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Marriage, children, and family have been lifelong priorities for Charles Swindoll. Following a biblical exploration of God's purpose and plans for families, readers are equipped in Parenting Workbook: Practical Advice on Keeping Your Family Together with all the tools necessary to grow strong, healthy families. Chuck then takes a focused look at those areas where parents and families often experience difficulties, and offers helpful and practical solutions to those difficulties. This book will strengthen the bond between parent and child, and will help keep this life-long connection strong even after the child has grown.
About the author
Pastor Charles R. Swindoll has devoted his life to the accurate, practical teaching and application of God’s Word. Since 1998, he has served as the founding pastor-teacher of Stonebriar Community Church in Frisco, Texas, but Chuck’s listening audience extends beyond a local church body. As a leading program in Christian broadcasting since 1979, Insight for Living airs around the world. Chuck’s leadership as president and now chancellor emeritus at Dallas Theological Seminary has helped prepare and equip a new generation of men and women for ministry.
Summary
Parents often find themselves suspended between snowcapped mountains of exhilaration and craggy chasms of desperation.
To be sure, parenting these days is a white-knuckle adventure?a scary roller coaster ride we only hope we can survive. Is there any hope at all that we can actually thrive as parents?
What an awesome privilege we have been given! What an opportunity to grow deeper in our relationship with our heavenly Father! Such privilege and opportunity certainly demand more of us than we can give. We need help. Fortunately, help has arrived! Based on beloved pastor and teacher Chuch Swindoll's Parenting: From Surviving to Thriving, this workbook explores God's divine plan for successful families.
This inductive Bible study workbook will help you discover:
- The best-kept secret of wise parenting.
- Why kids move from resentment to rebellion.
- How to restore relationships after you've blown it.
- Parents' secret struggles and how to cope with them.
Whether you're doing these studies alone, with your family, or as part of a group, this workbook will equip you with Scripture-based tools to help transform your relationship with your children from a struggle to survive into a lifelong love that thrives.