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Becoming a Spiritually Healthy Family: Avoiding the 6 Dysfunctional Parenting Styles
Michelle Anthony - 2015
But when we pursue the more and better that the world offers above our pursuit of Jesus, we fall into dangerous parenting habits. In Becoming a Spiritually Healthy Family, Michelle Anthony unpacks six common dysfunctional parenting styles that we fall into out of habit, lack of attention, or just oversight due to busyness. If you long to show your children Jesus but don't know how to do it, you'll find hope in this practical guide to creating a relentlessly grace-filled home that is focused on God as first in charge. Includes Scripture guides, reflection questions, ideas for family rites of passage, and other real life family examples.Michelle Anthony is the vice president of Learning Resources and Family Ministry Architect at David C Cook and the author of Spiritual Parenting, Dreaming of More for the Next Generation, A Theology of Family Ministry, and The Big God Story. Michelle has graduate degrees in Christian education, theology, and leadership and over twenty-five years of church ministry experience as a children’s and family pastor. She lives in Colorado Springs and loves a good book and a cup of coffee.
Raising an Original: Parenting Each Child According to their Unique God-Given Temperament
Julie Lyles Carr - 2016
In parenting eight kids over the last twenty-five years, Julie Lyles Carr and her husband experienced plenty of opportunity for learning, but it was when they began to understand it was about parenting each child according to their own unique needs and personality style that something wonderful happened. In Raising an Original, Carr helps to redefine the primary purpose of Christian parenting, this raising of the next generation. God has given each of our children specific gifts, abilities and capacities for specific purposes and He can equip parents to discover and support those powerful personality traits if they know where to look and how to respond. So many kids raised in Christian homes launch into their adult lives without any sense of knowing who they are called to be or what their mission on earth is. What if parents, teachers or mentors could help them discover the wondrous, unique threads woven within them that will enable them to see their part in the fabric of God’s universe? Readers of Raising an Original will be equipped to help their children:Understand their unique strengths and the challenges associated with themDiscover their God-given gifts and how to use them for His glorySucceed regardless of their circumstances Raising an Original will provide readers with tools for better communication with their children as well as tools for uniquely guiding and disciplining each unique child. With a helpful and detailed Personality Trait Assessment Tool included as a major part of the book, readers will understand themselves, their parenting style, and their child better. They will also discover ways to improve their children’s communication within sibling groups and with parents themselves. Readers will find freedom in discovering that God hasn’t asked them to raise perfect children; He’s asked them to uniquely raise purposed children.
Raising Girls
Melissa Trevathan - 2007
Is this normal?" "Yesterday my seventh grader was all sunshine. Today she's wearing black and won't leave her room." "I'm worried my teenager may have an eating disorder."In today's complex world, parenting a girl is harder than ever. It takes more than love. It takes insight into the things that make your daughter tick as she grows from childhood to young adulthood.Drawing on the authors' fifty-plus years of combined counseling experience, Raising Girls takes you inside the mind and soul of your girl. You'll obtain seasoned, expert insights onYour daughter's different stages of development from ages zero to nineteenHow you can effectively relate to her at each stageWhat is normal behavior, what isn't, and when and how to interveneHow to deal with self-destructive behavior such as eating disorders, cutting, or experimentation with alcohol. . . and much moreSpiced with stories, humor, and much reassurance, Raising Girls will help you encourage your daughter, challenge her, love her, and help her discover who God is creating her to be.
Broken Crayons Still Color: From Our Mess to God's Masterpiece
Shelley Hitz - 2016
He takes our mess and creates a masterpiece.
You see, broken crayons still color.
Included in this book:
A 7-week book study that will inspire you with real stories of how God can take our broken crayons and create a masterpiece.
Adult coloring pages for each chapter.
Reflection questions to use while you color or as journaling prompts to help you apply each chapter to your own life.
Scripture memory verses for each week with downloadable scripture cards.
Prayers to personally connect with God on the topics covered in each chapter.
Corresponding videos and fill-in-the-blank viewer's guides for each week. Inside the book, you receive free access to watch the videos online.
Leader's guide with discussion questions in the appendix for group study.
And more!
"But he said to me, 'My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.' Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ's sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong." - 2 Corinthians 12:9-11God is the artist and our lives are His canvas. What will you allow Him to create from the broken pieces in your life?
When you are in Christ, you are His masterpiece!
Scroll up and click "buy" to embark on this journey to discover for yourself that broken crayons still color.
The Truth About Forgiveness
John F. MacArthur Jr. - 2012
It seems unfair. It feels unnatural. And as best-selling author and pastor John MacArthur demonstrates, forgiveness apart from Christ is unnatural. It is only as we understand our need, Christ's power and example, and what it reallly means to love that we can embrace two of the most liberating acts of love: forgiving and being forgiven.The Truth About SeriesFor decades MacArthur has encouraged countless Christians to develop a deeper understanding of the Bible and a greater respect for God's truth. In The Truth About series, he now gathers his landmark teachings about core aspects of the Christian faith in one place. These powerful books are designed to give readers a focused experience that centers on God's character and how it applies to their daily walk of faith.
Marriage Triggers: Exchanging Spouses' Angry Reactions for Gentle Biblical Responses
Amber Lia - 2020
Often times everyday triggers are the culprit. If you are wondering how to break out of the cycle of reactionary outbursts, cold shoulders, resentment, and pain that harms your relationship, you are not alone. Experiencing peace and joy rather than anger and frustration is not as hard as you think! Marriage Triggers walks you through thirty-one of the most common marital issues that sabotage great relationships, like poor communication, lack of spiritual leadership, busy schedules, and different parenting styles. Married for fourteen years, authors Amber and Guy Lia are your typical couple and they share tips for countering negative reactions to triggers with gentle, biblical responses. Rather than run from the things that cause conflict, Amber and Guy believe these triggers are opportunities for growth, both individually and as a couple. They challenge you to let Marriage Triggers renew your commitment to responding gently and biblically towards your partner.
Sexperiment: 7 Days to Lasting Intimacy with Your Spouse
Ed B. Young - 2012
Sex has become just sex. But while society has taken sex too far, the church hasn't taken it far enough.God wants couples to make love in marriage-with passion, with purpose, and with pleasure. Marriages aren't experiencing all the benefits that come from a healthy sex life. Couples are facing a barrage of influences that keep them from connecting with each other regularly-the kids, the career, the house, the errands, etc.SEXPERIMENT shows people that sex in marriage is more than just sex, and it's more than a chore. The Youngs believe it's time to get back to understanding the context of sex in marriage and that it's time for couples to break the barriers keeping them from a healthy sexual relationship. Couples ought to experience the benefits of having sex regularly, intentionally, and creatively. SEXPERIMENT will allow couples to discover that the intersection of God and sex can lead to a life punctuated by exclamation marks!
Power From On High
Charles Grandison Finney - 1944
In this book he tells remarkable stories of dramatic conversions, and he gives instruction on how to prevail in prayer and overcome sin. Discover how you can have more power from God.
The Rescue: Seven People, Seven Amazing Stories…
Jim Cymbala - 2018
Each has a reason to despair and a wound that won’t heal. Until something unexpected happens—something that will change their lives forever.The Rescue tells the powerful, true stories of men and women whose lives should have ended badly but didn’t. What happens to each of them will take you by surprise and give you hope. It will restore your sense that no matter what you are facing, Someone good is in control of the universe. Fortunately, that Someone cares about you. If you or people you care about are facing challenges beyond their strength, it may be time to experience The Rescue.
God’s Chaos Code: The Shocking Blueprint that Reveals 5 Keys to the Destiny of Nations
Lance Wallnau - 2020
As the chaos intensifies and the world shakes, God is Speaking! Could a code from the ancient middle east reveal a global pandemic, pending economic crash, and rise in gun sales? Are these signs that America is under judgement? What if God hid an ancient prophetic code in Scripture that predicts this exact moment in history and what is coming next? Could heaven be unlocking the books of Haggai, Nehemiah, Esther, and Ezra to reveal a pattern for us today? Is it possible that this code is being illuminated now so that you and I can have peace and clarity in the midst of shaking? Prepare to be astonished, shocked, startled, and enlightened. God's Chaos Code unlocks the 2,600-year-old code that predicts the exact crisis we are in and our only way out! Lance Wallnau burst onto the scene in 2016 with his national bestselling book, God's Chaos Candidate where he correctly predicted the election of Donald Trump and that Trump would be compared to the biblical King Cyrus. Lance forecast the economic unraveling of 2020 and America's Fourth Turning. As you read his latest book, God's Chaos Code, you will discover Lance's newest prediction: the five keys to the Chaos Code. After you read this, you may never see the world the same.
Holy Spirit Are We Flammable or Fireproof?
Reinhard Bonnke - 2017
Bonnke has compiled some of the greatest uncompromising truths about the Holy Spirit that have been at the cornerstone of his ministry for over 50 years.
The Ropes That Bind: Based on a True Story of Child Sexual Abuse
Tracy Stopler - 2016
Blaming herself for the heinous crime that happened because she didn't "go straight to school," Tali is bound by invisible chains of secrecy, shame, and self-imposed isolation. Her harrowing and illuminating journey to recovery begins in her twenties with the support of her mentor, Dr. Daniel Benson, with whom she experiences deep love and then heartbreak. Feeling lost, Tali travels to Israel where Kabbalah sparks her spiritualism, and then to Africa where an arduous climb up Mount Kilimanjaro ignites a newfound feeling of empowerment. Only when Tali goes back to the Bronx and learns that her unreported crime scene has become the site of a rehabilitation center, does she understand that there is one more road to travel prior to reaching freedom.
Your Girl: Raising a Godly Daughter in an Ungodly World
Vicki Courtney - 2004
Your Girl addresses the climate of today's teen culture, the high calling of motherhood, and practical ways to counteract the negative influences our daughters face.
Wilderness Skills for Women: How to Survive Heartbreak and Other Full-Blown Meltdowns
Marian Jordan - 2008
Whether it’s relationship drama, the constant pull of our sinful nature, a health issue, or any variety of unmet dreams, Jordan turns readers to God’s Word as the ultimate wilderness survival guide.Conversational and self-deprecatingly confessional in her delivery, this young writer finds ways to have fun with delicate subject matters, using wilderness analogies to great effect in chapters titled "Drink Plenty of Water," "Seek Shelter," and "Don’t Eat the Red Berries."
Holy Sex: Song of Solomon
Michael Pearl - 2002
God created his children as sexual opposites, and designed marriage to be the context of erotic pleasure. While the church has been mostly silent on the subject of sex, the world and the devil have attempted to make it their domain. The church has rightly proclaimed the biblical prohibitions on the misuse of sex, but it has failed to speak out on the godliness of erotic pleasure in the context of marriage. Out of the 66 books composing the Bible, one whole book is dedicated to promoting erotic pleasure—the Song of Solomon. Michael Pearl takes his readers through a refreshing journey of the Biblical texts. This sanctifying look at the most powerful passion God ever created will free the reader from false guilt and inhibition. Michael Pearl says, “It is time for Christian couples to take back this sacred ground and enjoy the holy gift of sexual pleasure.” This material is intended for mature audiences. Don’t read this book unless you are married, have definite plans to be married in the next few weeks, or are an older teenager whose parents have first read it and approve of you doing so. If you don’t think God meant for sex to be fun, this book is definitely for you!