My Prince Will Come: Getting Ready for My Lord's Return

by Sheri Rose Shepherd

Your Knight in Shining Armor Awaits

When a royal princess is rescued by a brave prince, every girl’s heart pitter-patters at the thought. But women of all ages can easily miss the glorious truth that Jesus is the Prince who has already chosen her and is waiting at her door. Such an occasion is motivation for you to be at your best—healthy in every way! Now, as encouraging as it is practical, My Prince Will Come equips every woman to start living today a life of incredible freedom from the past, joy in the present, and hope for the future! Sheri Rose Shepherd’s message has been empowering women to become their best self, while inspiring them to confidently embrace an eternal view of themselves, for more than ten years. This is the third book in the acclaimed His Princess series.


Story Behind the Book

“This inspirational, motivational, instructional guide contains in written form the message that I have been delivering for the past ten years to over 100,000 women. My Prince Will Come is a practical tool for women preparing for Christ’s return to take us home. It reveals how to keep an eternal view in the midst of daily life. I’ve certainly learned that when I am not proactive, Satan will attack me in whatever area of my life that he can. I want to help women not only be on guard against the enemy, but show them how to proactively pursue their relationship with their King.”

—Sheri Rose Shepherd

Genres: Christian, Faith, Nonfiction, Religion

224 pages, Hardcover

First published September 12, 2005

About the author

Sheri Rose Shepherd is the author of the popular His Princess(tm) series. A former Mrs. America, Sheri Rose is an anointed teacher who has served as keynote speaker at Women of Virtue conferences, and her messages have aired on national radio programs. Sheri Rose has been married eighteen years and has two beautiful children.

Reviews

[Judi · Rating 4 out of 5]

I simply love everything that Sheri Rose Shepherd writes! She speaks to my insecure Christian heart and lifts me up, with relatable stories, that are accompanied by bible verses. I was a little put off by the section about weight though. I know that our bodies are God's temples, but in this world of emotional and mental issues concerning body image, I didn't care for all the weight talk. Just one lady's opinion.

[Rachel · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read this in a slow pace, kind of like how I would read a devotional. If I had read it the way I normally do, I wouldn't have appreciated the precious lessons written in this book.

[Jennifer · Rating 2 out of 5]

I rated this book from the perspective of a member of its target audience, young girls*. But I still wavered back and forth between two and three stars, because I couldn't help reading it from the perspective of one who ministers to youth and one who (d.v.) would have a daughter one day.

I think this book does a nice job of helping young girls increase their awareness of both past salvation in Christ as well as His future return (and their subsequent wedding...more on this to come)in simple, understandable language that hides details that young children probably are not ready for. This book encourages young girls to live their lives in light of the fact that they have been saved and the fact that Christ is coming back. It calls and challenges them to live to further God's kingdom.

However, what makes me hesitant about giving/recommending this book to young girls is the fact that it is saturated with "princess" language and analogy. This, I suppose, is nothing new to Christendom. I've seen countless shirts and bumper stickers proclaiming some version of "I'm a princess because my Daddy is the King of Kings." I understand what the main reasoning is, and it's not bad. But I just don't know how biblical it is. We see no language in Scripture calling believers princes or princesses, despite our Father being king. We do, however, see much language of servanthood and slavery (granted, also friendship and sonship).

My concerns with the overemphasis of "princess" is primarily twofold. First, I don't think this emphasis is healthy for cultivating biblical femininity in young girls because of precisely the fairy tale culture. I think perhaps the author decided to use this imagery because young girls would relate and connect well; but I don't think the connection is usually right nor healthy. Everything that fairy tales conditioned me as a young girl to desire to be and possess are things that I worked hard later on to "de-condition" myself from (pardon the made-up word). So I don't find it helpful for the author to perpetrate the princess/fairy tale/goo-goo-gah-gah wedding associations.

The second concern is minor compared to the above; and it is simply that entitlement and privilege are associated with the position of prince/princess. Princesses do not need to suffer.

In conclusion, this book does make good points in a way that is accessible for young readers; however, I think that perhaps there are better ways to frame the points. I don't actually know whether I would recommend this book to young girls. I could see myself giving it out just because I'm not aware of any other books like it; but I'd have to present it with the caveats I wrote of above.

*I'm actually confused about the intended audience; in the first part of the book, I assumed it was targeted to young girls - perhaps through the teen years...both because of its simplicity and because of the saturation I mention of princess/fairy tale imagery. But then there is a sentence that says, "The list of demands on us as wives and mothers, as homemakers and cooks, as tutors and chauffeurs, as personal shoppers and school volunteers can seem endless." Actually, from that point onward the content is a bit more mature, dealing with emotional struggles that would probably characterize adults. From the perspective of a young girl, I might give it three stars. But from the perspective of a woman, I would give this one or two stars. And I would not recommend this book to women to read for themselves because it is way too simplistic for adults. There are much better and deeper treatments of living in light of Christ's return.

[Kelley Smith · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love the way the book is formatted. The book was such an inspiration and I enjoyed reading it. It made me feel special, a precious jewel that my Heavenly Father created me to be and design with a divine purpose. It makes any little girl feels like a princess waiting for her prince to come. I especially enjoyed the prayers at the end of each reading; I found it to be helpful and inspiring. The book definitely encourages me and other female too think of themselves as of value. I would recommend this book to every woman’s group and teenagers. I am not obligated to give five stars to this book due to the fact that I received it free. However, I do encourage every young woman and girl to take time to read this book. I highly recommend this book. Thank you for a lovely book, again!

I received this book for free from WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group for this review.

[Nikki · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book was ok. There were some really good parts and some that I didn't think we're as great but overall it was a well written book. It was very inspirational and used lots of scriptures and examples to make the points she was trying to make which was nice. It wasn't what I was expecting after reading some of her other devotional books but I would still recommend this book to anyone who is looking for a good inspirational book to read although I would recommend they split it up and use it as a devotional which is what I did instead of sitting down and reading it. It was too choppy and the chapters didn't really flow well to just sit and read it all at once.

[Andrea Pal]

Awesome! Gives you a different perspective, easy to read and lots of cool stories and bible verses added in...I want to buy it!