Resources for the critically important and mostly ordinary work of leading your family to follow Jesus.

“Tell your children of it,
    and let your children tell their children,
    and their children to another generation.”

Joel 1:3

books to bless your family

  • Good News For Parents

    In Good News for Parents, Adam Griffin offers a refreshing alternative to typical parenting advice. This book reveals how walking by the Spirit can free parents from the anxieties, stress, and self-doubt of parenting. Drawing wisdom from Galatians 5, Griffin demonstrates how each fruit of the Spirit provides the lasting relief they so desperately need. Ultimately, readers will feel more prepared to approach parenting with peace, confidence, and strength, trusting that Jesus is renewing both them and their children day by day.

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  • Family Discipleship

    Whatever your family looks like, this resource was created to help you make a plan for how to lead your home spiritually. This is the critically important and mostly ordinary work that God has called you to and we are here to help equip and encourage you in pursuing it.

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  • What Will You Teach Me?

    What Will You Teach Me? follows a group of adorable, whimsical animals as they discover that everything we learn was created by God. Your child will love finding little details in Pablo Pino’s illustrations and watching two bear cubs learn their letters, numbers, music, food, right and wrong, and that God is the creator of all those things!

    This board book includes interactive, educational opportunities for kids to count, name colors and shapes, point out different types of animals, and more. Teaching basic skills is a great opportunity for family discipleship!

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  • The Boy Who Was Bold

    The one story from the bible of Jesus as a little boy shows us how bold our Savior is and calls all little boys and girls to be courageous enough to be odd for their faith. One of the most important lessons that this generation will need is how to follow Jesus when everyone around you isn’t.

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  • When Wrong Seems Right

    This Proverbs bible study for kids 8-12 years old will teach kids how to study the bible while being equipped to be courageous in their faith. There just aren’t many Christian resources for kids in this age group. It’s like most parents assume that after their child “graduates” from children’s bibles that their discipleship is over for a while. This study was created to fill that gap and equip families to address important topics of choice with their elementary kids.

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FDP Concrete Conversations is the best way to get your family talking about what matters most!

The Basic Framework for Family Discipleship

FAMILY DISCIPLESHIP MODELING

Serving as a godly example for your family, living out your genuine walk with God and demonstrating true repentance where and when you fall short. There are two key components to Family Discipleship Modeling. A godly role model needs to be reliable and relatable. Be Reliable: Have repentant integrity. Be Relatable: Have relational proximity.

CHARGE: WORK ON YOUR RELATIONSHIP.

Grow in your knowledge of each child. How do they work, how do they play, what are they like, and what do they like. Be compassionate and sensitive to their individual needs. Be intentional in how you care.

FAMILY DISCIPLESHIP TIME

Creating intentional time built into the rhythm of the family's life for the purpose of thinking about, talking about, and living out the gospel. There are two key components to Family Discipleship Time. Rhythm: Be steady, designating the times with commitment and consistency. Intentionality: Be studied, designing the times with planning and purpose.

CHARGE: WORK ON YOUR RHYTHM.

Skipping one day leads to two and two leads to three. Let’s be consistent and committed.

FAMILY DISCIPLESHIP MOMENTS

Capturing and leveraging opportunities in the course of everyday life for the purpose of gospel-centered conversations. There are two key components to Family Discipleship Moments. These are the two main things we are trying to communicate and teach in family discipleship moments – the characteristics of God and godly character. Characteristics of God: To know God. (Who is God? What has He done? What is He doing? What is He like?) Godly Character: To grow in godliness. (Who am I? Who has God called me to be? What has He asked of me? How can I become more like Him?) 

CHARGE: WORK ON YOUR RESPONSES.

Be ready to capture a moment and have a great conversation because you are ready to respond to your circumstances with grace and insight.

FAMILY DISCIPLESHIP MILESTONES

Marking and making occasions to celebrate and commemorate significant spiritual milestones of God's work in the life of the family and child. There are two kinds of family discipleship milestones. Some milestones we make, and some milestones we mark. Making: Creating significant milestones to commemorate, celebrate, or commend spiritual growth. Marking: Appreciating God and his unpredictable work as you recognize it in your family.

CHARGE: WORK ON YOUR RITES.

Make a plan for how you will recognize the milestones of age and development in your child.

YOU CAN DO IT!

We all feel discouraged about our parenting sometimes. Maybe especially about our spiritual leadership.

The book of Deuteronomy is Moses’ long speech of instruction and encouragement to a new generation of Israelites. In Deuteronomy 6:4-9 he gives them a command that Jesus called the greatest in the entire bible – love God with everything you’ve got!

Right after that, he tells them to diligently teach their kids to love and obey their God too . He commands the parents to teach the next generation about God all the time and everywhere they go.

At the end of his speech, chapter 30:11-14, Moses tells them that this is “NOT TOO HARD” for them! In the English Standard Version of verse 14 Moses says to this huge crowd (including lots of parents), “YOU CAN DO IT!”

Not that anyone of us is sufficient or perfect. We are all struggling and stumbling through this parenthood journey. In fact, if the salvation of our kids came down to the quality of our parenting, we’d never see another child saved. We are all imperfect parents.

But we have the help of a perfect God!

We plant seeds of the gospel. We water them often. But it is God who gives the growth!

And since God is with you, since he loves your kids, since he gives you his church to help you, since he equips you for obedience, since you can cast all your burdens onto him, since you can be forgiven for your mistakes – YOU CAN DO THIS!