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Puritan Catechism For Families
$16.99

Richard Baxter intended for this book, originally published as The Catechizing of Families, to be a guide that would go beyond the basic catechisms. Baxter hoped for his book to be helpful to family leaders, school teachers, and professors wanting to educate young people in the deeper aspects of Christianity. A Puritan Catechism for Families contains the basics of faith, as well as expositions of the Apostle’s Creed, the Lord’s Prayer, and the Ten Commandments.

Lexham Classics are beautifully typeset new editions of classic works. Each book has been carefully transcribed from the original texts, ensuring an accurate representation of the writing as the author intended it to be read.

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Home Built From Love And Loss
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Grieving is part of every blended family.

Sabrina and her new husband were both widowed when their families blended, so grieving was expected. They recognized the losses suffered in their families would take time to heal. What they have since learned is that every blended family experiences grieving whether you are widowed or divorced. And the process usually takes longer than expected.

Sabrina vulnerably shares her personal experiences and struggles, revealing her mistakes and fears that she had early on in her new marriage and with her new family. In A Home Built from Love and Loss, you’ll learn to:

*work through different parenting styles as a stepmother or stepfather;

*parent kids in different ages and stages of development (hormones, personalities, and power dynamics);

*compassionately address chaos and hurt feelings together and independently;

*deal with feelings of guilt;

*handle initial rejection from stepchildren;

*glean biblical wisdom on how to do life together with grace;

*connect better on an emotional level with your newly-formed family while keeping traditions that have grounded your family; and

*honor the bereaved or divorced spouse.

For anyone facing the challenges of blended families, A Home Built from Love and Loss offers practical advice and spiritual guidance to find hope in the midst of grief.

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War On Children
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In The War on Children, bestselling author, John MacArthur, offers the tools needed to understand the enemy’s battle plan and be ready for the next assault. As God’s people, we need to:

*Teach our children God’s Word
*Train them in righteousness
*Give them wise and biblically based guidance
*And above all, give them our extravagant love

Every day, on a multitude of battlefronts, Satan is deploying weapons of mass corruption against our children. Modern culture has been systematically designed with an agenda that is aggressively anti-God, anti-Christ, and anti-Scripture, intended to corrupt and consume young, impressionable hearts and minds.

We are in the middle of a dangerous ideological conflict with eternity at stake. Christian parents cannot simply float passively along with the drift of our culture. We need to:

*Be aware of the threats this world poses to our children
*Understand the enemy’s battle plan and be ready for the next assault
*Prepare our children for the attacks they will face from a culture intent on their destruction.

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Empowered To Love
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Discover how to build a fulfilling, God-honoring marriage that you both love.

When life throws us non-stop challenges and curveballs, how can we have any hope of building a fulfilling and intimate marriage? How do we move from stressed and stretched to energized and inspired, finding the strength to transform both our lives and relationship?

Robert Paul and Tara Lalonde equip husbands and wives with practical, biblically-based tools to transform their personal lives and grow their marriage into something they’ll both love. Instead of just passively hoping and praying for something better, couples will actively embark on a journey of caring for themselves and their most important relationship. In Empowered to Love, you will discover:

*Practical strategies for better self-care, enabling you to bring the best, healthiest, and most-whole version of you to your marriage.

*Thought-provoking exercises designed to empower you as an individual while fostering deeper connections with your spouse.

*Ways to pursue and significantly increase the romance in your marriage.

*Stories about marriage that will help you identify what relationship strategies work best

*Insights on forgiveness, your responsibility as a spouse, and caring for your emotions

Invest in your future, both as an individual and as a spouse. Embark on a transformative journey that will help both you and your marriage thrive.

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What Do I Say When
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Answers to Tough Cultural Questions Presented to Christian Parents

Navigating the world for the first time can be challenging, especially when popular cultural beliefs contradict the teachings of Scripture. So when inevitable questions arise, parents must be equipped with sound biblical answers to guide their children through the complexities of modern life-because if we fail to catechize our children, the world will surely step in to do it for us.

Written by husband and wife duo Andrew and Christian Walker, this accessible and trusted guide helps busy parents quickly and effectively respond to their children’s questions on a wide range of topics, including abortion, sexuality, transgenderism, technology, political engagement, and more. Each chapter contains age-appropriate prompts for parents of children at different stages of development and maturity. Parents can refer to each chapter as specific questions arise, study hot-button topics for future reference, or access a range of conversation starters to proactively cultivate biblical truth within their child’s heart.

*Written for Busy Parents: Empathetic in tone, this book helps parents quickly access answers to the most important topics confronting our youth today

*Helpful Resources: Each chapter features a biblical overview, basic truths every parent should know, conversation starters, memory verses, and recommended resources

*Current: Addresses important cultural topics, including human dignity, abortion, sexuality, transgenderism, technology, political engagement, and more

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Biggest Story Family Devotional
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104 Fun Family Devotionals, Built on the Bible Stories That Inspired Kevin DeYoung’s Biggest Story Bible Storybook

The Bible is a BIG book about the BIGGEST story. Each page tells about the God who created the world, acted in history, and continues to act in the present. These kid-friendly devotions, based on Bible stories as retold by Kevin DeYoung, give parents and children hundreds of easy, memorable opportunities to experience God’s story together.

The Biggest Story Family Devotional features 104 Bible stories. Each story includes a brief Big Picture introduction and a Gospel Connection summary to help children understand and apply Scripture. A QR code on each story page links to an animated video retelling that parents and children can watch together. The 104 stories each include 5 individual Bible readings (520 in all) that families can complete whenever they choose-during dinner, before bed, one per day, or several at a time. Each reading has family discussion questions, a prayer, and space for notes.

With The Biggest Story Family Devotional, families will encounter real stories from Genesis to Revelation and learn how they unite to tell the big story of God’s love for them.

*Easy-to-Use Devotional: Includes hundreds of readings with family discussion questions, engaging Scripture summaries, links to animated videos, and more

*Memorable Retellings of 104 Biblical Stories: This devotional helps kids ages 6-12 learn the unified story of the Bible

*Part of the Biggest Story Suite: Featuring The Biggest Story Bible Storybook; The Biggest Story ABC; The Biggest Story Curriculum, and other exciting resources that bring the Bible to life

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Tis The Season
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Framed around four central devotions, this Advent activity book invites parents and kids to come together year after year in celebrating the deeper meaning of the season as they count down the days until Christmas.

Designed to follow the four weeks of Advent?–Hope, Faith, Joy, and Peace??–‘ Tis the Season Family Advent Activity Book features an Advent calendar with lift-the-flap windows that can be used year after year. Each of the four week-long sections includes a short devotion on each theme followed by reflection questions and simple action prompts for every age level. The book also contains game ideas, recipes, holiday tips, fun facts, and encouragement on how to live out the themes of Advent as an individual, with your family, and in your community.

Because this unique activity book is designed to be used year after year, you can make this book part of your annual tradition. Special features include the keepsake section at the back of the book for recording holiday memories and the special built-in, undated Advent calendar for creating and sharing Christmas cheer, with an original activity each day:

*Try a new cookie recipe
*Deliver treats to a neighbor
*Start a family tradition
*Visit someone who needs cheer
*Create a new ornament
*Learn “Merry Christmas” in a different language

As you return to this book year after year, may it bring smiles and create memories that you will cherish for many Christmases to come.

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Men Are Like Waffles Women Are Like Spaghetti
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Let Your Differences Make You Irresistible to Each Other

Who knew the differences between you and your spouse could be so delicious?

For men, compartmentalizing-moving from waffle square to waffle square-and dealing with one problem or purpose at a time is the key to maintaining sanity.

For women, every aspect of life is connected by common emotional “noodles.” Like a plate of spaghetti, each thought intersects with every other thought, all flowing together.

Once you understand how your spouse processes feelings and thoughts, you’re on your way to a happy and healthy relationship! Join more than 150,000 other readers as you…
*discover new perspectives to help you communicate effectively and avoid unnecessary frustration
*identify new romance ideas to spice up your marriage when sparks aren’t flying
*apply your combined insights into learning how to parent as a team rather than competing

Find all the basic ingredients for loving, working, and winning together in Men Are Like Waffles-Women Are Like Spaghetti.

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Hard Is Not The Same Thing As Bad
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Bestselling author Abbie Halberstadt helps parents see how God can use the everyday trial s of child raising to radically transform how they view hardship and grow them to become more like Jesus.

“Why me, Lord?”

Amid the toddler tantrums, the mealtime melees, and the backseat blowups, have you found yourself asking God that same question? Maybe even screaming it into a couch pillow? You’re not alone.

Your most trying moments as a parent can quickly spiral into discouragement, hopelessness, and sometimes even resentment toward God or your family–partly because our culture has conditioned us to believe that anything this hard can’t possibly be good for us.

Abbie Halberstadt, author of the bestselling M Is for Mama, shares scriptural wisdom and lessons learned from her own challenges as a mama of ten to help shift your perspective on the hardships of parenting and of life, in general.

When you begin to see struggles as a necessary part of God’s plan for your spiritual growth, you can discover supernatural peace and purpose, even when you’re down in the deepest trenches of parenthood.

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Unshakable Kids : Three Keys To Raising Spiritually Strong And Emotionally
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You may feel anxious about sending your child out into a world that too often feels dark and scary. But you can prepare your kids to live in the real world by equipping them with a sound mind and strategies for establishing a foundation of faith.

Adversity is a normal part of life, and when we keep our children too protected, we rob them of the opportunity to learn and practice essential life skills like discernment, understanding, boldness, and resilience. Using Scripture and principles of cognitive behavioral therapy, Unshakable Kids gives you the tools to equip your children to withstand the negative pressures of society and walk bravely into the world with wisdom. This book will show you how to model the qualities you want to build in your kids, control anxious thoughts, and help your kids rest in their identities as children of God.

With God’s Word and these brain-based tools, you can raise emotionally healthy and spiritually strong children who not only remain unshaken by the world, but can actually make a positive impact on it.

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Death Did Us Part
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Death Did Us Part presents a short story about the tumultuous marital relationship of a couple at the brink of divorce. The book, based on a true story, is a reflection on some of the pitfalls that plagued the marriage of Akawd and Muka and brought it to its deathbed. Interestingly, Akawd and Muka were both committed Christians and leaders in their church when they immigrated to Canada from Africa.

By sharing this story, I provide an opportunity for readers to both understand better and safely observe the parallels that might exist between their own relationships and this couple’s. These patterns may then be named and safely externalized. The book also serves to celebrate marriages and the couples who keep their vows.

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Family Prayer Made Easy
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Today’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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Together Through The Storms
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Biblical encouragements that strengthen marriages in times of trial.

This devotional helps married couples to navigate the storms of life together. Working through the book of Job, Sarah Walton (author of “Hope when it Hurts”) and her husband Jeff reflect on their own experiences in a marriage that has faced chronic illness, baggage from the past, a child with neurological challenges, and financial difficulties-and show how to cling to Christ and each other.

This is not a “how to” guide on having the best marriage, but, rather, a walk alongside you and your spouse, sharing the realities of suffering and the effects it can have on a marriage. It is an encouragement to lift your eyes above your trials, off your spouse, and onto our all-sufficient Savior.

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Winning Dad : How To Finish First With Your Kids
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Being a good dad is a challenge, but you can be the father you’ve always wanted to be. Laced with tips and quotes from NASCAR greats like Dale Jarrett, Darrell Waltrip, and Ernie Irvin, The Winning Dad gives every man the confidence to be a good dad.

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Any Time Any Place Any Prayer Family Bible Devotional
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This devotional is a chance to take your family on a journey through the story of prayer in the Bible. It is based on the popular storybook by Laura Wifler, co-founder of Risen Motherhood, which explores prayer: from the Garden of Eden, where Adam and Eve talked with God face to face, through Old Testament examples and the teaching of Jesus, all the way to the promise of the new creation, where we’ll dwell with God .

These 10-minute devotions are designed to be easy to lead and fun to do. They will help your family to learn to pray with confidence, . They are ideal for kids aged 5-11.

Each one of the 15 devotions includes:

– a short opening prayer

– a starter question

– a short Bible passage, printed in full

– two questions about the passage

– a short explanation that can be read aloud

– two reflection questions (Usually one is simpler and the other requires more thought. Feel free to just pick one!)

– a prayer idea

– an optional extra section that goes deeper, aimed at older or more confident children

In addition, there are simple, creative reflection ideas as well as bonus puzzles and activities.

Explore, reflect and grow together as you and your family are encouraged to pray more often, more joyfully and with more confidence in Jesus.

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Honest Prayers For Mama Bears Note Taking Edition
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From the bestselling team behind Mama Bear Apologetics(R) comes a one-of-a-kind book of prayers gathered from mamas just like you. Now with space on each page for personal reflection, this beautiful hardcover note-taking edition encourages you to pray what you really feel –and grow deeper in intimacy with God each day.

In the everyday battle of raising kids who love Jesus while living in a world that doesn’t, God invites you to come to Him. No cleaning up, no pretenses, no fancy words–all you need is to tell Him what’s truly on your heart and then ask for the wisdom, encouragement, and protection that only He can provide.

Drawing on the real prayers and needs of moms just like you, Honest Prayers for Mama Bears Note-Taking Edition speaks to the spectrum of seasons, concerns, and issues faced throughout Christian motherhood. You will become more vulnerable and intentional in your conversations with God as you pray in specific and timely ways for your family, your community, and even for yourself.

This book puts words to the cries of your heart as you seek clarity and truth in today’s confused culture. With ample journaling space on each page, this special keepsake edition will allow you to return to your praises, confessions, thanksgivings, and petitions throughout the years, helping you see how God has continually guided you and your family. Experience His comfort and hope as you entrust Him with your unedited thoughts.

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Easter Changes Everything
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Families learn all about the Easter story and everything leading up to it in the weeks before Easter, but what happened after Easter?

Easter Changes Everything: a 6-week Devotional for Easter & Beyond is a launching pad for families after Easter. For Jesus’s friends, the resurrection wasn’t the end of their stories–it was the beginning! Jesus went to heaven, and they were left to share the good news that Jesus’s death paid the price for our sins!

Each week, families will read one vibrant, illustrated Bible story about how Easter changed everything for Jesus’s followers. Then, families will complete three devotions together throughout the week where they will read the Bible together and answer questions about how Easter changes their own lives.

After six weeks of story and discussion, families will be challenged to keep reading the Bible together and ask the most important question: if Easter changes everything, how does it change me?

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Marriage You Want
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We all want a marriage that feels like home. We long for a partner who is there for us through all of life’s challenges and griefs, who is in on all our inside jokes, who delights in the family we’ve built together, who looks with hope toward the future with a shared faith and an arm firmly around our shoulders. But how do we get there? What actually works in the real world and honors the picture of marriage found in Scripture?

Based on the findings of their meticulous research, Sheila Wray Gregoire and Dr. Keith Gregoire dispel the pervasive myths about what makes a happy marriage. Rather than relying on gender stereotypes, they look at what actually creates intimacy, emotional health, and connection, asking deeper questions that lead to real healing and growth in your relationship with your spouse.

With enlightening stories, survey results, and practical tools, this book will help readers create a marriage they love. And with the evidence-based, Scripture-honoring advice in this book, that just may be closer than you imagine.

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Seasoned Marriage : Living The Gospel In The Middle Years And Beyond
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Life is different than it was on your wedding day years ago. You are different, your spouse is different, and so is your marriage. In the middle and later decades of life, we all face situations we didn’t think about as young married couples such as maintaining relationships with adult children, planning for retirement, navigating health struggles, preventing marital monotony, and investing time into the lives of our grandchildren.

With warmth and wisdom, pastor Larry McCall encourages readers that these new challenges can be blessings and are all wonderful opportunities to grow in your care for one another as you reflect the love of Christ. In the face of the next season of life, it is possible for your relationship to grow even sweeter.

Learn to navigate launching adult children, wrapping up your career, caring for aging parents, and facing new financial challenges.

Embrace change as your roles and responsibilities shift and as you look to the future for new opportunities to serve with the hope of the gospel.Includes questions for personal reflection or group discussion.

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Parenting With Hope Study Guide (Student/Study Guide)
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Build a Flourishing Family Culture

With this study guide companion to Parenting with Hope, author and experienced mom Melissa Kruger provides wisdom for navigating the teen years and creating a home environment that encourages teens to grow and mature in their faith–long after they leave.
Using a combination of thought-provoking questions, opportunities for reflection, and practical guidance, Melissa will help you…

*prayerfully study and live out God’s Word

*apply scriptural insight as you consider each aspect of your teens’ lives: home, church, school, and their social and extracurricular activities

*identify biblical principles and values that will equip and enrich you in your parenting journey

Parenting is not easy, and parenting teenagers comes with a unique set of challenges. This insightful resource will help you think biblically, engage gracefully, and live wisely so that this can be a spiritually formative season of life–for you and your teenage children.

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Parents Guide To Teen Identity
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“I am who I decide to be.” Teens strongly believe in a world where self-expression, uniqueness, and differences are welcome. Dig deep into Gen Z’s identity formation by uncovering false beliefs and steering them toward a healthy sense of self. Features:

*Lies culture tells you about identity formation
*Biblical truths about finding your real identity
*Practical ways to live out your true self
*Self-reflection questions for parents
*Engaging discussion questions for teens

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Everyday Prayers For The School Year
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Moms know all too well that God doesn’t promise an easy road for us–or our kids. As much as we’d love to protect them from heartaches, it just isn’t possible. This is especially true during the school year, when they are introduced to new teachers, new classmates, new concepts, and maybe even a new school that seems big and frightening.

Jesus tells us, “In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world” (John 16:33). With this reassurance, we try to reassure our children that no matter what, God is there and He’s on their side.

And we pray.

In Everyday Prayers for the School Year, author Tara L. Cole offers devotional readings and opportunities for mothers to pray for many issues concerning their children, such as:

*Are they making godly friends?
*Are their teachers kind and caring?
*Can they make wise choices in bad situations?
*Will they commit to studying?
*Are they being targeted by bullies?
*If they are unprepared for a test, will they trust God or cheat?

No matter what our kids are facing during the school year, we can’t go wrong when we pray and teach them to pray too.

Our prayer is that they ultimately trust Him for their salvation, but even after they become Christians, they have the daily choice to trust God when they feel like they are standing alone and the circumstances look impossible.

Tara says, “My hope for this journal is that it will help moms turn their worry about their children’s school year into hope, that they take their concerns to God and walk away confident that He loves our kids more than we do. And He is in control.”

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Raising Confident Kids In A Confusing World
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As kids grow up, they hear many conflicting messages about how they can define themselves. For example, they are told that they can define themselves by their achievements, popularity, sexuality, morality or gender, or by how they feel.

This warm, realistic and sympathetic book, written by father of three and founder of Faith in Kids, Ed Drew, provides much needed biblical help for parents on this topic. It shows parents how to encourage their kids to find their identity in the fact that they are made and loved by Jesus, and it explores the implications and applications of this truth.

Whether they are happy or anxious, whether they have messed up or achieved great things, children will gain a positive and realistic view of themselves, based on God’s amazing love for them, giving them confidence to live by faith in a secular world.

The foundational principles in this book mean it is ideal to read in advance of or during the early stages of parenting, but it is a useful resource at any stage of a child’s life.

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To The 10th Generation
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In the midst of family life, most days are too busy to think far into the future. Then once the children are grown, family life can feel like mostly memories, often tinged with regrets. And the future? More worries and fears, laden with unknowns.

But you and your family right now, whatever your ages, whatever you’re facing, are living within a much larger story than you might realize. Your faithful efforts today matter. They are how God himself shapes the future. His heart can create in your home a culture of faith that will strengthen your family To the Tenth Generation.

Sound impossible? Ray and Jani Ortlund help bring such unimaginable thoughts down into the everyday ordinary of home and marriage and parenting-even grandparenting. With refreshing honesty and wise counsel, they invite you to experience the greatness that God can accomplish through a Christian family. It can happen, yes, in your family-now and for many, many, many years to come.

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Moments For Moms DayBrightener
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366 inspirational messages

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60 Things God Said About Sex
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In many TV shows, the characters move from partner to partner, making sex the be-all and end-all of the male-female relationship. In many magazines, the advertised topics are centered on sex-good sex, better sex, more sex. The entertainment shows are focused on who’s having sex with who. Sex, sex, sex. It’s everywhere! But the only thing that seems to be a definite is that people are trying to find happiness through sexual relationships. God created sex for a specific purpose–and created it good. Sex is a gift from God. The Bible candidly deals with sex (more so than many modern sex manuals!), and this book is forthright in presenting the biblical view of sex as a gift from God, its intended use, and the spiritual parallel of a husband and wife’s sexual union as a symbol of the sacred consummation of Christ and His bride–the church. In this straightforward explanation of the biblical view of sex, Lester Sumrall will show you that the best way to have sex is God’s way. This book is perfect for couples about to get married, parents who think it’s about time to have “that talk” with their child, or anyone who finds that the world’s view of sex isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.

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Parenting : 14 Gospel Principles That Can Radically Change Your Family With
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Paul David Tripp’s Bestselling Book on Parenting, Now with Study Questions

Sometimes parents wish there was a guaranteed formula for raising good kids-a certain list of rules to follow to ensure they’d have obedient children. But if moms and dads view their role through the lens of God’s grace, they will see that the gospel must first shape how they parent before they can effectively shape their children.

In the bestselling book Parenting, Paul David Tripp unfolds a more biblical perspective on parenting than merely adhering to a list of rules. He lays out 14 gospel-centered principles that will radically change the way parents think about what it means to raise up a child, informing everything they do as a parent. This edition includes a section of engaging study questions for every chapter, helping individuals and groups reflect on each topic in greater depth.

Downloadable study questions are available for free.

*Christ-Centered Advice for Families: Explains how the gospel should affect the way parents interact with their children at every age

*Engaging Study Questions: Reflect on each chapter alone or as part of a small group

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Dads And Daughters
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She’ll always be your girl.

Whether your daughter is still small or all grown up, she holds a special place in her dad’s heart forever. Today, celebrate the gifts and blessings of the unique relationship between dads and their girls with this inspirational book by family counselor and widely acclaimed parenting expert Dr. James Dobson.Based on the New York Times bestseller Bringing Up Girls, Dads and Daughters is a beautiful tribute to a dad’s role in his daughter’s life. It’s an insightful collection of wisdom for dads on developing and preserving a truly exceptional connection with their daughters. And it’s a joyful celebration of the lifelong bond of love they share.

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7 Traits Of Effective Parenting
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In today’s complex world, parenting is a tough job. Beyond the difficulties of the changing world we live in, there are also the daily frictions of imperfect people sharing a home together. However, Daniel P. Huerta, Focus on the Family’s Vice President of Parenting, offers hope and help for you to become an effective parent.Based on exhaustive research, Huerta presents a collection of seven powerful character traits designed to help parents grow and thrive as they take on the task of raising children. Parents will be encouraged to navigate family life with grace and love so their children ultimately see God’s transformative power, love, and influence.

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52 Weekly Devotions For Family Prayer
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Packed with stories of contemporary families, hands-on activities that help children understand basic principles of prayer, and discussions that encourage you to dig into what happens when we pray.

Imagine what would happen if Christian families really took time to pray together and did it with knowledge of how to pray. Yours can be one of those families! Develop your family’s prayer life the easy way. These 52 weekly devotions will equip your family to pray together as you explore various aspects of prayer. The ideas are practical and easy for busy families to use, choosing what best fits their schedule. Contemporary stories based on true stories show how families respond to tragedy, rejoice with God, and persist in prayer during hard times.

Use 52 Week Devotions for Family Prayer before bedtime. Around the dinner table. Wherever and whenever you choose to have your family devotional time, 52 Weekly Devotions for Family Prayer fits perfectly into your on-the-go schedule and lifestyle. Throughout the book you’ll read what happens when Bible characters pray, praise, and live their faith:

*Nehemiah leaned on God to rebuild the wall around Jerusalem while helping the people trust God against enemy threats

*Hannah wept before God and her prayer was heard

*Jesus shared what’s most important in prayer

*Elijah heard God whisper

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XTB Issue 8
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We Kick Off In Mark And Cover Chs 14-16 Over Days 1-20
Day 21 Opens Up The Book Of 1 Samuel And We’ll Look Through Chs 1-5 Until Day 35
Days 36-45 Examine Some Of David’s Psalms (prayers Or Songs To God)
Back To 1 Samuel On Day 46 And You’ll Get Through Chs 8-17 By Day 65.
A Series Of Puzzles And Questions At The Very End Of The Book Offer A Chance To Look Into Other Parts Of The Bible Not Covered Here.
Hope You Have Lots Of Fun With The Crown Coder. It’s Very Cool.

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Find out about Samuel and Saul in 1 Samuel.

Look at some of the prayers and songs David wrote – through good times AND bad.

Read about what happened to Jesus on the very first Easter in the final part of Mark.

And use your XTB Crown Coder to discover who the Real King is.

Issue Eight of XTB is called The Real King. Three months of Bible readings to help you investigate the first Easter in the last part of Mark’s Gospel, to meet the last of the judges – Samuel – and the first king of Israel – Saul – in the book of 1 Samuel, and to dip into some of King David’s psalms as well, plus you get a free XTB Crown Coder…!

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Holy Labor : How Childbirth Shapes A Woman’s Soul
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Women are valued for their ability to bear children in many cultures. The birth process, though supposedly the most painful experience of a woman’s life, is seen as a necessary evil to achieve the end goal of children and motherhood.

And yet, in the face of a typically masculinized Christianity that nevertheless professes that women are equally created in the image of God, shouldn’t childbirth–a uniquely feminine experience–itself shape Christian women’s souls and teach them about the heart of the God they love and follow?

Drawing on her own experience of giving birth and motherhood–and the conflicting assumptions attached to them, by Christians and the culture at large–Aubry G. Smith presents a richly scriptural exploration of common conceptions about pregnancy and childbirth that will not only help mothers and soon-to-be mothers understand how to think biblically about birth, but also walks them through how to put the ideas into practice in their own lives. Along the way, she shows all readers how to see God’s own experience of the birth process–and how childbirth leads to a deeper understanding of the gospel overall.

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Youll Make It And They Will Too
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A lifeline of hope for parents of teens who feel adrift on the real and raw parenting journey, presented with wisdom and faith–and a touch of candid humor–from seasoned educator, mother, and Today Parenting contributor Amy Betters-Midtvedt.

As a mom with five kids ages twelve to twenty-two living at home, Amy Betters-Midtvedt found that parenting teens challenged everything she thought it meant to be a “good” mom. But in the unraveling came the building of something new and more beautiful than she could have imagined: an incredible sense of love, hope, joy, and relationship–even in the mess.

You’ll Make It (and They Will Too) is as much about navigating the minefields of anxiety and mental health as it is setting curfews, convincing kids to bring their dishes back to the kitchen, and deciding whose turn it is to have the car keys. It’s about dancing in the kitchen with soon-to-be adult kids who are taller than you. It’s making appointments with a therapist and a college admissions counselor in the same week. It’s helping your kids cling to faith even as they reject the pew on Sunday mornings.

Through stories steeped in hope and prayer of both her professional and personal parenting journey, Amy shares:

– words of comfort for when you feel alone, together with wisdom and strategies that will help you to not just survive the sleepless nights, but also to thrive as a stronger family unit

– prayers to draw on God’s strength when everything feels overwhelming

– a path forward with your teenagers that brings you into a lifelong loving relationship

– ways to celebrate the beauty in your teens in all that they are, just as God made them

Each chapter will leave you equipped, encouraged, and less alone by guiding you through how to listen to your own heart when parenting your precious teen.

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What He Must Be
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All parents want their daughters to marry godly young men. But which qualities, specifically, should they be looking for? What will you say when that certain young man sits down in your living room, sweaty-palmed and tongue-tied, and asks your permission to marry your daughter? What criteria should he meet before the two of them join together for life? What He Must Be…; If He Wants to Marry My Daughter outlines ten qualities parents should look for in a son-in-law, including trustworthiness, a willingness to lead his family, an understanding of his wife’s role, and various spiritual leadership qualities. Author Voddie Baucham follows up on his popular book Family Driven Faith with this compelling apologetic of biblical manhood. By studying the principles outlined in his book, parents who want their daughter to marry a godly man-as well as those who want their sons to become godly men-will be well equipped to help their children look for and develop these God-honoring qualities.

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Parents Guide To Talking About Death
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Death is hard to process at any age, so how can you begin to discuss it with your teen? Learn practical strategies to process the pain of loss by gently addressing commonly asked questions with confidence.

Features:

*Why is talking about death so hard?
*Why should you talk about death?
*How should you talk to your teen about death?

This guide also includes parent questions for personal reflection and teen discussion questions for honest conversations.

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Becoming MomStrong : How To Fight With All That’s In You For Your Family An
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Have you ever looked into the faces of the people who call you “mom” and wondered what in the world you got yourself into?

If you’re like many Christian moms today, you’ve been reading the headlines and watching the rapid-fire changes in our culture with frustration and fear. Let’s face it: Moms today are facing questions that previous generations didn’t even see coming, and even our right to determine what is best for our own children is under fire. Popular speaker and blogger Heidi St. John (The Busy Mom) believes that today’s mothers need a special kind of strength. We need to be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might. We dare not rely on human strength for the battles we’re facing right now. In Becoming MomStrong, Heidi has a powerful message just for you-the mom in the midst of it all. Through encouragement, practical prayer points, and authentic “me-too” moments, Heidi equips you for a job that only you can do: to train your children to hear God’s voice and to walk in truth no matter where our culture is heading. God wants to use this generation of mothers to do something extraordinary:
*To be strong in the Lord
*To know who you are in Christ, and
*To impart that strength to your kids.

In other words, He wants you to be MomStrong! So if you’re feeling tired or inadequate today, get ready to find new strength as you join Heidi St. John in Becoming MomStrong.

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Parents Guide To Understanding Your Childrens Dreams And Nightmares
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A child with regular nightmares can easily be dismissed by professionals as just overly imaginative or too sensitive. But for any parent at their wits’ end over their child’s suffering from dreams and nightmares, a deeper understanding is needed. Is it possible that a spiritual dimension is at play? //
A Parent’s Guide to Understanding Dreams and Nightmares by Recie Saunders offers help to concerned parents. With a clear, easy-to-read style, it is an invaluable resource for all parents who want to help their kids know whether a dream is from God, interpret their nightmares, find security in God’s control, and hear God’s voice in the night season as well as the day.

Drawing on his extensive research on the prophetic, visions, and dreams, Recie also peppers this practical book with stories about his own kids and their dreams. He differentiates between dreams and visions, provides creative ideas for encouraging kids’ faith, explains lucid dreaming, and lists the most common images and symbols that come through dreams. Throughout this approachable book is Recie’s tender, fatherly passion that the kingdom of heaven belongs to the “little children.” Includes dream journal, descriptions of twenty common dreams, and a dream symbol dictionary.

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Better Than Anything Christmas
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Advent devotional helping your family get more excited about Jesus at Christmas than anything else.

A Better Than Anything Christmas is the second Advent devotional for families from Barbara Reaoch, author of the best-selling A Jesus Christmas.

These daily devotions in the Gospels give a thorough investigation of why Jesus came. In the lead-up to Christmas, families will explore 25 reasons why Jesus came, and they will see that what Jesus gives us is better than anything else we could wish for.

Each day there is a passage to read together, questions to think about, an explanation and a prayer. There are also age-appropriate application questions, some for younger children and some for older children, as well as journalling space so that each family member can write or draw their own response to what God has shown them.

So get each family member a copy of A Better Than Anything Christmas and a Bible, and find ten minutes a day in December to look at God’s word together so that kids get more excited about Jesus than anything else that Christmas offers.

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40 Days To A Joyful Motherhood
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From author, mother, and holistic wellness advocate Sarah Humphrey comes a heartfelt devotional filled with guidance and spiritual wisdom for mothers everywhere.

40 Days to a Joyful Motherhood offers mothers the chance to dive more deeply into what it means to understand your identity, let go of comparison, and embrace the beautiful mess that so often defines motherhood. With poignant truths on self-care, grace, and spirituality, Humphrey shares her wisdom for the joyful moments, the difficult moments, and each moment in between. Humphrey’s devotional provides reflection and contemplation amidst the hurry of motherhood, and encourages mothers to meditate on their own unique and invaluable identity.

Spanning 40 days, Humphrey draws from her own experience to offer readers authentic and thoughtful advice on how to slow down, be present, and meditate on God’s word–even when life seems out of control. Humphrey’s devotional touches on topics such as:

*Understanding your identity
*Learning to nurture yourself
*Transforming your habits
*Letting go of comparison
*Coping with loss
*Setting boundaries and finding support

Humphrey’s thoughtful, sincere advice and heartfelt observations are an encouragement to readers in this soul-stirring devotional dedicated to the beauty (and mess) of motherhood.

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Merry And Bright Adventure
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With all of the exciting sights, sounds, and smells of Christmastime, it can be hard to get children to focus on the real reason for the season: the birth of Jesus Christ. But let’s face it: all of us can get caught up in the hustle-bustle of planning for family gatherings, decorating, and shopping for gifts.

Author Katie J. Trent offers a solution to the mad rush of Advent with A Merry and Bright Adventure: A Christmas Devotional for Family, Faith, Food, and Fun.

This unique family devotional will help you discover new ways to enjoy the season with Christ at the center of it all. You’ll grow in your relationship with Jesus-and each other-as you learn the history behind holiday traditions and discover Jesus in everyday moments.

A Merry and Bright Adventure includes:

*Kid-friendly lessons and Scripture readings for ages three and up focusing on a specific holiday tradition for each day in December leading up to Christmas.

*Simple prayers and discussion questions such as “What gift would you bring Jesus if you met Him today?” and “Why were angels important in the Christmas story?”

*Family adventures ranging from making ornaments and gifts to spreading Christmas cheer to others, stargazing, and carol singing.

*A baking buddies conversation connection with a short Scripture to go with the theme for the day and a recipe. There are thirty-one recipes in all to give families some options.

*Full-color photos throughout.

A Merry and Bright Adventure is packed with ways to make Advent a special time for the whole family. Katie’s goal is to help you make the season more meaningful and memorable, not more stressful and chaotic!

“Think of this devotional as an arsenal of tools for your toolbelt,” she says. “Feel free to pull out the tools that are helpful each day and reserve the rest for another day-or another year. Have fun and enjoy the season together.”

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Held : 31 Biblical Reflections On God’s Comfort And Care In The Sorrow Of M
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31 biblical reflections on God’s comfort and care in the sorrow of miscarriage.

Using Psalm 139, Abbey Wedgeworth walks alongside women suffering the heartbreak of miscarriage. Having experienced the sorrow of miscarriage herself, she acknowledges the isolation commonly felt and the impact that such an experience can have on faith.

The 31 biblical reflections in this beautiful and comforting book remind grieving women that God sees them, knows them, loves them, and is actively caring for them. These precious verses will show women that God can bring comfort, assurance, protection, and purpose in the very sorrow that they are experiencing.

Includes personal stories from other women who have had experience of early pregnancy loss, encouraging sufferers that they are not alone.

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When Grief Comes Home
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When death touches your family, you are never quite prepared. Complicating your personal pain and the need to grieve is the equally important task of helping your children understand and process the loss of a loved one. How should you answer your child’s questions about death? Should you let them see you cry? How can you support their resilience? How can you help preserve memories?

Drawing from their own personal and professional experience, Erin Nelson and Colleen Montague help you navigate loss alongside your child. They provide honest ways to talk to your child about death according to age and stage of development and offer ideas on how to process, honor, and integrate loss. Chapters end with reflective questions and healing activities that lead to more meaningful connection between parents and children, inspiring hope for the future.

When families find healing practices together, they find ways to integrate their loss and expand their capacity to thrive. Through times of tragedy, when parents and children have the support they need, the shared experience of grief can become part of their family’s sacred story.

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Marriage You Want Study Guide (Student/Study Guide)
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In this companion study guide to The Marriage You Want, you’ll discover how to create a marriage you love and how to live out God’s purposes for you as a couple. With reflection prompts and practical assessments, you will strip away gender stereotypes to uncover what Scripture says about marriage and what new data and common sense support. Perfect for newlyweds, premarital preparation or counseling, and small group studies. Get ready to grow as you learn:

– how to be Christlike in your marriage and why this transcends fixed roles
– the difference between marriage foundations (must-have) and frills (nice to have)
– how to talk with your spouse about mental load and household responsibilities
– scripts for starting hard conversations and tips for getting through them
– practices for emotional health and bringing this into your marriage

The marriage you want doesn’t just happen effortlessly. Neither is it a puzzle you can’t solve. In fact, with the evidence-based, Scripture-honoring advice in this book, it just may be closer than you imagine.

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Tying The Knot
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Advised by both tellers of fairy tales and harbingers of doom, many engaged couples simply don’t know what to expect from marriage, so they focus their anxious energies on the wedding day. Rob Green, a pastor, counselor, and veteran of many premarital counseling sessions, shares that the joy, fun, companionship, and love couples hope for before marriage are not only possible, they are actually God’s plan for marriage. But none of these wonderful things happen automatically when you tie the knot. A strong and satisfying marriage must be intentionally built on Jesus.

Tying the Knot offers soon-to-be-married couples a practical vision of Christ-centered marriage that is realistic, hopeful, and actionable. This nine-session study guides couples through issues like conflict, expectations, communication, finances, and intimacy, showing how each can be successfully resolved with Christ at the center of the marriage.

Knowing the stresses and needs of a couple in their season of engagement, Green has helpfully designed the study to require a manageable (and healthy) 60 minutes of at-home work per session, with questions and exercises to build communication and intimacy at the end of each chapter. Tying the Knot also includes an appendix for mentors, making it easy for a married couple, lay leader, or counselor to lead an engaged couple through the book.

Field-tested and recommended by multiple counselors in a thriving counseling practice, Tying the Knot has already guided many couples into a stronger and more joyful union. Let this nine-week premarriage study reorient your life and marriage around Christ, so you both will experience all the blessings of marriage as God designed it.

* Presents a day-to-day vision of Christ-centered marriage that is realistic, hopeful, and practical * Demonstrates clearly-in just nine chapters or sessions-how issues like conflict, expectations, communication, finances, and intimacy can only be successfully and satisfyingly approached with Christ at the center of a marriage * Field tested and recommended by multiple counselors in a thriving counseling practice * Highly practical and accessible for couples, requires about 60 minutes of weekly at-home work * Includes chapter-by-chapter exercises and questions for couples to do separately and together to build communication and intimacy * Includes an appendix for mentors to guide couples through the book

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Unlimited Motherhood : Overcome 12 Limits That Overwhelm And Conflict Our H
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Forces OUTSIDE You Can’t Stop the God WITHIN You

It’s easy to feel overwhelmed and limited by the demands on your life as a mom. Your heart’s cry is for God to use you, but at the end of the day, you don’t have much left to give.

But what if the limits on your life could be overcome through the power of the Holy Spirit?

With humor, vulnerability, and stories of her own limited life as a mom of five–two of whom struggle with severe autism–pastor and podcaster Jessica Hurlbut ignites hope in the hearts of overwhelmed moms to believe that God has more. Revealing 12 limits that hinder mothers–very real things like exhaustion, distractions, and disillusionment–Jessica empowers you to respond in obedience rather than react in emotions. From there she will teach you how to recognize and follow the Holy Spirit’s lead so you can experience the abundant life Jesus promised rather than the just-getting-by life we tend to settle for.

No matter your circumstances, God sees you, knows you, and has more for your life–even amid the crazy season of motherhood.

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Parents Guide To Eating Disorders
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It’s heartbreaking to watch your teen willfully destroy their body. Get a solid overview of the types of eating disorders, what causes them, and how to seek professional help. Plus, gain time-tested strategies to discuss this triggering topic with compassion.

Enjoy a balanced Christian perspective on how to find true healing with answers to questions including:

*Why are eating disorders on the rise?
*How can I tell if my child has an eating disorder?
*How can I help my child fix it if they don’t think it’s a problem?
*And more!

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Why Marriage Counseling Fails
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Like life itself, marriage has moments of joy…and sorrow. As difficult as marriage can be, many who have said “I do” try to stick it out when problems arise because the alternative–being alone–is not very appealing. If the couple truly wants to save their marriage, they usually turn to counseling.

Unfortunately, most marriage counseling ends with the couple dropping out and then, more often than not, ending their relationship. In some cases, the problem is not the couple but their choice of counselor. One who is poorly trained, disinterested, or obviously biased can destroy a marriage.

Why Marriage Counseling Fails explores different scenarios that cause problems for couples as well as the different types of counselors who can help or harm a marriage. Dr. David B. Hawkins has more than forty-five years of experience as a marriage counselor and has helped thousands of couples save their marriages.

“Sadly, when it comes to reaching out for help for marriage counseling, few have a sense of trust and confidence in their counselor,” he says. “Stories abound about how they came out of a counseling session worse than when they went in.”

Dr. Hawkins defines the “five I’s” of a qualified marriage counselor as one who:

*Offers wise instruction
*Takes an active interest in the couple
*Offers insight into why problems recur
*Is willing to work intensively
*Works in-depth to help the couple find long-term solutions

Why Marriage Counseling Fails offers insights into marital issues, the brokenness of the counseling system, how to find good help, and how to insist upon effective help when turning to a counselor.

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Ours : Biblical Comfort For Men Grieving Miscarriage
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This 31-day devotional gives biblical comfort and practical support to men processing miscarriage. The loss of a baby in the womb can leave the father reeling, as well as the mother. He may feel confused, helpless, lonely, deeply sad, or just numb.

As readers draw alongside Jesus in the pages of Luke’s Gospel, they’ll find help to process their grief and to address questions they may be too afraid to ask. There’s also lots of practical help on how to care both for themselves and for their family in the aftermath of miscarriage.

Eric Schumacher writes with sympathy and compassion as someone who has experienced the grief of multiple pregnancy losses making this book a great way to reach out to men who are suffering in this way. Includes foreword by Paul David Tripp and contributions from Nate and Lore Wilbert, Jenn Hesse, and Brian Croft. There is also space for journaling.

Held is a similar resource, comforting women experiencing the sorrow of miscarriage.

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Majoring In Motherhood
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Moms of little ones…here is the joy, humor, and rock-solid encouraging truth you need.

Ready for your motherhood crash course? You’ll laugh, cry, and rejoice in God as you learn about:

*Math: Exponential Laundry, Divided Sleep, Multiplied Love
*Physics: Laws and Limits under an Infinite God
*Language Skills: Toddler-ese and the Vocabulary of Sacrifice
*Health and Hygiene: Lost Vitamins, Eye-Logs, and the Mirror of Motherhood
*Phys Ed: Maternal Olympics, Hitting Our Limits, Finding True Strength
*Fashion: The Mom Uniform, Faulty Fig Leaves, the Better Covering of Christ
*Chemistry: Becoming the Nucleus, Fighting Entropy, Searching for Lasting Peace
*Philosophy: The Endless Why of Toddlers and the Great Why of Motherhood

Join Emily, a Christian mom of six, as she shares her heart, her life, and the vital, Christ-centered lessons she has learned along the way.

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Raising Healthy Teenagers
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Our kids are experiencing an unprecedented sense of isolation, interacting virtually in a world that seems ever more fearful with each news cycle. They absorb and internalize the stress and anxiety they see on their parents’ faces and on the phone, laptop, tablet, and TV screens that are ever before their eyes. Not surprisingly, their mental and physical health are suffering. As parents, we want to know how we can help.

Practical and encouraging, Raising Healthy Teenagers helps you understand the mental, physical, and social toll the past couple years have taken on your kids. Then it offers proven strategies to help your teen get back onto a healthy path by:

– reducing screen time and increasing green time
– learning how to be a social being again
– developing strategies to deal with disruptions in schooling
– reclaiming a structured day
– breaking the cycle of anxiety and depression
– and much more

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