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Hes Almost A Teenager
$17.00Add to cartA Guide to Meaningful Parent-Son Conversations
Do you know what your son really thinks about girls, school, God, his future? It’s not easy to be sure, is it? Boys aren’t known for being great communicators, especially entering their teen years. How do you connect with him on the things that are important to both of you?
Based on tried-and-true parenting wisdom, this book shares fun, thoughtful questions and talking points that lead to meaningful, natural conversations about:
* physical and emotional changes your son is facing
* staying pure in an oversexualized culture
* using social media responsibly
* and much moreThis structured approach offers practical ways to bond with your son and encourage him in his faith, talk about the challenges he faces in school and with friends, and show him that you love him dearly before he enters the turbulent teen years.
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Warrior We Call Mom
$15.99Add to cartSee the connection between spiritual warfare and your role as a mother in order for your kids to experience an awakening of their own.
There is a spiritual war raging against the next generation. This book is a passionate call for moms to break out of the box of “normal” and dare to be led by the Spirit in their day-to-day parenting. Deven Wallace looks at biblical examples, including the mothers of Jesus, John the Baptist, Samuel, Moses, and Samson to empower mothers today.
The heart of a mother is to see her child serve God with passion, and this book will be the catalyst to that revival.
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Youre The Husband
$11.99Add to cartYour wife needs you.
God calls men to be exceptional, extraordinary, and exemplary. Somewhere between the Garden of Eden and the invention of the latest video game console, this concept got completely lost on a huge population of young men in our modern society.
You’re the Husband seeks to provide a road map for men as they navigate through marriage. God did not design it to be easy, nor did He design it to be perfect or everlasting. Instead, He designed marriage to be full of commitment, sacrifice, and service. He has designed marriage to sanctify. You’re the Husband examines the biblical pillars of being a husband-where love and responsibility come together to produce a godly marriage.
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Barbara And Susans Guide To The Empty Nest (Revised)
$16.00Add to cartDiscover New Passion and Purpose after the Kids Leave Home
Many women approaching their empty-nest years do so with mixed emotions–feeling grief for what is no more but also excitement for what lies ahead. Barbara Rainey and Susan Yates are seasoned empty nesters, and they know firsthand the ups and downs, the uncertainty and challenges that accompany this new stage of life.
Although Mom is a lifelong role, the job description changes significantly when the kids are grown. Questions abound: Who am I now? How do I relate to my kids? How will my marriage be affected? Where am I needed? Every woman in this stage needs to determine her own redefined role as wife, mother, friend, and more. Offering practical advice and biblical guidance, along with inspiring personal stories of women who have discovered how to live a meaningful life during the “second half,” Barbara and Susan help you work out how to flourish and thrive in your own empty nests.
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1 Plus One Equals One
$14.99Add to cartWHY ANOTHER MARRIAGE BOOK? There was need for a book with short, practical chapters with assignments and suggested prayers so that people could read for a little while and grab hold of something that they could apply to their marriage right away. The chapters needed to be short enough that husband and wife could read it together without too much inconvenience, enjoy the time together, and even discuss the content of the chapters. The fact that the lessons are so practical, and, therefore, immediately applicable, is huge. The assignments give direction as to the application. Then the icing on the cake: for the husband and wife to pray out loud what is suggested at the end of each chapter, brings a real sense of honesty before each other, and before the Lord.
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Wifes Secret To Happiness
$14.99Add to cartThe path to marital happiness is different than you think. When our plans for marriage improvement begin with ”If my husband would . . .” or ”If, as a couple, we could . . .” we’re missing the secret.
Despite her man’s flaws and failures, the Lord plans to bless a wife’s marriage through her husband. A Wife’s Secret to Happiness shares eleven powerful, practical blessings that God wants to pour into your lap like sweet spiritual confetti, and the wifestyle habits that will attract or reject this divine provision.
No matter your title–from stay-at-home mom to business executive to ministry leader–you can celebrate God’s role for you as a wife and learn how to:
– Embrace vibrant marital roles without getting stuck in gender ruts
– Reduce stress and busyness by building intimacy and strength
– Boost love, support, and encouragement in your communication
– Deepen your spousal connection so you won’t feel alone
– Restore dreams for your life with your spouseThrough thoughtful exploration of biblical promises, humorous hope-filled stories, and compelling testimonies, Jen shares how God empowers her life as a submissive millennial wife, and inspires readers to experience the same freedom.
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Clay Jar Cracked
$14.99Add to cartWith its hybrid format of part devotional and part autobiography, Clay Jar, Cracked provides the authentic account of a woman’s walk through one of the most traumatic relational stories ever told. Cortney Donelson writes a powerful testimony about her personal marriage crisis and how God revealed Himself and became the lead role in securing an ending that defies cultural expectations and statistics. Clay Jar, Cracked shares a specific marriage story, but the thought-provoking messages throughout apply to any crisis one might experience.
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Thats My Son (Reprinted)
$13.99Add to cartWhy do boys act the way they do? Why would a trip to the garbage dump be such a highlight in a boy’s life? What do boys need to learn in order to become good men?
A mother’s influence on her sons is unique and valuable, but sometimes moms don’t understand what makes their boys tick. They want to help their sons grow up to become men of honor and integrity, but that’s a tremendous challenge.
With refreshing honesty and a man’s insight, author Rick Johnson offers the advice, understanding, and support every mom is looking for when it comes to raising godly sons. Using extensive research and humorous personal experiences, he addresses tough issues such as communication, discipline, sexuality, and respect. Mothers, including single moms, as well as grandmothers and teachers will find wise counsel and reassurance in this practical and helpful book.
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Faithful Families : Creating Sacred Moments At Home
$19.99Add to cartA new and expanded version of Seamless Faith, now with more than a dozen new spiritual practices, space to personalize it with your own favorite practices and scriptures, and additional resources for parents, kids, grandparents, and communities that care about families!
Add family faith moments to your daily routine with little or no prep, and share meaningful spiritual experiences with your children! Traci Smith, a pastor and mother of three, offers ways to discover and develop new spiritual practices as a family, whether you’re a new seeker or a lifelong follower. Faithful Families is brimming with more than 50 easy, do-it-yourself ideas for transforming your family’s everyday moments into sacred moments!
Faithful Families helps you:
*connect faith to your family’s everyday life
*add family faith moments into your daily routine
*learn new spiritual practices alongside your children
*teach your children to appreciate religious diversity with time-tested non-Christian and Christian spiritual practices
*respond to life’s everyday challenges and opportunities with meaningful practicesFaithful Families is the perfect gift for:
*Parents, Grandparents, Aunts and Uncles!
*Baptisms
*Baby Showers
*New Families
*Christian educators and those they serve
*Preschool Classes
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Spiritual Mismatch : Hope For Christians Married To Someone Who Doesnt Know
$19.99Add to cartSomeone came between Lee and Leslie Strobel, threatening to shipwreck their marriage. No, it wasn’t an old flame. It was Jesus Christ.
Leslie’s decision to become a follower of Jesus brought heated opposition from her skeptical husband. They began to experience conflict over a variety of issues, from finances to child-rearing. But over time, Leslie learned how to survive a spiritual mismatch. Today they’re both Christians – and they want you to know that there is hope if you’re a Christian married to a nonbeliever.
In their intensely personal and practical book, they reveal:
*Surprising insights into the thinking of non-Christian spouses
*A dozen steps toward making the most of your mismatched marriage
*Eight principles for reaching out to your partner with the gospel
*Advice for raising your children in a spiritually mismatched home
*How to pray for your spouse, along with a 30-day guide to get you started
*What to do if you’re both Christians but one lags behind spiritually
*Advice for single Christians to avoid the pain of a mismatchWith these trusted principles and helpful suggestions, Lee and Leslie Strobel share God’s peace and hope for your marriage.
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Wait : A Powerful Practice For Finding The Love Of Your Life And The Life Y
$15.99Add to cartIn this New York Times bestseller, Hollywood power couple DeVon Franklin and Meagan Good candidly share their courtship and marriage, and the key to their success-waiting.
President/CEO of Franklin Entertainment and former Sony Pictures executive DeVon Franklin and award-winning actress Meagan Good have learned firsthand that some people must wait patiently for “the one” to come into their lives. They spent years crossing paths but it wasn’t until they were thrown together while working on the film Jumping the Broom that their storybook romance began.
Faced with starting a new relationship and wanting to avoid potentially devastating pitfalls, DeVon and Meagan chose to do something almost unheard of in today’s society-abstain from sex until they were married.
DeVon and Meagan share the life-changing message that waiting-rather than rushing a relationship-can help you find the person you’re meant to be with. The Wait is filled with candid his-and-hers accounts of the most important moments of their relationship and practical advice on how waiting for everything-from dating to sex-can transform relationships, allowing you to find a deep connection based on patience, trust, and faith.
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Love Is Waiting
$11.99Add to cartWhether everyone admits it or not, we all want to have a Hollywood romance. We want someone to race to the airport to stop us because of love they have for us. We want the one we love to rush in and stop us from marrying someone else. We want that special someone to run toward us and say those three amazing words I LOVE YOU! We are all old time romantics.
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Matrimonio Del Reino – (Spanish)
$14.99Add to cartQue pasa cuando un hombre del reino se casa con una mujer del reino? Un matrimonio del reino: Uniendo el proposito de Dios con nuestro placer ayudara a parejas a crecer juntos como una union del reino para cumplir con el diseno y el proposito de Dios para su matrimonio. A traves de consejos practicos e historias de gran impacto, el Dr. Tony Evans inspira e instuye a parejas en como descubrir la esperanza, el desafio y la orientacion que la Palabra de Dios tiene para su viaje en esta vida juntos.Un matrimonio del reino demuestra a las parejas que la clave para influir en nuestra sociedad y en el mundo con impacto duradero se encuentra en cimentar un matrimonio con fundamentos biblicos como Dios lo establecio desde un principio. Inicia con ambos, marido y mujer, reflejando a Dios, a su imagen y asi modelando esa misma reflexion dentro de los roles y responsabilidades de su union. Esto se basa en una correcta comprension del reino de Dios y de sus responsabilidades en el mismo.”Ustedes pueden reflejar la gloria de Dios y la unidad de la Trinidad a traves de su proposito compartido, el honor y el amor como una verdadera pareja del reino.” – Tony Evans
What 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.
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 Kingdom Marriage 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.
“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
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Crazy Little Thing Called Marriage
$17.99Add to cartEvery couple who wants a happy marriage will appreciate the revitalizing secrets in Crazy Little Thing Called Marriage. In it, Dr. Greg and Erin Smalley explore the traits of a healthy and thriving marriage.
Based on research of thousands of strong couples across the country, the twelve essential elements outlined are not only biblically based; they also chart a course for a romantic adventure that will last a lifetime.
With practical advice and stories from their own marriage and counseling experiences, Greg and Erin guide couples to find ways to work around roadblocks in their current relationship and to intentionally create communication patterns that will take them to emotionally safe places.
Yes, marriage can have its twists and turns. But the detours don’t necessarily have to lead couples off course. Greg and Erin help couples map out a journey for their marriages so that they can enjoy the passionate and intimate relationship that God has promised.
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Unseen Companion : God With The Single Mother
$12.99Add to cartIf you are a single mom, you may find yourself asking:
*Will this loneliness ever go away?
*If God sees me, why do I feel so overlooked, even by the church?
*How can I build a spiritually strong home with so little support-and so little time?Michelle Senters has felt these exact burdens, and in The Unseen Companion she speaks right to them, giving heart-to-heart encouragement to single moms who need to know that God is with her.
Avoiding cliches and hurtful platitudes, Michelle offers true hope from God’s Word. Her reflections, seasoned by personal experience, will help you:
*Trust that God sees your needs and can satisfy them
*Develop a vibrant relationship with God’s Word
*Experience God’s presence as the builder of your home
*Avoid temptation and counterfeit solutions
*Strengthen your resolve and confidence to raise children of faithRead The Unseen Companion and receive a personal, practical word about following God as a single mom, with Him leading your family in strength and love.
Includes questions at the end of each chapter for reflection, journaling, or group discussion.
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Mommy Why
$20.95Add to cartMommy, Why? answers some of the age-old questions that children have asked parents for centuries. “Mommy or Daddy, why . . . ?” Why not give your child God’s answers to the difficult questions of life? Often, adults ask the same questions. Mommy, Why? may answer questions adults have never found the answer to.
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Do Your Children Believe
$19.99Add to cartAre your children ready to live out their faith in the real world? Most parents who value Christian faith want their children to enjoy a vibrant, growing relationship with God, both now and throughout their lives. But few of those parents ever attach this hope to an ongoing plan; therefore, they fail to lay a reliable spiritual track in front of the fast-moving train of family life. This book is a junction point where deep parental desire meets workable design and where timid inadequacy meets Christ’s sufficiency. It’s where individual families become multiplication factories, exerting a lasting impact not only on their coming generations but even on the culture at large. The death of Joshua and his contemporaries was barely old news in Israel before the people of God experienced a Judges 2:10 moment: “There arose another generation after them who did not know the Lord or the work that he had done” (ESV). One generation is all it takes. One generation who stops remembering. One generation who stops creating. One generation blinded to God’s real work in their lives who then subtly quiets the expectation of His new work in succeeding generations. Do Your Children Believe? appears at a time in history when another Judges 2:10 moment doesn’t sound so incredibly far-fetched-a day when many people’s only real knowledge of God comes from what they’ve heard and read about, not what they’ve actually seen and experienced, and when His work is more about the dutiful following of rules than the daily adventure of walking with Him as Lord. Imagine, instead, a generation of your family who knows God with intimate familiarity. Who doesn’t just pretend at faith but actually lives it. Kids who can tell you what they believe and why it matters. Teenagers who handle adversity with the resilient joy of godly wisdom. A family who prays together and worships together, growing into young adults who are equipped and inspired to keep this torch ablaze from the moment their own new families begin. This book is here to make that reality happen, written by an author equipped with not only a passion for the concept but also a proven plan for success-a wealth of first-hand personal stories from his wife and kids for how they’ve put this plan into living action with remarkable blessings in tow. When God puts His power behind families who embrace this kingdom call, on-the-ground change will result in off-the-charts revival.
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Becoming A Girl Of Grace
$14.99Add to cartMoms and daughters will be empowered to embrace the girls of grace God designed them to be instead of conforming to society’s mold of normal.
As a mom of two daughters, Catherine understands how unique the mother/daughter bond truly is. A few years ago, she looked tirelessly for a Bible study to share with her tween daughter. Catherine found countless options for children and teens but?very few for the tween age group-and none of these options were designed for moms and tween daughters to share together. Recognizing an unfulfilled need, Catherine wrote Becoming a Girl of Grace.
Moms and daughters will take a closer look at some of the amazing ladies of the Bible and the character traits they model for modern tween girls. These women of yesterday have a lot to share with the girls of today! Dealing with mean girls and bullies, feeling left out, and learning to like oneself are not new social dilemmas. The Bible is full of examples of strong females who chose to follow God and pursue faith despite what was happening in their world and cultures.
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Are My Kids On Track (Reprinted)
$17.99Add to cartTools for Identifying and Developing Spiritual, Social, and Emotional Growth
From birth to adulthood, our children’s physical and intellectual development is carefully tracked and charted. But what about their hearts? After all, how our children develop emotionally, socially, and spiritually will determine who they become as husbands and wives, fathers and mothers, friends and co-workers.
Are My Kids on Track? helps you identify and measure 12 key emotional, social, and spiritual milestones in your children’s lives. Moreover, you will discover practical ways to guide your kids through any stumbling blocks they might encounter and help them reach the appropriate landmarks. Along the way the authors pinpoint the different ways boys and girls develop, so you can help your child flourish in his or her own way.
Filled with decades of experience from three practicing counselors, speakers, and writers, this book provides you with valuable, current research and user-friendly, hands-on practices to make supporting your kids’ soul
development a seamless part of family life. Don’t just raise smart kids–raise courageous, compassionate, resilient, empathetic, and smart kids. -
Happily Ever After
$10.99Add to cartHarder than you imagined. Better than a fairy tale. Marriage between sinners has its inevitable messes. If you’ve been married longer than a week or two, you know how the hard realities of life in a fallen age can come crashing in. Perhaps you had a season of “once upon a time,” but soon enough you realized that this marriage, in this world, is not yet your “happily ever after.” We want to help. We believe that God designed marriage not as a trial to be endured, but as a pointer to and catalyst for your greatest joy. God didn’t design marriage to be your storybook ending, but a fresh beginning, to help get you ready for the true “happily ever after” when together we see our great Bridegroom face to face. The thirty devotional readings in Happily Ever After have been assembled to shape, challenge, and inspire you and your spouse’s (or fiance’s) vision of marriage.
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Honey We Need To Talk
$14.99Add to cartTake your communication from superficial to super-intimate in order to build a healthy, lasting relationship.
If a woman is in a relationship with a man, she wants to talk with him. She actually needs to talk with him. She believes-and she is correct-that if they can talk on a deeper level regularly, they will be much closer and much happier.
In an intensely practical, workbook style Honey, We Need to Talk will guide you through each of these ten essential areas:
*Emotional intimacy
*Spiritual intimacy
*Conflict
*Past pain experienced with others
*Past pain experienced as a couple
*Each partner’s needs
*Sins and areas of weakness
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Smart Love
$15.00Add to cartThe principles of emotional intelligence have long been applied to the business world with remarkable results. But what would happen if they were applied to that most important of relationships–marriage?
SMART Love is a system for understanding emotions–both your own and your spouse’s–managing those emotions, and walking hand in hand through those situations when emotions run high. Drs. David and Jan Stoop break the book into five sections:
– Self-awareness of your emotions
– Managing your emotions
– Accountability to yourself, your spouse, and others
– Reading the other person’s emotions
– Together in the land of emotionsA SMART Love inventory helps readers see where they are strong and where they need improvement, and each section includes action steps couples can take to implement what they’ve learned. Perfect for couples’ counseling, small groups, and anyone who wants to connect with their spouse more deeply.
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4 Things Women Want From A Man
$16.99Add to cartAfter decades of preaching, teaching, and counseling, influential Christian leader A.R. Bernard reveals the four qualities women want in a man qualities that contribute to a satisfying and happy relationship.
As a longtime pastor of a big-city church, A.R. Bernard has witnessed couples in every stage of life. He s been with them as they experienced dizzying joys, unspeakable tragedies, and everything in between.
As men and women have come to Bernard for spiritual counseling and advice, he s learned patterns of behavior that are repeated time and again. After almost four decades of preaching, teaching, and counseling, he s seen that while every situation is unique, people s behaviors and consequences are amazingly consistent. With this in mind, Bernard has developed a simple system for understanding how couples relate to each other.
Maturity, decisiveness, consistency, and strength these are the four things women want and need most from a man. In his book, Bernard teaches readers how to identify and cultivate these traits toward a happy and long-lasting relationship one built to weather any storm. -
Best Places To Live For Autism
$19.93Add to cartThis 335+ page valuable book provides you with the critical information needed to make a smart relocation decision. It provides the essential information needed to find the best place for YOU and YOUR SPECIAL NEEDS LOVED ONE to live in America.-which best ‘fits’ your needs and the needs of your loved ones.
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I Dont Want A Divorce (Reprinted)
$18.99Add to cartWhether the issue is communication, the kids, negative attitudes, or even adultery, every difficult marriage has a chance to not only survive but become a truly great marriage. This 90-day plan shows readers how with humor, Scripture, and enlightening personal stories.
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Lists To Love By For Busy Husbands
$34.00Add to cartIt’s no secret that there is a wide emotional gap between men and women. Couples crave love, but don’t always know how to express it to their spouse.
LISTS TO LOVE BY FOR BUSY HUSBANDS presents practical insights and step-by-step advice for husbands who want to bridge that gap and improve their marriage. These thirty lists will carry husbands through an entire month of learning to love their wives more deeply–wisdom they will come back to again and again.
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Lists To Love By For Busy Wives
$34.00Add to cartIt’s no secret that there is a wide emotional gap between men and women. Couples crave love, but don’t always know how to express it to their spouse.
LISTS TO LOVE BY FOR BUSY WIVES presents creative, practical ways for wives to bridge that gap and improve their marriage. These thirty lists will carry wives through an entire month of learning to love their husbands more deeply–advice they will come back to again and again.
Highlights include:
*8 Expectations for a Great Marriage
*5 Things Husbands Wish Wives Knew
*10 Things Husbands Want to Hear from Their Wives
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Cherish : The One Word That Changes Everything For Your Marriage
$22.99Add to cart“Most marriages survive by gritting teeth and holding on. But marriages can and will not only survive but thrive when husbands and wives learn to cherish one another.”
Those are the powerful words of bestselling author Gary Thomas in his newest book-Cherish. And in a world desperate for marriage redemption, it is needed now more than ever.
Thomas shows that although there are a countless number of marriages consisting of two people just going through the motions, there are real ways this pattern can be reversed: when husbands and wives learn to cherish one another in proven, loving, and everyday actions and words.
Through personal stories and real world examples, Thomas proves what husbands and wives can begin doing today to turn their marriage around-even a marriage marred by neglect and disrespect.
So how do you cherish your spouse? Thomas will show you how going out of your way to notice them, appreciate them, honor them, encourage them, and hold them close to your heart will bring hope, light, and life into your marriage.
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Year Of Small Things (Reprinted)
$23.00Add to cartUsing humor, narrative, and theological reflection, this inviting book explores the yearlong experiment of two young families to implement twelve small practices of radical faith–not waiting until they were out of debt or the kids were out of diapers or God sent them elsewhere, but right now.
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14 Day Romance Challenge
$13.99Add to cartA Happier Marriage Is Just Two Weeks AwayShake up and spice up your marriage with some simple ideas for showing your husband how much you really love him. Respected speaker and Bible teacher Sharon Jaynes offers you the inspiration you need, a variety of action steps you can choose from, and some words straight from the mouths of husbands (so you can know what your man longs for).Get ready to… surprise your husband in fresh ways and put a smile on his face identify the words or actions that speak straight to your spouse’s heart find that special spark you’ve been missing in your relationshipTake the 14-Day Romance Challenge–and watch the romance reignite!
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Owning Faith : Reimagining The Role Of Church And Family In The Faith Of Te
$15.99Add to cartMore than ever, young disciples want relationships with their parents and other adults; Owning Faith helps older disciples understand how to honor and nurture relationships that last a lifetime.
Today’s adolescents face an uphill climb as they seek to own their faith. And while it’s easy to think that what they really need is an expert, Owning Faith lets you in on God’s big secret: what they need more than anything else is you.
Owning Faith is an accessible guide into the adventure-filled spiritual journey of adolescents. If you would like to learn how to be a wise and compassionate companion who can make an eternal difference in the lives of youth, Owning Faith will show you how.
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Cherish Study Guide (Student/Study Guide)
$12.99Add to cartMost married couples survive by gritting their teeth and holding on. But what if husbands sought to truly cherish their wives? What if in social settings they did their best to make sure she was heard? What if they supported her goals so she could work in her gifts? What if they bought the things she needed to open up her home and put the beauty of her hospitality on display? And what if wives adopted the same attitude? What if she made sure her husband knew she was his strongest supporter? What if she were willing to support him, stabilize him, bind up his wounds-spiritual and emotional-and turn him so his strongest side was always showing? What if she helped him risk failure out in the world because she made it known to him that he would always be her courageous champion? What would that do to him? For the relationship? In the Cherish Him, Cherish Her video-based study, bestselling author Gary Thomas shows how marriages can not only survive but also thrive when husbands and wives learn to cherish one another. How we can go from neglect and disrespect to cherish and adore. How we can send our marriages into a different dimension. How we can recalibrate our marriages when needed so we don’t suffer from apathy, indifference, and gradual drift. None of us want marriages where we grit our teeth and just tolerate each other because God’s Word says we don’t qualify for divorce. We don’t want marriages where our spouses really don’t like us, much less respect us. We want to be married to someone we cherish and who cherishes us, and it is possible to get to that point.
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Kingdom Family Devotional
$18.40Add to cartThis new devotional from Dr. Tony Evans and his son Jonathan Evans will provide both single and married parents with a resource tool to maximize those family devotional times, such as the dinner hour or bedtime. The family virtues-based devotional provides 52 separate topics, one for each week of the year, and five devotionals within each topic that will guide devotional times Monday through Friday. This is a wonderful way to build a spiritually strong family week by week, day after day-a perfect way to head into the weekend. Topics range from the basics of the faith-such as salvation, spiritual warfare, prayer, forgiveness, and discipleship-to essentials of living as followers of Christ: money, prayer, family, friends, and priorities. The subject matter is simplified so even young children can grasp important concepts. This is a perfect resource for busy families.
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Well Ordered Family Annotated
$7.99Add to cartSecond Adam Publishing
The Well Ordered Family is a classic by the Puritan author Ambrose (1604-1664). Like many works from this era of Christian history, it’s packed full of practical biblical principles waiting an application to every Christian household.
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Against The Grain
$29.99Add to cartEach letter of the alphabet delineates every chapter. The book can be read from A to Z, or in any given order depending upon the life stage you’re in with your child. Each chapter starts with Scripture, then explores principles and concepts related to that specific letter of the alphabet. Dr. White concludes each chapter with practical and encouraging applications that she calls Alphabet Soup.
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Silver Lining : A Practical Guide For Christian Grandmothers
$15.00Add to cartAt last, a practical, Christian guide for grandmothers — and for younger women preparing for that stage of life! Since our culture is in love with immaturity, advice written for “older” women can tend to focus on changes: empty nests, new priorities, grown children getting married, etc. But the Bible tells us to focus on the things that don’t change: In all seasons of life, God has good works prepared in advance for us to walk in. And whether you’re a young woman, married, unmarried, widowed, middle-aged, or a great-grandma, you never quit exercising that faith in Christ.
Grandkids and getting older, dinners and hospitality, mentorship and being an “in-law” all come with their own stretches of bumpy road, but faith and joy (and a little of Nancy Wilson’s practical advice) go a long way. Women travelling through this season should be thinking in terms of family legacy — and in terms of eternity — as they seek godly wisdom, great joy, and a silver-haired crown of glory.
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Poder De La Madre Que Ora Bols – (Spanish)
$6.99Add to cartEl corazon de la autora de superventas Stormie Omartian se identifica contigo como una madre que quiere levantar a sus hijos a Aquel que es Padre de todos. Asi que, como puedes garantizar la fe de tus hijos? !Omartian cree que tus oraciones son cruciales! Escribiendo en especifico para las madres, ofrece peticiones en pares por ti y por tus hijos a fin de que obren juntas. Los temas incluyen tu relacion con Jesus, el crecimiento espiritual, las amistades, la salud, y mucho mas. Tambien cuenta con versiculos de la Escritura y el espacio para intercesiones personales. Stormie dice: Si podemos estar seguras de que nuestros hijos tienen una fuerte fe en Dios
y su Palabra, y el amor de Dios en sus corazones, podemos confiar en que se establecen para la eternidad. Nuestras oraciones representan un papel importante en ayudar a lograr eso.
!Este es un gran libro! Sin lugar a dudas, las oraciones son muy eficaces para la vida diaria.En este libro, las oraciones son eficaces sin ser largas en exceso.
Es una oracion sencilla diaria tanto para la madre como por sus hijos tambien.
Las oraciones en este libro estan basadas en la Biblia. Cada pagina tiene espacio para anotar cualquier asunto especifico que la mama desea recordar a fin de orar por ella mismo y por sus hijos. -
Belonging And Becoming
$18.99Add to cartMark and Lisa Scandrette understand the challenges parents are facing in modern society. In “Belonging and Becoming” they hold out a vision for what family culture where family members feel connected, loved and supported to become all they were made to be. Full of practical wisdom drawn from their own experience as parents, this book offers to both inspire and inform us as we work to create a thriving family culture.
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Money Making Mom
$16.99Add to cartCrystal Paine, New York Times bestselling author and the savvy mind behind MoneySavingMom.com, offers practical tools and advice on how to become financially free and empowered with a purpose-now in paperback. Entrepreneur, author, and popular blogger Crystal Paine shares the secrets of building income at home, using real life examples from her own journey in becoming a money-making mom as well as the stories of other women from all walks of life. The nuts and bolts of how to make more money from home are revealed in clear steps that can be immediately and easily put into practice. But more than just a how-to book for earning extra income, Money-Making Mom is a challenge to dream big and create a pathway for life. Paine offers examples and insights about what “finding your purpose” can look like in family, career, and service to others. Readers will find inspiration and hope for a life that’s more than “just getting by,” one driven by vision and the freedom to bless others generously.
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Strengths Based Marriage
$17.99Add to cartMarriage expert Jimmy Evans and strengths expert Allan Kelsey show readers how to have a happier, stronger marriage by applying the concepts from the popular StrengthsFinder assessment to their relationship. One of the biggest obstacles to a happy, strong marriage is a lack of understanding of yourself and your spouse. With Strengths Based Marriage, MarriageToday cofounder Jimmy Evans and Gallup Certified Strengths Coach Allan Kelsey give readers the tools they need to dismantle that hurdle and develop a deeper and richer relationship. Applying the revelatory concepts from the popular Clifton StrengthsFinder assessment to marriage, Evans and Kelsey break new ground in helping readers understand themselves and others. Utterly practical and deeply insightful, the book covers topics like Stopping the Cycles of Pain, Speaking Love to Your Spouse’s Heart, and Secrets of Successful Marriages. Strengths Based Marriage will forever change the way you see yourself, your spouse, and your marriage.
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Story Of Hope
$9.99Add to cartBeyond words . . .After a death in the family, children may need help expressing their feelings. “When the pain is in your heart, you feel it everywhere in your body. You can even feel the pain right through your bones. Some days I wanted to talk about how I felt. Other days I didn’t know what to say, so I drew a picture. – Ashlin, age 8
This unique 30-day, interactive guide helps children express their grief and loss in pictures:
Provides awareness for parents of what their children are feeling
Opens up talking points between the parent and child
Allows the child to grieve in his or her own way.
Ideal for children ages three to eight.
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Will Of A Man And The Way Of A Woman
$14.99Add to cartWhile a man possesses a unique God-given motivational propensity for exercising a strong will in life, a woman conversely possesses a unique God-given propensity for discerning the appropriate way of life. Through ups and downs, these magnetic tensions have helped husband and wife writing team, Robert and Pamela Crosby, learn to balance, bend, and blend in their marriage–to appreciate the balance their differences bring, to bend more appropriately in response to each other, and to move toward a more joyous blend that can only emerge out of two quite different ways somehow turned into one. Simply put, where there’s a WILL, there’s a WAY. The Will of a Man & the Way of a Woman invites you and your spouse to harness the magnetic draw of your differences and blend better in life and love.
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Madre E Hijo – (Spanish)
$17.99Add to cartEl amor es importante, pero el respeto es la clave al corazon de tu hijo. La idea de que las mamas respeten a sus hijos puede sonar ajena para algunos, pero tambien parece encender curiosidad. Es facil identificarse con la necesidad que todos sentimos del amor de una madre, pero es eso lo mismo que respeto? Incluso para los ninos pequenos, el efecto del respeto no es nada menos que asombroso cuando se aplica apropiadamente. Las mamas desean aprender cualquier cosa que les ayude con sus hijos. Despues de todo, aman a sus hijos, pero a muchas de ellas les resulta mas dificil criarlos que a las ninas, especialmente desde los cuatro anos de edad en adelante. Lo que hace que todo esto sea mas urgente es que las mamas estan entrenando a los padres para amar a sus hijas, pero nadie ha dicho nada a las mamas sobre como mostrar respeto a sus hijos, al menos no de una forma que sea aplicable y completamente explicada. Todos entienden que las ninas pequenas necesitan el amor de papa, pero quien esta promocionando con fuerza la verdad de que los ninos pequenos (y los grandes) necesitan el respeto de mama? No es extrano que las madres sientan que no saben nada sobre este tema. Al igual que Emerson Eggerichs transformo millones de relaciones matrimoniales con un entendimiento biblico del amor y el respeto, ahora dirige esos principios a una de las relaciones mas importantes de todas: una madre y su hijo.
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20 Hardest Questions Every Mom Faces
$13.99Add to cartMotherhood is filled with decisions, but the answers aren’t always easy. Every mom needs a coach, someone to come alongside her, give hope, and share time-tested insights.
In her signature warm and personal writing style, Dannah Gresh offers biblically based wisdom and encouragement on the 25 most difficult, yet critical, questions moms face, such as:
*What should my main priority be?
*How do I teach my child to select good friends?
*How do I keep my child from walking away from the faith?
*How do I respond to my prodigal child?Whether your child is 5 or 15, you’ll learn how to think through issues like bullying, whether or not you should work or stay home, and what to do when your child asks, “Why isn’t life fair?”, as well as how to handle issues with eternal consequences. Along the way, you’ll learn the power-and promise-of strategic parenting.
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Buddy Goes To Heaven
$13.95Add to cartThe death of a pet is one of the most traumatic experiences in a child’s life. This book is designed to be a help to them. It can be read independently by a primary grade child. At the end the short setoff suggestions and some Biblical quotes along with a list of adult books can help the adult to help the child.
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Gospel In The Home
$14.99Add to cartGod created the home in perfection–to be a place of peace, harmony, and unconditional love. But sin shattered God’s plan, and now strife, chaos, and stress frequently trouble the home. Relationships are broken, sex is distorted, finances divide parents, parenting seems impossible, and normal is actually abnormal. How do we navigate our homes through chaos? In “Gospel in the Home,” we will examine how the gospel turns chaos back into order. The gospel isn’t just a message to be embraced, but a life to be lived–it heals broken people, empowers the weak, clarifies the uncertain, and speaks into every season of life. The only way to restore our families is to have the Gospel in the Home.
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Rules Of The Game
$29.99Add to cartMarriage is a serious business. The authors approach marriage as a venture comparable to two entrepreneurs launching their dream life project, a long-term investment requiring patience, consistency, and a lifelong commitment to return-on-investment! Cultivating a successful marriage benefits spouses, their children, relatives, and entire communities. A good marriage contributes to the well-being of its members in terms of mental and physical health, academic achievement, emotional stability, financial success, and in building a healthy and vibrant society. Learn how to launch the most important venture of your life in these pages.
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Very Married : Field Notes On Love And Fidelity
$15.99Add to cartKatherine Willis Pershey has never slept with the mailman or kissed an ex-boyfriend. Good thing, since she’s married. But simply not committing adultery does not give you the keys to “happily ever after,” as Pershey has come to find out in her own marriage and in her work as a pastor. What is this sacred covenant that binds one person to another, and what elements of faith and fidelity sustain it? In Very Married: Field Notes on Love and Fidelity, Pershey opens the book on all things marital. With equal parts humor and intelligence, Pershey speaks frankly about the challenges and consolations of modern marriage. As she shares her own tales of bliss and blunder, temptation and deliverance, Pershey invites readers to commit once again to the joyful and difficult work of cherishing another person. For better or worse. For life.
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Faith At Home
$25.95Add to cartHome (not the congregation) and parents (not clergy, youth ministers, or Sunday School) are the key mechanisms by which religious faith and practice are transmitted intergenerationally. Recent studies indicate that the single most important factor in youth becoming committed and engaged in their religious faith as young adults is that the family talks about religion at home. However, for many parents in the United States, religious language is a foreign language. Faith at Home will help parents learn this “second language” and introduce it to their children in simple, meaningful, concrete ways. Parents often ask: How do we introduce prayer to our children if we do not necessarily believe prayer changes outcomes? How do we approach reading the Bible with our children when our own relationship with it is mixed or complicated? How do we talk about difficult things and where do we find God in the midst of them? How do we teach our children to make a difference in the world? How do we connect what happens at church to what happens at home? These questions and many more are addressed with talking points, practices, and resources provided for each subject.
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Making Home Work In A Broken Society
$19.95Add to cart“Raising kids and building families is tough these days. We live in a broken society that celebrates sin and minimizes family relationships. Is it possible for Christian parents in today’s society to raise emotionally healthy kids who love God and are equipped to do God’s will for their lives? Yes. Emphatically, yes. God has entrusted you, as a parent, to care for and raise your children for Him, and He has given you the resources you need for the job. Specifically, He has given you His Word to guide and His grace to enable. That doesn’t mean it will be easy or that it will happen on autopilot. It isn’t, and it won’t. The truths presented in these pages are not parenting hacks-tricks to have well-behaved kids. They are principles studied from God’s Word, tested in the laboratory of the author’s home, and applied to the challenging topics and multifaceted responsibilities today’s parents face. In these pages, discover what it means to invest in your children and how you can bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.”
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Raising A Young Modern Day Princess
$14.99Add to cartEmulating the format of Raising a Modern-Day Princess, authors Doreen Hanna and Karen Whiting seek to help parents and grandparents cultivate strong relationships and encourage the spiritual formation in their daughters using examples, Bible teaching on the fruit of the Spirit, and a variety of creative activities that are based on Galatians 5:22-23, the fruit of the Spirit (love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control).
By implementing the ideas in this book, mothers (as well as fathers) will be equipped to understand and guide their daughters through each step of becoming His “princess.” This will include perceiving a daughter’s unique personality and gifts, refining her character through training and discipline, and modeling the attributes of a daughter of the King.
This book is a follow-up to both Raising a Modern-Day Knight (by Robert Lewis) and Raising a Modern-Day Princess by Pam Farrel and Doreen Hanna. While the latter book is aimed at parents of girls ages 12 and up, this book focuses on building the Christian character of younger girls.
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Kingdom Marriage Group Video Experience Participants Guide (Student/Study Guide)
$9.99Add to cartThis uplifting new small-group study guide is based on the book Kingdom Marriage and is meant to be used with the Kingdom Marriage Group Video Experience. It instructs every Christ-following couple on how to tap into the power of God as they seek God’s purpose and perspective for their marriage. Participants will be led through thought-provoking discussion and application activities as Tony Evans explains how kingdom couples bring light and life to their family and communities (estimated 6-week video study curriculum).
“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
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Kingdom Marriage Group Video Experience With Leaders Guide
$29.99Add to cartThis uplifting new video small-group study is based on the book Kingdom Marriage. It instructs every Christ-following couple on how to tap into the power of God as they seek God’s purpose and perspective for their marriage. This resource is filled with practical insights and applications as Tony Evans explains how kingdom couples bring light and life to their families and communities (estimated 6-week video study curriculum).
Included in this product are a printed Participant’s Study Guide, a digital Leader’s Guide, and the DVD curriculum.
“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 EvansKingdom Marriage shows couples that the key to influencing our society and the 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.
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Power Of A Praying Grandparent
$17.99Add to cartBeing a grandparent is one of God’s greatest gifts to us. And loving and caring for our grandchildren not only blesses us but is also honoring to God. The best way to love your grandchild is to pray for him or her.
In The Power of a Praying(R) Grandparent, you will find powerful suggestions to help you do just that by:
*Praying for your grandchildren to be healthy, protected, smart, kind, wise, godly, and obedient, so that they do not stray into enemy territory
*Praying for yourself to be a powerful praying “grandma” or “grandpa” who understands what your grandchildren are facing in this world today and how you can best cover them spiritually, mentally, emotionally, and physically
*Praying for your grandchildren’s parents to be led and enabled by God, so they can be the wisest, most patient, and loving parents for their childrenBeing a praying grandmother or grandfather is not only one of the best gifts you can give your grandchildren, but their parents as well.
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Kingdom Marriage Devotional
$19.99Add to cartThis 90-day devotional is a perfect way for kingdom couples to start the day together remembering the principles they are learning in the Kingdom Marriage book, DVD Video Curriculum, or Participant’s Guide. Couples will find daily inspiration to step together into the full role God has for them so they begin to fulfill God’s design and purpose for their marriage. With practical insights and powerful stories, Tony Evans inspires and instructs couples so they discover the hope, challenge, and guidance God’s Word provides for their journey together.
Kingdom Marriage Devotional shows couples that the key to influencing our society and the world with lasting impact is found in solidifying Biblical marriage the way God intended. It starts with both wife and husband being nurtured in the Lord’s presence and then reflecting His image within the roles and responsibilities of their union. Kingdom Marriage Devotional and other Kingdom Marriage products 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. -
10 Myths Of Teen Dating
$22.99Add to cartFew topics are more difficult for parents to discuss with their daughters than dating and relationships. Due to their lack of knowledge about the world their teens face coupled with the scant dating information they received as teens, many parents feel ill-equiped to guide their daughters through the minefield that is teen dating.
In The 10 Myths of Teen Dating, this father and daughter team combines the latest scientific research with poignant, personal stories to help parents engage their daughters in wise conversations. Weaving in solid biblical truths with practical application and discussion starters, Daniel and Jacquelyn seek to equip parents to teach their daughters how to date for today … and tomorrow.
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Language Of Love
$9.99Add to cartIt is very interesting to see people fall in love and then later fall out of love. Sometimes they fall out of love with the same intensity that they fell into love. Love is very powerful; it is a very strong feeling.
Love is shown or expressed both in the presence and the absence of someone. If you love your wife, tell her, help her in the kitchen and communicate with her. Tell her what you go through at work, church and family meetings.
Everybody wants to learn the language of love. You want to be able to communicate with the language of love. Different people respond differently at various levels to all of these. For some people, giving gifts is number one expression of love for them. For others, affirmation is number one. For still others, acts of service is number one. Although all these are expressions of love, different people respond differently.
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Discipline That Connects With Your Childs Heart (Reprinted)
$18.99Add to cartA Powerful Approach to Bringing God’s Grace to Kids
Did you know that the way we deal (or don’t deal) with our kids’ misbehavior shapes their beliefs about themselves, the world, and God? Therefore it’s vital to connect with their hearts–not just their minds–amid the daily behavior battles. With warmth and grace, Jim and Lynne Jackson, founders of Connected Families, offer four tried-and-true keys to handling any behavioral issues with love, truth, and authority. You will learn practical ways to communicate messages of grace and truth, how to discipline in a way that motivates your child, and how to keep your relationship strong, not antagonistic. Discipline is more than just a short-term attempt to modify your child’s actions–it’s a long-term investment to help them build faith, wisdom, and character for life. When you discover a better path to discipline, you’ll find a more well-behaved–and well-believed–kid. -
Kingdom Marriage : Connecting Gods Purpose With Your Pleasure
$24.99Read moreWhat 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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Inconceivable Truth Rethinking Infertility
$14.99Add to cartAs one of the most heartbreaking experiences in life, infertility can shatter dreams and crush spirits in its unyielding wake. Almost taboo, this struggle is rarely discussed within many Christian circles, which can leave affected couples with more questions than answers. This book provides a new approach for addressing some of the struggles Christian couples face today and the truth of what it is to be unable to conceive. It is the author’s hope that as you confront some of the same issues she did, her story will help you to make God-honouring decisions and understand better the place of infertility in our lives.
To find peace and joy in this difficult season, our counsel must be rooted in the Bible and in Christ. Join Joanna as she shares what God taught her during her family’s infertility journey. May His book come alive in ways that will excite your soul and draw your heart and eyes upward to Jesus.
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Raising A Child Who Prays
$15.99Add to cartIn a society that is quickly abandoning its biblical standards, parents can create an effortless culture in their home that lends itself to the spiritual development of their child.
David Ireland, known for his dynamic teachings on prayer, provides a framework that helps parents elevate their prayer life, then parents can pass along the secrets to their little ones so they too may become spiritual giants over time.
Parents will be equipped with practical exercises, sample prayers, and developmentally appropriate mentoring plans that will encourage their children to pray effectively now and into adulthood.
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With All Due Respect
$16.99Add to cartWith All Due Respect is a handbook for parents navigating the difficulties of the tween and teen years. Roesner and Hitchcock help parents identify what successful relationships look like and give easy-to-follow lessons in enforcing rules, communicating lovingly, resetting relationships, overcoming fears and exhaustion, and handling rebellion. Each day features a story every mom can relate to, down-to-earth questions to think about, and a prayer to launch an action plan. As a result, the reader gains new skills and perspective, greater strength, and an ability to live out faith daily as never before. With All Due Respect is for all parents seeking not only to connect more deeply with and positively impact their teens and tweens, but also to grow more deeply in faith through the process.
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From Mrs To Ms
$14.99Add to cartThere really IS life after divorce.
Divorce is life-changing–not life-ending.
The changes brought on by divorce can be overwhelming and can leave you feeling alone, depressed and unsure about your next steps. Now more than ever, it’s important to take care of yourself, deal with the emotional roller coaster, and learn to move forward.
Learn how to:
*navigate the emotional side of divorce and gain confidence
*reintroduce yourself to love, laughter, joy, peace, and happiness
*free yourself from self-doubt and move toward the life you’ve always wanted
*accept your missteps and move on by making better choices
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For Better Or For Kids
$16.99Add to cartThe transition from “married” to “married with children” can be tough. Before they know it, a once youthful and energetic married couple finds themselves in a minivan loaded with noisy kids and littered with Cheerios, crusty Sippy cups, banana peels, and missing library books. Remember those vows you took at the altar? As much as you love your children and work hard to nurture and train them for the future, the challenges that come with parenthood can make the “for better or for worse” promise a hard one to honor. For Better or For Kids shows how couples can keep their love alive even when kids come along.
Patrick and Ruth have been married for more than sixteen years, have four children, and have served in local church ministry for the past fourteen years. As Patrick has counseled couples who are preparing for marriage, who are working to strengthen their marriage, or who are desperately trying to save their marriage, he frequently reminds them that, in Christ, there is hope for this season in life. For Better or For Kids is about remembering that even when you feel worn out, over-extended, and neglected, you promised to be a team. It is about making a vow to love your spouse with kids in the house. By God’s grace, couples can have a loving and intimate marriage regardless of the season.
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Marriage Is For Losers Celibacy Is For Fools
$14.00Add to cartTwo books in one! Marriage is for Losers is a fool-proof guide designed to help, hope and heal marital relationships. Celibacy is for Fools is a fool proof-guide designed to help, hope and heal singles that dare to do relationships God’s way. Pastor John R. Adolph employs practical teachings that can help married couples and single adults.
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Dinamicas Familiares A Traves – (Spanish)
$14.99Add to cartLa presente obra sera el primer volumen de una serie de tres libros que, desde una perspectiva de la psicologia biblica, trata distintos temas usando como ejemplo narrativo la vida de Jose en sus diferentes etapas de la vida. A esta vision psicologica anade, tambien, aspectos de estudio biblico y teologico.
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Give Your Child The World
$18.99Add to cartYoung children live with awe and wonder as their daily companions. But as they grow, worries often crowd out wonder. Knowing this, how can parents strengthen their kids’ love for the world so it sticks around for the long haul?
Thankfully, parents have at their fingertips a miracle vaccine-one that can boost their kids’ immunity to the world’s distractions. Well-chosen stories connect us with others, even those on the other side of the globe. Build your kids’ lives on a story-solid foundation and you’ll give them armor to shield themselves from the world’s cynicism. You’ll give them confidence to persevere in the face of life’s conflicts. You’ll give them a reservoir of compassion that spills over into a lifetime of love in action.
Give Your Child the World features inspiring stories, practical suggestions, and carefully curated reading lists of the best children’s literature for each area of the globe. Reading lists are organized by region, country, and age range (ages 4-12). Each listing includes a brief description of the book, its themes, and any content of which parents should be aware. Parents can introduce their children to the world from the comfort of home by simply opening a book together. Give Your Child the World is poised to become a bestselling family reading treasury that promotes literacy, develops a global perspective, and strengthens family bonds while increasing faith and compassion.
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Raising Kingdom Kids
$16.99Add to cartFrom the bestselling author of Kingdom Man and Kingdom Woman, Raising Kingdom Kids equips parents to raise their children with a Kingdom perspective and also offers practical how-to advice on providing spiritual training as instructed in Scripture.
Dr. Tony Evans begins with an overarching look at the need for Kingdom parenting, our roles and responsibilities in raising God-following children, and how to prepare children to take on the assignments God has for their lives. He then takes a practical turn, with examples and illustrations to help parents understand and provide specific training for kids in the power of prayer, wisdom, loving God’s Word, getting through trials, controlling their tongues, developing patience, the surrender of service, and much more.
This book is for every dad or mom who wants to fulfill the parenting role God has given them-not just in raising healthy kids intellectually, physically, and socially, but in contributing to their child’s relationship with God and alignment under His plan.
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From This Day Forward
$28.00Add to cartWeddings have become a billion-dollar industry, with the average cost of a wedding estimated at $30,000. Taking into account dramatic shifts in attitudes toward marriage in recent years, many pastors are confused and frustrated about their role. This book offers a foundational understanding of marriage for today’s North American church. Exploring current sociological analyses of marriage and the history of Christian marriage rites, Kimberly Bracken Long suggests that the church rethink its involvement in weddings and offers a distinctively Christian understanding of marriage. Today’s church, Long contends, needs to reinterpret classic biblical metaphors and expand the range of scriptural sources that inform our understanding of marriage. Long also looks closely at each element of the wedding service and what makes a marriage liturgy faithful, inclusive, and sensitive to pastoral concerns. She provides practical suggestions for music and Scripture during wedding services as well as guidance on how to respond faithfully to those who are divorced or divorcing. Packed with constructive pastoral wisdom, From This Day Forward-Rethinking the Christian Wedding delivers a practical theology of marriage that will be of help to clergy, seminarians, and others interested in this topic.
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Spiritual Warfare For Your Family
$16.00Add to cartA Practical Guide to Preparing and Protecting Families from Spiritual Attack
Parents and grandparents long to protect their children, yet many don’t know how to fight spiritual battles for their kids. But you can win the battle on the home front! In these pages you will be equipped to defend and fight for your family. You will learn what spiritual warfare is as it relates to your children as well as offensive tactics for how you can strike first through prayer and knowledge of God’s Word. Discover why you might be losing battles at home and weapons for waging war on behalf of your loved ones. Through personal and biblical stories, you will be empowered to recognize areas of vulnerability in your own family and keep your loved ones safe.
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More Than Happy
$18.99Add to cartIn the tradition of Bringing Up Bebe and Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, an in-depth look at the practices and principles of Amish parents and how they raise children who are self-sufficient, hard-working, and remarkably happy.
The more time Serena Miller spent in Holmes County, Ohio, doing research for her popular Amish novels, the more she began to notice something-Amish children were the happiest children she’d ever seen. Despite not having modern toys and conveniences, they are joyful, serene, calm, and respectful-not to mention whipping up full meals and driving buggies before most of us will allow our children to walk to school alone. And yet, when she started asking questions about what these parents were doing differently, she was startled to learn that happiness is not a goal Amish strive for at all.
In More Than Happy Miller uncovers many surprising insights, including the significance of real responsibilities, the wisdom of unplugging from technology, the value of unstructured time to play, the importance of firm rules, and the importance of each teenager’s freedom to decide what is best for their future.
Full of practical takeaways, More Than Happy shows you how to apply the basic principles and parenting techniques the Amish use, so you can raise happy, well-adjusted kids.
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5 Love Languages Of Children
$16.99Add to cartMore than 1 million sold! You know you love your child. But how can you show it so they really feel loved?
The #1 New York Times bestselling The 5 Love Languages has helped millions of couples learn the secret to building a love that lasts. Now discover how to speak your child’s love language and make them feel loved in a way they understand.
Dr. Gary Chapman and Dr. Ross Campbell help you: Discover your child’s love language, understand the link between successful learning and the love languages, see how the love languages can help you discipline more effectively, and build a foundation of unconditional love for your child.
Plus: Find dozens of tips for practical ways to speak your child’s love language. Discover your child’s primary language, then speak it, and you will be on your way to a stronger relationship and seeing your child flourish.
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Daddy Tried : Overcoming The Failures Of Fatherhood
$15.99Add to cartTim Bayly offers a frank and hope-filled path to overcoming the inherent failures of imperfect fathers. Drawing from decades of his own journey as an imperfect son, father, and pastor, Bayly makes it clear there are no quick fixes. The road to recovery is paved with blood, sweat, and tears, but our Savior walked this path before us.
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Full Circle : Full Circle
$28.95Add to cartHow is one supposed to cope with being left a widow after fifty plus years of marriage to a wonderful man? That was the question in Louise’s mind in the days following her husband’s passing.
During the several years of his prolonged illness, Ray had, as best he could, tried to prepare his wife to be self-sufficient. So, after she proved she could handle things on her own, Louise decided she could carry on and decided she would never remarry. She had one cat for companionship and that was sufficient. Thoughts of getting a dog for added security quickly disappeared; dogs require way too much care.
Imagine the shock when this “self-sufficient” lady found herself the owner of a little red dog with soft brown eyes. Then, as if that were not enough, a good friend from the past suddenly appears in her life, a man she had known for over forty years.
Read about the inspiring ways in which Jim and Louise reconnected after so many years and how a little dog “helped” get them together. You will be blessed by their love, faith, and commitment to each other and their ministry. This is a testimony of how a second marriage brought fulfillment and happiness to a couple and how their adult children quickly became a unit. -
Full Circle : Full Circle
$11.95Add to cartHow is one supposed to cope with being left a widow after fifty plus years of marriage to a wonderful man? That was the question in Louise’s mind in the days following her husband’s passing.
During the several years of his prolonged illness, Ray had, as best he could, tried to prepare his wife to be self-sufficient. So, after she proved she could handle things on her own, Louise decided she could carry on and decided she would never remarry. She had one cat for companionship and that was sufficient. Thoughts of getting a dog for added security quickly disappeared; dogs require way too much care.
Imagine the shock when this “self-sufficient” lady found herself the owner of a little red dog with soft brown eyes. Then, as if that were not enough, a good friend from the past suddenly appears in her life, a man she had known for over forty years.
Read about the inspiring ways in which Jim and Louise reconnected after so many years and how a little dog “helped” get them together. You will be blessed by their love, faith, and commitment to each other and their ministry. This is a testimony of how a second marriage brought fulfillment and happiness to a couple and how their adult children quickly became a unit. -
Asegure El Exito En Su Matrimo – (Spanish)
$14.99Add to cartCon mas de un millon de ejemplares vendidos, Asegure el exito de su matrimonio antes de casarse se ha convertido en la norma de oro para ayudar a los prometidos y recien casados de hoy a disfrutar de un amor que dure toda la vida. Esta edicion ampliada y actualizada ha sido perfeccionada por anos de sugerencias, experiencias personales y lo ultimo en el campo de las investigaciones, haciendo que esta obra sea mas util e informativa que nunca antes. Asegure el exito de su matrimonio antes de casarse, creado por los doctores Les y Leslie Parrott, expertos en relaciones, es un amplio programa de matrimonio disenado de forma especifica por una pareja para las parejas de hoy. Es mas que un simple libro; es una experiencia capaz de transformar la vida. Los doctores Les y Leslie les presentan los secretos para edificar un matrimonio duradero. Asi podras * descubrir las creencias falsas mas importantes acerca del matrimonio * aprender a comunicarse con una comprension inmediata * descubrir el secreto para reducir y resolver los conflictos * dominar el arte del manejo del dinero * comenzar de una manera excelente su vida sexual * comprender los tres ingredientes esenciales de un amor que perdura * descubrir la importancia de que se conviertan en almas gemelas- y mas Haz que tu matrimonio sea todo lo que se supone que sea. Salva tu matrimonio- antes (y despues) que comience. Sencillamente, Asegure el exito de su matrimonio antes de casarse es el medio mas popular y comprobado para iniciar un amor que perdurara toda la vida.
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Risking Grace : Loving Our Gay Family And Friends Like Jesus – A Father’s S
$16.99Add to cartRISKING GRACE, Loving Out Gay Family and Friends Like Jesus by Dave Jackson As someone who helped write a book advocating reparative therapy for gay people back in 1987, it was with gut-wrenching love that my wife and I did not let our daughter go when she came out 16 years ago. We first prayed that God would change her, then that he would work out his purpose in her life, and finally, “Lord, what are you trying to teach us?” God answered with insights that led me to write RISKING GRACE, Loving Our Gay Family and Friends Like Jesus. It’s a father’s story about my agonizing personal journey of coming to realize that we evangelicals have lost our way when it comes to gay people by substituting a works/righteousness requirement for the clear Gospel message that salvation comes by grace through faith alone. I explore alternative interpretations to the “prohibitive texts,” but the main foundation for my change of heart is the life and ministry of Jesus, how he embraced marginalized people, and the way he and the early church dealt with difficult issues. I share our story with you, our church family, because many of us have family members or friends who are gay, and we all need help learning how to love like Jesus. I’ve written with as much transparent vulnerability as I can, wrestling with the questions and presuppositions of the average straight dad (or mom) . . . who loves his daughter and his church but discovers that we have been driving gay people away from Jesus.
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5 Things Every Parent Needs To Know About Their Kids And Sex
$15.99Add to cartReal Help for the Toughest Talks
Most parents dread talking about sex with their children. Anne Marie Miller loves giving “the talk.” As she has shared her personal story and talked about God’s gift of sex with almost half a million young people, she’s noticed some disturbing patterns:
– Google is how kids learn about sex
– Kids are learning about sex and viewing pornography earlier than parents think
– The sexually abused often don’t tell anyone for fear of getting in trouble
– Sexual messages are being consumed daily through mainstream and social media
– Most parents think their child is the exception
Instead of sweeping this topic under the rug, Miller wants to change the narrative. In this immensely practical and well-researched book, she equips parents to have meaningful and age-appropriate conversations with their children about sex, pornography, and sexual abuse. She advises parents on how to keep the lines of communication open so that their children know they can trust them with their fears, struggles, and mistakes. Most important, she offers hope to worried parents that their children can grow up with a healthy biblical view of sex as a gift from God. -
Teach Your Child To Fish
$14.99Add to cartDon’t you wish someone would’ve taken the time to teach you money-management concepts at a young age? This faith-based playbook is easy-to-digest and provides guiding principles and practical activities for parents to teach school-age children money management concepts.
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Parents Guide To Autism
$18.99Add to cartThis guide will help readers have an in-depth understanding of autism, and provide a plan for parents to raise happy, healthy children.
One in every sixty-eight children will be diagnosed with autism. More children will be diagnosed with autism than with AIDS, diabetes, and cancer combined. This means every year in America sixty thousand families will receive the diagnosis that their precious son or daughter has an autism spectrum disorder. With diagnosis at such an alarming rate, how can parents be equipped to confidently raise children with autism?
All children can flourish and mature through love.
A Parent’s Guide to Autism offers interviews from forty experts, exclusive teaching on bully-proofing children, as well as practical wisdom, biblical knowledge, and life experiences from Ron Sandison. He compassionately shares his own personal struggles with overcoming autism as a minister and professional in the medical field to help parents raise outstanding children.
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Chosen For Charlie
$14.97Add to cartA Life Bridge Press Title
“I chose you to be her mom.”
When faced with a diagnosis that says your child will never be “normal” or that he or she will always have “special needs,” you don’t feel chosen. You feel fearful, angry … confused. Questions race through your mind:
Why did this happen?
What am I supposed to feel?
How do I raise this child?
What do I do now?
When doctors told Jen Forsthoff that her daughter had Down syndrome, her emotions swelled. And then, God spoke: “I chose you to be her mom.”
Those words brought clarity and helped Jen see the privilege she’d been given–the honor of loving and caring for her precious daughter.
If you are the parent (or parent-to-be) of a special-needs child, you may feel lost, scared, hurt, angry, or confused. But know this: You are not alone. In Chosen for Charlie, you will find hope and encouragement for living with faith and finding the blessing in the most challenging circumstances. No, you are not alone. You are chosen.
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Managing Stress In The Christian Family
$18.95Add to cartThis book includes practical tools for handling stress based on solid biblical principles. Christian families experience stress just like any other family. They go through crises and conflicts, sin and sickness, fear and failure. Children and teens wrestle with pressures their parents never imagined. Loving families sometimes fight. Faithful people still struggle with finances. Yes, being Christian does not exempt anyone from the stressors of regular life. At work, in school, and around the community, believing families struggle with many issues that add stress to their lives. This book speaks to parents, teens, and children. It can help adults in the workplace and kids in schools. Within these pages are solutions for resolving conflict, dealing with bullies, managing time and money, and building sound relationships. You will learn how to develop spiritual, physical, emotional, mental, and behavioral skills to manage life’s stress effectively. No one can escape all the sources of stress, but you can discover God’s guidance in achieving peace in the midst of turmoil.
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Wrap You Up In Jesus Name
$11.95Add to cartWhen you are young and first start raising your children there are so many questions and worries. I hope this book will be a guideline to help you get in the word of God and know what he wants us to do while we are raising our children. We have to do our part praying, reading the bible and teaching them right from wrong. But the hardest part is learning to say “Ok Lord, I know they belong to you, I have to trust you to do the rest.” Just remember what the bible says in John 15;7, “If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you”
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Small Matters : How Churches And Parents Can Raise Up World Changing Childr
$16.99Add to cartChildren have always been close to the heart of God and as followers of Jesus it is our responsibility to protect, nurture, and pass our faith to children. In Small Matters: Why Children are Such a Big Deal, authors Greg Nettles and Santiago “Jimmy” Mellado offer a model of discipleship that encourages parents to raise up the next generation to be deeply committed to and in love with Jesus. When we awaken to the fact that children between the ages of four and fourteen are the most likely to make a decision to follow Jesus, and that the discipleship that children receive forms their future, it will transform the way we view children, invest in them, reach out to them, teach them and ultimately, empower them to be disciples of Jesus. In recent history the church has embraced a model of discipleship that encourages parents to, “Bring your children to us and we will disciple them. And, by the way, we would love it if you would help.” This model is ineffective as much as it is unbiblical. It is imperative that the church today shifts to a new model of discipleship that encourages parents to, “Disciple your children as your primary responsibility. And, we (the church) would love to help.” Because our world is becoming more and more sensitive to the needs of children, a reflection of the heart of God, it provides those of us who follow Jesus with an unprecedented opportunity to disciple children in our homes, in our churches, in our communities and throughout the world. Now more than ever people are willing to invest in the cause of children through new church planting, equipping children’s ministries, and child sponsorship; all of which are committed to holistic child development.
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Family Prayer Made Easy
$14.99Add to cartToday’s families are busy. Every morning, parents and children head out for a day full of school, work, sports, music lessons, church activities, and more. We return home, often tuning into television, computers, and technology-and tuning each other out! What would happen if we paused, as families, in the middle of packed schedules to seek the most important avenue of help and assurance available? What would happen if we stopped to pray?
Family Prayer Made Easy is a practical guide for praying together as a family in just ten focused devotions. Together, the family can seek God in Scripture-based, Spirit-driven, action-packed, answer-delivering prayers. It includes simple ways to come together in prayer, stories to share with children of all ages, Scriptures on prayer and God’s promises, and 100 interactive ideas for prayer and family worship.
Whether used once a week for ten weeks or once a day for ten days, these prayers and prayer activities will guide the family into powerful, consistent, inclusive prayer, with resources for years to come.
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Restoring The Pleasure (Revised)
$19.99Add to cartDo you need help restoring the pleasure to your marriage? Whether you’ve been married a day, a decade, or half a century, if your sexual relationship is marred by pain, tension, or disappointment-you are not alone. Thousands of couples struggle with sexual problems that keep their marriages from being all that God intended them to be. But there is hope! Now, sexual therapists and best-selling authors Joyce and Cliff Penner share their proven methods in this comprehensive, easy-to-follow book of detailed explanations, realistic anecdotes, and clearly written exercises. Providing the biblical basis for the sexual relationship, as well as helpful diagnostic aids, the Penners help you improve communication and educate yourselves about your God-given sexual response. Then they lead you step-by-step through creative (and fun) sexual-retraining assignments to help you overcome various problems. The Penners provide straightforward advice and reassuring encouragement to help you start restoring the pleasure to your marriage. Beginning counselors and pastors will also find this an invaluable resource for helping others overcome their sexual barriers.
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Black And White Bible Black And Blue Wife
$19.99Add to cartRuth Tucker recounts a harrowing story of abuse at the hands of her husband, a well-educated, charming preacher no less, in hope that her story would help other women caught in a cycle of domestic violence and offer a balanced biblical approach to counter such abuse for pastors and counselors. Weaving together her shocking story, stories of other women, and powerful stories of husbands who truly have demonstrated Christ’s love to their wives, with reflection on biblical, theological, historical, and contemporary issues surrounding domestic violence, she makes a compelling case for mutuality in marriage and helps women and men become more aware of potential dangers in a doctrine of male headship.
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10 Secrets Of Becoming A Worry Free Mom
$15.99Add to cartEvery mom is concerned about her children and teenagers–their choice of friends and activities, their reluctance to talk, their dating life, their spiritual condition, and more. But when does legitimate care cross the line into fear and worry, which Scripture commands us to avoid?
Popular speaker and author Cindi McMenamin shares from personal experience–and the wisdom gleaned from many other moms–how you can;
* be a mom who encourages rather than nags
*pray, love, and care for your children’s needs and their futures
*replace your worries with peace and rest fully in God’s strengthStart now on the path to worry-free parenting–a path that leads to positive, affirming relationships between you and your kids!
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Its Not Too Late
$17.00Add to cartIt has long been said that once kids are in high school and college, they are beyond the influence of their parents. This pervasive cultural myth is not supported by research, biblical teaching, or even anecdotal accounts. Yet because of it, many Christian parents live in silent angst about the faith of their older and adult children, thinking they can no longer do anything to shape their kids’ spiritual and life decisions.
Drawing on sociological research and Scripture, Dan Dupee shows parents that it is not too late–and in fact these turbulent years of transitioning into adulthood are a time when their kids may need their guidance the most. He shows parents how to make the most out of the opportunities they have to offer guidance, wisdom, and spiritual support, with the goal of seeing their children not just survive college with faith intact but enter adulthood with a faith of their own–one that will carry them through all that life brings their way.
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Pocket Prayers For Moms
$9.99Add to cartNo one knows how quickly the chaos of daily life can become overwhelming more than moms. We lean on them for everything from hurt feelings to missing homework to broken bones. So, where can moms turn for peace and rest in the midst of mayhem? Bestselling author Max Lucado points to the Source of all hope and strength in Pocket Prayers for Moms, which contains forty scriptures and guided prayers written especially for all moms.
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Fireflies : Sharing Gods Light In The Time Of Loss
$10.99Add to cartFireflies is a wonderful little book of a family with a loss. It explains death to a child in a simple way, showing hope and love. Tyler is puzzled why his little brother left to go to heaven, but after a friend shared with him about what death really is, Tyler was comforted and had peace.
The book also has a Memory Page in the back of the book, along with ‘How to Lead a Child to Christ’. Author has released copyright on this page so it may be copied and shared in a children’s ministry area.
The illustrations are bright and colorful, giving joy to the story. Little hidden messages are scattered throughout the book.
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Pocket Prayers For Dads
$9.99Add to cartDads wear many hats. From protector to playmate, confidante to counselor. No matter the role, families rely on dads to lead with strength and faith. And in Pocket Prayers for Dads, Max Lucado offers forty scriptures and guided prayers that will help dads do just that.
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10 Great Dates To Energize Your Marriage Updated And Expanded Edition (Expanded)
$18.99Add to cartDo you remember early on, loving your spouse so much that your heart ached? Did you wonder what in the world could ever dampen your excitement? If you feel those emotions weakening, don’t resign to the notion it’s inevitable. That deep, soul-satisfying connection can (and will!) be yours again with this updated and expanded edition of 10 Great Dates to Energize Your Marriage, a proven plan to revive the awe and attraction that once kept you inseparable. Think simple, fun, zero-pressure. This book walks you through tips and conversation prompts that will help you connect clearly and deeply, share openly and in safety, get back to that place of fun sex, process disappointments as a unified team, enjoy each other’s quirks once again, and create balance in today’s crazy-busy culture. Invest in your marriage today, and anticipate “falling in love all over again” to be your limitless return. 10 Great Dates to Energize Your Marriage will show you exactly how. Already excited? Grab your married friends and do it together. Be warned: The husbands may enjoy it most!
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Love Feast : Together At The Table
$22.95Add to cartWith autism diagnoses rising, more and more parents find the challenges of caring for an autistic child added to the everyday strains and stresses – and joys — of family life. In a deeply personal, honest, humorous set of essays, Martha Johnson Bourlakas grapples with life — life as a person of faith, life as a wife and mother, life as a clergy spouse (her husband is bishop of Southwestern Virginia), life as the parent of a developmentally disabled young adult, life as one unable to maintain pretense. Reading these essays is like sitting down over coffee with a good friend to commiserate and laugh with someone who understands.
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Battle Cry For Your Marriage
$12.99Add to cartWith raw honesty four couples tackle issues of spiritual, emotional and sexual intimacy along with many other marital stresses. The authors reveal marriage lessons learned through years of experience and from counseling others. Join the battle cry for healthy marriages in this generation.
Biblically-based insights will inspire spouses to face issues, communicate honestly, find life-changing strategies and-most of all-love the One who gave them the gift of each other.
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Navigating Public Schools
$15.99Add to cartPrepare The Way Publishing
Who Should Read This Book?
Navigating Public Schools will empower Christian parents to navigate the increasingly secular public school system with the aim to 1) cultivate strong relationships with their children in a season of immense secular pressure; 2) help their children stand firm in their Christian faith and Biblical worldview; 3) exercise their rights on campus; 4) become salt and light for Jesus Christ.This book will also be a powerful resource for all Christians involved in schools-teachers, administrators, staff, extra-curricular groups, Christian club volunteers, youth leaders, pastors-as they learn to discern the misapplication of the “separation of church and state” and appropriately live out their Christian faith on public school campuses.
How Can This Book Help You?
For Christians, navigating the public education system is becoming increasingly daunting. Christian parents often feel anxiety about sending their children into the public school environment. Kids spend more waking hours in school than in their homes, and while there, they face many challenges to their faith. The statistics on kids and faith reveal that roughly 50-70% of Christian teens walk away from church when they leave home, and only about 10% come out of the teen years with a Biblical worldview.Navigating Public Schools was not written to debate whether kids should be in public schools or not because the fact is, the majority of Christian kids are in public schools. This book was written to parents who are hungry for guidance on this journey. As a public school teacher for ten years, Stephen saw firsthand how a child’s faith may be eroded, so he desires to equip parents and concerned adults to protect children’s faith in schools. This book is perfect for busy parents who want clear tools to navigate curriculum pitfalls, exercise their rights in schools, build a strong worldview foundation as a family, and influence the culture for Christ. This book is meant to help Christian parents be intentional about charting a course to protect their child’s faith and Biblical worldview. But it’s not only for parents-Navigating Public Schools also equips teachers to step off the fear-induced cultural tightrope and appropriately incorporate Christianity into their curriculum. Christian educators, volunteers, pastors, and anyone who is involved directly or indirectly with public schools will learn to exercise their Constitutionally-protected rig
