Books For The Family
The family, especially the Christian family, is under attack! Praying is a given. We need, we must pray - for our family, our marriage and for our children’s souls! These books are helpful in providing guidance and tips on how to do it. As always, husbands and wives need to be in unity before any steps are taken!
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A) Home Management
How does one juggle the many roles and duties of a mom and still keep the home clean and presentable? Here are some Home Management books that I have personally found very helpful in making me more efficient and productive as our family and ministry grows!
15 Minute Organizer by Emilie Barnes
$18.00
Looking for a simple and easy to read book on organising? Check out Emilie Barnes’ book. She shows you how to cook, clean, manage your finances and even involve your children!
Managers Of Their Homes by Steve & Teri Maxwell
$42.90
How do you fit it all in??? My answer? MOTH! Or Managers of Their Home. Learn the benefits of scheduling without losing spontaneity. Comes with a scheduling kit for up to 8 children! From Titus 2.
Managers Of Their Chores by Steve & Teri Maxwell
$42.90
Looking for a way to get your children involved in the chores without nagging them to death? Check out Managers of Their Chores. Also from Titus 2.
B) Books on Parenting and Child Training
Parenting and child training are often controversial topics. These are books that we have been blessed by.
Disclaimer
We do not follow everything in them. So please use your own discretion and pray together with your husbands before implementing any of the principles in them! Whatever philosophy or method you use, please be in unity with your husband!
Duties of Parents by JC Ryle
$6.00
God holds parents accountable for the children He has given to us! This booklet provokes much further thought than its few pages contain and will help any family re-assess their goals according to Scripture.
Just Around The Corner by Steve & Teri Maxwell
$20.40
Feeling discouraged? Needing some encouragement? Just Around the Corner is for you! From Titus 2.
Keeping Our Children’s Hearts by Steve & Teri Maxwell
$20.40
Is teenage rebellion and angst part parcel of life? NO! Says the Maxwells who have, by the grace of God, kept their children’s hearts and not seen any of the pulling away so common in families. From Titus 2.
To Train Up A Child by Michael & Debi Pearl
$10.00
Best seller from No Greater Joy Ministries. Learn how to train up your children rather than discipline them up. Simple and yet powerful book on biblical discipline. Read it for yourself.
No Greater Joy : Volume 1
No Greater Joy : Volume 2
No Greater Joy : Volume 3
$10.00 EACH
Reprints of the first two years of No Greater Joy articles. Covers the subjects of sibling rivalry, pouting, bad attitudes, marriage relationships and how they affect children, joy, much more!
No Greater Joy Set of 3
$24.00
Get all 3 Volumes of No Greater Joy (total of 3 books!) and save 20%! A good resource for all homes with young children.
No Greater Joy Set of 3 + To Train Up A Child
$32.00
Buy No Greater Joy Vol 1, 2, 3 and To Train Up A Child (4books in total!) and save 20%! For more details, check out www.NoGreaterJoy.org.
Love Is In The House by Chris & Wendy Jeub
$18.75
The Jeub family (http://www.jeubfamily.com) has a total of 16 members! That’s right : 14 children + mom & dad! And you thought I had many children, right?
This easy to read book shows you how a large family live and love. Some questions they answer include :
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How do you keep your grocery bill below $600/month?
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What other creative ideas besides the Birthday Bash do you do?
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What ever became of your estranged relationship with your oldest daughter?
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Wendy looks like she’s a teenager. What keeps her looking so good after 13 kids?
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Your lifestyle scares the daylights out of me. Why not you?
Check out the Table of Contents by clicking HERE.
Christian Living in the Home by Jay E. Adams
$12.00
Building a strong family is a challenge in the best of times. How much more when marriage is being redefined, biblical approaches to discipline are under constant fire, and “family values” is more a campaign slogan than a personal priority of elected officials.
To check the erosion of the home and family as the basic unit of society, Jay Adams calls us to a careful understanding and application of scriptural principles.
Christians will find this volume full of practical, biblical advice on Christ-centered family living, communicating with family members, family guidance and discipline, living with an unbelieving spouse, and many other areas.
C) Devotionals
We all need to abide in the Lord (John 15) if we want to grow spiritually. To think we can make it on our own is foolishness. We often end up running around like a headless chicken!
Here are some devotionals that can help us focus and re-focus on the Lord Jesus. Some are for your own personal use while others are meant to be used with your children. Sometimes God speaks to us even as we are leading our children in their devotions!
Share your faith with them. Make your faith real to them!
Training Hearts, Teaching Minds by Starr Meade
Family Devotions based on the Shorter Catechism
$15.00
Q1 : What is Man’s primary purpose?
A1 : Man’s primary purpose is to glorify God and to enjoy Him forever.
I love this book! I have been using this devotional with my older children (9 & 7 years old) as their daily personal devotionals. We are now at Question 28 out of 107 questions designed to help you understand basic and not so basic tenets of our Christian faith.
~ Aids memorization by devoting six days per question
~ Explains the catechism in simple language
~ Provides six different meditations on the main points of each question
~ Includes key Scripture readings
~ Takes just a few minutes each day, allowing time for discussion and review
~ Useable for teaching in home, church, or classroom
(Note : there is some mention of being pre-destined for salvation so you may need to amend that particular day’s lesson if you belong to a denomination that disagrees with this belief)
If - What Do I Know of Calvary Love by Amy Carmichael
$8.00
Looking for a simple yet powerful personal devotional? This is it! Written by Amy Carmichael, well known and loved missionary to India, “If” is simple and yet sooo convicting that it brings tears - of repentance - when I read it. Buy it for yourself or as a gift to a loved one.
With The Children On Sundays by Sylvanus Stall
$32.90
First published 1893. You can use these “Sunday” readings any day of the week, of course. 52 chapters, packed with photographs + illustrations. Many call this the finest book for family worship they have ever used.
Hind’s Feet On High Places - Illustrated by Diane Layton
$25.00
Meet Much Afraid, her enemies Self-Pity and Craven Fear among others. Then meet her saviour, the Chief Shepherd, as He leads her to the High Places to find freedom from her enemies! Spiritual truths are easily grasped in this version for children. Great for adults for do not like to read too!
The Two Bears by JC Ryle
$10.00
This is a collection of sermons by JC Ryle specially for the little children of his church. It is delivered with an ease of style, so that the message still can’t be missed as your children read them today. Simple, but never shallow.
Building a strong family is a challenge in the best of times. How much more when marriage is being redefined, biblical approaches to discipline are under constant fire, and “family values” is more a campaign slogan than a personal priority of elected officials.
I love this book! I have been using this devotional with my older children (9 & 7 years old) as their daily personal devotionals. We are now at Question 28 out of 107 questions designed to help you understand basic and not so basic tenets of our Christian faith.
