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Satan You Cant Have My Marriage
$14.99Add to cartBiblical principles and declarations to confront the devil and cast his evil influence out of your relationships.Christian Family Counselor Iris Delgado wants Satan to know that marriage is a territory that Christians can take back from demonic interference and control-and that it never needs to become the devil’s territory. This book reveals what makes marriage work-and what destroys it. Delgado tackles nearly fifty important marriage issues from an understanding of covenant, relationships with in-laws and children, household behaviors and chores, all the way to deeper issues of intimacy, integrity, finances, workaholics, habits, and communication. She gives biblical principles and declarations to confront the devil and cast his evil influence out. She includes interactive thought-provokers and an index of relevant words. She answers questions like:
Who will pay the bills and keep the financial records?
How do I handle an argument?
Whose house do we visit on holidays?
What are the hidden secrets of unresolved things in my life?
How can God help when my spouse doesn’t want any help?
What are the secret, bad habits that could tear us apart?This book will be a mentoring handbook you won’t want to be without! It will be useful for dating and engaged couples as well as for married couples who want to eliminate Satan’s influence from their marriage and lives.
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Blessing Your Children
$17.00Add to cartThe seeds we plant in the lives of children will grow into good, healthy fruit or into weeds that choke out their potential and promise. But parents, grandparents, and mentors don’t always know how to speak life into a child or teen. Now Pastor Jack Hayford shows adults how to bless the kids in their lives with words of encouragement, nurture, protection, and challenge. In Blessing Your Children, Hayford shares Jesus’ tender heart for children and offers a biblical blueprint for passing on God’s blessing to future generations. This warm, insightful book, which includes an application and prayer at the end of each chapter, will be a treasured resource for parents and grandparents, children’s pastors and family counselors, and mentoring programs.
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365 Ways To Organize Everything
$14.99Add to cartBestselling author Emilie Barnes teams up with fellow home-management expert and author Sheri Torelli to provide readers with an all-in-one collection of ideas, shortcuts, and inspiration to bring beauty and order to every aspect of their lives and homes.
These creative, experienced coauthors of the popular More Hours In My Day (over 240,000 copies sold) offer women proven ways to:
organize, clean, and maintain every room in the house
prioritize time to best serve their families, and God
clear clutter and create space for more peaceful living
simplify meal planning, preparation, and cooking with fast tips
plan efficiently for daily needs, special trips, and family activitiesReaders will refer to this practical resource again and again to discover the freedom and gift of conserving energy, space, and time and turning those resources toward richer, more joyful living.
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No Easy Choice
$24.00Add to cartIn No Easy Choice, Ellen Painter Dollar tells her gut-wrenching story of living with osteogenesis imperfecta (OI)-a disabling genetic bone disorder that was passed down to her first child-and deciding whether to conceive a second child who would not have OI using assisted reproduction. Her story brings to light the ethical dilemmas surrounding advanced reproductive technologies. What do procedures such as in vitro fertilization (IVF) and preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) say about how we define human worth? If we avoid such procedures, are we permitting the suffering of our children? How do we identify a “good life” in a consumer society that values appearance, success, health, and perfection?
Dollar considers multiple sides of the debate, refusing to accept the matter as simply black and white. Her book will help parents who want to understand and make good decisions about assisted reproduction, as well as those who support and counsel them, including pastors and medical professionals.
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What A Son Needs From His Dad (Reprinted)
$14.00Add to cartNo one can prepare a son for life better than his father. Dads are role models and this book encourages fathers to grow into the kind of men they want their sons to become. Practical topics include preparing boys for work, marriage, sexuality, friendships, and their relationships with God. The author researches and speaks on family issues, and is also a dad himself. Originally published as How a Man Prepares His Sons for Life. Updated by the author.
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Before You Were Mine
$18.99Add to cartWritten by an adoptive mother and an adoptee daughter, Before You Were Mine offers a unique Christian perspective on creating a Lifebook that commemorates your child’s birth story. Complete with worksheets and advice from adoptive families, you’ll find that remembering and celebrating your child’s history can be fun, rewarding, and even redemptive. You’ll discover how to uncover and organize details of their birth story, make the story both truthful and positive, and use the Lifebook to trace God’s faithfulness. This powerful concept takes the guesswork out of how and when you’ll talk about your adopted child’s beginnings—and offers him or her a lasting memento that helps them overcome uncertainty and fear to rest in Christ’s unconditional love. How will you embrace your child’s birth story as part of God’s plan? Before You Were Mine will help you relax and rejoice in the beautiful story God is writing for your child.
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Creating With God
$19.99Add to cartCreating with God is a boldly truthful, sometimes funny, and deeply spiritual account of where babies come from and where babies take us. Jobe reads the Bible through the lens of her back-to-back pregnancies and finds that God shows up in pregnancy when we least expect it. Weaving together biblical reflection, her own story, and the stories of the moms around her, Jobe reveals the ways in which pregnancy is at the heart of God’s work in the world. She invites her readers to see the image of Jesus in pregnant women, feel God abiding in the work of pregnancy, and to consider the ways that pregnancy can train us in the very practices we need to live a life of faith.
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Special Mother Is Born
$19.95Add to cart“Your daughter has symptoms that are consistent with Down syndrome.” The nurses were surrounding author Leticia Velasquez in the delivery room when they uttered these fateful words-words that hit her stomach like a sucker punch. She was frightened and overwhelmed, but she was not alone. Four months earlier, God spoke to her in the depths of her heart; He told her that Christina had Down syndrome and that she was a gift from His hand.
If you are faced with a prenatal diagnosis or are raising a child with special needs, this book is for you. Thirty three parents who have walked in your shoes share how they encountered Christ alongside them in the darkness. You are not alone.
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Fun And Creative Dates For Dating Couples
$13.99Add to cartFifty-two fun dating ideas fill the pages of this book. Each date entry is classified as formal, informal, or spontaneous, with each entry also providing a list of the needed resources to make the date a success. Dates range from the subdued to the adventurous, and all include tips for success!
Sample Date:
“Let s Get Festive!: ” Explore small towns in your area for festivals they hold. Spent the day discovering the beauty of a local festival.
“Budget: ” Gas and food money
“Planning time: ” Plan a few weeks in advance watch forannouncements in the paper.
“What to bring: ” Casual clothes, walking shoes, camera, music for the car, camera, water
“Steps to Success: ” Get on the road early and make sure your car has been serviced
“Over the Top: ” Stay the weekend with friends in the area, or buy a souvenir to remind you of your trip.” -
Gods Hope For Your Home
$28.99Add to cartDiscover God’s Hope for Your Family…The modern American family faces many pressures. Often fragile marriages or parent-child relationships are held together by little more than band-aids, paper clips, or rubber bands. Such makeshift repairs only work temporarily. Good News! The Word of God offers more than temporary fixes for these human struggles. There is hope for your home life no matter how serious the problems or how deep the conflicts may seem. God’s Hope for Your Home explores the biblical essentials for maintaining healthy family relationships and living with a godly hope.
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Gods Hope For Your Home
$18.99Add to cartDiscover God’s Hope for Your Family…The modern American family faces many pressures. Often fragile marriages or parent-child relationships are held together by little more than band-aids, paper clips, or rubber bands. Such makeshift repairs only work temporarily. Good News! The Word of God offers more than temporary fixes for these human struggles. There is hope for your home life no matter how serious the problems or how deep the conflicts may seem. God’s Hope for Your Home explores the biblical essentials for maintaining healthy family relationships and living with a godly hope.
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Lighted Path : 101 Practical Lessons Using Gods Word As Guidance For Parent
$15.95Add to cartOlive Press Messianic (www.olivepresspublisher.com)
Publisher Marketing: This is a collection of lessons on raising children from a refreshingly different perspective and is presented in a most delightful way. The author starts with a Scripture and applies it in practical, personal ways to how we relate to our children. It is amazing how much child rearing guidance she has gleaned from the Word of God! Read it and be blessed! Buy it as a gift and bless someone else! With its beautiful interior design it makes a nice present for a young parent or a full-time grandparent or a child care worker, etc.
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Sticky Faith
$18.99Add to cartNearly every Christian parent in America would give anything to find a viable resource for developing within their kids a deep, dynamic faith that ‘sticks’ long term.
Sticky Faith delivers.
Research shows that almost half of graduating high school seniors struggle deeply with their faith. Recognizing the ramifications of that statistic, the Fuller Youth Institute (FYI) conducted the ‘College Transition Project’ in an effort to identify the relationships and best practices that can set young people on a trajectory of lifelong faith and service.
Based on FYI findings, this easy-to-read guide presents both a compelling rationale and a powerful strategy to show parents how to actively encourage their children’s spiritual growth so that it will stick to them into adulthood and empower them to develop a living, lasting faith.
Written by authors known for the integrity of their research and the intensity of their passion for young people, Sticky Faith is geared to spark a movement that empowers adults to develop robust and long-term faith in kids of all ages.
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Family Shepherds : Calling And Equipping Men To Lead Their Homes
$16.99Add to cartThe author of Family Driven Faith trains Christian men to model God’s truth and pass it on from generation to generation. God has mandated the transfer of his truth from one generation to the next. Because this transfer takes place primarily in the home, Voddie Baucham Jr. seeks to guide men in faithfully shepherding their families. Derived from Baucham’s monthly meetings with men in his church, Family Shepherds calls men to accountability for their God-given responsibilities as husbands and fathers. This book will inspire them to live better, love better, and lead better so that their families will thrive in every way.Baucham’s clear style and practical approach will help men protect their marriage, raise kingdom-minded children, value the synergy between church and home, and navigate difficult family dynamics. It will inspire them to carefully evaluate and live out their role in all areas of life. Family Shepherds is a book that every father needs and that every church will want as a resource for training the men in their congregations.
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Well Behaved Child
$18.99Add to cartA parenting workshop in a book! The biggest frustration felt by today’s parents is in the area of discipline. Family psychologist, best-selling author, and parenting expert John Rosemond uses his thirty-six years of professional experience working with families to develop the quintessential “how to” book for parents. Rosemond’s step-by-step program, based on biblical principles, traditional parenting approaches, and common sense, covers a wide range of discipline problems applicable to children from toddler to teen.
Sections include:
Essential discipline principles
Essential discipline tools
Perplexing problems and simple solutions
Not your everyday problems
General questions and answers
(Troubleshooting)Filled with real-life examples that anyone who’s ever been around children can relate to, this book is sure to be one of the most valuable, helpful resources parents have ever stumbled across.
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Sexy Christians : The Purpose Power And Passion Of Biblical Intimacy
$21.00Add to cartSex was God’s idea. Yet many Christians seem to think the more spiritual they are, the less sexual they will be. Dr. Ted and Diane Roberts help readers learn why men and women see sex differently, what the greatest aphrodisiac is, and how to avoid the most lethal killer to a great sex life. They also explore men’s and women’s sexual needs and why they are so different, sex from God’s perspective, and the differences between male and female sexual response cycles. End-of-chapter questions encourage couples to apply the book’s principles at home.
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Have A New Husband By Friday (Reprinted)
$17.00Add to cartHave a new husband by Friday? Is that even possible? Dr. Kevin Leman says it is. The New York Times bestselling author and self-help guru shows even the most frustrated wife how she can have a new husband by Friday. Leman reminds any wife that if what she’s doing to get better behavior out of her husband isn’t working now, it never will. So it’s time for a change. That means it’s time to change her own patterns of behavior. Here’s how Leman suggests she handle it day to day: Monday: Secrets Revealed: Cracking the Male Code Yes, you’re different species, but you can work together in harmony. Tuesday: Creatures from Another Planet . . . or Creatures of Habit? To understand men, you have to track ’em to their den. Wednesday: Think about What You Want to Say, Then Divide It by Ten How to talk so your guy will really listen . . . and listen so your guy will really talk. Thursday: Think of Him as a Seal Waiting for a Three-Pound Fish Why making love to your man is a key to who he is and how satisfied he’ll be, and what’s in it for you. Friday: It Takes a Real Woman to Make a Man Feel like a Real Man How to open your man’s heart, revolutionize your love life, and turn him into the knight you’ve always dreamed of.
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52 Ways To Wow Your Husband
$14.99Add to cartWith the same candor and creativity that made Men Are Life Waffles-Women Are Like Spaghetti (more than 270,000 copies sold) a bestseller, author Pam Farrel gives wives 52 ways to wow their husbands and add spark to their marriages. Pam delivers humor in her fun woman-to-woman style through inspirational stories, godly advice, and easy-to-read offerings that include:
wow assignments: simple ways to support, love, and encourage husbands
wow wisdom: Bible verses and wisdom to help women cover their spouse with prayer
wow dates: creative ideas for everything from shared meals to weekend getawaysNewlyweds, married with kids, or empty nesters will appreciate these ideas crafted for the busy life. A woman can try one idea a week for a year or take on a few at a time to deepen her spiritual, emotional, and physical bond with her loved one.
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When A Woman Inspires Her Husband
$15.99Add to cartPopular women’s speaker Cindi McMenamin (author of When Women Walk Alone, more than 100,000 copies sold) shares candid and surprising insights on what can help draw a husband closer to his wife.
This book is about how a woman can be the encourager, motivator, inspiration, and admiration behind her man becoming all God designed him to be.
When a Woman Inspires Her Husband looks at how a woman can celebrate and encourage her husband’s uniqueness. Cindi shares how a wife can embrace the man in her life by…
*understanding his world
*easing his burdens
*appreciating his differences
*admiring him for who he is
*encouraging him to dreamEvery chapter includes contributions titled “From His Point of View,” in which men share from their hearts what they want their wives to know. An uplifting and practical resource designed to strengthen marriage relationships!
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Spirituality Of Caregiving
$9.99Add to cartYou already know that caregiving is hard work and is sometimes unappreciated, but have you ever considered that it isn’t easy to be the care receiver? In this encouraging book Henri Nouwen communicates warmth, respect, and compassion as he shares heartfelt insights on what it means to be a caregiver and to be cared for. His wisdom will change how you approach the caregiving relationship. A must read for every caregiver!
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Co Parenting Works
$18.99Add to cartWhat if your child’s ‘life-after-divorce’ could be better than you’ve hoped for? As the post-divorce dust settles, your child’s chances of leading a healthy, successful life are directly linked to how you and your former spouse relate. So instead of listening to statistics, read this book to discover real world co-parenting strategies from author, counselor, and co-parent Tammy Daughtry. Discover how you can make positive co-parenting work for you and your child by:
* Understanding how today’s actions will affect your child in five, ten, and twenty years
* Teaming with your child’s co-parent to develop strategies in the best interest of your children
* Helping your child feel at ease in both homes
* Increasing your child’s self-esteem while minimizing anxiety
* Integrating stepparents into your co-parenting teamCo-parenting isn’t easy. But with these strategies for success, you’ll be prepared to create an enjoyable childhood and a healthy upbringing that will impact your child for a lifetime. Take heart—the future can be better and brighter than you’ve dared to hope.
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Are You Waiting For The One
$18.99Add to cartPreface
1. Young Love: Beyond The Fantasy Of Romance
2. Marriage: What Makes It Christian?
3. Families: Telling The Stories That Have Shaped Us
4. Peace: Handling Conflict Constructively
5. Friendship: From Acquaintance To Intimacy
6. Sex: Embodied Communion
7. Hospitality: Welcoming Children And Other Strangers
8. Households: Forming An Economic Partnership
9. Old Love: Growing Together Into Maturity
Epilogue: WeddingsAdditional Info
Does God want to write your love story? Well, maybe not-especially not if it is the culture’s romanticized ideal of happily ever after! Margaret and Dwight Peterson help us sort out the difference between how our surrounding society often depicts marriage and how Christians really should approach this particular gift of God to all humanity. They guide us through many aspects of a growing, maturing marriage including being a family, handling conflict, friendship, children, household economics and weathering the transitions of life. In the end they show how Christian marriage is far deeper and stronger than a romantic fairy tale. In fact, it reflects the kind of love God has for us in the gospel of Jesus Christ who gave his life for us that we might have his life in us. -
Satan You Cant Have My Children
$14.99Add to cartSatan, You Can’t Have My Children provides clear, powerful spiritual tools that can be used to nurture and raise godly children. One chapter is filled with Scripture-based prayers that can be used by readers to pray for their children-young and old. This book is a tool for showing parents that, with God, the impossible is possible. To the parent struggling with a disobedient or rebellious child, this book provides calming encouragement and godly principles that can bring about a transformation in the home. It reinforces the promise that God’s power is greater than the power of the enemy over their children’s lives. It taps into the supernatural power of the Holy Spirit to aid parents, and it advises readers: Never give up in the face of adversity. Prepare yourself to see the Word of God in action in the lives of your children, and believe that God will perform His Word.
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Just Too Busy
$14.99Add to cartJust Too Busy is the true story of the Kraft family’s head-on collision with busyness and the twelve-month experiment that changed their lives. When their children could recite the dollar value meals at McDonalds faster than their times-tables, they knew something was very wrong. So, instead of continuing their bad habits and fitting more into their schedules, they took a year off from all activities and learned how to be a family again.
In this book, readers will laugh their way to learning the ten tell-tale signs that they are too busy and discover the symptoms for a common disorder known to moms today: A.D.D. (Activity Denial Disorder). Families will find simple ways to guard themselves from the temptation of constant distraction.
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God Is A Matchmaker (Revised)
$17.99Add to cartFrom Derek Prince, the bestselling author of Secrets of a Prayer Warrior and Blessing or Curse, comes a fully revised and expanded edition of his practical book on marriage. Written with his wife Ruth, Prince examines God’s pattern for marriage and shows how young believers can prepare now. He also uncovers seven biblical principles for finding a godly mate–principles that range true in his own life and in the lives of countless others. Readers will love the true-life success stories of those who followed Prince’s insight, knowing they too can trust in God’s plan for lifelong partnership.
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Young And In Love
$14.99Add to cartYou’re young and in love, but is marriage God’s will for you? Taking issue with today’s trend of delayed marriage, Cunningham argues that late teenage or young adult unions can often be God-ordained—and the key to sexual purity. His wise insights make this book ideal for preparing young couples for a lifetime of love.
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New Moms Guide To Life With Baby
$19.00Add to cartA new mom runs into a host of new challenges once baby arrives. With compassion and humor–and always the privilege of motherhood in mind–The New Mom’s Guide to Life with Baby helps mom establish a daily routine, keep her marriage strong, understand the changes in her body, and find her own mothering style. This practical book offers real advice from women who have been there, done that, and want other moms to benefit from their trials and triumphs. A perfect gift for baby showers, Mother’s Day, or any day, this guide is designed for the mom who can only find a few minutes of peace each day to read.
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Family Driven Faith
$19.99Add to cartVoddie Baucham’s guide for nurturing a godly family is now available in paperback with added study questions.More teens are turning away from the faith than ever before: it is estimated that 75 to 88 percent of Christian teens walk away from Christianity by the end of their freshman year of college. Something must be done.Family Driven Faith equips Christian parents with the tools they need to raise children biblically in a post-Christian, anti-family society. Voddie Baucham, who with his wife has overcome a multi-generational legacy of broken and dysfunctional homes, shows that God has not left us alone in raising godly children. In his Word he has given us timeless precepts and principles for multi-generational faithfulness.Baucham’s celebrated guide for godly, healthy families is now available in paperback, with study questions added. Parents will find this a critical resource for the spiritual nourishment and protection of the next generation.
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Dear God Why Cant I Have A Baby
$15.99Add to cartDear God, Why Cant I Have a Baby? provides women and “couples-in-waiting” with tools, direction, guidance, hope, and encouragement not to lose faith in God, or in each other, as they strive to share their love with a child.
Rachel’s cry of barrenness in Genesis 31:1,”Give me children, or I’ll die!” is a wail that still echoes around the world, as one in six couples experience infertility. Infertility statistics are staggering: nearly 6.1 million women and 2.1 million married couples in the United States will experience difficulty having a child.
Onlookers, and sadly even churches, often treat these “empty arms” couples with indifference, platitudes, criticism, or minimize the pain of miscarriages and stillborn babies. Couples struggling with infertility say they often feel alone and ostracized in their own churches and families. As a result, many infertile couples grow desperate, and some like Rachel, even feel suicidal when denied the one dream they have had since childhood-having a baby.
This book seeks to ease readers’ pain and accompany them on their infertility journey by offering: companionship, a place to cry, a way to journal and keep records, and most importantly, the strengthening of their faith in God.
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Orphanology : Awakening To Gospel Centered Adoption And Orphan Care
$16.99Add to cartOrphanology unveils the grassroots movement that’s engaged in a comprehensive response to serve hundreds of millions of orphans and “functionally parentless” children.
You’ll see a breadth of ways to care with biblical perspective and reasons why we must. Heartwarming, personal stories and vivid illustrations from a growing network of families, churches, and organizations that cross culture show how to respond to God’s mandate. The book empowers:
– churches-to plan preaching, teaching, ministering, missions, funding adoption, supporting orphans;
– individuals and families-to overcome challenges and uncertainties;
– every believer-to gain insights to help orphans in numerous ways.Discover how to
– adopt;
– assist orphans in transition;
– engage in foster care;
– partner with faith-based fostering agencies;
– become orphan hosts.Along with their families’ adoption stories, Merida and Morton give steps for action and features on churches doing orphan ministry, faith-based children’s homes, orphan-hosting groups, and other resources.
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Gone But Not Lost (Reprinted)
$15.00Add to cartWe all expect our parents to precede us in death. No one expects to have to make their child’s funeral arrangements. And the loss of a child brings with it a special and persistent manifestation of grief that can feel “like a stomachache that never ends.”
Gone but Not Lost is a thoughtful gift for a family that has experienced the death of a child. Each of its brief chapters covers one element of grieving, bringing readers through sorrow and helping them deal with feelings of anger or guilt, as well as the marital strain that may follow the loss of a beloved child.
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If Only He Knew
$19.99Add to cartWith over 800,000 copies in print, If Only He Knew by bestselling author Gary Smalley has long been esteemed as one of the premier books on marriage for men. Smalley helps men understand their wives and meet their needs in order to establish a loving, thriving relationship that will last a lifetime.
Newly revised and expanded to reflect up-to-date research and the current cultural landscape for today’s modern audience, this book is the perfect guide for husbands who want to love their wives and strengthen their marriages in a way like never before.
Using humorous and touching illustrations from his own life, as well as case histories and biblical examples, Gary Smalley maps a blueprint to a better marriage that will have a deep and lasting impact on men and their wives.
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Raising Your Childrens Children
$14.99Add to cartThere are more than six million children in the United States being raised by grandparents. In Raising Your Children’s Children, Martha Evans Sparks gives tips and wisdom so grandparents can find hope and direction to help them face their new and unexpected adventure in parenting once again. Included are the practical concerns of court proceedings, lawyer bills, hospital bills, and custody arrangememts. Your world may have just changed unexpectedly, but you are not alone. For quick, accurate answers to your sudden questions, this book is a great primer.
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Dont Make Me Come Up There
$16.99Add to cartEncouragement to help mothers reclaim peaceful moments with God
A calm moment is a rare find in a mom’s chaotic day. But she needs that moment to refocus and refresh her soul. She needs the inspiration to find God in the mess and the mundane that often defines her. She craves the solitude of a moment with the Master to quiet the storms. She needs to laugh and remember why she loves being a mom.
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Doctor James Dobson Parenting Collection
$24.99Add to cartIt can be tough to be a mom or dad. Aren’t there days when you wish you could sit down with an expert on parenting-somebody who really understands what you’re going through and knows just what advice and counsel to give you? Good news: The parenting wisdom you need is here-in one complete volume! In The Dr. James Dobson Parenting Collection, you’ll find three bestselling books (The New Dare to Discipline, The New Strong-Willed Child, and Parenting Isn’t for Cowards) containing the straightforward, practical, biblical truths you need-from Dr. James Dobson, the world’s foremost authority on parenting.
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What Dads Need To Know About Daughters What Moms Need To Know About Sons
$13.99Add to cartIt’s a boy!
New mothers welcome this announcement with both excitement and trepidation. It’s the beginning of a great adventure, as well as one of the most challenging jobs a woman can face.
Moms, your desire to understand your son can equip you with the power to influence his life for good, thereby influencing his family and generations to come. God made you this little boy’s mom on purpose! And with John Burns’s experienced help in this book, you can learn not only to endure it but to celebrate it.
It’s a girl!Those three little words create a rush of joy and anticipation for every new dad — typically followed by a healthy dose of fear and apprehension.
Dads, from God you can learn the qualities and characteristics that will make you the kind of dad your daughter needs you to be — and the kind of dad God always intended you to become. And with Helen Burns’s gentle advice about girls, it may be easier than you think.
Join us now as we celebrate the divine differences in sons and daughters. Learn to be gentle, loving, and understanding dads and moms from the wise and gracious Father of us all. -
Beware Of The Dog
$19.95Add to cartNothing I had believed was as it seemed. This was the bottom of the pit for me. I’d endured abuse for twenty years with my first husband only to now have spent another five and a half years of my life being chewed up and spit out by another man who I believed in. The first one exited my life spewing hateful, vulgar, blaming curses as he was sinking into self-loathing and suicidal episodes only to then point the gun at me. Then, again, in my simple quest for love and partnership, my devotion was rewarded with hatred, deceitfulness and destruction.
After twenty years of teaching Family Life Education and experiencing the devastation of abusive relationships, I offer real life tools to enable the reader to recognize real love, avoid the counterfeits and understand God’s desire to heal us when we make poor choices. -
Intentional Parenting : Family Discipleship By Design
$9.99Add to cartThere are literally thousands of books available on how to live various aspects of the Christian life. Of these, at least a couple of dozen pertaining to family life and child training are well worth reading. This is not one of those books. This book is designed to help you take those other books, as well as all the sermons, teachings, and exhortations you have received on child training and leadership in the home, and make sense of it all. Pastor Tad Thompson has assembled a biblical approach to effective family discipleship. Let him share it with you in this clear, encouraging, accessible book. This is not another book of tactics and techniques. It is a book of strategy for parents who want to be intentional about discipleship in the home.
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Winning Him Without Words (Reprinted)
$15.00Add to cartWeek after week, they sit in church . . . alone. They are the spiritually mismatched, those who are committed to a spouse who does not share their faith. Feeling abandoned by their spouse and forgotten by their church, they live out their faith in survival mode, guarding the spiritual flame yet never feeling free to share it. But God wants them to thrive–not just survive. Winning Him Without Words presents ten Christ centered keys to thriving in a spiritual mismatch. Readers are encouraged to commit to Christian community, to release their spouse to God’s capable hands, to find peace in their relationships with Christ and with their spouse, to continue their pursuit of a growing faith, and to love their spouse with fresh enthusiasm. God wants every marriage to exude peace and love, and Winning Him Without Words empowers readers to create that environment in their homes and thrive as God works. Winning Him Without Words was the recipient of the Nonfiction Book of 2011 Award from the San Diego Christian Writers Guild, one of the largest Christian writers group in the United States.
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Couples Who Pray
$18.99Add to cartIn this entertaining, highly readable book, couples learn that a fabulous marriage can be the outcome of learning to pray together, a minimum of five minutes a day, causing a 20 to 30% increase in romance, conversation and happiness.
Best-selling author SQuire Rushnell and his wife, entertainer and talk show host, Louise DuArt take readers step by step through The 40 Day Prayer Challenge(TM) in which couples commit to praying together five minutes a day for forty days. Backed by compelling research from Baylor University and Gallup Poll, the true-life experiences of 24 test couples reveal that daily prayer is a “life changing experience” in which most couples report positive outcomes in less than two weeks.
Celebrity couples share extraordinary experiences on how the most intimate act between a man and a woman has improved their marriages. The couples include Denzel and Pauletta Washington, Kathie Lee and Frank Gifford, Donna Summer and Bruce Sudano, Scott and Tracie Hamilton, Christina Ferrara and Tony Thomopolous, and Gavin and Patty MacLeod.
Couples Who Pray includes an easy questionnaire prepared by Baylor University to help couples to chart their own progress during The 40 Day Prayer Challenge(TM). According to never-before-published research the “quantity and quality of lovemaking” gets better by 20% when couples pray more. There’s also a significant reduction in disagreements evidenced by a 21% elevation among respondents who say that they are trying to make their marriages better. Astonishingly, the fear of divorce plummets to zero when couples pray “a lot.”
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Becoming Your Spouses Better Half (Reprinted)
$14.99Add to cartIt’s no secret that men and women are different. And it’s no secret that they don’t always get along because of these differences, even when they love each other. But having a successful marriage is not about finding the perfect person to marry. It’s about loving someone in an unselfish, Christlike manner. Whatever we want out of marriage–unconditional love, forgiveness, passion–that is what we have to give to our spouse. Rick Johnson shows couples how to go beyond merely tolerating each other’s differences to using those God-given differences to add spice and passion to their relationship.
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Thats My Teenage Son (Reprinted)
$15.00Add to cartThe teen years are a vital stage for a boy as he develops into a man. But these years can also make moms feel like they have lost influence in their sons’ lives. Friends and media pull one way while Mom pulls the other. How can a mom be sure she is doing everything she can to help her son grow into a mature and responsible adult?
A follow-up to the popular That’s My Son, this book helps moms use their considerable influence to help their teenage boys become good men. Moms will learn about
The emotional life of their boys
What changes are taking place in their bodies
How to help them develop healthy sexuality
What boys fear most
What traits they need to learn to grow into good men
How to communicate with them
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Principles To Survive And Thrive In The Daily Challenges Of Parenting
$11.95Add to cartThis book contains ten principals that, when followed whole-heartedly and bathed in prayer, will change a parent’s heart and develop healthy, God-honoring children. Since parenting is not for the weak or cowardly, this book is a must for any parent who wants their children to acheive all God has in mind for them to become. These principals work in every situation a parent might encounter and with every type of child. If you follow them consistently and humbly, you will succeed beyond your wildest dreams.
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Faith Conversations For Family
$16.00Add to cartMost Christian parents know that the best way to leave a God-honoring legacy to their family is to nurture their children’s faith . . . but many don’t know where to start! This new resource from Jim Burns, founder of HomeWord, will equip parents to start important conversations with their kids–family time with an eternal impact. Faith Conversations for Families makes it easy to invite God into quality family time. Each section outlines an easy-to-follow dialogue, which is flexible for children of different age groups. In addition, suggested activities and exercises make spiritual formation adaptable for kids with varying learning styles. The six family-friendly topics included in this book are: Who Is Jesus and Why It Matters: Help parents talk with their kids about why His life, death, and resurrection are so important.What Prayer Is All About: Parents can introduce vibrant conversation with God into their family’s time together.What It Means to Be Christian: Parents can lead their kids toward a faith commitment and spiritual growth, through open communication and exciting biblical expression.A Strong Family: Parents can teach, guide, and strengthen healthy bonds within the family.Loving and Serving Others: Parents can talk with their children about servant leadership and self-sacrifice and be challenged to serve in and outside of their home.Building Morals and Values: Parents can help their kids discern and navigate cultural influences that run contrary to a biblical worldview.In the heart of every Christian parent is a desire to help their children grow spiritually. Faith Conversations for Families helps parents make that desire a beautiful reality.
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Nobody Told Me (Reprinted)
$14.00Add to cartTeens have their whole lives ahead of them, but making poor choices can undermine their hopes for a bright future. Too many young adults look back on decisions they made in the heat of the moment and regret the path they chose–they wish someone had told them how premarital sex could negatively impact their future relationships. Here is a book to help teens make the right choices when it comes to sex, based on actual questions the author has received from real-life teens.Nobody Told Me is written for young men and women who want passionate, long-lasting marriages in the future but haven’t considered how the decisions they make now impact their chances for fulfillment. This accessible book contains information teens need about the physical, emotional, and spiritual risks associated with premarital sex, as well as guidelines for making healthy choices. Teens have questions about sex, and now there is somewhere to find the answers.
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Irrevocable Purpose Of A Woman In Life
$13.49Add to cartThis book is a wake-up call to all who have decided to reject the basic truth of God’s Word because of the tradition they have adopted, rendering the Word of God about marriage less effective. His Word says a man will definitely need a helper on his journey through life. The only precise and adequate helper the almighty God has provided is the precious woman; no other choice is appropriate. If you do choose a different helper, it is against God’s principle of life. A life without a woman is incomplete.
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Wrestling With An Angel
$9.99Add to cartIt sounded at first like something out of an old horror movie. I thought maybe someone was just playing around, but then I heard it again and again, a loud piercing cry, and less like Hollywood every time. The windows were down in my police cruiser on that warm fall day, but I still couldn’t tell where the sounds came from. I began looking around for the unlikely sight of someone being disemboweled in a mall parking lot on a Saturday afternoon. Seeing nothing, and still hearing the screams, I called in a “disturbance.’ Around the next corner I found the source of the commotion. So begins Greg Lucas’ captivating account of life as a husband, a police officer, and Jake’s dad. Jake Lucas, the first of four children, lives with severe physical and mental challenges. Caring for him each day is an ordeal few of us can imagine, and this story of Jake’s first 17 years is not one you will soon forget. But the remarkable thing is how the whole narrative is saturated with wonder at the grace and goodness of God, who brings hope and promise through his Son into the darkest of circumstances. In this book, we see that Jake’s problems are our problems, only bigger, and the challenges of caring for him carry profound lessons about God’s care for us. Wrestling with an Angel is about tragedy and laughter and pain and joy. It is about faith and grace and endurance and God’s unfailing, loving wisdom daily being worked out in each of our lives, whatever the nature or extent of our difficulties. Here is a book that may explain faith to you in ways you never quite grasped, through a life few of us can relate to. When it is all done, we come away better able to live as Christ calls us to live.
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Closer : 52 Devotions To Draw Couples Together (Reprinted)
$16.99Add to cartWhat Couples Want Today: A Devotional with a New Approach
The Love Dare challenged individuals to love their spouse more. Quiet Conversations for Couples shows wives and husbands how to grow that love together. Introduced with Scripture verses and engaging stories, these 52 devotionals will inspire couples to draw closer through faith conversations–those quiet talks so vital for emotional and spiritual intimacy in a marriage. Guided, practical action steps round out each reading.
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Raising Charlie : A Self Help Book For Single Mothers
$13.95Add to cartRaising Charlie is the story of a single career mom trying to do her best job at home caring for her two little sons while keeping her career afloat on the job. Like every mother who is left with awesome job of “going it alone”, she is tired most of the time, scared all of the time, and overwhelmed by each and every day’s surprises. This is also the story of two little boys whose progress encouraged their mom to live beyond her known potential to “get the job done”. Their energies were shared in an interesting way. The journey was difficult, necessary and fun beyond words.
