A God Send For Our Family
583709
My husband and I have 5 children. Two of our children have autism and asperger's. We were a little hesitant that this would work for us, but it did. Our home is much more peaceful, our attitudes have changed and so have our children's. I highly recommend this book.
4248162
Every teacher, school board member and friend of anyone with ADD or ADHD will benefit from this book. It's a turning point for our family: the author gave me an insight into things the doctors couldn't tell me about our first born (who was diagnosed with ADHD a couple of year ago.) It gave me a sense of when to ease up and when to step up to the plate. This story will help parents be better parents and give sufferers a way forward.

It may not be Angela's Ashes, but it's still a gift to the world. Pass it on.
467442
Our family loves Abiyoyo, young and old alike.
458758
We first saw this movie a couple of years ago at church.  It made a huge impact on our family.  We talk about it all the time.  We just finally had to get our  own copy (and gifts for family).  We can't wait to share this movie with others.  It's makes us think outside the box with Jesus's birth and all the other events that happend during that time.
2805661
Although we never considered this product a need we are certainly glad our son gifted this to us for Christmas! After we received it and had a few laughs, we were told give it a week.  Well, it took less than that and we were on board so to speak.  We have since gifted two other family members.  This was very easy to install- taking my husband maybe 30 minutes and it is a life changer.  The size is non obtrusive and there is nothing difficult or involved to use it.  The clean factor for both men and especially women is worth the very reasonable expense.
3886074
There is not a one of us that can't at some point in our lives benefit from a book like this. Whether we are parents, aunts, uncles, grandparents, siblings, teachers, etc. this sweet book will help us with those difficult conversations about death.  It is beautifully illustrated and well written. A must for every family library!
1538426
this book is wonderful,a good story, finished it in 2days, but, also a message every Christian, especially those who are parents, needs to hear. it felt very personal to me. Raised in a Christian home, but after high school, rarely went to church and certainly did not live my life as a Christian. Thank God, I found my way back to Jesus, and brought my husband to Him as well.  Now, comes the most important part, teaching our children to know, love and serve the Lord. Just taking them to church is not enough. Talk to them about Jesus, read the Bible with them and teach them to pray. Praying FOR them is easy. Pray WITH them. Anyone who watches the news knows it is a hard time to be a ChristIan. It is going to get even more difficult. Put your faith in Him though, and teach your children to do the same. As Christians, we know how the story ends. We may not know when, but we know that He WILL prevail.
79545
This book is a breath of fresh air.  It has given my children and I a way to engage God TOGETHER in a way that is tangible to them.  To have a tool that helps kids practice using their imagination to cultivate a relationship with Jesus is a gift.  This book has all the resources for parents and children to learn that prayer is so much more than asking God to meet our needs and asking forgiveness, prayer is a dynamic relationship with him.  Jared's exercises make this possible, enriching, and connecting for the whole family.
3377084
This wonderful movie should be in your family library next to Home Alone, Its a Wonderful Life, Touched by an Angel, Pocketful of Miracles, and The Christmas Box.
This is a touching movie with a great message that needs to be heard again and again:
1) The greatest love we can experience in the world is the love that a mother and father have for a child.
2) Each child should know of the deep love that their parents have for them.
3) We should look at everyone and realize that they are the beloved child of someone. With an accident, mishap or a bad break our children could be in their shoes and we should treat everyone with understanding and compassion.
4) Why some things happen in life is a mystery, but we can grow closer from our difficult experiences and learn to seek and spread the good ones.
5) There is a higher power that knows, cares about and watches over each of us - even in our deepest trials.
I found this movie quite by accident in a local RedBox after sorting through and avoiding hundreds of trashy movies with shoot-em-up, blood and gore, sex and nudity, bad language, and pathetic plots.  It is SOOOO refreshing to find this little gem with great acting, a beautiful story line, humor, and zero inappropriate material.  This quality movie has a timeless message that would land it among the classic family movies if more people knew about it.  We need more of these quality movies with good plots and family values.
1463162
We received this book from a trusted family member.  It has been a  blessing.  When we have followed the suggestions in this book we have seen the greatest growth in our family.  And no I am not just speaking of the corporal punishment aspect of the book.  There is so much more to it.  Like becoming experts on our kids.  Having relationship over all else.
3321088
This is a great product and our family has enjoyed it immensely. We  highly recommend it.
1523066
Lessons From My Parents provides the reader with a chance to walk into the past and remember the lessons we have gleaned by accident, or purposefully. It also offers us a chance to reflect on how we parent, and wonder what lessons our children will remember when they're grown. This is a great gift to share with your mother, your father, and your children. In fact, it is a gift that is for everyone, and anyone. We're all products of a family. This books belongs to all of us. It is a gift filled with love, hope, and a chance to open the floodgates with out own families to share the stories we have stored up inside us. Books that offer a chance for generations to connect are priceless.

I'm impressed by this offering from Familius. This books is a great representative of their goal to help families be happy.
2475978
My husband and I haven't been able to have kids so far, and so, though it has been something we have desired and prayed about for the last five years of our marriage, we don't fully know God's purposes in this area of our lives...in the role of parents. But I do know one thing, God has spoken to us through Eric & Leslie Ludys life so powerfully in so many areas...and parenting is no exception. We have been so touched and encouraged by their heart and obedience to the cry of the orphan and it has deeply impacted our lives. Stronger still is that we have had the privilege of witnessing the Ludys life and can see the fruit of their obedience in their children, marriage, family, and home.

In the past I have been afraid of the busy poured-out life that being a parent would require of me. Though I esteemed motherhood, it became harder to imagine as each year passed and no children were given. I became more content in my unfettered life and could not imagine what being a mother might entail and what it might mean for my personal freedom. Though it excited me, I was not ready to give up my rights and serve Jesus in this area. And now, I have a whole different perspective. Leslies book and all that it exhorts has spurred me on and opened my heart to whatever God would do through my husband and I as parents in the future. How would he use us to be arms of rescue and love? How might he use our home as a platform to minister, build-up, and point precious children to Jesus? Oh how Leslies book gave me great joy and taught me that the calling of a mother is a life of discipleship, unto Jesus and for our children. It is my favorite of Leslies books to date and I'm going to hold on to it and read it for years to come. I am prayerful that there will be opportunity to walk it out in life as I do in my heart. Through Leslies practical insights and Biblical encouragement and wisdom, I have developed new delight in an area where I thought my heart was as barren as my womb. But God has done a great work in my heart through this book. I highly recommend it to any woman, mother or not!
4319498
I love the meaning and depth this children's book offers for both the Christian Parent and child. It is simple enough for the children to understand and yet meaningful enough for them to participate in the most Holy Week in the Christian year. I treasure the time I spend each year reading this book to my kids. It's as meaningful to me as it is to them, bringing us closer. It is quickly becoming a family tradition.

I highly recommend this book to any faithful Christian family.  It is also a blessing to the non-Christian seeking to understand what Christ has done for us all, represented in a beautifully illustrated book. I look forward to the next book from this author and illustrator.
3014578
Focus on the Family has created yet another excellent resource that can be easily adapted to fit your family, a small group study, or a church series. It reminds us that we are all fallen, broken, sinful people, but with the help of God we can be healed and proper image bearers for our families and the world. The authors dive deep into how the breakdown of the family can be tied to the sin issues we see in our society such as: poverty, divorce, abuse, drugs, crime etc, and how when we get our families right with God to be proper image-bearers we help conquer these issues within our community by changing the frame work of future generations of families.

This book offers so many things:

  * Statements of Reflection-wonderful, in depth statement to make you ponder the Word, Gods character, how we are living and should live life, community and more are found at the end of each chapter. You can easily focus your prayers around these reflections and spend countless hours discussing them and searching within the Word to find the in-depth truth.
  * Questions for Consideration-deeply profound questions that will get you thinking about life, consequences, sexuality, Satan,  spiritual warfare, roles of fatherhood, motherhood and being a child along with so much more.
  *  Charts, graphs and statistics
  * Get the Picture-really fantastic links to photos taken throughout the centuries with some background history.

My favorite chapter though, admittedly, was My Imperfect Family. The title alone screams out to me. I am an imperfect individual striving for perfection I will never achieve. This small chapter cover how I can improve my current family situations, ways to help create a biblical family (or strengthen the one you have), essential behaviors for parents and kids (praying together, learning each others love language, being involved in your kids world) and learning what your families calling is (make an impact by the way you live life). Wrote is easy to understand terms, this book gives us simply ways to make profound changes within our family that will have an impact generations to come. This book tackles some really tough subjects that frankly alot of others gloss over or leave out. We live in a fallen and broken world and there are certain topics that are uncomfortable to deal with and talk about that our society has deemed appropriate and acceptable. I appreciated the tactful way these topics were handled without glossing over the importance of how they breakdown the family as God has designed it.

Disclaimer: I received a copy of this book from Tyndale Publishing in exchange for my honest review which I have given.
2068353
Wonderful book. It was a blessing for our whole family (kid age..9,10 and 13).  This will become a tradition for us.
3575653
I loved being a part of the family and the idea that God permits our loved-ones to care for us through the spirit.