Sally Michael

Children often have fears of things both real and imagined. Things that go ¿bump¿ in the night, big dogs, being in a strange place and even climbing to the top of the monkey bars can produce anxiety in children. Simply telling a child ¿not to be afraid¿ is most often ineffective.So how are you guiding them to handle those fears? Children need the confidence that there is someone bigger, stronger, and wiser than themselves who will protect and care for them. But more than that, they need the assurance that someone will be there for them¿to make everything right, to handle the difficulties they can¿t, to accomplish the tasks that are too hard for them, and to navigate the situations that are beyond their experience and ability. Often that bigger stronger, wiser person is a parent, grandparent or other adult. But parents and other adults are not supreme, all-powerful, and all-knowing. They fail children and find situations they can¿t navigate well. Only One Person is sufficient to handle all the complexities of the universe, and in particular, the personal world of every child. That Person is God Almighty, the Creator and Ruler of all things.When I Am Afraid encourages young children to look to God for courage and strength as it weaves together stories about every day fears, promises God has made us in Scripture, and truths about our all-powerful and all-knowing God.

When I Am Afraid

Jill Nelson

Bud Burk

This resource covers: preparing the hearts of children to hear the Gospel, discerning stages of spiritual growth, communicating the essential truths of the Gospel, and presenting the Gospel in an accurate and child-friendly manner. Includes a 10-week family devotional.

Helping Children to Understand the Gospel

Read-aloud illustrated Bible story book for 3- to 5-year-olds.

The Gospel Story for Young Children

The Very Bad News & the Very Good News

Who is God, and what is He like? Why do I exist? How am I to act toward God? What is my greatest problem and need? What has God done to solve this problem? How can I be saved? How should I now live?This family devotional is designed to help your children answer these important questions and ground them in the essential, foundational, and glorious truths of the Gospel. Additionally, the interactive format is meant to encourage your children toward life-transforming faith in Christ by guiding, inspiring, and imploring them to personally and sincerely respond to God¿s truth with their minds, hearts, and wills. Each of the 15 chapters includes three major, distinct sections to accomplish this: Instruct the Mind, Engage the Heart, and Influence the Will.¿Glorious God, Glorious Gospel is one of the most creative, practical, and biblically-faithful overviews of central aspects of Gospel truth available for parents to use with their children.¿¿Bruce Ware, Ph.D. Professor of Christian Theology, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary¿There is no more important assignment for parents than the spiritual development of your children. Nothing matters more, and Glorious God, Glorious Gospel is going to make this task a whole lot easier for a lot of moms and dads.¿¿Bob Lepine, Co-Host, FamilyLife Today

Glorious God, Glorious Gospel

Fighter Verses Coloring Books offer a visual representation and key truth for each of the 52 Fighter Verses. Now available for Fighter Verses, Set 3, this coloring book can help younger children engage during family devotions or church-wide study of Fighter Verses, Set 3. Coloring verse-related pictures helps children hide God's Word in their hearts while they participate in Scripture memory with the whole family. Original illustrations include Bible stories brought to life, children in real-life moments, and nature scenes.

Set 3

The Fighter Verses Coloring Book

The Gospel Plan of God

The World Created, Fallen, Redeemed, and Restored

More Than a Story: New Testament is a new kind of Bible resource for children-taking them on a chronological journey through the Bible with a God-centered, gospel-focused, discipleship-oriented, theologically grounded perspective. Though the Bible is full of stories, it is MORE THAN A STORY. It is the authoritative Word of God that, throughout its pages, proclaims and magnifies the majestic character of God, His work in this world, and His plan of redemption for sinful men through His Son, Jesus.

New Testament

More Than a Story

A full-color battle plan for parents to equip young children for the fight of faith. Sally Michael encourages children to be fighters with a battle strategy straight from Scripture.

God's Battle

More Than a Story: Old Testament is a new kind of Bible resource for children-taking them on a chronological journey through the Bible with a God-centered, gospel-focused, discipleship-oriented, theologically grounded perspective. Though the Bible is full of stories, it is MORE THAN A STORY. It is the authoritative Word of God that, throughout its pages, proclaims and magnifies the majestic character of God, His work in this world, and His plan of redemption for sinful men through His Son, Jesus.

Old Testament

Sally Michael helps parents and children discover the joys of wisdom and discern the destruction of foolishness in this full-color, illustrated book that includes application questions and activity suggestions.

God's Wisdom

David Michael

Jesus is still opening His arms and inviting children to come to Him. One of the ways we re¿ ect this truth to our children is by welcoming them into the most central, most regular, most valuable, and most corporate activity of the church. When we encour-age families to worship together, we communicate to the children that they are a part of the congregation and, as such, should be included when the church gathers to worship. The presence of children also serves as a reminder to the church of its responsibility to nurture the faith of the next generation.Yet there are challenges that parents, other worshippers and church leaders face when they include children in the church service. In this booklet, David and Sally Michael address some of those challenges and provide practical suggestions for parents and churches, in the context of a biblical vision for the active participation of children in the worship services of the church.

Children and the Worship Service

Having a long-term vision is crucial for discipling children and youth. This book presents a vision of indestructible joy for the next generations--a joy that can¿t be destroyed in the best, or worst, of times--a joy that can withstand the temptations, the trials, and the persecutions of the world. Each chapter is drawn from messages given over the past 15 years at the national conference for Children Desiring God (now Truth78). John Piper, Albert Mohler, Russell Moore, Bruce Ware, and more encourage parents and teachers to proclaim the whole counsel of God to nurture the faith of the next generations.

For the Next Generations

Indestructible Joy

This full-color illustrated book makes the Christmas story and its biblical context easy for children to understand and remember, and it encourages them to tell the story to others.

Jesus Is Most Special

Gods Word contains promises of blessing for believers. Promises are like presentsundeserved, given because God is good. Backed up by His power and trustworthy character, the promises are worthy of our full confidence.

God's Promises

This full-color illustrated primer helps parents teach children what the Bible is, what it says, and why we can trust Gods true, powerful Word. Chapters include discussion questions/activities.

Sally Michael

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