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Elizabeth George, popular speaker and bestselling author of A Woman After God's Own Heart and A Young Woman After God's Own Heart, provides an engaging and inspirational resource for every mom who wants to lead her daughter to a godly life by example, encouragement, study, and prayer.With her biblical insight and child-raising experience, Elizabeth guides a mother's development of her daughter's spiritual life of faithfulness, obedience, and joy lived daily. Alongside these faith-life foundations, Elizabeth provides:Small things that make a big difference-simple ways to implement life lessonsPurpose and priorities-what daughters need to know about what matters mostStudy questions for each chapter-discussion material for moms and daughtersWomen will find fresh ways to connect with their daughters as they glean from Bible verses and topical explorations and prepare their girl's heart and mind to become a woman after God's own heart.

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Publié par	Harvest House Publishers, Inc.
Date de parution	01 septembre 2011
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9780736941587
Langue	English

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a mom whose goal is to
raise a daughter after
God s own heart
HARVEST HOUSE PUBLISHERS
EUGENE, OREGON
Unless otherwise indicated, all Scripture quotations are from the New King James Version. Copyright 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Verses marked NIV are taken from The Holy Bible, New International Version NIV . Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.
Verses marked NASB are taken from the New American Standard Bible , 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. ( www.Lockman.org )
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Italics in Scripture quotations indicates author s emphasis.
Cover by Garborg Design Works, Savage, Minnesota
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RAISING A DAUGHTER AFTER GOD S OWN HEART
Copyright 2011 by Elizabeth George
Published by Harvest House Publishers
Eugene, Oregon 97402
www.harvesthousepublishers.com
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
George, Elizabeth, 1944-
Raising a daughter after God s own heart / Elizabeth George.
p. cm.
ISBN 978-0-7369-1772-8 (pbk.)
ISBN 978-0-7369-4158-7 (eBook)
1. Mothers and daughters-Religious aspects-Christianity. 2. Parenting-Religious aspects-Christianity. 3. Mothers-Religious life. I. Title.
BV4529.18.G47 2011
248.8 431-dc23
2011017122
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means-electronic, mechanical, digital, photocopy, recording, or any other-except for brief quotations in printed reviews, without the prior permission of the publisher.
Printed in the United States of America
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This book is lovingly dedicated to
my cherished daughters after God s own heart -
Katherine and Courtney
and my treasured granddaughters
after God s own heart -
Taylor, Katie, Grace, and Lilyanna
May our daughters be like graceful pillars ,
carved to beautify a palace
(P SALM 144:12 NLT ).
Contents
Mom to Mom
Chapter 1: The Bell Sheep
Part 1-Earning Your Bell
Part 2-Ringing Your Bell
Chapter 2: The Prayer Warrior
Part 1-Remembering to Pray
Part 2-Gearing Up for Battle
Chapter 3: The Sower of Seed
Part 1-The Heart of a Sower
Part 2-The Work of a Sower
Chapter 4: The Coach
Chapter 5: The Church Lady
Chapter 6: The Social Secretary
Chapter 7: The Teacher
Part 1-The Model
Part 2-The Mentor
Chapter 8: The Homebuilder
Chapter 9: The Cheerleader
Chapter 10: The Shepherd
Chapter 11: The Marathon Runner
Notes
Elizabeth George: A Woman After God s Own Heart
Bible Studies for Busy Women
Books by Elizabeth George
Elizabeth George
Mom to Mom
F or decades my husband and I have prayed about passing on our faith in Christ to our daughters and then one day, Lord willing, seeing our girls pass on their love for Jesus to their children. Well, I can t tell you how excited Jim was one day several weeks ago. He couldn t wait to get home and tell me what had happened. He had taken our little six-year-old granddaughter, Grace, to her ballet lesson, something Jim had never done before. It all came about because our daughter was busy, and Jim volunteered to help her by doing ballet taxi duty. And on this day, God chose to bless Jim in a special way. Here s what happened.
On the Saturday this all took place, attendance at the ballet school was mandatory because the students were preparing for their year-end recital. Grace loves to go to her lessons. She s lean, graceful, light on her feet, and excels as a perfect little ballerina. But on this required rehearsal day, Grace s entire family was involved in a seminar at their church.
Now Courtney, our daughter and Grace s mom, was helping with a children s program at church while the adults were involved in the seminar. And Grace wanted to be at the church and participate in the children s program too. The solution? Jim would pick Gracie up for the one-hour lesson, then immediately whisk her back to the church.
Well, all was going well until Jim arrived at the church to take Grace to the rehearsal. When he pulled up at the curb, he spotted her and her mom coming out of the children s classroom, and Grace was crying her little heart out. Jim blurted out, What happened? Is everything okay? Is she hurt? Sick? Her mom explained, Grace was enjoying the children s Bible group so much she didn t want to leave.
Needless to say, Jim and Courtney both worked overtime convincing little Grace that she would soon be back at church and spend the rest of the day with the other kids until the seminar was over. Finally, with these assurances, Grace wiped away her tears and went off to her lesson.
After the ballet practice session, when Jim was driving her back to the church, little Gracie, who had been learning how to read, piped up from the backseat and said, You know what I want for my birthday? (She said this when her birthday was still six months away!) Before Jim could respond, Grace announced, Now that I can read, I want a real Bible so I can read it as much as I want!
This is a sweet story, isn t it? Every mom-in-Christ yearns for her children to love Jesus and cherish God s Word-that they would follow after God s own heart. I know this doesn t always happen, but as one of God s moms, you are asked by Him to do your best, to do your part, and then leave the outcome to Him.
That s what this book is all about. Doing your best. Doing your part. Living out your God-assigned roles-or missions-as a mom who desires to raise a daughter who loves the Lord. I can t guarantee your results-whatever happens is up to God. But what I can offer are personal experiences, wisdom gleaned from God s Word, advice from other moms, practical suggestions to get you going, and tons of encouragement!
This book won t answer all your questions. And it won t provide all the answers. But it will give you one more resource for your parenting. It will give you one more opportunity to roll up your mothering sleeves and apply God s Word and His principles to your efforts to raise a daughter after God s own heart. And no, attaining this goal won t be easy-a prize this grand is never easily achieved. But the rewards of passing on the truths about God to your daughter and watching her grow into a woman after God s own heart will be great-and the fruit will last for all eternity. God promises, The L ORD is good; His mercy is everlasting, and His truth endures to all generations (Psalm 100:5).
Chapter 1
The Bell Sheep
Part 1-Earning Your Bell
You shall love the L ORD your God with all your heart,
with all your soul, and with all your strength .
And these words which I command you today
shall be in your heart .
-D EUTERONOMY 6:5
O n a recent Christmas Sunday, my husband, Jim, and I and our family of 14 arrived at a church service extra early to make sure we didn t end up in the Standing Room Only section for this special occasion. With my bulletin in hand and several minutes to spare before the service started, I opened my Bible and looked up the Scripture passage the pastor would focus on during his message. Then I read through some additional teaching notes and commentary in the margin of my Bible. One article was entitled The Bell Sheep.
The bell sheep? What in the world is that? I wondered. I read on. The article explained that when a shepherd noticed a sheep who willingly followed him and stayed near him, he hung a bell around the neck of that sheep so the flock would follow the bell sheep who, in turn, was following the shepherd. 1
Knowing I would begin writing Raising a Daughter After God s Own Heart as soon as the Christmas holiday was over, I almost jumped out of my seat when I read this. I was shouting out in my mind, That s it! That s it! A mom should be the bell sheep for her daughter!
And it s true! When we as mothers stay close to Jesus-as close as close can be, and when we love Him with all our heart just the way Jesus said to, and when we willingly follow Him and His Word, guess what? We become His bell sheep for our daughters to follow. Our girls observe-and copy-our behavior. They can-and will-follow our example. We become their very own personal walking, living, real flesh and blood, visual example of what it means to be a child, girl, tween, teen, and woman after God s own heart.
How to Be a Bell Sheep in Three Verses
Finally Christmas was over, meaning it was D-Day for me-or more accurately, W-Day as in Writing Day. So I sat down to begin and wondered and prayed, Where does Christian childrearing really begin? And what is Thing 1, Goal 1 for a mom?
In a few seconds I had the answer! And it came from God s Word. It was packaged in three verses I had discovered as a young mom, and also as a baby Christian. I flashed back on those early new-believer days of excitement, of newness, of need as I hungered to find out for the first time what God teaches about everything! And especially What in the world am I supposed to do with two little toddling girls?
I m so glad a wise woman had advised me to read in my new Bible every day. Well, the day arrived when I made it to the book of Deuteronomy. And there I hit gold when my eyes landed on Deuteronomy 6:5-7. I was stunned. Amazed. Thrilled! God was actually showing me His guidelines for raising my own little daughters, then only one-and-a-half and two-and-a-half years old. And in only three verses! How practical is that? Here s what I read over and over again and finally memorized:
You shall love the L ORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength. And th