Family & Parent Resources
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Equipping Your Family
Whether you’re seeking guidance for parenting, marriage, or simply looking to deepen your spiritual connection, our collection of resources is here to empower you on your journey of faith. Explore a variety of family-focused materials, from insightful articles to engaging activities, all aimed at helping your family grow in love and faith.
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These resources are to help you grow as an individual—what you believe about the Bible, yourself, and others.
How We Love, Expanded Edition: Discover Your Love Style, Enhance Your Marriage by Milan Yerkovich, Kay Yerkovich
Are you tired of falling into frustrating relational patterns in your marriage? Do you and your spouse fight about the same things again and again?
Relationship experts Milan and Kay Yerkovich explain why the ways you and your spouse relate to each other go back to before you even met. Drawing on the powerful tool of attachment theory, Milan and Kay explore how your childhood created an “intimacy imprint” that affects your marriage today.
The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love that Lasts by Gary Chapman
Falling in love is easy. Staying in love—that’s the challenge. How can you keep your relationship fresh and growing amid the demands, conflicts, and just plain boredom of everyday life?
In the #1 New York Times international bestseller The 5 Love Languages, you’ll discover the secret that has transformed millions of relationships worldwide. Whether your relationship is flourishing or failing, Dr. Gary Chapman’s proven approach to showing and receiving love will help you experience deeper and richer levels of intimacy with your partner—starting today.
The 5 Love Languages is as practical as it is insightful. Updated to reflect the complexities of relationships today, this new edition reveals intrinsic truths and applies relevant, actionable wisdom in ways that work.
- It systematically teaches the building blocks of the Christian faith.
- Its conversational style creates opportunities to challenge cultural heresies.
- It forms a community based around common beliefs and conversation.
Learning to Tell Myself the Truth by William Backus
A 6-WEEK PROGRAM Designed to Bring Immediate and Long-lasting Results to the Way a Person Thinks, Feels, and Acts.
What Is Truth Therapy?
With over half a million copies of Telling Yourself the Truth sold, tens of thousands of people have benefited from author William Backus’s life-changing principles of truth therapy. Utilizing the resources of the Christian faith, the power of the truth and the Spirit of truth, truth therapy has already empowered people to break from the tyranny of anger, depression, anxiety, perfectionism, and other emotional difficulties.
To Risk It All: Nine Conflicts and the Crucible of Decision by Admiral James Stavridis
At the heart of Admiral James Stavridis’s training as a naval officer was the preparation to lead sailors in combat, to face the decisive moment in battle whenever it might arise. In To Risk it All, he offers up nine of the most useful and enthralling stories from the US Navy’s nearly 250-year history, and draws from them a set of insights that we can all put to use when confronted with fateful choices.
Conflict. Crisis. Risk. These words have a distinct meaning in a military context that we hope will never apply identically in our own lives. But at the same time, as Admiral Stavridis shows with great clarity, many lessons are universal.
Moral Revolution
LIFE DOESN’T BEGIN WHEN YOU GET MARRIED. LIVE YOUR LIFE NOW.
Whether you’re satisfied with being single, haven’t found that right one yet, or you’re still trying to figure out life in general, we understand. Being single can be one of the most enjoyable, or one of the most vulnerable and frustrating parts of life. Our goal at Moral Revolution is to equip you with everything you need to live out this season healthy, whole, and wildly free! We’re not afraid of your sex drive or any struggles that may come along with it.
XO Marriage
When it comes to making the biggest decision of our lives, we need the best advice and counsel we can get. Prepare for marriage and begin your life together according to God’s plan.
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Being a good disciple of Jesus is being a good steward of our finances! Learn about stewarding your money here!
Dave Ramsey
Learn a proven financial strategy to get and live debt-free, save for emergencies, and become radically generous.
Learn how to get out of debt, and develop a financially secure future so you can live your dream life free from financial bondage and living in abundance.
Poverty, Riches and Wealth: Moving from a Life of Lack into True Kingdom Abundance by Kris Vallotton
Prosperity. It’s one of the most dividing words in the Church. Some pastors use it to tell their congregations that God will make them all rich, rich, rich! Others spurn the word and insist that true Christlikeness is found in forsaking all worldly riches and possessions. The truth is, neither of these extremes is fully right or fully wrong.
In his latest book, Kris Vallotton mines the Scriptures in an eye-opening study of what the Bible really says about money, poverty, riches and wealth.
In it you’ll find keys to:
- overcome the never-enough mentality to experience true abundance
- break free from a poverty mindset that reaps lack in your life
- demystify biblical teaching on money so you can discover peace in your finances
- learn the difference between riches and wealth
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Your family is your greatest ministry – here are some amazing resources to help strengthen your marriage and bring unity to your family.
Focus on the Family
Focus on the Family is a global Christian ministry dedicated to helping families thrive. We provide help and resources for couples to build healthy marriages that reflect God’s design, and for parents to raise their children according to morals and values grounded in biblical principles.
Hope Restored
No matter what struggles you and your spouse face, or how deep your pain goes, God heals broken hearts and can restore what seems lost.
XO Marriage: Marriage Growth
Looking to strengthen your marriage? No matter how strong your marriage is, it can always benefit from growth. Help your marriage succeed and thrive.
XO Marriage: Sex & Intimacy
Of all the forces that draw a man and woman together and provide pleasure, none is greater than sexual intimacy. Discover God’s design and learn His way to experience sexual fulfillment.
XO Marriage: Family Dynamics
God has created each of us with individual strengths and differences. Appreciate every family member and succeed in a variety of settings.
Sheet Music: Uncovering the Secrets of Sexual Intimacy in Marriage by Kevin Leman
With his characteristic warmth and humor, Dr. Kevin Leman offers a practical guide to sex according to God’s plan. This frank and practical book is a perfect resource for married and engaged couples. Dr. Leman addresses a wide spectrum of people, from those with no sexual experiences to those with past sexual problems or even abuse. Using frank descriptions, this book has a warm and friendly tone that will help couples overcome awkwardness in discussing an issue important to all married couples.
Love and Respect Workbook: The Love She Most Desires; The Respect He Desperately Needs by Dr. Emerson Eggerichs
Discover the single greatest secret to a successful marriage! The Love & Respect Workbook will help you and your spouse achieve a deeper level of intimacy by stopping the crazy cycle of conflict, initiating energizing change, and enjoying renewed passion.
Cracking the communication code between husband and wife involves understanding one thing: that unconditional respect is as powerful for him as unconditional love is for her. It’s the secret to marriage that every couple seeks, and yet few couples ever find. While both men and women deserve both love and respect, in the midst of conflict the driving need for a woman is love and the driving need for a man is respect. When either of these needs isn’t met, things get crazy.
Based on over three decades of counseling, as well as scientific and biblical research, the Love and Respect Workbook is for anyone: those in marital crisis, the happily married, engaged couples, pastors and counselors, and small groups. This dynamic and life-changing message is impacting the world, resulting in the healing and restoration of countless relationships.
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Here are some resources that answer some tough questions in scripture to develop your biblical literacy!
YouVersion
Already installed on over 500 million unique devices all over the world, the Bible App offers a free Bible experience for smartphones, tablets, and online at Bible.com.
Our generous partners make it possible for us to offer 2,898 Bible versions in 1,884 languages for free, and without advertising.
LOGOS Bible Study
Think You Don’t Have Time for Serious Bible Study? Think Again. Put an end to hurried reading and surface-level understanding. The Logos Bible Study Platform helps you uncover wisdom in Scripture fast and you can get started for free.
Heaven: A Comprehensive Guide to Everything the Bible Says About Our Eternal Home by Randy Alcorn
Have you ever wondered . . . ?
- What is Heaven really going to be like?
- What will we look like?
- What will we do every day?
- Won’t Heaven get boring after a while?
We all have questions about what Heaven will be like, and after twenty-five years of extensive research, Dr. Randy Alcorn has the answers.
In the most comprehensive and definitive book on Heaven to date, Randy invites you to picture Heaven the way Scripture describes it―a bright, vibrant, and physical New Earth, free from sin, suffering, and death, and brimming with Christ’s presence, wondrous natural beauty, and the richness of human culture as God intended it.
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These resources will help you begin to have the conversations about pornography, technology, and teaching your child how to guard their eyes and hearts!
Good Pictures Bad Pictures Jr.: A Simple Plan to Protect Young Minds by Kristen A. Jenson
Young children deserve to be armed early against internet dangers. Good Pictures Bad Pictures Jr. makes it easy for parents to protect their young kids ages 3 to 6. Using gentle, age-appropriate messages, children will learn to Turn, Run & Tell when they are accidentally exposed to inappropriate content.
Written by best-selling author Kristen A. Jenson of the original Good Pictures Bad Pictures book, the Jr. version is a comfortable, effective way for proactive parents to empower their young kids with their first internal filter!
Want a comfortable way to talk with your kids about pornography? This newly revised edition of the original bestseller from Defend Young Minds makes that daunting discussion easy! Good Pictures Bad Pictures is a read-aloud story about a mom and dad who explain what pornography is, why it’s dangerous, and how to reject it.
Featuring easy-to-understand science and simple analogies, this internationally-acclaimed book engages young kids to porn-proof their own brains.
With Good Pictures Bad Pictures, your child will never be caught off guard by disturbing videos or peer pressure! The 5-point CAN DO Plan™ teaches kids exactly what to do to protect their young minds when they see pornography.
Defend Young Minds
Kids can learn to reject pornography. We call it “digital self-defense.” Let our best-selling books, curriculum, guides and newsletter help you raise empowered, resilient, screen-smart kids.
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Get all the information you need about the “Gender Revolution” and pornography and how to empower your teenager to be who God has created them to be!
Engendered: What Was God Thinking?: Gender Roles & Relationships by Patsy Cameneti
What was God thinking when he engendered or created male and female? What does that have to do with gender roles? And is that purpose still relevant today?
Patsy Cameneti boldly explores God’s thoughts and creative intention for humankind. Stripping away cultural and traditional thinking, she examines raw truths from God’s word about gender, sexuality, marriage, and family that deliver practical insights into your everyday life. Engendered doesn’t shy away from topics of the day and brings God’s perspective to subjects like these:
- How to enjoy marriage as God designed it
- What God thinks about sex
- Sexuality and gender clarity
- Parenting God’s way
- Reflecting God’s image through gender roles
As you discover God’s original purpose and design for these areas, you’ll be enlightened and empowered to live the life God engendered for you from the beginning.
Guided Student Devotional: by The Assemblies of God Youth Ministries
Who is guiding your life? You were never meant to be guided by the culture you live in or the creation around you. Instead, you were meant to be guided by God, the Creator himself. When you are guided by our Creator, you won’t be misguided by culture.
The Guided Student Devotional will help you develop a devotional habit of spending time with God and reading His Word every day. Each devotion will focus on one of these seven dimensions of a Spirit-filled disciple: Bible. Holy Spirit. Mission. Prayer. Worship. Service. Generosity.
Your Life Speaks: Finding Your Voice of Influence for Your Generation by Tom Crandall
Everyone’s life SPEAKS, but not everyone has something to say. Do you know what your life SPEAKS? Ultimately, the message your life SPEAKS reflects the influences you allow in your life. Are you tired of living a life of comparison to the world around you? The world wants your life to SPEAK what it says is cool and acceptable. But your life was created to SPEAK hope and courage to the world. Through his story and the stories of other young people, Tom Crandall shows you what happens when you let go of the world’s script for your life and become the influencer you were born to be.
Moral Revolution: Porn & Masturbation
What if your struggle with pornography isn’t actually about pornography? What if there’s a deeper root that’s causing you to use porn to self-medicate? The root of pornography addiction is often more about inner health than external desire. With real life stories, scientific discoveries and biblical truth, we create a space for vulnerability around the topic of porn.
Get Informed. Get Help. Get Your Life Back.
Moral Revolution: LGBTQ & SSA
In today’s culture, opinions and ideas run high on sexual orientation, same-sex-attraction (SSA), transgenderism, and what love is or should be. We realize this is a sensitive area to address and finding loving truth sometimes feels impossible. Our goal is to provide language, resources, hope and support from our team that includes pastors, leaders, counselors, and men and women who’ve come out of homosexuality. We work with individuals, families, and organizations to demystify the experience of homosexuality and offer strategies to love extravagantly while upholding biblical truth.
Are you playing WHACK-A-MOLE trying to safeguard your family’s technology? Devices, apps, updates, loopholes–it can seem overwhelming. That’s why we created this 3-step Digital Safety Planner to get you started. It’s packed with practical advice on filters & parental controls, how to supervise online activity, and tips for starting important conversations. Step-by-step you can fortify your family’s defenses against pornography, predators and other online dangers. Take your first step by downloading the Defend Young Minds Digital Safety Planner.
A quick way to bridge the disconnect between teens and parents on the subject of pornography. Great advice from our friends at Fight the New Drug!
Blogs
Resources to better equip you and your family.
Rhythm of Rest
By Mount Hope Church|2022-09-01T14:02:11-04:00June 8th, 2022|Categories: Parenting|Tags: Family|
Summer is here! It’s a great time to rest and [...]
4 Tips to a Stress Free Summer
By Mount Hope Church|2022-06-14T12:27:23-04:00June 8th, 2022|Categories: Parenting|
Parents, summer is here and probably brings mixed emotions. I [...]
Spiritual Leadership At Home
By Mount Hope Church|2022-09-01T14:02:26-04:00July 28th, 2021|Categories: Parenting|Tags: Family|
Throughout our NextGen Ministries, we believe that Spiritual Leadership is [...]
Practical Leadership At Home
By Mount Hope Church|2022-09-01T14:02:31-04:00July 28th, 2021|Categories: Parenting|Tags: Family|
Something I tell the leaders of our NextGen Ministries often [...]
Teaching Your Kids To Hear the Holy Spirit
By Mount Hope Church|2022-09-01T14:18:49-04:00June 1st, 2021|Categories: Parenting|Tags: Family|
Learning to hear God’s voice can be our greatest asset. [...]
Talking about Water Baptism with Your Kids
By Mount Hope Church|2021-03-31T11:16:37-04:00March 31st, 2021|Categories: Parenting|
Creating Culture: It can be intimidating as a parent to [...]
Praying As A Family
By Mount Hope Church|2021-03-26T13:50:31-04:00March 26th, 2021|Categories: Parenting|
Creating Culture: In creating a culture of prayer in our [...]
Forget Yourself And Be Great
By Mount Hope Church|2021-03-26T14:00:22-04:00May 20th, 2017|Categories: Parenting|
In the years I have been a parent and foster [...]
Friendship With The Father
By Mount Hope Church|2021-03-26T14:00:32-04:00May 16th, 2017|Categories: Parenting|
My dad is one of my best friends. However, it [...]
The Ministry Of Home
By Mount Hope Church|2021-07-28T11:41:19-04:00May 14th, 2017|Categories: Parenting|
“If you want to change the world, go home and [...]
Raising Kids As A Single Parent
By Mount Hope Church|2021-03-26T14:01:08-04:00May 10th, 2017|Categories: Parenting|
“For there is hope for a tree when it is [...]
Parenting On Purpose
By Mount Hope Church|2021-03-26T14:04:03-04:00August 12th, 2016|Categories: Parenting|
– Creating Intentional Moments for Your Family By: Manuel and [...]