Going through my divorce was the hardest thing I’ve ever done. As a Christian, I struggled to find prayers to express what I felt. This book, Prayerful Passages, captures many of the difficult feelings I had and still have. This book helps me cry out to God in prayer rather than just wrestling with my feelings alone. I believe that God has blessed Jack Emmott, and that these blessings will continue to shower in the lives this book touches.

John D. Glaze

Divorce Client

A compelling sharing of compassion—this book shows the impact a prayerful, Christ-centered life can have on the human spirit. What a powerful read . . . I was wowed by its wisdom.

Larry R. Cook, CPA

Financial Advisor

Whether you are clergy, a counselor, or a spouse, Prayerful Passages guides you through each step of asking for God’s help in reconciliation, separation, and divorce.

Dr. Mary Anne Knolle, LFMT, LC

Through this simple book of prayers, Jack Emmott speaks personally, knowledgeably and soulfully to those who