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Spiritual Parenting: An Awakening For Today's Families (2010)

by Michelle Anthony(Favorite Author)

4.16 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

1434764478 (ISBN13: 9781434764478)

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

David C. Cook

review 1: Finished this the night before my husband deploys to Afghanistan for 9 months. We've been reading it aloud when we get time. The book has lots of great points in it - I'd definitely consider re-reading it sometime in the future. Plenty of things about relationships with children that I also can apply to my relationship with my husband. I enjoyed reading it aloud because every time something triggered a thought in my mind I could discuss it with my husband right away.I definitely would recommend this to any Christian parent.
review 2: Thirty-five years ago when I was making the decision to begin my family, my number one question was "How do I transmit my faith?" I believed making the choice to have children carried eternal consequences, and I didn't want to... more blow it. I encountered Deuteronomy 6:4-9 (the Shema) at some pointand realized that leading my children to a loving relationship with Jesus Christ and God the Father occurred in the natural flow of life, "as you go." I knew that rearing godly children with a heart for God wouldn't "just happen." As parents we needed to be intentional to live out our faith before our children--it was to be a 24/7 experience, not just a Sunday morning event. Anthony asserts that the focus of parenting is not just "behavior management"--before that our greatest goal should be "setting our children's hearts in the Divine path" so that they learn to "Love the Lord their God with all their hearts, souls, mind and strength." Parents can't teach what they don't know, so that's where God and Anthony starts: loving God.Then she amplifies the intentional aspects of creating environments within the home which reveal who God is, how to respond in life to Him, and how to listen to His voice and obey. If I had extra cash, I'd buy copies of this book for every young couple I know. Grandparenting is a second chance to do some things right--I'm glad Anthony has written her book. I'm going for gold! less

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