There is no pain like relationship pain! As we are learning to get our ships together, we recognize our need to pursue Jesus first. When we are connected to and communicating with Him, He will help us navigate the ebbs and flows of every other relationship in our lives.
We could spend the rest of the year teaching on relationships, friendships, marriages, parenting, discipleship, handling conflict, processing our emotions (because, let's be real, our feelings and emotions effect our relationships in a BIG way), forgiveness and so much more. Even if we met every day for a month, we wouldn't have it all covered!
Instead, we've compiled a list of resources to help aid our growth. From online courses, to books and podcasts. There is something here for everyone, in every season and stage of life.
COURSES
Healthy You - Chip Judd
Healthy Relationships - Chip Judd
BOOKS
Keeping God first is a vital necessity, this devotional will remind you daily of God's power and how much He loves you.
Ordering Your Private World - Gordon Macdonald
In this book you will learn how our technology-focused generation can deal with stress and find balance in life by submitting to God in five areas: motivation, priorities, intellect, spiritual growth, and rest. Truly a powerful tool to help keep God first!
Keep Your Love On - Danny Silk
Adults and children alike thrive in healthy relationships where it is safe to love and be loved, to know and be known. Yet for many, relationships are anything but safe, loving, or intimate. They are defined by anxiety, manipulation, control, and conflict. The reason is that most people have never been trained to be powerful enough to keep their love on in the face of mistakes, pain, and fear. This book will teach you about connection, communication and boundaries, from a Christ centered perspective.
Emotionally Healthy Spirituality- Peter Scazzero
We cannot be spiritually mature, without becoming emotionally mature. Often, we avoid conflict because we believe we are being "peacekeepers" and "walking in love". We ignore our feelings and emotions (which are God given), anger, sadness and fear while uncomfortable. Need to be process and dealt with, but we use them to avoid God and distance ourselves from people. This book is full of powerful insights, practical stories and most importantly, scripture from the Word of God that will help you grow, mature, heal and be set free.
Loving Our Kids on Purpose - Danny Silk
This book SHATTERS old ways of thinking and breaks paradigms! Where the Spirit of the Lord is there is freedom. (2 Corinthians 3:17). Rather than the traditional approaches that train children to learn to accept being controlled by well-meaning parents and adults, this book teaches parents how to train children to manage their freedoms and protect their important heart-to-heart relationships. Full of the Word and practical insight, you will be reaching for this book again and again as you commit to raise your children in the way of the Lord.
PODCASTS
The KYLO Show
Continued teaching from Danny Silk on relationships, conflict, boundaries, marriage, parenting and more.
At Home with the Bevere's
A well-rounded podcast full of Bible-based teaching. From addressing how to know if you're marrying the right one, to what we wish we knew about homeschooling to parenting through mom guilt, there is truly something here for everyone!
Art of Spousing
A powerful podcast full of the Word, resources and tools to strengthen and heal your marriage.
Raising Boys and Girls
Hosted by christian counselors, this podcast gets into the nitty gritty of what our kids are thinking, their development and teaching kids the power of a relationship with Jesus. Prayer, repentance, sibling conflict, spiritual identity, autism, teen dating and more are covered.