Romancing Your Child's Heart: Vision & Strategy Manual: (Second edition: revised and updated)

by Monte Swan, David B Biebel (With)

Overview

Monte swan shared a fresh vision of Christian parenting in the companion book "Romancing Your Child’s Heart;" specifically, just as God romances us, so we must romance our children. In this visioin and strategy manual designed for personal and group study, parents will discover that the best approach to opening their children’s hearts is to lead them to an intimate relationship with God, thus building up their resistance to evil. This book equips parents with enthusiasm for the challenge ahead—and with many concrete and practical ways to win their children’s hearts, including creative projects designed to help visualize the process as well as the goal.

This manual takes the focus off what you can do. It guides you toward what you can be, namely an instrument of the Holy Spirit in the contest for your child’s heart.

• Twelve sessions coach you in establishing your vision and strategy as a parent

• Questions and activities inspire reflection, discussion, and brainstorming

• A “commencement” chapter includes suggestions for a group retreat

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781939267597
Publisher:	Healthy Life Press
Publication date:	11/19/2015
Pages:	190
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.40(d)

Table of Contents

Foreword . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
How to Use This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Part One: Romancing Your Child: The Vision
Introduction to Part One . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Session 1: Winning Your Child's Heart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Session 2: Remembering How God Won Your Heart . . . 29
Session 3: Living in the Larger Story . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Session 4: Wooing Your Child with Story . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Session 5: Competition for Your Child's Heart . . . . . . . . . 59
Session 6: Watershed Choices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Part Two: Romancing Your Child: The Strategy
Introduction to Part Two . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Session 7: Preparing to Compete for Your Child's Heart . 85
Session 8: The Challenge of Parental Incarnation . . . . . . . 97
Session 9: The Profile of a Romancer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Session 10: Wielding the Tools of Romance . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Session 11: Protecting the Sense of Wonder . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Session 12: Discovering the Creative Image . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

Commencement: Following Through as Your Arrow is Released . . 161

Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Pages for Journaling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177

Editorial Reviews

"Most fathers and mothers have not taken the time to discuss their parenting approach . . . and fewer yet have developed a strategy of their own."
--BEKKI ANDERSON -Mother and Grandmother

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