Perhaps the most frequently asked question counselors receive from moms is, “Which parenting book would you recommend for me?” While there are a host of solid parenting books available, The Gospel-Centered Parent: Study Guide With Leader’s Notes by Miller, Harrell, and Klumpenhower is Biblical and applicable to a broad range of readers – no matter how old your children are or how many mistakes you’ve already made. Though this book is part of a “Gospel-Centered” book series and is also presented in a group study format, it is perfectly acceptable to read it straight through individually as well.

This Book Will Help You

• Turn trust away from yourself and onto the Heavenly Father.
• Recognize fear in your parenting approach.
• Identify any ways your theology is not translating into your techniques.
• Scan your behaviors to find the ones that are sending the wrong messages.
• Deepen gratitude for how much you personally need the Savior.
• Acknowledge the messiness of your parenting due to your own sins,
• Increase the amount of time you are spending confessing and repenting.
• Grow in intimacy with the Lord more than zoning in on your kids.
• Pray with abandon and purity.
• Revise your perspective and expectations about your children and their actions.
• Reconsider the order of when you turn to the Lord and when you respond to your children.
• Connect with the Holy Spirit before attempting to counsel your teens.
• Spend time together building His kingdom.
• Practice a rich display of suffering in front of and with your family.
• Fight with God’s armor the spiritual battles taking place in your circumstances.
• Persevere with hope on a daily basis and for the long haul.

 Why do you look at the speck in your (child’s) eye, but do not consider the plank in your own eye? (Mt. 7:3)