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Its Okay To Cry
$17.99Add to cartHelp Your Child Heal From Life’s Losses
A favorite toy breaks . . . . A pet dies . . .
It’s Okay to Cry.
Parents divorce and you’re forced to move . . .
It’s Okay to Cry.
A best friend is hurt badly . . . . A grandparent dies . . .
It’s Okay to Cry.
Look through the eyes of a child again. When something unexpected, disappointing, or traumatic occurs, children feel a very real sense of loss. They may respond with fear or with anger. Most likely they are confused. They have questions they want answered. They need help from their parents or others who care to understand and process their grief.
It’s Okay to Cry offers practical help for parents. It explains the symptoms of loss and unresolved grief so that parents can recognize them and walk alongside their children on the path to recovery.
Well-known and respected author H. Norman Wright speaks to parents with sympathy and reassurance. He recognizes that most parents don’t know how to teach their children to process loss, because often they weren’t taught themselves. His sage advice will give you and your child the comfort and hope you seek.
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Youve Got To Be Kidding
$17.99Add to cartMost of us find raising one, two… or maybe three or four children to be challenging enough. The idea of parenting a half dozen seems almost crazy, and more children than that – impossible. But Pat and Ruth Williams have together raised nineteen kids. What do they know that the rest of us don’t? What does it take to make a family of any size not only work, but thrive? After bringing up nineteen kids – as biological parents, adoptive parents, single parents, and step-parents – Pat and Ruth have gained a volume of insights and experience that will enrich your home, strengthen your family, and help you be the parent you want to be.
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Only SEX Manual That You Will Ever Really Need
$15.99Add to cartDid you ever wonder if God had a plan in mind for you but you did not know it? Have you ever looked back upon a circumstance and wondered just why it happened? Are you unknowingly sabotaging God’s efforts to satisfy all of your desires? Then, you are invited to participate in an interactive journey through this book that will go beyond just knowing His plan, but will also demonstrate how to really “ask and receive” beyond measure. We will spend time “investigating” your life as it is, was, and can be through individual discoveries, interactive exchanges, and personal anecdotes. Together, you and I and hopefully several others who will participate in having great S.E.X. with you will help you find your desires, identify your “Desire Motivator,” and leave you with the best S.E.X. you experienced in your life.
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Angry Men And The Women Who Love Them
$13.99Add to cart1. The Background
2. The Wide Range Of Domestic Violence
3. It’s All In Your Head
4. Identifying Abuse
5. Driven By The Wounds
6. The Reactive Lifestyle
7. Shame, Guilt, And Anger
8. Building Healthy Relationships
151 PagesAdditional Info
Paul Hegstrom handled his problems and frustrations the only way he knew how – with fists and fury. Facing a charge of attempted murder and a prison term, Hegstrom got the wake-up call he needed. With professional help and an intense struggle with spiritual issues, he began the lengthy process of healing and recovery.Through a fascinating, thorough examination of the psychological components of various types of abuse, along with true examples from his own life and others, Paul Hegstrom points the way back to wholeness and freedom. An invaluable aid for the man who batters, the woman who feels trapped, and the pastor, counselor, or friend who desperately wants to help them both, Angry Men and the Women Who Love Them offers straight answers for those willing to overcome the cycle of violence.
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Bored With God
$18.99Add to cartIVP Print On Demand Title
In this book, Sean Dunn catalogs what he’s seen of apathy in his ministry to youth. Teenagers can be frustratingly sleepy in their faith, but once these slumbering giants are awakened to a life with God, they can apply virtually tireless energy to the problems of a world bored with God. And their energy is particularly contagious.
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Family Based Youth Ministry (Revised)
$26.99Add to cartDisappointed with the results from the glitzy programs and entertaining activities you’ve used with your church’s young people? Try Mark DeVries’s newly revised Family-Based Youth Ministry for a multigenerational approach that takes seriously the job of discipling teens and building mature believers. You’ll learn how to involve not just the nuclear family but the entire church body, from singles to seniors. Includes a bonus curriculum for youth and adults.
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Powerful Prayers For Your Family
$18.99Add to cartBecome the Family That Prays Together.
AROUND THE WORLD, married couples, parents, and individuals have learned to pray powerful prayers for their children, their spouses, their babies, their marriages, and their own lives, aided by the spiritual encouragement and guidance of husband-and-wife team David Kopp and Heather Harpham Kopp.
Now, praying with power becomes a fun-filled family affair with the help of kid-friendly activities and ideas. Designed to capture the kids’ interest and meet many of mom and dad’s core spiritual needs, this fun, story-oriented devotional tool is perfect for every parent and child who wants to have a vital, Bible-based prayer life. This practical guide includes key scriptures, prayer and devotional text, Bible trivia, prayers for special occasions, truth to go, and more for the spiritually growing family.
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Powerful Prayers For Your Children
$18.99Add to cartFrom Spelling Tests to Future Mates
Learn to Pray for Every Aspect of Your Kids’ Lives.AS A PARENT, you want your prayers to have an impact on the lives of your children. But how can you ensure that will happen? What are some of the vital things you should pray for? How can you claim God’s glorious promises for your kids?
In Powerful Prayers for Your Children, you’ll find the answers to these questions, along with rich, Scripture-based prayers that will show you how to communicate more confidently, more fervently, and more effectively with the Lord. Most important, your prayer life will be forever changed as you learn to pray more intimately and wisely to the One who loves your children most of all.
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Mommy Moments : Encouraging Mothers On Their Mission Of Motherhood
$13.49Add to cartMommy Moments is a refreshing, intimate look into the heart of a stay-at-home mom as she nurtures and manages her family. This devotional book is easy to read, and each story tells a “real personal” story of mothering. After each story, Charlotte has included words of encouragement and a short intimate prayer. She has struggled with a strong-willed child, a colicky baby, and many life-changing lessons that only a child could teach a mother. If you find yourself growing weary, feeling alone, or wondering if other mothers are struggling like you, this devotional book will make you laugh and cry at the same time. You’ll find yourself identifying with each real story and in the end developing a closer walk with Jesus Christ.
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How To Talk So Your Kids Will Listen (Reprinted)
$12.99Add to cartYes, parents! It is possible to talk so both children and teens will listen to you. Take the frustration out of your interactions with your kids by learning Childspeak and Teenspeak. You can learn to package what you say in such a manner that kids and teens want to hear you. The communication principles found in this book are time-tested and proven approaches that will change and improve all family communication.
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20 Keys To A Happier Marriage
$7.00Add to cartThis Book Could Determine The Future of Your Marriage. Dynamic Principles For Successful Relationships…Respecting Your Mate / The Importance of A Family Altar / Recognizing The Value of Marriage To God and Much More. Applying these principles can revolutionize your marriage! It has revolutionized many marriages around the world!
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Anger Workbook For Christian Parents (Workbook)
$17.00Add to cartIn this practical book, anger experts Drs. Les Carter and Frank Minirth-coauthors of the bestselling The Anger Workbook-show families how the “blame game” (parents blame the kids and kids blame the parents) doesn’t work. Instead they provide insight for dealing with the root causes of anger. In a perfect blend of biblical wisdom and psychological research, they show readers how to understand what can be right about anger, distinguish between healthy and unhealthy anger, recognize how anger can be managed more successfully by controlling desires and insecurities and addressing other underlying issues, and much more. Filled with real-life examples, checklists, evaluation tools, and study questions, this valuable resource for any parent with a preteen or teenager will help parents understand and manage their children’s anger-as well as their own-and show how to create harmony at home.
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Dont Give Me That Attitude
$16.95Add to cartWhat happened? You thought you were doing the best for your child and didn’t set out to raise a selfish, insensitive, spoiled kid. In her newest book, Don’t Give Me That Attitude! parenting expert Michele Borba offers you an effective, practical, and hands-on approach to help you work with your child to fix that very annoying but widespread youthful characteristic, attitude. If you have a child who is arrogant, bad-mannered, bad-tempered, a cheat, cruel, demanding, domineering, fresh, greedy, impatient, insensitive, irresponsible, jealous, judgmental, lazy, manipulative, narrow-minded, noncompliant, pessimistic, a poor loser, selfish, uncooperative, ungrateful, or unhelpful, this is the book for you!
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Giving Together : A Stewardship Guide For Families
$20.00Add to cart1. Getting Started
2. At Home
3. At Church
4. In The Community
5. Just Do ItAdditional Info
In her follow-up to Getting It Together, Carol Wehrheim presents a concise, accessible resource to help families better understand the importance of stewardship: in the family, in the congregation, in the community, and in the world. Reminding us that stewardship is about much more than money, Wehrheim clearly illustrates a more holistic understanding of the concept to include careful consideration of the choices we make that show the role Christian discipleship plays in our lives. She skillfully analyzes biblical passages and identifies spiritual practices intrinsic to stewardship as a way of helping families respond to their call to be stewards in today’s world. Including both a participant’s section and a leader’s guide, Giving Together is ideal for group or family study. -
20001 Names For Baby (Revised)
$19.99Add to cartContents
Part 1: It’s A Girl
Part 2: It’s A Boy P. 205Additional Info
Choosing a name for your babyYou’ll whisper it softly, sing it tenderly, and call it out countless time in the years to come. It may be a name that warms the hearts of all who hear it, or even one that becomes known throughout the world. Here are thousands of possibilities for one of the first–and most delightful–decisions you’ll make in your baby’s life.
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Becoming One : Emotionally Spiritually Sexually
$15.99Add to cart(When placing your order, please mention that this is a Lightining Source book.)
Joe Beam’s amazingly successful formula for bringing intimacy back into marriage has been chronicled on Good Morning America. He has brought healing and renewal to thousands of marriages through countless seminars conducted around the world. Now he reveals his compelling knowledge and groundbreaking insight in Becoming One. Whether you believe your marriage is in critical condition or simply in need of some vital attention, this book opens the door to astonishing results. You will learn how to bring an intimacy, involvement, and sexual intensity back into your marriage that perhaps you haven’t experienced in some time. God doesn’t want you to simply exist in your marriage; he wants you to flourish and thrive to his glory. Open this book, and you will open the way to the intimacy you’ve always wanted.
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How To Keep Your Kids On Your Team
$19.99Add to cart“It’s not what you think that will impact your child; it’s what you communicate.” What are you telling your kids? Are you telling them that their crises are trivial and their ideas are foolish? Probably not in so many words, but you may be communicating just that with your lack of interest in the day-to-day activities of your child. To keep your children on your team, Charles Stanley asserts, you must assure them from the start that you are on theirs. Focusing on the parental role as one of stewardship rather than ownership, Stanley instructs parents on how to ingrain a sense of personal accountability to God into the minds of children at an early age. By doing so, parents can raise confident, self-controlled kids who will hold fast to the values they instill.
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40 Days And 40 Nights
$8.95Add to cartThe first weeks of your baby’s life can be overwhelming. You’re exhausted. The house is a mess. You haven’t been outside in days ? You wonder how in your wildest imagination you ever thought you were prepared for this thing called motherhood. Will your life ever be “normal” again?
Well, just remember that God is even more concerned with your every need than you are with your baby’s. Imagine that! He longs to take you in His arms and give you peace and comfort.
A perfect gift for any new mother, Forty Days And Forty Nights is a book of 40 simple, affirming devotions especially created to provide support and spiritual solace in those dizzying first weeks. As a young mother herself, Michelle Waters knows the emotional roller-coaster you’re on — and her brief meditations, each accompanied by a verse or two of scripture and a prayer, will touch your heart and bring a smile to your face.
So take a few quiet moments alone with God today and rest in the shelter of His wings. You’ll be refreshed by His word and restored by His Spirit!
This is a powerful little book for women. Michelle Waters has done a beautiful job of capturing the spirit of being a new mom. It will be helpful to women who are both celebrating and struggling with all the issues and aspects of new parenthood.
Julie K. Aageson
Coordinator, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Resource CentersWith wisdom and insight, Forty Days And Forty Nights will surely nourish and encourage the new mother as she pauses to draw upon God’s strength.
Marilynn M. Moe
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Covenant Marriage : Staying Together For Life
$18.95Add to cartA new movement is spreading across America, bringing hope to existing marriages and new guidelines for marriages yet to be; and Dr. Fred Lowery, in this courageous and insightful book, shares with you the principles of the Covenant Marriage Movement.
Every marriage faces storms and struggles that can lead to failure. Unexpected changes, personality conflicts, money problems, and misguided expectations can send even the best of marriages into a tailspin. But this insightful, new book provides real answers through chapters such as “The Difference between a Contract and a Covenant,” “Learning How to Manage Conflict,” and “What to Do When Marriage Is Not What You Expected.”
Covenant marriages will stand the test of time, change, and personal problems and will shine with brilliance in a world that is besieged by divorce. This book will not only impact your life, but will impact marriages for generations to come. The principles, power, and pattern for a covenant marriages will help you and your spouse stay together in your marriage for life.
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Simple Secrets To A Beautiful Home
$13.99Add to cartHarvest House Print on Demand Title
The good news is that a beautiful home doesnt require too much money, too much energy, or too much time. Bestselling author and home-management expert Emilie Barnes shows readers how they can easily weave beauty and happiness into the fabric of their dailly lives. With just a touch of inspiration, readers can
turn their homes into havens of welcome and blessing
build a lifestyle that beautifully reflects their unique personalities
enrich their spirits with growing things (even if their thumbs are several shades shy of green)
make mealtimes feasts of thanksgiving and kitchen duty fun
establish traditions of celebration that allow joy to filter through to everyday lifeFormerly titled The Spirit of Loveliness.
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Many Loves Of Marriage
$16.99Add to cartPassionate and playful, tough and tender, warm and winsome—love has many hues, and Painter of Light Thomas Kinkade and his wife, Nanette, have experienced them all. Painting a colorful portrait of The Many Loves of Marriage, they share what their own real-life romance has taught them about the rewards of fidelity, endurance, unselfishness, and faith. Kinkade’s radiant illustrations illuminate their insights.
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When Homosexuality Invades The Family
$15.49Add to cartBiblical Guidelines for Parents, Counselors, and Daughters With the ever increasing visibility of the homosexual movement, the various views of what causes homosexuality, and the question as to whether a homosexual can change, Christian parents are often left bewildered when they discover their daughter has become involved in this lifestyle. The changes that occur in the relationship between the parents and their daughter are numerous, the heartbreak they experience is severe, and how best to deal with both is confusing. This book puts forth several responses parents exhibit, and it distinguishes between those that are destructive and those that are constructive to both themselves and their daughter. Practical ways parents can deal with awkward situations and discouragement are also addressed. The sovereignty of God and the sufficiency of Scripture are the foundation from which all help comes during these difficult times. The book is directed to parents, counselors, and those involved in homosexuality but who want help and guidance.
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Marriage Journey : Preparations And Provisions For Life Together (Revised)
$24.95Add to cartThe Sacrament Of Marriage
Extended Families
Being With Others
Living Together
Fighting Fair
Money Matters
Sexual Intimacy
The Gift Of Children
Yes, No, Maybe, Why Bother (Marriage Preparation, Marriage Enrichment)
The Journey AheadAdditional Info
Updated version of this classic resource for couples about to marry, those already married, and the congregations that support them, including new introductory material and a completely revised resources section. -
Relationships Gods Way
$13.49Add to cartChapter 1: Unmarried To the unmarried individual who is trying to identify his or her soul mate. Male: God loves you so much that He wants to give you favor. Female: You are so special to God that He identifies you as a good thing and says that your price is far above rubies. Chapter 2: Married To married couples who are searching for the truth to stay married. Husband: God has chosen you to be the vehicle that will transport the greatest gift of all to His daughter, your wife. Wife: The ingredient that God has placed in you is a gift for your husband that will take him to heights that will elevate him spiritually, physically, materially, and relationally. Chapter 3: Parents To parents who want to contribute a blessing and not a curse to society. Father: God wants you to know that you are important-that’s why He put the chromosome inside of you that determines the gender of your child. Mother: You are unique because God put inside of you the incubator that develops life to its outward manifestation.
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Safe Haven Marriage
$18.99Add to cartCreating a safe haven for each other in a marriage can enable a couple to weather any storm. Yet that accomplishment is certainly easier said than done. Psychologists Arch Hart, Ph.D, and Sharon Hart Morris, Ph.D., present a detailed blueprint for establishing a marital safe haven so that couples can count on each other and avoid criticizing, blaming and shutting out their partners during tough times. Based on a new therapeutic approach that involves establishing a feeling of “safety,” out of which commitment and the other necessary elements of a lasting and fulfilling relationship can grow.
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In Search Of The Proverbs 31 Man
$18.00Add to cart224 Pages
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We’ve heard much about the virtuous Proverbs 31 wife. But what godly characteristics should Christian women be seeking or nurturing in a man? Hammond digs into God’s Word for thought-provoking examples of traits that distinguish a husband (or potential husband) “of noble character.” Essential reading for dating singles of either sex! -
This Anguishing Blessed Journey
$10.99Add to cartSometimes the best worship comes from a broken heart. “It’s Mother’s Day, and we are embarking on an adventure with Hannah. . . .” So begins one mother’s efforts to scale the wall of her daughter’s autism spectrum disorder. This faith journal shares the heartfelt prayers, gentle, loving Biblical truths, everyday spiritual insights, anguishing emotional struggles, and blessed strength from Scripture that all played a part in this woman’s spiritual journey the first year after her daughter’s diagnosis. “A very encouraging and uplifting resource for any parents who find themselves in the lifelong journey of raising a special needs child. The hope here is not in the therapy or the cure, it’s in the One who allows all things to work together for our good. Parents and others whose lives are touched by a special needs child will find this book to be a great comfort.” -Liberty G., Mother of an Autistic Child “I was greatly encouraged by the insight and depth of trust in Sonya’s heart. This book would be an encouraging read for anyone walking through ‘the valleys’ in their life. I believe Sonya has hit the target and that God will greatly use the words she has written to be a balm to hurting individuals.” -Steve Hammack, Counselor, Conference Speaker, Pastor
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Marriage And Family In The Biblical World
$35.99Add to cartSix experts working in their respective fields trace out the dynamic contours of marriage and family as understood and practiced in Ancient Israel and the Near East, in Greek and Roman society, in second temple Judaism, and finally, in the New Testament.
The result is a well-informed and documented map that traces out the similarity and diversity of concepts and customs, including marriage, divorce, sexual ethics, gender roles, children, celibacy, adoption, abortion, contraception, and family life, which surrounded and intersected Ancient Israel and the church in New Testament times. -
Single Dads Survival Guide
$17.00Add to cartYou May Be Single, But You’re Not Alone. Being a great dad is challenging enough when you’re part of a two-person team. But now you’re raising your kids single-handedly. How can you provide the emotional, physical, and spiritual support your children need, cover all the details of running a household, and still earn a living to support your family? Being a solo dad could easily be the toughest job of your life.
The good news is you’re not alone. Inside this book you’ll find the support, advice, and encouragement you need to succeed. Here are practical solutions for everything you’re facing from conflicting emotions to day-to-day time management. You’ll find useful pointers on a daughter’s unique needs, a son’s inner struggles, and even how to recruit trusted friends to pitch in. With plenty of humor and real-world insight, The Single Dad’s Survival Guide will show you how to expand on your natural, built-in abilities so you can come out on top as a parenting team of one.
Find logistical help on everyday challenges, including finances, family schedules, household management, and staying on top of your work.
Take advantage of practical guidance on everything from supporting and nurturing your kids to protecting your own emotional health.
Learn how to get past anger, hurt, and fatigue to stand strong as the man your children need most a man who provides security, stability, and spiritual guidance during one of the toughest times in their life.
It’s all here to help you succeed as a solo dad. Single parenting takes everything you’ve got so learn how to give it your all.
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Unfailing Love : Gods Answer To A Troubled Family
$15.49Add to cartUnfailing Love details God’s mercy to a young mother desperate for answers. Everything looks hopeless as she struggles with a faltering marriage, a chronically ill child, and rebellious teens.Through it all, she discovers how her trials work for good. Lessons learned only through dire testing unearth the hidden treasure of her painful past. God’s intervention into the lives of this family, with miraculous answers to prayer, will fill readers with awe and cause them to fall in love with Jesus. A must read for everyone desiring a closer walk with the Lord.
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Staying Close : Stopping The Natural Drift Toward Isolation In Marriage
$18.99Add to cartCountless married Americans end up living alone_in the same house. Years of conducting FamilyLife conferences and counseling couples have convinced Dennis Rainey that isolation is the number one problem in marriages today. But Rainey is also convinced that it is possible to defeat “marital drift” and experience the miracle of oneness. Staying Close provides couples with a positive, workable strategy for keeping their marriage vital and intimate. Couples will learn to: recognize the personal and cultural forces that isolate them manage the busyness of life without losing sight of each other grow closer during hard times rather than allow troubles to pull them apart “affair-proof” their relationship (or heal it after the fact) discover the secrets of a mutually rewarding sex life create a safe atmosphere for transparent communicationPrevious Edition: 0-8499-3343-9
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Jewish Pregnancy Book
$16.95Add to cartA first-of-its-kind guide to nourishing your pregnancy
with wisdom from Jewish tradition.
B’sha-ah Tovah! You’re pregnant! With all the changes happening to your body right now, it would be easy to focus only on the physical aspects of this life-changing event. But pregnancy is also a spiritually meaningful period in life, a time to reflect and comfort the soul.
The Jewish Pregnancy Book is the first resource to nurture the body, mind and soul of the pregnant woman by combining up-to-date medical information with spiritual nourishment from Jewish tradition.
* For the soul-Ancient and modern prayers and rituals for each stage of pregnancy, as well as traditional Jewish wisdom on pregnancy.
* For the body-Pre-natal Aleph-Bet yoga, a unique blend of yoga and spirituality inspired by the letters of the Hebrew alphabet.
* For the mind-Medical information on topics such as fetal development, pre-natal testing, and potential pregnancy problems, as well as discussions from a contemporary Jewish perspective on ethical issues such as selective reduction and home birth.
In clear, easy-to-follow, accessible language, this groundbreaking handbook guides you through the miraculous and challenging process of creation, engaging your whole being in a uniquely Jewish way. -
Gift Of Sex (Revised)
$19.99Add to cartClifford and Joyce Penner, clinical therapist and nurse have written a sensitive and forthright guide to understanding sexuality and how it fits into God’s design for marriage. This revised and updated version features a new introduction, new illustrations, a section on addictions and the Internet, and a timely discussion on sexually transmitted diseases and their consequences. With the latest information on sexuality and intimacy, this best-selling book is ideal whether you are newlyweds or have been married for many years.Chapters include: The Physical Dimension The Total Experience Moving Past Sexual Barriers Resolving Difficulties Finding Help
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Best Thing I Ever Did For My Marriage
$15.99Add to cartMarriage has never been easy. But sometimes it takes surprisingly little to yield to infinite rewards. This eye-opening book by marriage experts Nancy Cobb and Connie Grigsby contains humorous and profound true stories of turning points in marriages. From brushing her teeth at a different sink to letting her husband finish his sentences, each woman’s story expresses the staggering impact that simple actions can have on marriages everywhere. More fulfilling relationships, expanded ministry opportunities and a more intimate walk with God await the readers of this book when they see how God’s best for their marriages may be just one small decision away.
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Prayer Changes Teens
$15.99Add to cart208 Pages
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Mom and Dad, you have more power over your teens than you think! Learn to release your kids to God’s control by praying specifically—with your sense of humor intact! McHenry offers lighthearted stories to take the edge off parenting; valuable insights on areas of conflict; biblical perspectives on each subject; tips from experts; and more. -
When God Became Apparent
$16.49Add to cartWhen a parent dies during a child’s growing-up years, the change is monumental. An alternate shaping of life and self begins; an influence is lost; the creation of memories is halted. Living with the loss from that point on means living a new way of life. Life is so significantly shaped by the loss that other forces often pale by comparison. The reader will often be moved to tears by the heartfelt insights of adults who experienced the early death of a parent-a parent that cannot be present at graduations, weddings, births, and everyday conversations-a parent that is not available to give advice or be a grandparent. Woven throughout this very personal book are Dr. Darren Daugherty’s own insights from the early loss of his father and the recognition of God’s grace. Darren’s book will help readers to understand this loss and those who live with it. It also offers hope to anyone connected to the early loss of a parent. Included at the end of each chapter are suggestions for surviving parents who desire to help their children through the loss.
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Upside Down Marriage
$13.49Add to cartJust for fun let’s view our marriages like a coach would view building a successful athletic team… We have to decide whether or not we are going to be spectators or players. Watching a basketball game is fun. Attending a pep rally for our favorite team is exciting. Having season tickets is nice. But this is one game we do not want to be sitting in the stands watching others play the game. We do not want to be on the sidelines cheering for our team or for our families. This is one game, one adventure we want to come away with sweat on our brow, dirt on our pants, soreness in our muscles, and a heart filled with excitement. We do not want to be left behind while other couples move ahead in their marriages. Marriage is the adventure of a lifetime. The game of all games. The sport of all sports. A healthy marriage, a healthy home is worth the price. It is worth the hard work. It is worth the sweat equity. It is one game we should not mind getting banged up and bruised. It is one game in which we do not want to miss the practices. We will become better husbands due to the hard work and the practicing.
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Guard Your Heart
$16.99Add to cartToday’s marriages are under attack and Christian homes are not exempt. That is why Gary and Barb Rosberg have committed themselves to helping couples understand the temptations they face. As one of the key books in the Divorce-Proofing America’s Marriages campaign, Guard Your Heart and its companion workbook, will equip couples to practice guarding love and protect their marriages.
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So You Are About To Be A Teenager
$15.99Add to cartApproaching the teenage years is frightening for parents and kids. The changing landscape of our society brings new safety issues, health concerns, and emotional factors that threaten the well-being of all teens. As parents, Dennis and Barbara Rainey have lived and relived those challenging years. And as a teacher of a sixth-grade Sunday school class for over eleven years, Dennis helped hundreds of preteens prepare for adolescence – including his own six children.Samuel and Rebecca Rainey, preteens themselves not many years ago, add their perspective as young adults who vividly recall their own successes and failures as teenagers. Covering such topics as friends, peer pressure, boundaries, dating, and sex, the Raineys address the most common traps of adolescence and teach young people how to avoid making poor choices. Short, concise chapters are filled with engaging illustrations and practical applications. This book is essential reading for preteens and an ideal resource for parents and youth workers.
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Broken And Battered
$21.95Add to cart(When placing your order, please mention that this is a Lightining Source book.)
The landscape of America is littered with the broken lives of abused women. Some experts say that the problem has reached epidemic proportions. And this abuse is not only in the world; it is in our churches as well. What can the millions of women who live in such conditions do to escape the physical and emotional prisons they find themselves in? In this powerful, insightful book, Muriel Canfield offers practical help and realistic hope as she reveals the way out for those who are looking for freedom from abuse. Broken and Battered goes beyond the help offered by the world, for its answers are based on biblical truths and helps. This is a must-read for any woman who finds herself locked in an abusive relationship or for anyone who knows a woman who is so imprisoned. If you’re looking for a way out, this book will show you the way.
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Then God Created In Laws
$13.49Add to cartBob and his wife Kay have celebrated fifty years of marriage, and are blessed with five children, twelve grandchildren, and a great-granddaughter. The chapters in this book reflect many of the experiences and interpersonal relationships with in-laws during these fifty years. Both families had Christians and non-Christians, difficulties, misunderstandings, parents that needed to be cared for in old age, differences in family child-rearing practices, and brother and sister-in-law problems, along with the pressures of trying to maintain a Christian testimony through it all. Since their marriage, Bob and Kay have been active in church. Bob has been teaching in Sunday school, children’s church, and a Bible institute. His experience includes serving as a deacon and being involved in many ministries of the church. A particular concern of his has been encouraging young couples in their Christian growth. Bob is a graduate of the United States Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point, Long Island, New York, where he majored in marine mechanical engineering. After serving as a marine engineer aboard several ships and traveling to many countries, he was involved in engineering of steam production systems. In 1983 he formed the Robert L. Bruce Company as an engineering consulting firm. The impetus for this book began several years ago as a request for Bob to speak at a grandparent day where his grandchildren attended. Since that beginning, he has interviewed and conducted surveys with in-laws of all ages, defining the concerns that needed to be addressed. Teaching and counseling young couples confirmed the need for scriptural instruction beginning before the marriage right through the latter days of grandparenting. Bob has reviewed the basics of this book with capable Christian people from many walks of life for their comments and input to help make it scripturally applicable to a broad spectrum of Christians.
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What Kids Wish Parents Knew About Parenting (Revised)
$15.95Add to cart(When placing your order, please mention that this is a Lightining Source book.)
Best-selling author and family expert Joe White writes a sobering book for this most serious of times. Children are being exposed to dangers outside the home that most parents are unaware of until they accidentally find some shred of evidence-a cigarette butt, a half-smoked joint, or an obscene letter from an unknown lover. Kids are feeling lonely, ugly, unaccepted, and scared. While smiling on the outside, they often feel deserted on the inside-even by their parents.
White’s insights into parenting and what kids really want from their parents will change not only how Christians think about their families but how they treat and raise the priceless jewels God has placed in their care. This is not a feel-good, no brainer book. This is a convicting, how-to book on raising children in homes of faith, love, security, and commitment.
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Sexplosion : A Biblically Based Sexual Intimacy Workbook For Wives (Workbook)
$18.99Add to cartA lack of knowledge and the absence of proper teaching about sexual intimacy are contributors to the marriage bed perishing. For too long the secular society has been setting the standard for sex, for which the church should be setting the standard. No more! Sexplosion provides the knowledge and instruction needed to resurrect the marriage bed. Sexplosion very specifically, biblically, explicitly, unashamedly, and candidly teaches wives “how to” make love. This Workbook addresses areas that have been viewed by the Christian community as “taboo” or “off-limits” or “offensive,” yet God teaches is holy, acceptable, and to be enjoyed. Sexplosion is written by a wife to exhort and instruct wives to experience a lifetime of sexplosive sexual intimacy through abiding in the Word of God. Sexplosion teaches the wife to: Establish and maintain spiritual, emotional, and sexual harmony with her husband Overcome sexual anxieties, inhibitions, past traumas, and inaccurate beliefs Move from faking orgasms to multiple sexhilarating orgasms Become freer to initiate, give, and receive sexual pleasures Sexpel all her sexcuses: fatigue, lack of time, headache, not in the mood, etc. Sexpress to her husband what she likes, how she likes it, and when she likes it
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Bringing Out The Winner In Your Child
$14.95Add to cartCroyle’s life is an inspiring story of an All-American defensive end whose love for children prompted his coach, Bear Bryant, to advise him to “”forget about pro football and follow your dream.”” Croyle challenges parents to love their children enough to make the changes needed to provide a stable, peaceful home.
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Dads Everything Book For Sons
$18.99Add to cartThe mission is to give dads short, practical ideas to build a quality relationship with their 8- 12-year-old sons so that when the turbulent teenage years hit, the relational bond will be so strong that nothing can separate them. The book is filled with ideas on what to talk about (and how to talk about it); “dates”; retreat fun; how to have Bible studies that they both enjoy; how to use teachable moments; creative ways to bond doing things he likes to do, as well as having him do things with Dad that he likes to do; branching out into new life experiences in order to create memories; ways to serve others together; prayers to pray for sons.
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Your Perfect Job
$17.99Add to cart“So What Are You Going to Do Now?”
This question often leaves young adults feeling fearful and confused as they look towards life careers. Author Bob Bittner says finding work you love is not as intimidating as it seems. Your Perfect Job helps readers identify their passions, skills, and inclinations in terms of God’s calling on their lives. Readers will better understand why it’s important to do what they love, how to get started on a career path that is meaningful, how to make mid-course changes, and how to start a new job on the right foot. Drawing on interviews with dozens of young working professionals, Your Perfect Job introduces readers to a wide array of career opportunities and shows how real people went from less than perfect jobs into careers that perfectly matched their personality and passions. Designed for young adults, this book is a perfect selection for high school and college grads, or someone getting ready to make a career change.
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Marriage And Modernization
$34.99Add to cartThe process of modernization and globalization promise more wealth and health for many people. But they are also a threat to the stability and quality of marriage and family life. This new book-at once sobering and constructive-looks at the impact of these processes on marriage and asks what Christianity, in cooperation with other religions, can do to strengthen married life today. Among the deleterious effects of modernization and globalization on marriage are a worldwide drift of men away from the responsibility of parenthood and the tendency of mothers too readily to take on the task of childrearing alone. After looking at recent research on these and other problems, Don Browning suggests that the cure for modern marital disruption entails reforming and reconstructing the institution of marriage while also nurturing relevant forms of social support. Yet the effort to initiate a “world marriage revival” requires a complex cultural work, and Browning explores the key contributions that the religions of the world must make for such an effort to be successful.
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Keep The Siblings Lose The Rivalry
$18.99Add to cartA proactive approach to teaching children practical skills for living together Sibling problems are a natural part of family life and a God-given opportunity to teach children the valuable relational skills they need for life. Parents of children_from preschool through teens_will find biblical references and a Christian worldview woven into this practical and comprehensive look at the problems and opportunities that arise between siblings. The goal of this book is not to eliminate sibling conflict_an unrealistic and even undesirable goal. Instead, the author instructs parents on how to help children respond respectfully to everyday frustrations and build their relational life-skills. Features include: * Examines what causes sibling rivalry * Improves children9s “living together” skills * Treats each child uniquely * Addresses how parents can use positive language to shape their children9s views of themselves * Teaches positive social skills and problem-solving skills * Provides a “team behavioral contract” for children * Emphasizes God9s role in empowering parents Dr. Cartmell9s one-hour workshop on “Sibling Success” has been presented to thousands of parents at MOPS, Hearts at Home conferences, schools, and other parenting groups.
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Caitys Touch : A Story Of Alpers Disease
$13.49Add to cartFew things in life are as devastating as the death of a child. How does one deal with such crushing disappointment after the long-anticipated birth? How does one deal with the frustration and helplessness of not being able to change the situation or comfort the child? Where does one find answers, find solace, and find peace in the crushing reality of death? This book will show you how one family dealt with these issues. You will see that life goes on. It is possible to find joy and peace in your world again. And although the pain will never be erased completely, it doesn’t have to confine you to a life of grief. This book is about hope.
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Key To Your Childs Heart
$18.99Add to cart208 Pages
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A repeat bestseller for two decades, this child-rearing classic cuts to the heart of the anger and alienation that mar so many modern homes. In this ultimately practical book, Gary Smalley outlines effective steps for parents to open up a child that has shut them out. He describes family-tested ways for parents to set limits and enforce them, and he reveals the simple but powerful secret for achieving a close-knit family. Learn proven parenting methods that can spell the difference between an angry, rebellious, distant child and a happy, cooperative one. -
Creative Counterpart : Becoming The Woman Wife And Mother Youve Longed To B (Rep
$18.99Add to cartLinda Dillow gracefully and succinctly motivates Christian women to reach for more than they are currently experiencing in their marriages. She includes creative suggestions on how to encourage your husband, live above your circumstances, and develop a plan whereby you can begin to become the woman, wife, and mother that you long to be. She describes a creative counterpart as being more than just a helper. She is a woman who, having chosen (or having found herself in) the vocation of wife and mother, decides to learn and grow in all the areas of this role and to work as though she were aiming for the presidency of a corporation. Also included is a Bible study and project guide, which work perfectly for personal study or small group interaction.
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Boundaries With Kids Participants Guide (Student/Study Guide)
$14.99Add to cartA video resource kit that helps parents bring control to their family and instill godly character in their children This ZondervanGroupware curriculum is a complete resource kit for helping parents put into practice the principles detailed in the book Boundaries with Kids. Drs. Henry Cloud and John Townsend take parents through the ins and outs of establishing family boundaries and cultivating sound character in their children. The video features presentations by the authors as well as dramatic vignettes. The 8 sessions can be used in large or small groups and are presented in a new test-proven small group interactive format. The complete ZondervanGroupware kit includes one leader9s guide, one participant9s guide, one Boundaries with Kids softcover book, one VHS video, and one DVD. Each element except the videos is also sold separately. An 8-Session Focus on Boundaries and Kids
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Mom Dad What Were You Thinking
$15.99Add to cart“Michael Chatman is the “Robert Kiyosaki” (author of Rich Dad Poor Dad) of motivational speakers on teen and young adult wealth building. His name is the official brand of the teen and young adult financial market.” Lee Jenkins Raymond James Financial Services “Nobody inspires young people to discover their personal genius and take responsibility for their financial future like Michael Chatman.” Michael Dempster Jackson Vice President, Charles Schwab “Michael Chatman knows how to connect with teenagers through humor and compelling stories. He is literally helping teenagers avoid the financial traps their parents have fallen into, and not to repeat the same mistakes. His message is changing teenagers’ relationship to money.” Paul Wiggins Bank of America “Michael has taken the subject of money management, which is traditionally boring to teenagers and young adults, and made it fun, practical and interesting. In my opinion, Michael is to the teen wealth building market what Suze Orman is to the adult financial market.” Wayne Weaver Weaver Research & Development If you would like to avoid the financial pitfalls that trapped your parents and would prefer not to work hard all of your life… this book is for you. Why not Choose to be Financially Free?
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Boundaries With Kids Leaders Guide (Teacher’s Guide)
$29.99Add to cartA video resource kit that helps parents bring control to their family and instill godly character in their children This ZondervanGroupware curriculum is a complete resource kit for helping parents put into practice the principles detailed in the book Boundaries with Kids. Drs. Henry Cloud and John Townsend take parents through the ins and outs of establishing family boundaries and cultivating sound character in their children. The video features presentations by the authors as well as dramatic vignettes. The 8 sessions can be used in large or small groups and are presented in a new test-proven small group interactive format. The complete ZondervanGroupware kit includes one leader9s guide, one participant9s guide, one Boundaries with Kids softcover book, one VHS video, and one DVD. Each element except the videos is also sold separately. An 8-Session Focus on Boundaries and Kids
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Fathering Like The Father
$19.00Add to cartFathering comes naturally to God. The rest of us can use some pointers. Who better to provide them than the Father who truly knows best? Following that reasoning, father-and-son authors Kenn and Jeff Gangel explore God’s ways of forgiving, communicating with, disciplining, and loving his children. Each chapter is packed with amusing anecdotes and personal vignettes that illustrate how fathers can model godly character for their children. This book will inspire any dad or men’s group with a heavenly perspective on fatherhood.
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Power Of A Godly Grandparent
$14.99Add to cart14 Chapters
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You may or may not have material wealth to leave your grandchildren, but you have a rich heritage to pass on.Give your grandchildren the power of unconditional love. Give your grandchildren the power of your own testimony of faith, and show them how God will be faithful through the coming generations. Give your grandchildren the power of your prayers. Give your grandchildren a spiritual legacy.
Whether your grandchildren live across the country, down the street, or down, the hall, Stephen and Janet Bly will show you how to be a grandparent your grandkids can count on.
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Politically Incorrect Wife (Student/Study Guide)
$19.00Add to cartJust what is a politically incorrect wife? She is a woman who is married to her husband and not to popular American culture. The politically incorrect wife does not buy into the stifling modern-day thinking that says, “Look out for number one. Treat your husband no better than he treats you.” Instead, she cultivates a joyful marriage using transformational spiritual principles. As formerly politically correct wives with miserable marriages, popular speakers and authors Nancy Cobb and Connie Grigsby lead readers confidently beyond the picket lines of the politically correct – into a warm, rewarding marriage.
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Slow And Steady Get Me Ready (Reprinted)
$24.99Add to cartThe first five years of a child’s life are the most formative, so maximize the intellectual growth of your preschoolers with this comprehensive resource. Offering a complete readiness curriculum, the 260 weekly age-appropriate developmental activities are easy to understand, take only 10 minutes each, and use common household items. Also includes measurable parameters to profile progress and tips for solving behavioral problems.
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She Carried Pink Geraniums
$15.99Add to cartShe Carried Pink Geraniums is a true story taking place in rural Michigan, starting in 1900, when Emma Shepherdson was six years old, and ending on her wedding day, when she carried pink geraniums. Geraniums deals with family life, birth, death, a country school, trouble with the law, revival meetings, courtship, elopement, growing pains, and kissing games. It tells of her struggles with physical, emotional, and spiritual challenges, and of witnessing to Charlie Hull, a school friend, and his later call to preach. It contains excerpts of their actual love letters to each other when she was finishing Hart High School and he was a young preacher many miles away. Nancy’s research for this book includes interviews with Emma, Charlie’s diaries, and their letters over a year and a half.
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Balance For Kids
$15.49Add to cartBalance for Kids is a “watered down” version of Balancing Christianity.
Balance for Kids helps our kids to find real and lasting balance in the areas of self-control, faith, trust, and in our relationships; and concerning God’s timing. Emotional and physical matters, free will, giving and receiving, possessions, and love and control issues.
We also discuss how to deal with the feelings of suicide, self-hatred, depression, bitterness, guilt, and confusion.
We delicately address controversial issues such as pornography, promiscuity, homosexuality, incest, and molestation.
Come with us into the deepest crevasses of your heart, mind, and soul. Join us on a journey through the scriptures, and we will search for true love, joy, hope, peace, and happiness. We will be making several stops along the way to smell the (whatever) and to visit for a while with the Holy Spirit, God, and Jesus.
It is our sincere hope and prayer that your kids will be challenged to pursue a deeper and more personal relationship with God in Jesus as they read through the pages of this book.
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Moms Everything Book For Daughters
$18.99Add to cartA potpourri of the best, most usable, and most fun advice on how to be a wonderful mother How can a woman be the kind of mother her daughter will want to imitate when she grows up and has a little girl of her own? Becky Freeman has compiled the best, most usable, and most fun advice on how to be a great mom. This easy-to-digest, information-packed tool helps moms create wonderful, positive memories for their daughters. Written in an engaging, entertaining style, this fun, practical book gives hints on a wide range of subjects. Topics include : Bonding with your daughter for a lifetime Emphasizing your daughter9s inner loveliness Dealing with the 3 P9s: Periods, PMS, and Puberty The importance of friends in your daughter9s life Helping your daughter become a lifelong learner Helping your daughter enjoy her legacy Leading your daughter to the Father
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Dads Everything Book For Daughters
$19.99Add to cartNo other man will influence your little girl like you, Dad. The relationship you build with her will shape the very course of her life. And these precious years between ages eight and twelve are the time to forge bonds of care and nurturance that will weather your daughter9s potentially stormy teenage years and give her the enduring legacy of a father9s love. But how do you build that kind of close-knit relationship? “I wanted to provide a can9t-miss, practical, ‘put into action today9 bucketful of ideas that any dad could pour into his daughter9s life,” writes family relationships expert John Trent. Here is the result. Dad9s Everything Book for Daughters is filled with ideas on how to connect with your daughter during *Father/Daughter Talks *School Days *Holidays and Special Days *Everyday Life *Vacations and Summertime Fun You9ll also find an entire section containing twenty-one prayers you can pray for your daughter. So dig into this book today. The closeness you9ll build with your daughter will be the greatest gift you9ll ever give her.
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Celebration Of Sex (Revised)
$17.99Add to cartDr. Douglas Rosenau is a licensed psychologist, and a Christian sex therapist who has for the past seventeen years used his training in theology and counseling to help Christian couples enrich and reclaim God’s wonderful gift of sexuality within marriage.A Celebration of Sex answers specific, often unasked questions about sexual topics, presents married couples with detailed techniques and behavioral skills for deepening sexual pleasure and intimate companionship, and is an excellent tool for premarital education. Previous edition: 0785273662
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Fire Inside : Keys To Accessing Passion Purpose And Destiny
$24.95Add to cartKeys to Accessing Passion Purpose and Destiny by James L. Giles It is scientifically proven that humans use only ten percent or less of the capacity of their brains. Could it also be true that they only use a mere ten percent of their hidden talents and potential? Is there a potential world-class gift or talent inside every human on earth? Can greatness be buried under timidity, fear of risk, lack of courage, fear of adventure, lack of discipline, or lack of interest in maximizing one’s potential. Is there a process for discovering the gift or genius inside you? Can everyone bypass mediocrity and underachievement? Having conducted over twenty-five years of research, James Giles releases powerful new information and strategies to help individuals search, discover, develop and master their talent and genius. Discover your Fire Inside and accomplish your predestined greatness for God’s Glory. Furthermore, you will learn about the force of creativity, the steps to becoming a master learner and the phenomenon of genius. After reading this book, you will learn that God has fully equipped you to stoke that fire inside of you. Some refer to it as a calling, purpose or destiny. However you put it, God puts every person on the earth to achieve something noteworthy. However, don’t confuse achievement with celebrity or fame. A celebrity is someone who is famous for being famous. Instead I am talking about something much deeper, the fire inside, in the deepest part of you. It burns with unquenchable intensity. Every cell in your being is consumed with the passion for something. It may be music, physics, poetry, painting, architecture, teaching, writing, parenting, cooking, writing software, starting a company, running for congress, building a great church, becoming the top salesperson in the company you work for or any one of a thousand other things. This is not simply a wish or fantasy. You have a raging fire inside that will not leave you alone. You must respond or pay a dear price. That’s because God has created you to succeed. He has endowed you with amazing capacities and made available to you the miraculous force of faith. accomplish what was predestined for you. In this book, you will learn about these amazing capabilities that God has given you so that you can achieve your destiny. You will learn about the power of your magnificent brain, your marvelous mind, your powerful memory. You will learn about your intelligence and giftedness.
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Mom I Hate My Life
$17.99Add to cartNavigating an adolescent daughter’s emotional life is one of a mom’s toughest challenges. A teenage girl’s volatile emotions can seemingly toss her and you like a hurricane. When a scary external world and a turbulent internal world collide, the result is sometimes overwhelming and confusing. What can you do to protect your relationship with your daughter, guide her through this chaotic time, and assure her you are truly on her side?
Your Adolescent Daughter’s Struggles Can Help Her and You to Grow and Thrive.
The good news is you are equipped with the most powerful resource available for maintaining and developing connection with your daughter: a mother’s heart. Learn how you can use hand-in-hand mothering skills to become the ally your daughter needs parenting out of love, not fear and find out how you both can experience dramatic, life-changing growth in the process.
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Books Children Love (Revised)
$24.99Add to cartGoodnight, Moon; Frog and Toad; Charlotte’s Web; The Hobbit . . . so many classics, so little time! This newly updated, topically arranged guide helps you choose the very best fiction and nonfiction titles by offering thumbnail sketches of hundreds of classic and recent books for kids—from preschool to high school.
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Raising Positive Kids In A Negative World
$18.99Add to cartA child is not a computer that can be programmed to perform according to our desires. Each child is a unique human being with the free will to choose their path in life. With this in mind, Zig Ziglar shows parents how they can help their kids build a foundation of character from which to make the right choices in life. By modeling attitudes and actions that bring about positive results, parents can help their kids understand that life can be positive and that they have incredible worth in God’s eyes. Drawing from his “I CAN” course which has been taught to over three million participants in over 5000 schools, Ziglar provides sensible guidelines to help parents handle a variety of issues including drugs, discipline, encouragement, television, and dating and sex. Previous edition: 0-34541-022-x
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Good And Angry
$18.00Add to cartAnger has a positive side and can help parents identify problems in their children that need attention. This book helps parents view their anger constructively, using it to lead them to practical solutions for each of the seven most common problems that parents see in their kids. These solutions not only help children change their hearts, but also foster positive character qualities that will enable them to relate to God in a healthy way.
Includes questions for discussion and special activities to do with your children.
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What My Parents Did Right
$18.99Add to cartYou can be a great parent!
The message of this powerful book is that you don’t have to be a perfect person to be a great parent. In it you will find fascinating stories written by people like John MacArthur Jr., Kay Arthur, Joni Eareckson Tada, Janette Oke, Gary Smalley, Frank Peretti, and many more. From them you’ll learn more than fifty tips to positive parenting–tips you can incorporate in your family today–principles that will help ensure that you, too, do something right!
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Bold Parents Positive Teens
$16.99Add to cartYour Teenagers Are Under Attack.Help Them Defend Themselves.
The world presents an unflattering, one-sided picture of teenagers_rebellious, alienated, and hostile to adult guidance. Sadly, many Christian parents embrace this myth and refuse to provide the direction their teens hunger for. We want our sons and daughters to make godly choices, but we wrongly assume they have stopped listening to us. It’s hard to know how to lead our changeable and unpredictable teens_or if we should even try.Even well-meaning parents believe the myth that teens do best when they experiment with life and learn from their mistakes. No approach could be more destructive. The stormy years of adolescence are the worst time for parents to back off. This is the time when bad friends, unharnessed emotions, rebellion, and a long list of irreparable mistakes could ruin your teen’s life. More than ever, this is the time our sons and daughters need proactive and confident parents.
Don’t Get Overwhelmed. Get Involved.
No matter what your parenting history, Bold Parents, Positive Teens shows how you can get confidently back into the game_and stay there. Focusing on ten of the greatest challenges faced by teenagers today, this invaluable guidebook provides the clear direction and commonsense wisdom every parent needs to love and guide their teenagers while effectively addressing their teens’ deepest needs.
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What To Do When He Says I Dont Love You Anymore
$18.99Add to cartIt’s a scene too often played out in current American culture: One spouse offers the other these five little words, now considered a legitimate exit line from what was supposed to be a lifelong commitment. Discarding popular advice to use romance and sweetness to draw a wandering spouse back into the marriage, Dr. David Clarke lays out an action plan based on Matthew 18. It turns the tables on the divorce-minded spouse and guides the injured spouse from becoming mired in devastation to calling the shots–leaving the fate of the marriage in the hands of the person still committed. Doctor Clarke’s beyond-tough-love program isn’t merely theoretical; it’s an approach that he has successfully used with hundreds of couples in his own practice. It’s an action plan that can be used to regain confidence, power, and control–and create the best chance of saving and rebuilding the marriage.
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How To Counsel A Couple In 6 Sessions Or Less (Reprinted)
$18.00Add to cartHow to Counsel a Couple in 6 Sessions or Less makes it easier to counsel couples over a brief period of time, but also addresses major marital issues of communication, family issues, decision making, and more. This highly practical resource for pastors, or anyone in ministry, can be used with The Marriage Checkup Questionnaire or as a stand-alone tool for quickly diagnosing problems and referring couples to a professional, as necessary.
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60 Things God Said About Sex
$16.99Add to cartIn many TV shows, the characters move from partner to partner, making sex the be-all and end-all of the male-female relationship. In many magazines, the advertised topics are centered on sex-good sex, better sex, more sex. The entertainment shows are focused on who’s having sex with who. Sex, sex, sex. It’s everywhere! But the only thing that seems to be a definite is that people are trying to find happiness through sexual relationships. God created sex for a specific purpose–and created it good. Sex is a gift from God. The Bible candidly deals with sex (more so than many modern sex manuals!), and this book is forthright in presenting the biblical view of sex as a gift from God, its intended use, and the spiritual parallel of a husband and wife’s sexual union as a symbol of the sacred consummation of Christ and His bride–the church. In this straightforward explanation of the biblical view of sex, Lester Sumrall will show you that the best way to have sex is God’s way. This book is perfect for couples about to get married, parents who think it’s about time to have “that talk” with their child, or anyone who finds that the world’s view of sex isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.
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How To Be Happy Though Married (Revised)
$14.99Add to cartTyndale House Publishers Print On Demand Title
Marriage was God’s idea, and the best advice on the subject is still to be found in the Bible. In this modern classic, Dr. Tim LaHaye shows a new generation how to develop physical, mental, and spiritual harmony in marriage. This book makes a fine wedding or bridal shower gift. And it’s a good choice for any couple wanting a refresher course on what the Bible says about marriage.
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Violence In Families
$14.99Add to cartDomestic violence is an often glossed-over danger in families today, and Christian families are not immune. The warning signs can be hidden or disregarded. Reverend Al Miles confronts the issues surrounding family violence, it causes, and possible solutions. He also discusses how all people are affected and can help address the issue. With an honest and down-to-earth tone, this book provides guidance and information for lay people as well as for individuals with the complex nature of domestic violence.
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Helping Children Grieve (Revised)
$14.99Add to cartThis straightforward book helps adults talk to children in meaningful ways, nurturing their faith and building their emotional strength during a time of crisis. The author explains common reactions (emotional, physical, and behavioral) parents can expect from children of all ages, and offers adults the spiritual tools they need to help children cope with a significant loss.
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Boundaries In Marriage (Student/Study Guide)
$14.99Add to cartYou long for a marriage marked by lifelong love, intimacy, and growth. And it can be yours–if you set wise boundaries. Boundaries are the “property lines” that define and protect each of you as individuals. Get them in place and you can make a good marriage better and possibly even save a less-than-satisfying one.
By the time you’ve completed this Groupware, you will know yourself and your mate better than ever before. You’ll also understand and practice the ten laws of boundaries in ways that can make a real difference in your relationship. Step by step, the Boundaries in Marriage Groupware helps you apply the biblical principles discussed in the book Boundaries in Marriage so you can–
* Set and maintain your personal boundaries and respect those of your spouse
* Establish values that form a godly structure and architecture for you marriage
* Protect your marriage from different kinds of “intruders”
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Exemplary Husband : A Biblical Perspective (Revised)
$13.95Add to cartThe official companion book for The Excellent Wife by Martha Peace is a biblical blueprint for the mandate God has given to husbands in the covenant of marriage to love their wives, even as Christ loved the church. Dr. Stuart Scott has respoonded chapter by chapter to the biblical teaching put forth in Marth’s popular book. It is suitable for men’s small group Bible studies, or for couples prayerfully seeking God’s very best in marriage.
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How To Grow A Young Music Lover (Revised)
$18.00Add to cartHow to Grow a Young Music Lover is the ideal guide for parents who want to boost their children’s education through music; parents who want to aid in their children’s cognitive, motor, and creative development; parents who love music and want their children to do the same; and parents who wish they knew more about music and want their children to have advantages and instruction they did not. The book is an extraordinary resource for homeschooling parents who want an informative, accessible music curriculum and those want to support their children’s instruction in piano, violin, or other instruments. It is also greatly appreciated by grandparents and other caregivers who want to initiate kids into the world of music; early childhood and elementary educators interested in solid, practical ways to teach their classroom about music; and any reader interested in learning more about musical history, terms, and methods. The book will also be well received by fans of musician Charlie Peacock, who wrote the foreword for this new edition.
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How To Grow A Young Reader (Revised)
$18.99Add to cartIn an age of electronic games, TV, videos, and the Internet…You can raise a book lover.
Reading opens up a lifetime of learning and delight to children. In How to Grow a Young Reader, Kathryn Lindskoog and Ranelda Mack Hunsicker offer suggestions for creating a reader-friendly home, truths about how literature strengthens character development, and helpful strategies for nurturing a love of reading in any child.Includes a helpful guide to over 1,800 books.
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Sacred Sex : A Spiritual Celebration Of Oneness In Marriage
$18.00Add to cartFor years, Christians have been told that sex is God’s creation, designed by him as a gift to husbands and wives. Yet few couples actually experience sex as a spiritual, God-ordained experience. Rather than admit their lack of fulfillment, many couples hide their disappointment and confusion, while others attempt to solve the problem through better sexual technique.
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I Want To Enjoy My Children
$13.99Add to cartIf you didn’t plan for them-or even if you did-having kids may threaten to spoil the fun of marriage. Henry Brandt and Kerry Skinner’s book shows how to make parenting a fascinating, pleasant journey, wherever it may lead. This biblical, practical guide is based on the truth that parents need help from a resource outside themselves-God. Two popular authors of discipleship books (Skinner writes curriculum for Henry Blackaby Ministries) demonstrate, with anecdotes, examples, and meaningful Bible references, how to develop an inner peace with God to navigate the twists and turns of family life-and make it enjoyable!
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Boys : Shaping Ordinary Boys Into Extraordinary Men (Expanded)
$14.99Add to cartThis powerful parenting book is devoted solely to the unique challenges of raising sons.
Author William Beausay believes it is possible to turn normal boys into exceptional adults who are anything but average. Boys! encourages parents to raise sons who are truly winners in life.
In this expanded and revised edition, Beausay takes a hard look at some of the issues facing parents today, including raising boys solo, attention deficit hyperactive disorder, smart discipline, handling bullies, and much more. With down-to-earth wisdom and practical suggestions, Beausay equips parents to deal with the tough issues that their sons will encounter on their journey to manhood.
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Nurturing Faith In Families
$25.99Add to cartA family crisis is occuring in church-going families. Often church leaders are perplexed about the best way for their congregation to care for their families within their midst and in the community. This book offers 425 creative ideas that pastors, teachers, and other leaders can use to help families grow spiritually and feel more connected to the church.
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Interchurch Families
$21.00Add to cartMarriage and families are becoming increasingly complex. No longer can any of us speak with simplicity about what a “typical” family is like, now that our vocabulary includes words like “single parent,” “blended,” “multi-faith,” etc. This is a brief, usable book designed for ministers and priests to use with congregants who are entering into, or are already in, an interchurch marriage. This book can also be useful for laity involved in interchurch families.
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When You Are Coping With Infertility
$6.99Add to cartMost couples approach starting a family with nothing but excitement and anticipation. Unfortunatley, not every couple will conceive as easily as they had hoped they would. In this brief work, Vera Snow guides readers through the often rocky terrain of infertility. Snow encourages readers to recognize what they can and cannot control in their situations, then suggets ways to live with these challenges.
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Money Savvy Kids
$14.99Add to cartYour children can learn to give generously, save wisely, and spend carefully_and you can teach them.Young children are captivated by Saturday morning television commercials pushing the next must-have toy. Older kids think they’re losers if they don’t keep up with the latest fashion trend. Young adults find themselves facing financial temptations_like the lure of credit cards_that seem too good to resist.
Behind all these sales pitches lies the dangerous promise: “You can have it all_just buy now and pay later.” Now, Money-Savvy Kids provides a workable strategy you can use_no matter what your financial history_to prepare your children for financial success today that will carry over into financial security for a lifetime.
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Guide For Godparents
$7.95Add to cartA Guide For Godparents is an aid for pastors who deal with ministering to a parade in our constantly moving parish populations. Often godparents arrive from out of town or state. The parents themselves move more often today than ever before in our society.
With this book you will cover the theological basics of baptism and the spiritual life in a way that is simple and friendly without being simplistic or condescending.
The spiritual basis of the book is suited to the busy couples that the church sees coming for their spiritual nurture and the baptism of their children. The content of this book will not scare off these couples — parents and godparents — returning to their church.
