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Preparing For A Kingdom Marriage (Workbook)
$15.99Add to cartEngaged Christian couples want to learn more about each other and prepare for a successful and God-honoring marriage. Based on Kingdom Marriage (2016), this workbook joins the successful Kingdom series of books by Tony Evans. It is interactive and can be used by both members of the couple, preferably in a pre-marriage counseling course led by a church pastor or other church leader.
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Marriageable : Alone Again But Not Alone
$13.95Add to cartDivorce and remarriage are the theme of this book, especially for those who are considering remarriage after a divorce. The author begins by outlining the aloneness many people feel, especially when they are in a loveless relationship. The objective is to promote lifelong relationships and help the victims of treacherous divorcers to find healing. Her descriptions include one group named divorcees (the victims) and the other group (the instigators of divorce), the divorcers.
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Marriageable : Alone Again But Not Alone
$30.95Add to cartDivorce and remarriage are the theme of this book, especially for those who are considering remarriage after a divorce. The author begins by outlining the aloneness many people feel, especially when they are in a loveless relationship. The objective is to promote lifelong relationships and help the victims of treacherous divorcers to find healing. Her descriptions include one group named divorcees (the victims) and the other group (the instigators of divorce), the divorcers.
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I Cant Believe You Just Said That
$19.99Add to cartThe bestselling author of Don’t Make Me Count to Three! lays out a simple, Bible-based plan that shows parents how to help their kids tame their tongues and walk in the transforming power of Christ.
Parents are often embarrassed or shocked by what comes out of their children’s mouths. Frustrated, they raise their voices, threaten, and coerce to try to change the behavior. But what if there were a plan–pulled directly from God’s Word–that equipped parents to see the root behind their kids’ words? A plan that helped them address the heart of the matter in a calm and effective way?
In I Can’t Believe You Just Said That! Ginger Hubbard offers parents her revolutionary three-step plan to reach beyond the outward behaviors of tongue-related struggles–such as lying, tattling, and whining–to address the heart. After all, as we are told in Matthew 12:34, “the mouth speaks what the heart is full of.” She provides a blueprint for moving beyond the ineffective methods of scolding, ignoring the offense, or merely administering punishment and resets the misconception that parenting is about rigid rule setting or behavior management. Hubbard challenges readers to view their children’s outbursts as opportunities to point them to Christ and his transformational power and leads them into a whole new method of parenting.
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Bed And Board
$14.00Add to cartRepublished for the first time, these musings on marriage and family life come from renowned theologian-chef Robert Farrar Capon. With an emphasis on grace and forgiveness, this “anti-marriage-manual marriage manual” is a uniquely accessible and beautifully written tool for those wanting a deeper understanding of relationships.
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Daily Encouragement For The Smart Stepfamily
$19.00Add to cartThese 365 short and sweet thoughts, specifically for stepfamilies, will keep your family blending and bonding throughout the year. Each daily dose of encouragement is followed by a discussion question or a Scripture passage to meditate on. Sharing these readings with your kids will spark valuable conversations that foster family understanding and closeness.
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My Quest To Be A Single Dad
$17.99Add to cartAuthor Garry White’s instinctual desire to love and provide a home for disadvantaged youth has been denied again and again on the basis of what appears to be personal bias and an isolated episode of mental illness several years in the past. In My Quest to Be a Single Dad, Garry fights the social implication and double standard that single men are unfit to be parents. Anyone involved in social family services or potential adopters will be intrigued by this determined author’s tale of continues rejection and social stigmas. Single adults hoping to adopt will also find valuable tips on the dos and don’ts of adoption, many of which Garry had to learn the hard way.
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Fledge : Launching Your Kids Without Losing Your Mind
$28.99Add to cart22 Chapters
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Your kids are spreading their wings. Are you ready? In Fledge, counselor, educator, and mother Brenda L. Yoder helps Christian parents navigate the many transitions of the launching years. How do you parent tweens at home and young adults away from home at the same time? What’s a good balance between boundaries and freedom? How can you pray for your fledgling youth? And what do you do with all that mom grief? Your job as a parent isn’t over; it’s just changing. Equip yourself with biblical wisdom for this season of transition in your family life. Learn the patterns to avoid and the habits to pursue. Launching your children can be scary, and some days it might make you crazy. But you’ve been raising them to do just this. Fledge will help you release your children into the future that God has planned for them. -
31 Days Of Prayer For My Children
$16.99Add to cartJesus is praying for your children and He invites you to join Him!
Recall an image of Jesus you’ve likely seen–Jesus, on His knees, praying. Imagine leaning in to listen to what He is praying and you hear Jesus speaking your child’s name.
Experience Jesus’ heart for your children and:
*Declare their freedom and passion to love the Lord and their family.
*Claim Bible promises for your children’s future.
*Intercede for your children’s spiritual growth and witness.
*Become an answer to your own prayers.31 Days of Prayer for My Children provides:
*True stories from mothers and fathers praying for their children to help you understand common challenges and opportunities for children.
*A powerful, Scripture-based prayer strategy for your children to better love the Lord, live God’s Word, love people, and live His mission.
*Scriptures, prayers, and promises to declare over your children.
*A practical resource for personal devotions, family studies, small groups, and parenting ministries.God has given you your children for a purpose. Support them through prayer and see the benefits in your own life.
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Read Aloud Family
$19.99Add to cartConnecting deeply with our kids can be difficult in our busy, technology-driven lives. Reading aloud offers us a chance to be fully present with our children. It also increases our kids’ academic success, inspires compassion, and fortifies them with the inner strength they need to face life’s challenges. As Sarah Mackenzie has found with her own six children, reading aloud long after kids are able to read to themselves can deepen relationships in a powerful way.
Founder of the immensely popular Read-Aloud Revival podcast, Sarah knows first-hand how reading can change a child’s life. In The Read-Aloud Family, she offers the inspiration and age-appropriate book lists you need to start a read-aloud movement in your own home. From a toddler’s wonder to a teenager’s resistance, Sarah details practical strategies to make reading aloud a meaningful family ritual. Reading aloud not only has the power to change a family–it has the power to change the world.
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Raising Passionate Jesus Followers
$19.99Add to cartFor Christian parents, there is no greater joy than seeing their children learn to walk with the Lord. And there is no greater fear than that their children will walk away from God.
After serving together in pastoral ministry for forty years, Phil and Diane Comer know those hopes and fears well. Thirty-seven years ago, they became parents themselves. And like all new parents, they were intimidated and unsure about how to take on the task of spiritually training their young children.
Now, with all four of their children grown and establishing their own households of faith, Phil and Diane have embarked on a quest to help the next generation of parents raise passionate Jesus followers. Drawing on years of pastoral counseling, teaching, leading, and decades of watching families from the perspective of pastors and leaders in ministry, Phil and Diane instruct, guide, encourage, and offer hope and practical help to Christian parents.
Raising Passionate Jesus Followersis a manual full of practical, biblically based guidelines that parents will be able to turn to again and again through each stage of their children’s development. Starting at birth, into grade school, through the daunting teenage years, to launching them into college, and finally letting go, this book contains the why’s and the how’s parents need. This book will serve as an invaluable resource for any parent whose greatest longing is to shepherd their children into a vibrant faith in God.
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Living Connected : Experiencing Healthy Family On Mission
$15.99Add to cartWe all want to experience meaningful, healthy relationships. We all need help developing healthy family relationships for the purpose of experiencing all that God has for us. This book provides thought-provoking, simple-to-understand ideas that will help the reader see immediate improvement in their home.
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Have A New Sex Life By Friday
$18.00Add to cartGiven enough time, stress, and kids, even the most satisfying sex life can turn ho-hum. Before long, you find that your conversations center on taking the garbage out, you only make love with the lights off, and experimenting in the bedroom means changing the color of the duvet.
Dr. Kevin Leman throws bored and frustrated couples an intimacy lifeline. In just one week, couples will learn
– why women need sex (and what stops them from wanting it)
– why men want sex (and why what’s important to her is important to him too)
– how to reclaim space just for the two of them
– how to communicate better for a more intimate connection
– how to spice things up in the bedroom
– and moreDr. Leman’s candid advice comes with a guarantee that with just a little attention to these doable strategies, husbands and wives can experience the kind of exciting intimacy they long for–not only by Friday, but throughout their entire marriage. Includes a bonus section of questions and answers on how couples can improve their sexual communication.
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Real Life Romance
$16.99Add to cartIs True Love Real?
See for Yourself!Does it seem like all you ever see is heartbreak and all you ever hear is how love never lasts? The world would have you believe that marriages are doomed from the start and romance isn’t worth the risk.
Immerse yourself in inspiration with these true stories of couples who found their deepest satisfaction in God…which opened their hearts to the love of a lifetime. Each account offers sigh-worthy sweetness, powerful perspective, and an abundance of hope from the highest source.
Whether you’re single and looking for a reason to believe or a parent watching your own child fall in love, this collection will provide you with spontaneous smiles and great examples to ponder.
Don’t let the world define romance for you! See how God is at work in the hearts of His people.
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Loved Fearless
$10.00Add to cartRachael Sanowski
Christian relationship book with group discussion questions and prayer prompts. Topics include: co-dependence, loving human enemies and defeating spiritual ones, learning to trust, leaving home and saying goodbye, parenting, and confession and forgiveness.
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12 Ways To Experience More With Your Husband
$17.99Add to cartWhen You’re Still Together…
But Feel Miles ApartDo you long for how it used to be? Your relationship isn’t a disaster, but it lacks the affection of its early days. Your husband is a good man, but something’s changed. The two of you don’t feel as close, and that initial spark has disappeared.
Let noted author and speaker Cindi McMenamin show you the small changes you can make to touch your husband’s heart in a big way! Through gentle guidance, you’ll be encouraged to…
*try 10 little habits that can make your home a refuge
*respond to your spouse in ways that intrigue him
*see the bigger picture when misunderstandings ariseRenew and reglue your relationship as you discover how to strengthen your marriage and reignite the passion you and your husband once shared.
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Stronger Knot : Tying Together A United Marriage
$16.99Add to cartBeing a Christ-like spouse is a daunting challenge that can feel impossible. Throughout his years of marital counseling, the author provides a manual for how two broken people can love God and each other in the midst of their imperfections.
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Finding My Son
$12.99Add to cartEric was perfectly happy being one half of a dual income, no kids family. Having the freedom to travel the world with his wife Christine, while indulging his hobbies and furthering his education and career, was a pretty sweet life.
Christine wanted to be a mom.
Though he was scared he didn’t have what it took to be a good dad, Eric wanted to fulfill his wife’s dream. After years of trying to conceive, however, the couple received a devastating diagnosis: infertility.
For Christine, adoption was the obvious answer. Eric wasn’t so sure.
In Finding My Son: A Father’s Adoption Journey, author Eric Odell-Hein offers an unfiltered view into the heart and mind of a man who has experienced the sometimes messy and often awkward process of becoming a father through adoption. Encouraging men to acknowledge the fears they don’t want to admit while advocating a thoughtful, deliberate transparency as the best approach to even the most unnatural, uncomfortable aspects of the adoption process, Eric shares his misgivings and mistakes with an honesty that does not deny his insecurities.
A valuable resource for any man considering growing his family through adoption-or anyone seeking to understand the process-this engaging memoir is a testament to the beautiful gift of adoption and a touching account of a father’s love.
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From Single To The Knot
$14.99Add to cartOur society holds a very corrupted view of marriage. At the same time that marriage is glamorized in entertainment, it is devalued by pop culture. So, if you are single and would like to be married someday, or if you are already married and need a refresher on what marriage is really all about, join the conversation in “From Single to the Knot.”
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Hope For Your Marriage
$16.99Add to cartAre you willing to do whatever it takes to have the marriage you dreamed of? Interestingly, this is the question Clayton and Ashlee ask young couples before they get married and married couples in crisis. If they answer yes, then there is hope for the couple. If they are willing to commit to the hard work ahead, they have a very good shot.
Hope for Every Marriage is a book designed for couples who desire to have the best marriage possible. Every marriage has the potential to be incredible when God is at the center.
In Hope for Your Marriage, Clayton and Ashlee share personal stories on overcoming fairy-tale pitfalls; keeping Jesus at the center of your marriage; practicing healthy communication on sex, conflict, and forgiveness; declaring life over your marriage; and leaving a God-honoring legacy.
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1 Minute Prayers For Husbands
$12.99Add to cartEvery Prayer Strengthens Your Marriage
As a husband, you have a unique set of responsibilities weighing on you each day. Your desire is to provide for your wife-and the very best way you can take care of her is by praying for her and your marriage. Let the Lord lead you step by step, decision by decision, moment by moment as you seek to…
*mature in your faith
*build relational confidence and intimacy
*overcome temptations and trials
*encourage your wife to be all she can beDiscover biblical direction in this collection of prayers and devotions written for busy husbands like you who need a minute of inspiration.
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Kingdom Marriage : Connecting Gods Purpose With Your Pleasure
$16.99Add to cartWhat happens when a kingdom man marries a kingdom woman? Kingdom Marriage: Connecting God’s Purpose with Your Pleasure helps couples grow together as a kingdom couple to fulfill God’s design and purpose for their marriage. Through practical insights and powerful stories, Dr. Tony Evans inspires and instructs so couples will discover the hope, challenge, and guidance God’s Word provides for their journey together.
“You can reflect the glory of God and the unity of the Trinity through your shared purpose, honor, and love as a true kingdom couple.” -Tony Evans
Kingdom Marriage shows couples that the key to influencing our society and world with lasting impact is found in solidifying biblical marriage in the way God intended. It starts with both wife and husband reflecting God and His image and modeling that reflection within the roles and responsibilities of their union. This is based on a correct understanding of God’s kingdom and their responsibilities in it. Kingdom Marriage and the Kingdom Marriage devotional and video resources are part of an entire line of Kingdom products by Tony Evans, including Kingdom Man, Kingdom Woman, Raising Kingdom Kids, and the Kingdom Quest strategy guides for kids and teens.
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Mama Lista Mama Rica – (Spanish)
$14.99Add to cartCada madre conoce las decisiones dificiles que conlleva el tener un hijo, como los gastos familiares y las interminables jornadas de trabajo. Como cumples con las demandas que exige la maternidad a la vez que mantienesn tus finanzas y tu carrera bajo control? Este libro explora como las mujeres de hoy enfrentan los retos profesionales y los familiares. Escrito por una columnista de finanzas y madre, este libro combina consejos profesionales, estrategias de gastos y ahorros con entrevistas a madres profesionales en varios campos laborales. Inspirador y practico, este libro ayuda a las mujeres a crear estrategias sobre como criar a sus hijos y a la vez tomar decisiones financieras sabias que las pongas en el camino a la prosperidad.
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Venus And Virtue
$58.00Add to cartVenus and Virtue are a match made in heaven. While popular culture often tends to think of Christianity as negative about sexuality and sexual pleasure, the fact is that Christians have the best of reasons to joyfully celebrate sex as a gift. Unfortunately, there is as much confusion about sex in Christian circles as there is in the culture at large. The authors of this book believe that this confusion can only be adequately addressed by drawing from the deep wells of biblical truth and traditional theology. The writers, however, are not only experts in biblical scholarship, theology, and philosophy, but also pastoral ministry, counseling, pop culture criticism, and women’s issues. This book is not sexy in the typical sense of that word, but by situating sexuality within the cosmic drama of biblical revelation, the true beauty and goodness of sex most clearly emerges. And as that beauty emerges, we can begin to see why Christian morality not only makes profound sense, but also why it positively enriches the meaning of sex in ways that far outstrip the sexy secular alternative.
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As One : Like Christ And The Church
$12.99Add to cartWhat does a man loving his wife like Christ loves the church look like?
As One: Like Christ and the Church guides men in ways to love their wives in daily conversation, actions, and gestures. The climate of the home, direction of the family, and the comfort and confidence of the wife all start with the man.
Marriage is not “one size fits all.” Reginald Holder prompts men to ask God for understanding and guidance, study their wives daily, and then to operate in love with the knowledge gained. “I desire to see men whole, vibrant, and operating in the authority given to them as citizens of the kingdom of God.”
Readers will find practical answers and suggestions to equip husbands, and strengthen husband and wife relationships, and families.
-Loving your wife right is possible.
-Showing outward affection shows strength.
-The payoff is worth it!For the married man who will learn from this book that it’s never to late to turn it around; for the single man hoping to one day marry; for the married woman who needs to know what to look for in her husband; and the single girl on what to expect from her future husband–this book will cover it all.
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Venus And Virtue
$38.00Add to cartVenus and Virtue are a match made in heaven. While popular culture often tends to think of Christianity as negative about sexuality and sexual pleasure, the fact is that Christians have the best of reasons to joyfully celebrate sex as a gift. Unfortunately, there is as much confusion about sex in Christian circles as there is in the culture at large. The authors of this book believe that this confusion can only be adequately addressed by drawing from the deep wells of biblical truth and traditional theology. The writers, however, are not only experts in biblical scholarship, theology, and philosophy, but also pastoral ministry, counseling, pop culture criticism, and women’s issues. This book is not sexy in the typical sense of that word, but by situating sexuality within the cosmic drama of biblical revelation, the true beauty and goodness of sex most clearly emerges. And as that beauty emerges, we can begin to see why Christian morality not only makes profound sense, but also why it positively enriches the meaning of sex in ways that far outstrip the sexy secular alternative.
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Marry A Man Like Me
$12.99Add to cart“Marry a Man Like Me” is a book for dads to read to their daughters. As they read this book together, dads will better realize the characteristics that their daughters need to see in them, and daughters will better understand what they should eventually look for in a man.
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Marry A Man Like Me
$18.99Add to cart“Marry a Man Like Me” is a book for dads to read to their daughters. As they read this book together, dads will better realize the characteristics that their daughters need to see in them, and daughters will better understand what they should eventually look for in a man.
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Disconnected Man : Breaking Down Walls And Restoring Intimacy With Him
$20.00Add to cartTHE DISCONNECTED MAN tracks the journey of one man’s surprise discovery of his own disconnectedness and his desire to help other men, and the women who love them, before it is too late.
Disconnected men hide out in plain view: in our churches, in our families and in our communities. They are competent, capable men who quietly ‘do their duty’ and attract little attention. They are fairly happy guys, relatively unemotional and capable of carrying heavy loads of responsibility, but are very difficult to get to know beyond superficial friendship. A closer examination inside their marriages reveals a desert strewn with emotionally emaciated spouses. While their competence may build the church, organize a group, or run a company, they haven’t the slightest notion how to connect intimately with those they love. Their wives suffer, usually in silence, while the church and culture press past this couple secretly falling apart.
Jim Turner was that disconnected man going about his life, happily fulfilling his duty within his own self-protective bubble, until God suddenly burst it in a most horrific way. His story starts when that devastation left him clinging precariously to the remaining shreds of his broken marriage. Jim longs to share with other disconnected men what he learned through that ordeal, to help them understand their disobedience and show how they can achieve real connection with those they love.
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Unpopular Culture
$13.99Add to cartMoney is the key to happiness. Work hard, play hard. Look out for number one. Popular culture is full of phrases like these, telling us the best way to live, the right things to buy, the right body shape to have, the right people to hang out with. These messages are everywhere we look, 24 hours a day. But what if there was another way to live? What if we chose to live differently: to stand against injustice, to live life for more than just ourselves, to dare to be unpopular? Guvna B is rebelling against the status quo, and he’s calling you to join him. It’s time to flip the script, to demonstrate another way to live, to find freedom in going against the grain. It’s time for unpopular culture to take the stage.
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Praying The Scriptures For Your Adult Children
$19.99Add to cartAs parents of adult children, we often wonder: Will my children make good choices when they’re on their own? How can I let them go when I’ve held them for so long?
Parent and author Jodie Berndt understands what it’s like to release children into the world and still care deeply about them and everything they will face in life from relationships to career decisions and everything in between. In Praying the Scriptures for Your Adult Children, Jodie continues her Praying the Scriptures series with biblical prayers for your adult children, whether they are just leaving the nest, flying well on their own, or struggling to take off at all.
Each section focuses on a different aspect of adulthood, with encouraging stories from experienced parents who are praying their children through rocky marriages, health concerns, financial challenges and other real-life issues. At the end of each chapter, you’ll find personalized prayers for your children taken straight from Scripture. Each chapter also includes verses for you to pray for yourself as you take the challenging step of trusting God to care for your children in ways that you can’t.
With grace and wisdom, Jodie addresses cultural trends such as couples living together before marriage and young adults leaving the church, as well as the painful realities of loneliness, addiction, and mental health issues. With hope-filled words for the parents of the prodigal, she is particularly sensitive to the long-term prayers we offer, even as we doubt ourselves and grieve over our children’s choices.
Whatever you are praying for, you will find confidence and peace in these powerful prayers for your kids. Praying the Scriptures for Your Adult Children guides you to the bedrock of God’s promises as you release your children to God’s shepherding care.
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Becoming Married Staying Married
$20.00Add to cartIt’s easy to fall in love and to get married. But what does it really mean to be married? And how do you stay married?
In Becoming Married, Staying Married, couples will be encouraged to see marriage as a process that never ends. Together they will reflect on current realities particular to African American couples. They will also discover nine key principles that are required for healthy marriages, including concepts like self-awareness, flexibility, maturity, and forgiveness. Practical suggestions on how to further enhance each quality are included, in addition to African proverbs and biblical Scripture that relate to marriage. Questions for discussion and reflection are included at the end of each chapter.
This insightful resource can be used by African American couples at various stages of their relationship, but it is especially helpful to engaged and newly married couples. Pastor may also choose to use this book as a discussion starter for premarital counseling.
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Together Forever Gods Design For Marriage 2nd Edition (Revised)
$20.00Add to cartMarriage By God
As you begin preparing for your big wedding day, this Marriage by GOD program is designed to assist you in preparing for a BIG MARRIAGE. Using the companion counselor’s guide, a mature Christian couple can come beside you and mentor you through biblical principles and time-tested techniques for fulfilling God’s great plan for marriage.
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Parents Guide To Understanding Your Childrens Dreams And Nightmares
$14.99Add to cartA child with regular nightmares can easily be dismissed by professionals as just overly imaginative or too sensitive. But for any parent at their wits’ end over their child’s suffering from dreams and nightmares, a deeper understanding is needed. Is it possible that a spiritual dimension is at play? //
A Parent’s Guide to Understanding Dreams and Nightmares by Recie Saunders offers help to concerned parents. With a clear, easy-to-read style, it is an invaluable resource for all parents who want to help their kids know whether a dream is from God, interpret their nightmares, find security in God’s control, and hear God’s voice in the night season as well as the day.Drawing on his extensive research on the prophetic, visions, and dreams, Recie also peppers this practical book with stories about his own kids and their dreams. He differentiates between dreams and visions, provides creative ideas for encouraging kids’ faith, explains lucid dreaming, and lists the most common images and symbols that come through dreams. Throughout this approachable book is Recie’s tender, fatherly passion that the kingdom of heaven belongs to the “little children.” Includes dream journal, descriptions of twenty common dreams, and a dream symbol dictionary.
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Adventures Of Pfreddy The Fetus
$10.99Add to cartThis is the story of Pfreddy the Fetus as he attempts to grow from a miracle in his mother’s tummy into a human being. The adventure takes Pfreddy through the dilemma of abortion. You will be surprised to see what happens as he travels to the Planning Parenthood Place.
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Incredible Growing Basketball Goal
$24.95Add to cartDad, why did you never tell me you loved me?” His answer spoke volumes to my soul, ringing deeply out of the past and with volume into the present: “My dad never told me he loved me…so I did not know how to tell you. But Son, I love you.” After that encounter, everything changed.
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Incredible Growing Basketball Goal
$16.95Add to cartDad, why did you never tell me you loved me?” His answer spoke volumes to my soul, ringing deeply out of the past and with volume into the present: “My dad never told me he loved me…so I did not know how to tell you. But Son, I love you.” After that encounter, everything changed.
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Understanding Your Teen
$17.99Add to cartPreface
How To Use This BookPart One: Parenting Teens To Become Responsible Adults
1. Understanding Your Teenager
2. Learning The Developmental Stages Of Adolescence
3. Shaping Behavior Without Crushing Character
4. Energizing Your Teen’s Spiritual Life
5. Creating A Media-Safe Home
6. Teaching Healthy Sexuality
7. Ending The Homework Hassle While Preparing For College
8. Keeping The Communication Lines Open
9. The Changing Culture
10. Your Marriage As You Raise Your Teen
11. Dealing With A Troubled TeenPart Two: Common Teen Issues And What Parents Can Do
12. Bullying And Cyberbullying
13. Tragedy
14. Dating Violence
15. Depression
16. Dinnertime
17. Driving
18. Drug And Alcohol Use And Abuse
19. Eating Disorders
20. Overweight And Obesity
21. Self-Injury
22. Sexual Abuse
23. Sleep
24. SuicideConclusion
Acknowledgments
Notes AcknowledgmentsAdditional Info
Parenting teenagers is one of the biggest challenges parents face. New realities make becoming independent more difficult. Teens are traveling a different road and are moving at a different pace than those of previous generations. Today’s cultural environment is more complicated and confusing than ever.But fear not! Family expert Jim Burns provides a handy guide for parenting teens. For teens to become responsible adults, parents need to help them grow through developmental changes to attain a healthy self-identity, establish good relationships, make wise decisions, and grow in their relationship with God. Burns shows how parents can shape behavior and character, navigate social media challenges, and communicate and resolve conflict healthily. He also tackles the realities of our day, including cyberbullying, dating violence, self-injury, depression, and much more.
Whether you’re facing serious troubles or need simple tips for a better family life, this book offers help and hope.
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Thinking About Adoption
$22.00Add to cart“Is God calling me to become an adoptive parent?” “Which path to adoption would be best?” Through simple introductions to the various kinds of adoption, thoughtful presentations of relevant biblical teaching and theological principles, and the sharing of the stories of ten adoptive families, Thinking About Adoption: A Practical and Theological Handbook for Christians Discerning the Call to Parent by Adoption is a must-read resource for Christians seeking answers to these questions. Read and reflect individually, as a couple, or in fellowship with other believers, and discover what God may (or may not) have for you!
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Why I Didnt Rebel
$16.99Add to cartIn this unique combination of personal history, interviews, and social science, a young millennial shares surprising reasons that youthful rebellion isn’t inevitable and points the way for raising healthy, grounded children who love God.
Teen rebellion is seen as a cultural norm, but Rebecca Gregoire Lindenbach begs to differ. In Why I Didn’t Rebel–based on a viral blog post that has been read by more than 750,000 people–Lindenbach shows how rebellion is neither unavoidable nor completely understood. Based on interviews with her peers and combining the latest research in psychology and social science with stories from her own life, she gives parents a new paradigm for raising kids who don’t go off the rails.
Rather than provide step-by-step instructions on how to construct the perfect family, Lindenbach tells her own story and the stories of others as examples of what went right, inviting readers to think differently about parenting. Addressing hot-button issues such as courtship, the purity movement, and spanking–and revealing how some widely–held beliefs in the Christian community may not actually help children–Why I Didn’t Rebel provides an utterly unique, eye-opening vision for raising kids who follow God rather than the world.
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Hiding In The Hallway
$16.99Add to cartWritten specifically to missionary teens, Hiding in the Hallway offers MKs a biblical context for faith in light of their unique circumstances, challenges, and opportunities. Filled with personal anecdotes, former MK Jeanne Harrison champions gospel relevancy and the need for MKs to continue to filter their lives through a biblical worldview. Covering seven key areas relevant to the missionary teen life both on and off the missions field, this book also includes a chapter for parents to help foster discussion.
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Talking With Your Kids About God (Reprinted)
$18.99Add to cartChristian parenting is hard work and it’s getting harder. Parents have a deep desire to pass on their faith, but fear that today’s increasingly skeptical and hostile world will eventually lead their kids to reject the truth of Christianity. That leaves many parents feeling overwhelmed–uncertain of what they can do to help their children, given the difficulty and extent of the faith challenges they will face.
This practical and timely resource gives parents the confidence of knowing what to discuss with their children and how to discuss it in order to facilitate impactful conversations that will form the basis of a lifelong faith. In a friendly, parent-to-parent voice, Natasha Crain identifies 30 specific conversations about God that parents must have with their children, organizing them under the categories of
– the existence of God
– science and God
– the nature of God
– believing in God
– the difference God makesChapters are sequenced in a curriculum-oriented way in order to provide a cumulative learning experience. Content is readily adaptable for use with kids of any age (elementary through high school).
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She Is Yours
$14.99Add to cartGod Gave Her to You Now Learn How to Give Her Back
She is yours. Wow!
Do you remember when you first held your newborn daughter in your arms and the reality of parenthood set in? God had given you this tiny little girl to care for and to love. What an awesome responsibility and immense privilege.
Now comes the hard part-raising your daughter up from a baby to a happy, healthy adult and navigating all the highs and lows along the way.
Wynter and Jonathan Pitts want you to know you are not alone. As parents of four young daughters, they’ve learned a lot that can assist you in your parenting journey. In fact, they are still learning as their girls make their way toward their teen years. They’ve been right where you are.
Get practical advice and encouragement to help you improve your daughter’s relationship with God, with you, and with the world around her.
Start this journey by making this commitment to God: Lord, she is yours and I trust you with her.
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Journey Leaders Guide (Teacher’s Guide)
$54.95Add to cartThe Journey: Divorce Through the Eyes of a Teen is a small group curriculum designed to lead teens through the journey of recovery from the tragedy of divorce. This curriculum is filled with practical activities and hands-on tools to empower teens to make healthy choices.
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Commandment We Forgot
$7.99Add to cartA commandment from God. A commandment with a promise. A commandment we forgot.
We are all children, we ought to pursue God’s blessings, and we need to give prominence to God’s prominent command: Honor your father and your mother. For these reasons, we can no longer ignore the forgotten Fifth Commandment.
This commandment is not just for children. Rather, it pertains to the whole of life and to every person of every age. In the home, the church, and the workplace, it provides a stable foundation for all of society. Yet, we often neglect it and fail to appreciate its relevance to our lives. It is the commandment we forgot.
This booklet is a brief exploration of the Fifth Commandment: Honor your father and your mother. It answers important questions relevant to every Christian: Does this commandment expire when we move out of our parents’ home and gain our independence? Does it cease being relevant once we are married? Is obedience synonymous with honor? Do we need to be prepared to provide for them financially? What if our parents are especially difficult or unworthy of respect?
My hope is that this booklet will restore the centrality of the fifth commandment, even and especially to adults. Let’s look together to the Bible and, ultimately, to Jesus Christ as the perfect fulfillment of the commandment we forgot.
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Practical Help For Stressed Christians
$14.99Add to cartStress is now a huge factor in modern living, with one-third of British workers likely to suffer from it some stage in their careers. Christians are not immune. Indeed it is arguable that they are even more vulnerable to overstress or burnout than secular people because of behavioural expectations relating to God, Church, society, work and the prevailing culture. In order to address these particularities, each short chapter in this engaging book responds to a commonly asked question or typical statement, such as “How can I tell if I’m overstressed?’; “I’m so disillusioned and swamped at work. I don’t know how long I can carry on.’; “I’m not managing time for God as I used to.’ etc. The authors then offer basic information, followed by material for meditation or reflection; encouragement of some sort, and finally something for the reader to work on.
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All Im Created To Be Set Free
$19.95Add to cartLeave the ashes of failure, self-doubt, and discouragement, and discover who God created you to be. All I’m Created to Be: Set Free! is a biblically and psychologically based workbook written by a Christian psychologist. A winner of two awards, this workbook is designed to help you resolve issues from your childhood, develop and strengthen your self-esteem and confidence, and grow spiritually. Proceeds from the sale of this book will go to Christian charities whose focus is the prevention of child abuse and human trafficking.
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Mother God Made Me To Be
$19.99Add to cartA contributor to Guideposts annuals for ten years, Karen Valentin’s narrative pieces about her journey to marriage and motherhood and then to single motherhood have resonated with readers. Here she collects the longer versions of her pieces and adds many new ones.
Karen lived an adventurous single life but longed for a family of her own. After years of maintaining her vow of purity and waiting for a man who shared her Christian faith, she fell in love with her best friend and co-worker. They married. She bore two sons. They divorced.
With humor, honesty and raw emotion, Valentin tells her story of wrestling between God’s will and her own, with visions of happily ever after. In the midst of her weakness and grief, she experiences God’s strength and restoration like never before. Through her family and friends, mission workers, the pastor of Graffiti Church, and her two beautiful boys, God turns her ashes to beauty and her sorrow into joy.
Women who desire to be loved, who know the pain of rejection and who have found themselves in a dark place will be touched by her pain and encouraged by her victories.
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101 Conversation Starters For Couples
$9.99Add to cartYour spouse is a treasure trove of meaningful, humorous, and profound experiences, thoughts, memories, dreams and beliefs. These 101 questions celebrate the depth and wonderful mystery of your mate. So have fun, get to know your spouse and watch intimacy grow in your marriage. Marriage and family experts Gary Chapman author of “The 5 Love Languages” and Ramon Presson bring you 101 questions to facilitate this process.
These 51 double sided cards ask questions and prompt conversations. They can be enjoyed over dinner, on date night, or any time you’d like to dig a little deeper in getting to know your spouse.
Size: 3.57″ (L) x 1.21″ (W) x 4.7″ (H)
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When Loving Him Is Hurting You
$14.99Add to cartIt’s Okay to Have Needs of Your Own
You fell in love with him. But over time you’ve come to realize he’s in love with himself-and you feel trapped. His needs, his problems, and his plans always seem to take precedence over yours.
Dr. David Hawkins, counselor with the Marriage Recovery Center, offers a guide to help you identify signs of narcissism, understand how your loved one’s issues are affecting you, and prepare a biblical game plan for freeing yourself to live courageously in light of God’s love.
Whether the man in your life can be diagnosed with Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD) or merely has arrogant and self-centered tendencies, the emotional pain his behavior causes you is all too real. Discover the truths, wisdom, and grace you need to spark change in your relationship, set boundaries, and experience healing.
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Why Jesus Turned Water Into Wine And Still Does
$11.95Add to cartJohn, the writer of the gospel of John, writes as though he were a reporter in that he uses four of the five Ws (when, what, where, and who) that journalists are taught to use in their articles. However, he does not tell us why, which is the missing W.
The questions are as follows:
Why did Jesus get involved?
Why did the wedding happen on the third day?
Why was this wedding special as to warrant Jesus’s involvement?
Why in Cana of Galilee, of all places?
Why was Mary there?
Why did Jesus intervene by turning water into wine?
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12 Truths About Sex For Tweens And Teens
$13.95Add to cartParents as well as teachers and counselors have searched and requested a resource, such as, Twelve Twitter Truths About Sex for Tweens and Teens, to help young people prepare to make a sexually abstinence promise until marriage. This book provides such an avenue. Each student along with his/her parents/teachers will work through 12 short chapters to guide them into making a decision.
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Mom Set Free
$17.99Add to cartCombining modern research, personal stories, professional experience, and real-life examples, Jeannie Cunnion shows parents how to embrace God s grace and let go of the pressures external and internal that come with raising children.
When it comes to their children, parents feel constant pressure to get everything right. They face overwhelming moments of weakness when they believe they re doing it all wrong or feel like they re not enough leaving them with a constant fear that their kids won t turn out the way they hoped, or worse, have already turned out badly.
Jeannie Cunnion is here to tell you that the pressure is off.
Mom Set Free is an invitation to parents to stop worrying about the minor details and embrace God s role in their child s life. This isn t an excuse to be a lousy parent, but instead offers a chance to focus on your relationship with God and what he has asked of you. This book is a long overdue permission slip for parents everywhere to stop ceaselessly trying to be perfect and trust God with the children He has entrusted to them, and learn to reflect His grace in the everyday moments of parenting.”
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Sacred Parenting : How Raising Children Shapes Our Souls
$18.99Add to cartParenting is a school for spiritual formation, says author Gary Thomas, and our children are our teachers. The journey of caring for, rearing, training, and loving our children profoundly alters us forever…even when the journey is sometimes a rough one.
Sacred Parenting is unlike any other parenting book on the market. This is not a “how-to” book that teaches readers the ways to discipline their kids or help them achieve their full potential. Instead of a discussion about how parents change their children, Sacred Parenting turns the tables and demonstrates how God uses children to change their parents.
Stepping beyond the overly-tilled soil of method books, parents can learn a whole new side of parenting. They’ll be encouraged by stories that tell how other parents handled the challenges and difficulties of being a parent – and how their children transformed their relationship with God.
The lessons the author writes about are timeless. But in this edition, Thomas adds in some additional insights and stories that he’s learned and lived over the past fifteen years of his own parenting. Gary has found that the lessons have remained much the same but there are new applications for the readers in this generation who are just now coming to his book.
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Grandparenting : Loving Our Childrens Children (Student/Study Guide)
$12.99Add to cartGetting The Most Out Of Grandparenting
1. A Grandfather’s Blessing
Genesis 48:1-20
2. Praying For Our Grandchildren
Ephesians 1:15-22; 3:14-21
3. From Generation To Generation
Psalm 78:1-8
4. Nurturing Contentment
1 Timothy 6:2-10
5. Loving Your In-Laws
Ruth 1:1-19; 2:8-13; 4:9-16
6. The Problem With Favoritism
Genesis 27:30-41; 37:1-26
7. Family Forgiveness
Matthew 18:21-35
8. Never Too Late To Change
2 Chronicles 33:1-20
9. When It Is Time To Step Aside
2 Samuel 19:31-40
Leader’s NotesAdditional Info
Written by grandparents and expert Bible study authors Phyllis and Andrew T. Le Peau, this LifeGuide Bible study explores the biblical framework for being a godly grandparent. In nine sessions, this study guides you in how to be a loving and caring presence in not only the lives of your grandchildren, but also for your adult children as they parent. -
Staying Together : Marriage A Lifelong Affair
$16.99Add to cartYou’ve done it; you’ve taken the plunge and said, “I do” to one another. Couples face some daunting marriage statistics these days. When so many marriages fail, how do you know yours won’t?
So, now what? What’s next for your marriage?
Staying Together is a unique book that’s been written for you to read as a couple. Together, you’ll hear from us and what we’ve learned over more than 40 years of marriage, as well as from other couples whose marriages have endured heartbreak, hardship, and even infidelity. You’ll read about their solutions and healing, applicable to your marriage oneness.
You will be confronted with questions about what it looks like to walk out your vows on a daily basis as life partners. Whether it’s communication, trust, or sex; money, loss, or mission; kids, jobs, or insecurities, Staying Together has insight on how to better navigate waters when they’re rough and better enjoy them when they’re smooth.
Whether you’ve been married for months, years, or decades, now is the time to make sure you’re in a marriage that’s not just surviving, but thriving.
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Would You Die For Me
$16.99Add to cart“In Would You Die for Me, Patrick Irish takes you through an expedition of time, as his life unfolds to tell the true events of what happens between the seen and unseen lines of reality.
Who was I to pass judgment, who was I to decide what some deserved? Was I innocent? No, not by any means, but in the life I had lived, I hated those that preyed on the weak, those that stood above. In my mind, I was doing the world a favor.
For most, life is a journey, from one road to another, and for some, there is a journey that brings life to the brink of death. Pulling the reader in deeper with every turn of the page, his world soon becomes yours, as you find yourself in the imprint of each letter. Would You Die for Me was inspired to prove, when all seems to be lost, no matter how young, old, or indifferent, we all share one common goal, that is simply…to be loved. “
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Journey Student Workbook (Student/Study Guide)
$24.95Add to cartThe Journey: Divorce Through the Eyes of a Teen is a small group curriculum designed to lead teens through the journey of recovery from the tragedy of divorce. This curriculum is filled with practical activities and hands-on tools to empower teens to make healthy choices.
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Prayers For Victory In Your Marriage
$13.99Add to cartSeek God’s Grace and Power for Your Marriage Journey
What are the issues you struggle with in your marriage?
*Do you find it difficult to show love when you feel your needs aren’t being met?
*Have you held on to resentment for so long that it seems impossible to forgive?
*Do you desire God’s blessing and extra encouragement for the hard days?As a believer in Christ’s victory on the cross, you are not left defenseless against the enemy who seeks to destroy your union. You have authority, and it’s time to draw on the power of God to strengthen your relationship with your spouse.
Covering topics such as communication, conflict, and healing, this collection of spiritual warfare prayers from Dr. Tony Evans will revive your prayer life and help you put on the armor of God for every issue you and your spouse face. Let Christ reign victorious in your home!
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Geschaffen Um Seine Gehilfin Z – (Other Language)
$14.95Add to cartIrgendwo in den verstrichenen Jahren und den sich andernden Kulturen haben Frauen sich verirrt. Dieses Buch ist geschrieben worden, um ihnen den Weg zuruck nach Hause zu zeigen. Egal wie deine Ehe anfing oder wie dunkel und einsam der Weg gewesen ist, der dich bis dorthin gebracht hat, wo du dich heute befindest, ich mochte dir sagen, dass es heute moglich ist, eine so gute und erfullte Ehe zu fuhren, dass man sie nur als Wunder bezeichnen kann.
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Praying For Girls (Reprinted)
$16.00Add to cartScripture-Based Prayers for Your Daughter’s Specific Needs
Instead of feeling overwhelmed by concerns for your daughter, enjoy the peace that comes when you pray targeted prayers for her straight from the Bible. No matter your girl’s age, pray confidently about struggles she may be facing now and in the years to come.
Covering five vital areas of a girl’s life–her identity, heart, mind, relationships, and purpose–this easy-to-use book is ideal for anyone who feels intimidated or uncertain about what to pray for the girl they love. Rounding out the book are conversation starters and fun activities to help you guide your daughter into becoming a godly woman.
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Imaginative Prayer : A Yearlong Guide For Your Childs Spiritual Formation
$26.99Add to cartImaginative Prayer Creedal Poem
Introduction
How To Use This Book
Part I: God’s Love
1. God Loves So Many Things
2. He Loves Me
3. When I Am Lost, He Will Come Looking For Me
4. When I Am Sick, He Wants To Heal Me
5. When I Make Mistakes, He Will Always Have Grace On Me
6. There Is Nothing That Can Separate Me From The Love Of GodReview Week
Part II: Loving Others
7. God Invites Us To Live A Life Of Love
8. Love Looks Like Being Patient And Kind And Not Making A List Of People’s Mistakes
9. Love Looks Like Inviting People Who May Be Left Out
10. Love Looks Like Taking Care Of People When They Need Help
11. We Love Others With The Love That God Pours Into Us
12. People Will Know That We Are Followers Of Jesus Because Of Our Love For Each OtherReview Week
Part III: Forgiveness
13. Forgiveness Means We Can Have Peace With God
14. Forgiveness Means God Welcomes Anyone
15. Forgiveness Means God Takes Away Our Sin
16. Forgiveness Means We Can Forgive The Sins Of Others
17. When We Forgive, We Will Be Forgiven. When We Give, It Will Be Given Unto Us
18. Love And Forgiveness Make Room For ReconciliationReview Week
Part IV: Jesus Is The King
19. Jesus Is The King Who Came To Undo The Power Of Death
20. Jesus Is The King Who Came To Defeat The Power Of Sin
21. Jesus Is The King Who Came To Defeat The Power Of The Accuser
22. Jesus Is A Faithful King, Even When We Don’t Have Faith
23. We Have Life With God Through The Faithfulness Of Jesus The King
24. God Became King Through Love And ForgivenessReview Week
Part V: The Good News Of God
25. God Made Us A Promise, And It Comes To Us Through Jesus
26. The Good News Of God Comes To Us Through The Words Of Jesus
27. The Good News Of God Comes To Us Through The Life Of Jesus
28. The Good News Of God Comes To Us Through The Death Of Jesus
29. The Good News Of God Comes To Us Through The Resurrection Of Jesus
30. We Receive The Promises Of God When We Choose To Follow JesusReview Week
Part XI: The Mission Of God
31. When We Choose To Follow Jesus, We Join The Mission Of God To Bring His Love Into The World
32. The Mission Of God Is To Make Everything In The World Good Again
33. The Mission Of God Is To Bring All Things Under The Reign Of King Jesus
34. The Mission Of God Is To Bring Peace And Reconciliation To Everything
35. The Mission Of God Is To Take Away The Veil That Covers Up The Presence Of God
36. God Is At WoAdditional Info
How do we help our kids connect with God? Most parents want their kids to learn to love God. But most of us struggle to facilitate real spiritual experiences. It’s hard enough to have a meaningful conversation with our kids about spiritual things, let alone help them experience true transformation in the presence of God. Jared Patrick Boyd discovered that children’s spiritual formation is rooted in the imagination. When we lead our children through guided times of imaginative prayer, they can experience a connection with God that transcends mere Bible knowledge or doctrinal content. This unique resource provides six units of weekly guided imaginative prayer, themed around core topics: God’s love, loving others, forgiveness, God as king, the good news of God, and the mission of God. Each unit has six sessions, providing a yearlong experience of spiritual formation for children ages 5-13. Through imaginative prayer you can help your child connect with God. As you do so, you may find yourself connecting more closely with your child, and your own formation as a parent will deepen into greater awareness of God’s work in your lives. -
Valorar – (Spanish)
$13.99Add to cartLa mayoria de los matrimonios sobreviven en base a determinacion y tolerancia. Pero los matrimonios no solo pueden y deben sobrevivir sino que prosperaran cuando las parejas aprendan a apreciarse el uno a otro. Estas son las palabras poderosas del autor Gary Thomas, contenidas en este libro y que se necesitan hoy mas que nunca en este mundo desesperado por la redencion del matrimonio. Thomas demuestra que aunque hay muchos matrimonios que simplemente siguen la rutina, existen formas en las que se puede revertir este patron: cuando los conyuges aprenden a apreciarse el uno al otro en toda actividad cotidiana y con palabras llenas de amor sincero. Basandose en historias personales y ejemplos de la vida real, Thomas comprueba que los conyuges pueden comenzar a mejorar su matrimonio hoy mismo, incluso un matrimonio empanado por el descuido y la falta de respeto. Al enfocar la conversacion en como atesorar a tu pareja, salir de la rutina para elogiarle, apreciarle, honrarle, animarle y mantenerle cerca de ti, los lectores pasaran de leer este libro a implementar este tipo de acciones que Thomas sugiere traeran esperanza, luz y vida a sus matrimonios.
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Fearless Parenting : How To Raise Faithful Kids In A Secular Culture
$18.00Add to cartIn a dangerous and morally declining culture, renowned researcher teams up with veteran youth worker to help parents raise children who are biblically grounded and less affected by secular culture in order to be salt and light in the world.
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How We Love Expanded Edition (Expanded)
$18.00Add to cartAre you tired of arguing with your spouse over the same old issues? Do you dream of a marriage with less conflict and more intimacy? Are you struggling under a load of resentment?
The key to creating a deeper bond in your marriage
may lie buried in your childhood.Your early life experiences create an “intimacy imprint”-an underlying blueprint that shapes your behavior, beliefs, and expectations of all future relationships, especially your marriage. In How We Love, relationship experts Milan and Kay Yerkovich help you pinpoint the reason your marriage is struggling-and they reveal exactly what you can do about it.
Drawing on the powerful tool of attachment theory, the Yerkoviches identify four types of injured imprints that combine in marriage to trap couples in a repetitive dance of pain. As you discover how your relationship has been guided by these imprints, you’ll gain the insights you need to stop stepping on each other’s toes and instead allow yourselves to be swept along by the music of a richer, deeper relationship.
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Leading By Example
$21.99Add to cartLeading by Example: A Parental Guide to Teaching and Modeling Christian Faith at Home by author Rev. Dr. Timothy L. Tooten, Sr. is a nonfiction Christian parenting guide that equips Christian parents and educators to model their faith to their children. This biblically based Christian parenting book teaches parents about the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual development of their kids, helps parents talk about faith to their kids, trains parents to share their testimony and faith at home, and instructs parents on how to pray with their kids. Living by Example is a must-read for parents wondering, “How do I teach my kids about God?” “How do I grow my child’s faith?” and “How can I be a spiritual leader in my home?” Christian parenting; faith development; child development; faith formation; children’s ministry; family ministry, Christian parenting books; Christian parenting discipline; biblical advice on parenting; biblical parenting.
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Meditations On Fidelity
$9.95Add to cartThe meditations in this book guide the reader in reflecting on some of the most important questions we can ask ourselves as Christians. This small book also supports readers in improving their commitment to understanding themselves and those they love. These meditations could be used by Christian pastors and counselors as they assist parishioners in coming to terms with remorsefulness about their human flaws and in extending sincere expressions of forgiveness to themselves and toward others both in and outside their faith communities.
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When Parenting Isnt Perfect
$19.99Add to cartPerfection is the enemy of parenting. Jim Daly sees and hears from mothers and fathers trying hard to pursue perfection. They listen to the best experts and read all the right books. When someone gives them a “World’s Best Mom” or “No. 1 Dad” coffee mug, they want it to be true. And they want their children to pursue perfection, too.
It’s admirable for parents to be the very best moms and dads they can be for their children. But sometimes in so doing, they leave grace behind-both for themselves and their children. Jim believes that our quest for perfection, a quest that he believes is particularly strong among Christians, runs counter to God’s own boundless gift of grace. We can become Pharisaical parents, quoting endless rules and holding everyone to impossible standards. But God doesn’t want us, and our kids don’t need us, to be perfect. As parents, we’re called to simply do our best. And when we fail-which we will-we’re called to try again tomorrow.
Though he’s the President of Focus on the Family, Jim does not promise that his book will be a catalyst for a perfect family. But it can help point the way toward a good family-one that feels safe and warm; one filled with love and laughter. This book will encourage mothers and fathers to embrace the messiness of parenthood and show grace to their own less-than-ideal children. Jim, through his own experiences, expertise, and array of stories, will lead both moms and dads to a better understanding of what being a good family is all about.
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Fierce Love : One Womans Courageous Journey To Save Her Marriage
$16.99Add to cartLove is easy to give when you are getting it back. Are we still called to God’s plan of how to love when we are getting none in return? Shauna Shanks’s brave journey through obedience reveals the outcome of when we dare to follow God’s ludicrous outline for love as described in 1 Corinthians 13.
Wrecked with news of her husband’s affair and his request for a divorce, Shauna finds herself urgently faced with a decision. Does she give up and divorce her husband and move on, or does she try to fight for her marriage? The former choice seems to contradict God’s plan for how to love, such as “love never gives up,” “love is patient,” and “love is kind.”
Taking God at His word and assuming the love chapter was really meant to be followed literally word by word, she not only finds herself falling in love with her spouse again, but also falling in love with Jesus, which changes everything.
First Corinthians 13 presents an audacious, illogical, and irrational context of how to love, meant to be applied to every marital context not just the fairytale marriage. If God’s instructions seem illogical and audacious, you might just expect the same kind of results in return!
This book is not air-brushed. It was written in the midst of the author’s deepest trauma, and she purposefully did not edit out her mistakes and failures during that season. This book will resonate with women who do not feel like the picture-perfect Christian woman with the fairytale life and marriage.
A Fierce Love is the story of a train wreck and reaching out to God not in the calm but in the chaos and finding hope for the future.
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Strong And Kind
$18.99Add to cartIt’s never been more important to teach your children well.
What America needs today are parents w ho don’t just s ay they value these virtues but who live them and passionately and boldly teach them to their children. It’s up to me and you and every parent in America to make the necessary changes to give our children the opportunity to change the world. We do that by instilling good character traits in them so that they will be capable of being the adults our world needs.
-Korie Robertson
Many parents want to see positive character traits in their children but wonder how to instill them. As stars of the hit reality-TV show Duck Dynasty, Korie and Willie Robertson receive loads of letters and messages from fans asking how they’ve raised such good kids. As they will tell you, “it isn’t always easy, but raising kids with good character is possible.”
A straightforward, practical approach to parenting, Strong and Kind helps you identify the character traits you want to see in your children and gives you the tools for putting them in place. Besides strength and kindness other character traits include:
*Self-Control
*Honesty
*Compassion
*Patience
*Joyfulness
*Loyalty
*HumilityBy modeling positive traits, with confidence, consistency, creativity, unity, and in truth and love, you can increase the chances of your kids catching on. At the end of the day, the Duck Dynasty stars say the most important thing you can do for your children is what they do at the end of every episode: hand them over to God in prayer.
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Sharing Gods Big Love With Little Lives
$19.99Add to cartJean teaches parents and caregivers how to better interact with little ones in the work of spiritual formation. This book encourages age-appropriate, positive conversations and activities that have eternal impact. Speaking to parents, grandparents, and teachers of preschoolers using Scripture, humor, research, and anecdotes, Jean communicates in a lively way, offering strong Biblical guidance and practical application. With a strong conviction that Jesus loves the little children, Jean champions the values of little lives.
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Be The Dad She Needs You To Be
$18.99Add to cart“I want to marry somebody just like . . .” Surprise! The relationship that matters most to your daughter isn’t the one with her mother-it’s the one with you, Dad. Her self-esteem, choices, behavior, character, and even her ideas about or choice of a marriage partner are all directly tied to you, as the most important representative to her of the male species.
In Be the Dad She Needs You to Be Dr. Kevin Leman, internationally acclaimed psychologist, New York Times bestselling author, and father of four daughters, will show you how to: make each daughter feel unique, special, valued, and receptive to your ideas. discipline the right way. talk turkey about what guys are really thinking. keep the critical eye at bay. wave the truce flag when females turn your family room into a battleground. set your daughter up for relationship success.
Whether your daughter lives with you part-time, full-time, or not at all, you can gain a warm, lifelong relationship-one based on mutual love and respect.
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Broken Compass : Finding Your Way Again After Divorce
$14.99Add to cartFew things in life are as painful as divorce. The end of a marriage can leave a person feeling lost and alone, questioning whether God cares enough to help them find their way, and wondering if they can ever again trust anyone. To receive God’s help and guidance, we have to take that first step toward Him.
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Its His Show
$12.99Add to cartIt’s His Show is about a difficult and obviously serious subject: marital infidelity and patterns of the heart that lead to vulnerability and breakdown. But, it’s about so much more.
One extraordinary couple shares the story of their transformed hearts through the most devastating, yet incredible, season in their lives. No matter the details of your circumstances, God offers hope and healing. When the world screams in your ear to give up, when your human judgment says to throw in the towel, when it doesn’t make sense to press on, remember this: God can do what man says can’t be done.
The authors talk with brutal honesty and wry humor about the failure of Christian marriages in America. What happened when infidelity entered their marriage was a common story that plays out in home after home, every day, regardless of a couple’s faith. When things get hard, you cut your losses and start over, right? Yet, their story begins where most such tragedies end.
Written from Colleen s perspective with revealing insights from Chris, IT’S HIS SHOW chronicles with painful honesty and wry humor the path that led the McKains to the darkest period of their lives, and the amazing and majestic power of God that brought them through it–together.
This is not a tell-all book. Nor is it just a cautionary tale, a feel-good story, a counseling process, nor an easy read. This is tough stuff, a captivating and intense read, intertwined with a powerful message of hope. Regardless of where you are in your marriage, IT S HIS SHOW may just reveal to you some truths about your own foundation, or point you in the direction of health, of restoration, of the fullness and richness everyone hopes for in their relationship, not just with each other, but with God Himself. A mesmerizing read.
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Little Book Of Big Ideas For Dads And Daughters
$13.99Add to cartBuild a Connection with Your Daughter That Will Last a Lifetime
You want to be closer to your daughter, but how?
This one-of-a-kind book is chock-full of fun and practical ways to build a great relationship with her. Find out how you can make a difference in the most important parts of your daughter’s life, such as her
*relationship with her mom and friends
*personal faith and spiritual gifts
*love life and future marriageBestselling author and proud dad Jay Payleitner has loaded each chapter with big ideas for interacting with your daughter. And Jay’s own adult daughter, Rae Anne, offers valuable insights into the hearts and minds of girls and young women.
Try some of these big ideas yourself, and you’ll see your relationship with your daughter deepen and grow. Whether she is still young or is a full-grown adult, it’s never too early or too late to build a connection with her to last a lifetime.
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Staymarried A Couples Devotional
$14.99Add to cartAlthea Press
Strong marriages don’t just happen. They require commitment, time, and faith-which can often be difficult to achieve amid the hustle and bustle of our daily lives. But this kind of dedication is essential, not just to getting married, but to staying married.
After five years of marriage, Michelle Peterson discovered that many of the couples she knew were separating or getting divorced, and found herself asking a question that would become the foundation of her life’s work: What does it take to stay married? From this question Michelle developed the popular blog and podcast, #staymarried, which has helped hundreds of thousands of couples improve their marriages.
#staymarried: A Couple’s Devotional combines everything Michelle has learned in one welcoming and applicable couple’s devotional. In #staymarried: A Couple’s Devotional, scripture-based devotions help you and your spouse work together to strengthen your relationship-to each other and God.
In this couple’s devotional, you’ll find:
-Devotions that require only 30 minutes per week and address everything from finances and arguments to trust and intimacy.
-Wisdom from the Bible incorporated with up-to-date research from research-based sources such as The Gottman Institute.
-Inclusive, open-minded guidance that applies to a diverse range of couples.With #staymarried: A Couple’s Devotional, you and your spouse will learn to connect meaningfully and communicate honestly while renewing your shared commitment to your marriage and faith.
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Strength For Parents Of Missing Children
$24.99Add to cartHawaii Way Publishing
Families everywhere experience the loss of contact with children due to divorce and foster care. Follow the mother of an abducted child as she helps others survive and thrive in this award-winning Christian bestseller.
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Breaking Family Ties
$19.99Add to cartThere is a real epidemic occurring in our society that is keeping people oppressed within the walls of their own mind. In a simple moment of time, your life can completely change by a recurring negative thought. Words spoken over your life as a child can affect your life now. Breaking Family Ties will explore the power of words over your life, and what you can do to be free. Be free to fulfill your purpose and follow your dreams. You can be free from the bondage of unspoken and spoken curses upon your life. Freedom is a right and is not unattainable. Breaking Family Ties descriptively goes through different stages in life that can trigger negative ties. By the end of this book, you will discover the tools necessary to see the walls come down.
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10 Gifts Of Heart
$11.99Add to cartEvery parent wants their child to grow into a gracious and competent adult. Faith, character, manners, initiative, gratitude-these are just a few of the qualities and skills children need to take to heart before they leave home. Yet parents today do not always have a clear vision for how to cultivate those traits. What does it look like for a mother to train her child’s heart to excellence and goodness? In 10 Gifts of Heart, Sally Clarkson shares biblical wisdom and practical insights from over thirty years of motherhood to show the way.
You’ll be motivated and empowered in this friendly and accessible book to accept the challenge to spiritually influence and direct your child’s heart. That kind of heart training is hard work, though, so 10 Gifts of Heart is filled with personal examples, engaging stories, practical suggestions, and heartfelt encouragement for moms in the thick of raising children. It is, at its heart, a book of vision and inspiration for shaping your child’s heart to want to follow and please God.
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New Dads Playbook (Reprinted)
$17.99Add to cartNFL superstar, commentator, activist, and dad lays out his step-by-step game plan from pre-season (preparing for fatherhood) to Superbowl (birth) to post-season (after the baby’s home), teaching men how to prepare to be the best possible partners and fathers they can be.
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Planet Middle School
$15.99Add to cartYou are about to embark on a fantastic journey
If you’ve ever watched one of those movies where regular people are walking around minding their own business, until without warning their chests burst open and alien life-forms come slithering out, then you know what it’s like to suddenly find yourself with a middle-schooler. Your once-peaceful home full of silliness and laughter morphs into the twisted landscape of a forbidding alien world, where moody adolescents drag their claws and moan about . . . well, just about everything.
Welcome to Planet Middle School. Better get comfortable. You’ll be here awhile.
Lucky for you, New York Times bestselling author Dr. Kevin Leman successfully navigated Planet Middle School with five children. With his expert guidance, you’ll see how you can help your child not only survive but thrive during these turbulent years. Leman shows you how to:
* understand your child’s rapidly expanding world
* respond rather than react to mood swings
* tell your child about sex (before someone else tells their version)
* create opportunities for your child to practice selflessness and gratitude
* ensure that your kid is one who loves home and family
* and much moreMiddle-schoolers can be a strange, unpredictable species. But with a little help from Dr. Leman, you can ride out the interstellar storm with humor and confidence.
Houston, we have a problem.
It happens to every parent. One day, you have a sweet son or daughter who loves to snuggle on the couch and who puts a smile on your face just by walking into the room. The next day, it’s as if someone left the door open and let in an alien with a smart mouth and an attitude that, frankly, you could do without. Entering middle school is like stepping onto a different planet–for parent and child alike.
But these years don’t have to create chaos in your family. In fact, they can be some of the best, most fruitful years of all, a time when you can grow closer rather than drift apart. From the internal storms of hormonal changes to the external challenges of peer pressure and our technology-saturated culture, your child is under constant bombardment. Learn how to come alongside your middle-schooler with the love, understanding, and values that will see you both safely back home to earth when your time on Planet Middle School is over.
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Grandmothers Journal : Memories And Keepsakes For My Grandchild
$18.99Add to cartBlue Streak
The perfect gift for your grandmother (ideal for Mother’s Day and birthday giving), this beautiful keepsake memory book is designed to capture and preserve grandmother’s unique memories, from the days of her own childhood through the precious moments she spends with her grandchild.
Charming illustrations make this guided journal a perfect gift for today’s grandmother, a wonderful keepsake book that she will want to share with each of her grandchildren. Beautifully designed and offering plenty of space for grandmother to tell her own life story, keep a living record of her experiences, and share her hopes and dreams for her grandchild, Grandmother’s Journal is sure to be a treasured gift. Each page includes thoughtful prompts to inspire and encourage any grandmother to record her most memorable and meaningful experiences as a child, young woman, mother, and grandmother, plus the traditions, life lessons, and family stories that she most wants to share with her grandchildren. This is a memory book to keep forever.
–Lots of room to record details of grandmother’s life for grandchildren to discover
–Thoughtful prompts elicit meaningful memories to cherish
–Sturdy pocket in back endpaper to hold memorabilia
–Includes a fill-in family treeWith a special note just for the grandchild’s eyes (in smaller type that grandma can’t read), this is sure to please family members of all ages.
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Magic Of Motherhood
$19.99Add to cartThe ups and downs and joys and struggles of motherhood are not for the faint of heart. No matter where you are in your journey, find a new strength, beauty, and sisterhood you never truly believed possible in The Magic of Motherhood, a beautiful and encouraging book written for an imperfect, trying-her-best mom just like you. Motherhood can feel overwhelming. You hope you’re doing the very best you can for your child, but life with little ones can leave you feeling isolated and unsure. You find your feelings swinging between joy and uncertainty, intense love and anxiety, laughter and tears. The old adage is true: the days are long and the years are short. But how do you make the most of all the hours in between? The Magic of Motherhood celebrates your life-the good stuff, the hard stuff, and everything in between. Full of encouragement, humor, and wisdom that will speak to you right where you are, The Magic of Motherhood is like a long-overdue coffee date with your best girlfriend, the one who can look at you and say, “I see you, girl. You’re doing a great job. You got this, mama.” From the writers behind the popular blog Coffee + Crumbs comes a beautiful new book to remind you of your identity, both as a woman and as a mother. The encouraging essays in The Magic of Motherhood will inspire and refresh you, and flipping through the pages will remind you of some of the universal experiences of motherhood-joy, love, the good and bad kinds of heartache, and plenty of laughter. Through the beautiful words and inspiring messages in The Magic of Motherhood, be reminded of your own story and the sisterhood of motherhood that surrounds you and supports you. The moments of calm and chaos, beauty and mess, that happen between your coffee and crumbs are worth reflecting on and valuing.
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Solid Foundation Marriage From Three Perspectives
$19.99Add to cartGod designed marriage to meet our emotional, spiritual, and physical needs. But it requires knowledge, effort, and skill. In their easy-to-read and practical guide to successful married life, the Scotts touch on the everyday challenges married couples face – in the open and in secret. Also included is an inspiring 20-day devotional.
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More Than Words
$20.00Add to cartThe values we live and raise our families by are grounded, first, in love. Contrary to many of today’s so-called family values, our values go beyond one or two loaded social issues to a wholehearted lifestyle of practicing compassion, hospitality, justice, peace, and belonging.
More than Words articulates ten values that forward-thinking, openhearted people want to embody in their lives and pass on to their children. With practical ideas and thought-provoking questions, this book inspires families to live more intentionally, engage their communities, and make a difference in the world.
