Occupation
Required Reading
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Living to Work
Work as Ruling
Occupation as Calling
Glory in the Midst of Toil
Keeping the Sabbath
Escaping Materialism
Building a Garden City
Redefining Greatness
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Relationships
Required Reading
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Connection – Your New Normal
Staying Connected
Communication in Relationships
Communicating Trust
Communicating in Conflict
The Need for Boundaries
Rules for Setting Boundaries
Keeping Your Love On
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Parenting
Required Reading
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Pastoral Endorsement
Helicopter parenting does not work! We are not able to hover over our children enough to keep them from all the pain that life has to offer. God doesn’t promise us a life without difficulty, but He does promise that those who know Him will have His presence in times of difficulty. That is more valuable than we can imagine! In his book, Raising Giant-Killers, Bill Johnson and his wife, Beni, share with us their wisdom on how to raise children who know, live, and walk in the presence of God. We want to raise children who are bold against an enemy who seeks to destroy our hope and have us walk in opposition to the will of God. We want children who know that Jesus gives them life and life to the fullest.
Bill and Beni have raised mighty children who love God and do incredible things for His kingdom. They encourage us that investing in kids who love God and see Him as Lord should be the desire and goal of every parent, grandparent, and anyone who God calls into ministry with children. Although Bill Johnson is an extremely successful pastor, a successful ministry was not the focus of his service to God. Bill’s first priority in serving God was to be fully invested in his children and parenting them the way God reveals to us in Scripture.
Whatever profession the Lord has called you to, whatever work that needs to be accomplished in the home or in life, remember that Jesus values children. He values our families, and He wants us to make them a priority. Raising mighty children who aren’t afraid to stand up against a giant on behalf of the Lord is an awe-inspiring calling. As you read the book Raising Giant Killers you will find yourself longing to engage your kids wholeheartedly as you seek the Lord together.
— Veronica Morrison, Women’s Pastor at Living Streams Church, Phoenix, Arizona
STUDY GUIDE
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Children Are a Gift
Passing on Values
Self-Control and Discipline
Raising Kids in the Presence of God
Setting Standards for Life
Let’s Talk About Sex
Exposure to the
Real World
Winning the War
for Our Children
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Prayer
Required Reading
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For the last year, I have been teaching on prayer in my Wednesday morning Bible study. We have talked about Jesus’ promises to answer prayer and his encouragement to pray even shamelessly audacious prayers. It has been my strong desire to have our people learn to pray “fervent and effectual” prayers, prayers of faith that God always keeps His promises. But I realized that until we are in circumstances that we ourselves cannot change or have things that we desperately want, most of us do not get serious about praying.
This was true for me. My prayers, when I first began my Christian life, consisted primarily of worship (which I still love) and a list of friends I wanted God to save. I would run through my list quickly and thought I had completed my responsibility in the least amount of time possible. However, as life progressed and my prayer concerns became greater, I became very serious about seeing answers to prayer and began to search both the Scripture and books.
One such book was Dutch Sheets’ book, Intercessory Prayer. Its focus is not on answers to prayers for yourself but prayers for others. He shares insights into prayer for healing, for salvation, for the nation, and more. The book is not just informational but also entertaining. His dry sense of humor comes through in every chapter. He shares stories from his own and others’ experiences of miraculous answers to desperate prayers in the worst of circumstances. He go deep into Scriptural reasons for why to pray in certain ways and why we can believe God to always hear and answer. If you want to improve your prayer life and see God bring real change, I would highly recommend this study.
— Faith Cummings, Women’s Pastor at Living Streams Church in Phoenix, Arizona
STUDY GUIDE
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Why Pray?
Imitating Christ
in Intercession
Meeting and
Bearing
Partnering with
Holy Spirit
Praying for the Lost
Spiritual Warfare
Persistence in
Prayer
We Are Watchmen
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