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Shepherding a Child's Heart is about how to speak to the heart of your child. The things your child does and says flows from the heart. Luke 6:45 puts it this way, "... out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks." Written for parents with children of any age, this insightful book provides perspectives and procedures for shepherding your child's heart into the paths of life. In this revised edition, Dr. Tedd Tripp draws on his thirty years experience as a pastor, counselor, school administrator, and father, and shares insights gained in many years of teaching this material in conferences worldwide.

This is a great little book on parenting from a trusted source.

More than ever, Christians need to know what the Bible actually teaches about parenting, and put it into practice. Parents today seek answers from child experts, self-help books, or equally confused friends. But even the experts portray modern-day childbearing as a minefield strewn with psychological dangers and emotional hazards. What the Bible Says About Parenting is not a book on child psychology, nor is it proposing a new parenting method. It is simply presenting the principles of biblical parenting with as much clarity as possible. John MacArthur, a leading expert on the Bible and an experienced pastor, teacher, father, and grandfather goes into depth on such vital biblical parenting subjects as these: Four helpful principles of communication Effective methods to discipline wisely and effectively, with positive results Simple principles for identifying, changing, and developing habits in your children

On April 16, 1704, Matthew Henry preached an abundantly practical sermon entitled, "A Church in the House, A Sermon Concerning Family-Religion," as an encouragement to help fathers develop spiritual life in their homes. He says that "every house should be a little church." Not that it replaces the church, but that it becomes a fountain of blessing for both church and community.

For years, William Gouge’s Domestical Duties has stood as the foremost Puritan treatment of Christian family life. Yet due to its size and antiquated expression, it has become almost unknown among current generations of believers. To help revive the usefulness of this classic book, Scott Brown and Joel R. Beeke divided Gouge’s work into three manageable volumes, updated the language to modern standards, and have given it the title Building a Godly Home. In the third volume, A Holy Vision for Raising Children , Gouge offers wise and practical advice to both children and parents on how to relate to each other with love and honor. Drawing from a wealth of biblical principles and examples, he fleshes out how a household of affectionate authority provides for children and prepares them to live as God’s servants in the world. Fathers, mothers, sons, and daughters will find much here to challenge and guide them.

The mother who takes pains to endow her children with good habits secures for herself smooth and easy days.—Charlotte Mason Charlotte likened good habits to rails on which our children’s lives could run smoothly. It is the parent’s business to lay down those rails. Here, compiled into one volume, are all the habits Charlotte mentioned in her writings with her thoughts and suggestions for cultivating each one. This work also includes Charlotte’s help for breaking bad habits, hundreds of inspiring quotes, and lots of practical tips. Complete—Details more than fifty CM habits with their corresponding passages from Charlotte’s writings, as well as her thoughts on the importance of habits. Practical—Presents Charlotte’s writings in bite-size chunks with summary statements and quick personal review questions. Modern-day examples offer additional insight into applying CM principles today. Organized—Arranges all the habits into five main categories: decency and propriety habits, mental habits, moral habits, physical habits, and religious habits. Handy—Provides a Habits Checklist to help you track your child’s and your own progress in developing good habits. Encouraging—Motivates and inspires you with wonderful quotes from Charlotte Mason and many other great men and women of history, like Helen Keller, Benjamin Franklin, Winston Churchill, William Shakespeare, Ralph Waldo Emerson, C. S. Lewis, Thomas Edison, and more! Easy to Use—Acts as a quick and easy reference book with an Index that lists all the habits and the pages on which they are mentioned.

This is a helpful resource for parents. It provides a topical index of Bible verses on a wide range of subjects that parents are sure to encounter. The format, layout, and visual symbols make it easy to use. It is useful as a reference for Bible memory, instruction, training, and prayer. It may also be used for prompting conversations and dealing with teachable moments. It defines terms, lists the full text of the verse (using the NIV), and offers discussion prompt suggestions, application actions, parenting tips, and a related topic cross-reference.

This is a 6 page printed table indexed by a child's behavior and offering suggestions for heart probing questions, reproof, encouragement, and Bible references. It is designed to help parents identify heart issues from behavior and address them biblically.

A mother of three, Jean Fleming reveals what it means to be a godly mother and offers encouragement to mothers of all ages and backgrounds. She helps mothers distinguish their role and God's role in raising children, shows how to take a spiritual inventory of a child's life and pray for that child, and teaches how to be thankful for a child's strengths and weaknesses.