Relationships

Parenting is hard work in this sexualized, digital age. Yet, with vision and strategies rooted in God’s Word, we can guide our children in truth and grace… creating space for conversation, helping them understand God’s story of sex, equipping them to navigate the challenges of their world, and modeling the pursuit of purity—which is the pursuit of Jesus. This resource is a toolkit for your parenting journey!

Parenting In A Sexualized, Digital Age  

What if the shame and guilt of sexual sin no longer made you feel cut off from God? Join Titania Paige of the Purpose in Purity Podcast to practice the Apostle Paul’s strategic spiritual habit for overcoming your mental-blocks, eliminate the three lies that keep you bound to sexual sin with scriptural truths, and adopt a practical framework to sustain your journey toward freedom, forgiveness, and healing in Christ. 

come home. | A Redemptive Roadmap from Lust Back to Christ

Getting to the truth about sex and relationships.

A middle school devotional designed to help students discover God's best for them when it comes to dating and relationships. In this devotional, you’ll find wisdom that will help you get to the truth about sex and relationships and how you can experience both in real, healthy ways. 

Real Talk

Refreshingly different from other studies that promise help with sexual temptation, this devotional from Noah Filipiak (based on his new book) turns typical "purity" strategies on their head by addressing head-on our sense of self-entitlement and our self-seeking tendencies. You'll discover how the mercy of Jesus uniquely satisfies your unmet longings and provides you with unparalleled fullness that can only be found in Christ. 

Beyond the Battle, Finding Identity in Christ in an Oversexualized World

My heart’s desire is to help you strengthen your most important relationship – your marriage. The course is designed to be very doable, clear, practical, and enjoyable. The 30 days are broken into four weekly themes: unity, joy, peace, and purpose. There are 30 short daily marriage videos; each video comes with three discussion questions and an inspiring challenge to complete together.

STRENGTHEN YOUR MARRIAGE IN 30 DAYS Week 2: Joy

Your success on this Christian journey doesn’t rest solely on your abilities, ample resources, or sheer determination. Your success is based on being empowered by the Holy Spirit. As you submit to Christ, He will establish your ability to walk in purity. This Plan is filled with practical keys to help you partner with the Holy Spirit, overcome temptation, and experience victory in your life!

Six Keys to Sexual Purity

Song of Songs gives us a picture of God’s way leading up to the wedding and afterward. It shows us the beauty of a marriage covenant lived God’s way. Let’s teach the next generation God’s way and embrace it in our own lives.

[Wisdom of Solomon] the Wedding Day and Night

Sex. It's everywhere. We're bombarded with it everywhere we look. Yet, what is the value of sex? Unfortunately, it has become a cheap commodity and something that many struggle to truly understand the value of. Thankfully, God, through the Bible, has much to say on the topic of sex, it is not something He has been silent on, even if the Church is.

The Value Of Sex

This is about more than just lusting less or quitting porn and promiscuous sex. This is about freedom from shame and the liberty to fully delight in God's presence as a beloved son or daughter. This is about finding grace, hope, and joy, and living in the perfect freedom found in relationship with Jesus, our Pure Hope.

The Journey to Freedom from Sexual Shame

The bible is very clear when it comes to God's design for men and women regarding sexuality.  In this study based on the his book Pure, pastor and bestselling author, Dean Inserra, examines three of the seven common lies Christians face regarding sex. 

Common Lies in a Sex Crazed World 

Each day, learn a new biblically-grounded concept that you can begin applying immediately in your family. When you lead your family by living out love, mutual respect, intentionality, and service, you’ll see their relationships with you and with each other radically transformed.

Family-ID:  7 Keys To A Great Family

Truth Becomes Her is a movement that transcends the emphasis on feminine beauty and focuses on teaching young women about their true worth in Christ.

Unlocking Your Daughter’s True Potential

Throughout Scripture, God is called Father. Yet how does He father His children? What parenting principles can we learn by observing His interactions with humanity? This seven-day study will examine key Scriptures which will help you to father like the Father.

Father Like the Father

You may be a care provider who impacts kids in care, or a parent who understands that “if it’s not Ok for MY Kids - it’s not OK for any of God’s kids.”  Whatever your motivation, God wants to use YOU for His Glory and their Good. Ignite Hope invites you to Stand in the Gap for the Modern Orphan - with this segment focused on children in Foster Care.

God’s Got This: Praying For Kids In Foster Care

From the moment a child enters our life, parenting is a tough job. It’s even harder when a child is struggling with difficult behaviors. Parenting a child in crisis leaves parents worn out from exhaustion, frustration, and fear. God doesn’t leave us, even in the midst of our fears, failures, and fatigue. For foster and adoptive parents, or any battle-weary parent in warfare for their child.

Battle-Weary Parents for Parenting in Crisis

Your home is the primary training ground for developing your child’s character, so parenting must be intentional.  We’ve compiled a 14-day devotional for parents, each session concentrating on a different character trait. From toddlers to teenagers, you can adapt these principles for any age. 

Building Character in Your Child

Raising kids is tough, even in the best of circumstances. In this seven-day devotional, real-world parents — who also happen to be staff members at YouVersion — share how they apply principles from God’s Word to this important aspect of their lives. Each day’s devotional includes a Verse Image you can use to help you share your own journey.

7 Things the Bible Says About Parenting

No words can express how amazing it is to hold your newborn child in your arms. Parenting is such a holy and life-changing opportunity. One of the most powerful things a parent can give their child is their prayers for them. In this 5-day Bible plan, Evangelist Matt Brown shares 5 powerful prayers you can pray for your children every day. 

What to Pray For Your Children

This devotional is designed to help you trust that God loves your son even more than you do. To bring you hope when your son has lost his way or is struggling with weaknesses or temptations. To lead you to praise God for his power in your son’s life. As you pray through these devotionals over the next week, rest in the knowledge that your son is in God’s hands.

Powerful Prayers For Your Son By Rob & Joanna Teigen

Refreshing devotions for weary mamas who find themselves in need of truth and encouragement! These devotions are aimed to help a mom find her identity in Christ as she faces the challenges, surprises and joys of caring for young children. No need for her to compare herself to the supermoms around her; God has recruited her for her kids and He has big plans for her!

Grit & Grace: 5-Day Devos For Moms Of Young Kids

Parenting Young Children

Navigating your teen's rebellion can be scary, challenging and even heartbreaking. In this Bible plan, Roxanne Parks shares ways that she and her husband kept their sanity during some of the confusing and murky days raising 4 teenagers.

Navigating Teenage Rebellion

As much as we want the fruit of the Spirit to be present in our own lives, we want that for our children too. So where do we begin? In this 9-day devotional, you'll learn principles taken from Scripture and tools for applying them to your parenting.

Developing the Fruit of the Spirit in Your Child

Dr. Tim Elmore joins with Life.Church to share 12 Huge Mistakes Parents Can Avoid. We all want the best for our kids, but sometimes our own good intentions misdirect their paths. Let’s correct course and lead our children to become thriving adults and fully devoted followers of Christ. For more content, check out finds.life.church

12 Huge Mistakes Parents Can Avoid

As a parent of teens, you probably wonder how to keep social media, culture, and peers from having a stronger voice than God in their lives. Jeffrey Dean wants to remind you that you are still the greatest influence in your child's life—and that’s good news! Use this guide to spend the next five days in intentional reflection and prayer for your teen as you parent with purpose and hope.

Raising Successful Teens

Parenting Teens/Tweens

Based on Series 2 of Fearless TV UK, in this devotional we will be looking at the fundamentals of healthy relationships. We will be focusing on sex, singleness and friendship, and seeing how the Word of God can help us to have fruitful and fearless relationships.

Baesics: The Devotional

When we spend our first energy tending our relationships, including our relationship with God, all of our needs will be met.

Building Healthy Relationships: Devotions From Time of Grace

It seems like relationships are everywhere you look. Whether you’re in one, waiting for one, or happily single, we can all work on the common denominator in our relationships—ourselves. In this 5-day Plan, we’ll look at what it means to be dateable—and you may be surprised.

Dateable

“Love can’t be earned, it can only be given. And it can only be exchanged by people who are completely true with each other,” says Donald Miller. In this 7-day reading plan based on the book Scary Close, Don challenges our assumptions about what makes for good relationships and shares reflections from his own journey to “drop the act” and find true intimacy. 

Scary Close-Reflections For Finding True Intimacy

This reading plan includes seven daily devotions based on Louie Giglio’s curriculum Relat(able): Making Relationships Work. This study will explore what makes us relatable to others, how God can bring peace in the midst of conflict, and how we can help restore relationships that seem broken beyond repair.

Relat(able): Making Relationships Work

Unity has the ability to transform both personal relationships and the body of Christ. This reading plan explores the 4 attributes in Ephesians 4 that lead to unity and how you can cultivate each, leading to transformational growth in your life and in the church.

Cultivating Unity

You’ll meet a lot of people in your life and you’ll need wisdom and discernment in order to pursue God honoring relationships. In the Wise Bond Bible plan readers will discover through scripture how to develop and identify positive characteristics of Christ-centered friendships, bonds and associations. 

Wise Bond

Society has it’s own definition of what it means to love and what true love is. However, that definition and God’s definition are very different. This 7-day devotional is designed to take you on a journey through God’s love in both the Old and New Testaments. Each day, a definition of God’s love will be explained through scripture and then defined in everyday language.  Let's get started! Go to afterthemusicstops.org for the full length version of this plan. 

