Sacred Parenting Bible Study Participant's Guide

How Raising Children Shapes Our Souls

Author: Gary Thomas

Sacred Parenting Bible Study Participant's Guide

In this six-session small group Bible study, Sacred Parenting, Gary Thomas helps small groups look at parenting through a unique lens: not just about successfully raising perfect children, but about parents becoming more holy.

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What if one of God’s primary intentions for you as a parent isn’t about successfully raising perfect children, but about you becoming more holy? In Sacred Parenting Gary Thomas illustrates how God can transform lessons in raising children into opportunities to grow in the image of Christ.

It will help you and your group, rediscover parenting from a different perspective: as a method of spiritual formation expressly designed by God to shape your soul in ways you could not imagine! This study will help you dig deeper into learning how God can transform dirty diapers, toddler tantrums, and a teenager’s silence into occasions for becoming more like Christ.

Sessions include:

The Soul-Transforming Journey of Parenting
God-Centered Parenting
The Hardest Hurt of All
Embracing Our Insignificance
Walking on the Wild Side of Parenting
The Gold Behind the Guilt

Designed for use with the Sacred Parenting Video Study (sold separately).

About the Author

Gary Thomas’s writing and speaking draw people closer to Christ and closer to others. He is the author of twenty books that together have sold more than two million copies and have been translated into more than a dozen languages. These books include Sacred Marriage, Cherish, Sacred Pathways, and the Gold Medallion-award winning Authentic Faith.Gary holds a bachelor’s degree in English Literature from Western Washington University, a master’s degree in systematic theology from Regent College (Vancouver, BC), and an honorary doctor of divinity degree from Western Seminary (Portland, OR).

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"Parenting a child is an in-depth course on spiritual formation, expressly designed by God to shape your soul in ways you cannot imagine. What if one of God's primary intentions for you as a parent isn't about successfully raising perfect children, but about you becoming more holy? Sacred Parenting helps you look at parenting from a different perspective. In this six-session participant's guide, designed for use with the Sacred Parenting video, Gold Medallion Award-winning author Gary Thomas will offer a road map to new and sacred territory defined by the children God has given you to teach you his lesson in love. Sacred Parenting will help you and your group learn how God can transform dirty diapers, a toddler's tantrums, and a teenager's silence in order to transform you into a person who reflects the image of Christ.Sessions include:1. The Soul-Transforming Journey of Parenting2. God-Centered Parenting3. The Hardest Hurt of All4. Embracing Our Insignificance5. Walking on the Wild Side of Parenting6. The Gold Behind the Guilt"

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In this six-session video-based small group bible study (DVD/digital video sold separately), Gary Thomas uses a unique lens to look at parenting, moving beyond raising great children to becoming more holy as a person. What if one of God's primary intentions for you as a parent isn't about successfully raising perfect children, but about you becoming more holy? In Sacred Parenting Gary Thomas illustrates how God can transform lessons in raising children into opportunities to grow in the image of Christ. It will help you and your group, rediscover parenting from a different perspective: as a method of spiritual formation expressly designed by God to shape your soul in ways you could not imagine! This study will help you dig deeper into learning how God can transform dirty diapers, toddler tantrums, and a teenager's silence into occasions for becoming more like Christ. Sessions include: The Soul-Transforming Journey of Parenting God-Centered Parenting The Hardest Hurt of All Embracing Our Insignificance Walking on the Wild Side of Parenting The Gold Behind the Guilt Designed for use with the Sacred Parenting Video Study (sold separately).