From generation to generation, God has filled the world with families. And yours is unlike any other on earth! But why did God make all these families?
In this unique picture book, authors Ray and Jani Ortlund visit modern-day families of all shapes and sizes along with families from the Bible (including the first family, the sons of Jacob, and Jesus’s earthly family). You’ll see that families are a gift and have always been a part of God’s plan! From the beginning, He has used them to do amazing things, and He can do the same with your family today, whether it’s big or small, near or far.
This devotional is written for girls, by girls. As the world experiences a loneliness epidemic, we need friendship as much as we ever have before.
People could live their whole lives online. School, church, work, and a social life can all be found on the internet, providing opportunities to trade deep friendships for convenient yet shallow acquaintances. The easier it becomes to be independent, the harder it is to find togetherness—especially for teen girls and young women.
Hey Friend: 31 Journaling Devotions on Friendship helps girls know that God made them for friendship. They don’t have to live life alone. Each devotion is written by girls for girls and offers relatable stories of friendship, passages of Scripture, journaling questions, and practical ways to find friends instead of staying isolated. Friendships end, begin, and change all the time, and Hey Friend is every girl’s guide to learning how to navigate friendship in changing seasons from switching schools to going off to college to needing to walk away from certain friendships and invest in others.
It’s Little Lamb’s first Christmas, and the homestead is getting ready for a live nativity! But with so many sights and sounds to take in, Little Lamb wonders why it’s such a special day. Is it the manger being built nearby? Is it the sparkling star in the sky? Follow Little Lamb as she discovers the answer—Christmas is special because baby Jesus was born!
With a sparkly cover and a bird to find on each spread, this board book is a sweet reminder of the true joy of Christmas.
It’s midnight at the orphanage, and one by one, a group of children are about to begin a prayer meeting. They sneak out of their beds and meet in the kitchen to pray together. Would anyone else come too? they wonder. Night after night, more and more children join the late-night prayer meeting. But there’s a boy in the orphanage, Fritz, who bullies the children who pray. One night, Fritz sneaks down to the kitchen, intending to disrupt the prayer meeting. But what he finds will change his heart forever.
Readers will share the excitement as the characters sneak down the stairs to the midnight prayer meeting, and they will feel the tension of the bully’s threats. But most of all they will discover the difference children can make when they pray. This story offers the perfect way for parents to begin a conversation about the blessing of corporate prayer—and how the youngest members of the kingdom play a valuable part.
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