Racism, HIV and other health issues, criminals and juvenile delinquents challenge the Yada Yada Prayer Group members to pray for guidance, listen to that guidance, and apply that guidance to one and all. The original Yada Yadas expand with the blending of the two groups so that new problems emerge. With this dramatic spin that widens the scope of the prayer group from the 1st five books Neta Jackson inspires her readers to be all that God expects us to be!! Jodi and Denny set the example by reaching out to those at a nearby juvenile detention center following the pair's understanding that listening to the Holy Spirit telling them that their past was good, but now the challenge is to reach beyond their 'safe group' to others outside that comfort zone.

The sisters especially understand they must pray and welcome newcomers into their prayer group if they are to remain true to the Lord. The Yada sisters must grow and embrace the change of merging the Uptown Community with the New Morning Christian Church that potentially can make both stronger as neither would remain homogeneous. Each knows they must reaffirm their belief in the Lord, as God always brings a renewal of life and spirit out of the ashes of destruction. After lots (and lots) of failures, Jodi begins to learn that God can use anything, even the messes we make, to accomplish His good purposes.In book 6, the Yada Yada Prayer group realizes they have become complacent in their worship, with their families, and in their community. With so many burdens resting on her circle of sisters, Jodi fi nds herself trapped by the good-and bad-habit of trying to fi x everything and everyone. It’s getting harder to see God in the everyday rat race of life, especially in the face of exhaustion. To top it all off, Jodi keeps saying yes-to everything.

Not only are the Yada Yadas still recovering from the vicious racial attack on Mark, but Ruth and Ben’s midlife pregnancy takes a dangerous turn, Avis’s daughter and grandbaby show up unannounced, Florida’s artistic son gets caught tagging, and Uptown is talking about merging with New Morning into one racially mixed church-raising anxiety and stress to new levels. Every day it seems that more blessings, problems, and everything in between crop up among her Yada Yada sisters, and their prayer list is getting out of control. The Yada Yada Prayer Group seems invincibleuntil tension and distrust shake its very foundation. Jodi Baxter is feeling overwhelmed, to say the least. The Yada Yada Prayer Group is in trouble - and they’re having a hard time getting out.

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