Feeling daunted by how to help your kids really grow in their faith? It's time to start little. We want our kids to know God. We know we're supposed to disciple them. But parenthood is hard, and we're busy, tired, and often feel unequipped. What if our kids don't seem all that interested or can't sit still long enough for us to read the Bible? Christie Thomas has a secret for you: helping your kids connect with God is way easier than you think. It all starts with 30 seconds a day--and the power of a simple habit. Through Christie's empowering, encouraging insights, you'll discover how to overcome common struggles, implement easy practices that fit your unique kids, and change your family's faith culture. In this book, you will: discover how to make Scripture and spiritual practices come alive for short attention spans learn simple steps for developing faith through the Faith Growth Cycle and its three stages- seed, sprout, and root. develop practical strategies for establishing consistent habits Life-changing moments can come out of simple habits. If you're feeling overwhelmed by all the things you're supposed to do to teach your kids about God, Little Habits, Big Faith shows you how to leverage the power of small, consistent choices with confidence. God can use even the smallest step to change how your family grows in faith. In addition to key points at the end of each chapter, there is an appendix full of topical resources for parents to quickly reference: Ideas for little habits Keystone habits Prompts & rewards Rooted resources

After thirty-three years as a senior pastor and nearly fifty overseas missions, Peter Barfoot is well-qualified to write on the subject of faith. In Faith: God's Gift to the Heart, Peter explores the many and diverse aspects of the Christian faith and shares on how it brought him to and through difficult and even dangerous situations. Peter's years as a newspaper editor, magazine publisher, and author of hundreds of articles combined with his ministry experience to produce a book, which is both inspiring and informative. Accompanied by his wife, Lorraine, Peter continues to teach, write, and minister to the sick worldwide-to the glory of God and his Son Jesus Christ.

Discover the Secrets to a Flourishing Life Rooted Deep in Faith Imagine embarking on a journey to deepen your faith, where every step forward blossoms into newfound wisdom, resilience, and joy. Rooted in Faith: Growing a Life That Flourishes invites you on this very expedition, guiding you through the soil of spirituality to cultivate a life teeming with spiritual abundance. Beginning with laying a sturdy foundation, this transformative book plants the initial seeds of faith by exploring the essence of developing a profound relationship with God. Through engaging with scripture, daily devotions, and prayer, you will unearth the spiritual roots necessary for a thriving existence. As you navigate through the chapters, you will encounter the tools to foster resilience, even in the most challenging trials, by embracing adversity as a catalyst for growth and learning from biblical figures who persevered against all odds. In the heart of the book, nurturing your inner garden becomes the focal point. A personal inventory and self-reflection pave the way for the manifestation of the Fruits of the Spirit in everyday life, enriching your personal and communal ties. As you prune away harmful practices, adopting healthy spiritual disciplines, the book reveals the secrets to building enduring relationships founded on the bedrock of faith. As you progress, uncover the joy of service and the bliss of giving back, finding your unique calling in the process. Strengthen your spiritual branches with in-depth study of the Word and expand your faith horizons, preparing yourself for the seasons of change with grace and trust in God's plan. From blossoming in wisdom to harvesting joy in your journey, every chapter offers invaluable insights into aligning your passions with God's divine purpose for your life. Complete with resources for continued growth and a guide to finding community and support, Rooted in Faith: Growing a Life That Flourishes is not merely a book but a companion for your spiritual journey. Step into a life where faith lays the groundwork for a flourishing existence, full of purpose, gratitude, and a deep, unwavering connection with God.

Somewhere between "Jesus Loves Me" and high school cynicism, the childlike acceptance of pat answers about faith is lost--often forever. But while many parents find this transitional period daunting, they don't want their kids to leave the Christian faith just because they didn't get good answers to how prayer works or whether dinosaurs were on Noah's ark.

Honest Answers is a discussion book to help parents tackle the God questions that make them sweat. This isn't the place to come for pat answers that will make their kids nod, smile, and disconnect. Janelle Alberts and Ingrid Faro know that when tweens start asking questions, they're already old enough to understand the answers. They're determined to equip parents with the language, theology, permission, and confidence to join in the discussion--and to learn how to offer deeply doctrinal answers in 140 characters or less.

The tween years present an incredible opportunity to build trust with kids and to keep them coming back to their parents for answers rather than finding other sources. With the tools and conversational tips here, mom and dad can engage in a hopeful conversation and help their children build a Christian faith to hold them steady their whole lives.

These studies guide you through the storyline of Scripture-each following a person, place, or thing in the Bible. Maybe you are practiced in dissecting a passage and pulling things out of the text to apply to your life. But now you may feel as though your faith is fragmented. The Storyline Bible studies help you put the pieces back together. You'll discover cohesive, thematic storylines with literary elements and appreciate the Bible as the masterpiece that it is. Each study is five weeks long and can be paired with its thematic partner for a seamless ten-week study to fit in a church semester. Every study features: Gospel presentation at the beginning of each Bible study Full Scripture passages included in the study so that you can mark up the text and keep your notes in one place Insights from female scholars and scholars of color Free resources for preaching and leading small groups Every tree, bush, or vine in the Bible is deeply embedded in an ancient, symbolic-driven world where imagery of the story didn't just matter--it had meaning. The Sticks Bible study will guide you through five Bible stories where trees point us to how we can seek godly wisdom and make hard choices that honor God. In Sticks, we're going to explore Genesis 2-3, where the Tree of Life and the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil show us how to choose wisely and not to take matters into our own hands; Exodus 3, where the Burning Bush helps us choose to notice when God is trying to get our attention; Isaiah 1, 6, 11, 53, where the Messiah Tree helps us choose to branch out from our shady family trees; John 15, where the True Vine teaches us how to choose to stay connected to Jesus for a fruitful life; and Revelation 22, where the Tree of Life helps us to choose to reframe our views from the treetops.

In His Image is the next step for those who have read The Purpose Driven Life. Following the Life Purpose of Mission, this book explores God's great love for humanity from every book of the Bible. From the creation of Genesis to the culmination in Revelation, God’s love shines through every page. Never is this ever clearer than in the times of Israel’s great betrayal of their God. His passionate pursuit of His children can be heard dripping from his voice as He calls them (and us by proxy) back to His shelter and protection. This book was written ... • To convince the reader of God’s intense and immense love for them; • To encourage the reader to reach out to the God who is passionately in love with them; • To strengthen the reader’s faith in God’s compassion; and • To motivate the reader to share the love of God with every person they meet. It is very clear God loves people of all races and ethnicities. Therefore, whenever appropriate to the passage of the day, emphasis is made on the issue of racial reconciliation around God’s love. His love becomes the motivation for evangelism and for community. In each daily devotional ... • There is a Biblical Scripture they are encouraged to read; • There is a passage of Scripture to read in the devotional itself; • There is the devotional to read which focuses the reader on a single thought, broken into two, three or four practical ideas they can utilize that day in their lives; and • There is a thought to take with the reader each day which summarizes the theme concerning God’s great love for them.

IM SICK OF WAITING! Have those words ever described you the way theyve described many others? What is it that makes us become so impatient and frustrated while we wait? Typically, its that were waiting for direction or understanding that hasnt yet been revealed to us. We cry out to God begging for somethinganythingyet the result may be silence from the One who loves us most. Any excitement we initially had can quickly turn to pain, heartache, frustration, loneliness and emptiness. So, whats the secret to persevering as we wait upon the Lord for answers? We must become desperate for God more than being desperate for His answers. In her book, When Your WAIT Becomes Your WEIGHT, Amy Rauman encourages us to long for God while cultivating a life of prayer, trust, obedience, acceptance, transformation, and more. God has purposely designed waiting times for us to draw closer to Him. Learn to become desperate for the face of God, rather than the hand of God. Choose not to waste your waitembrace it to the full!

The Africa Study Bible brings together 350 contributors from over 50 countries, providing a unique African perspective. It's an all-in-one course in biblical content, theology, history, and culture, with special attention to the African context. Each feature was planned by African leaders to help readers grow strong in Jesus Christ by providing understanding and instruction on how to live a good and righteous life--Publisher.

Sometimes life feels overwhelming and chaotic. Sometimes we veer off course, neglecting our most important relationship with Jesus. We may feel out of control, wondering how to get back on track, how to draw closer to our Creator and Savior. The liturgical calendar provides a way to get back on track, a way to reorder our habits. It does not matter your denomination; the liturgical calendar offers all of us this opportunity to reorder our lives around Jesus. Will you join me on a spiritual Christmas journey, a journey of recentering our hearts and minds on Jesus, a journey starting in Advent and ending on Epiphany? The Book of Colossians provides a unique lens for this wonderful time of year. Paul grounds his letter in the sovereign and glorious nature of Jesus. And, as we reflect on the Book of Colossians during Christmas, we are invited to slowly ponder the incarnation, our glorious God who shed the heavens and for a stable, the Word who became Flesh and dwelt among us. Will you join me on this Christmas journey?

A one-stop Bible resource for teachers, each volume contains 52 weeks of Bible lessons based on the International Sunday School Lessons series.