UPDATE: The winner of the book set is Lauren (comment #7).
I have one dream for my kids.
I don’t care if they are successful. I’m not hoping they will be rich or famous or even moderately liked in this world.
My dream is for them to have a deep abiding relationship with Jesus.
That’s it.
Because everything good and bad in their lives will end of being okay if that’s their foundation.
My hubby and I read a lot of books with our kids. We are currently reading It’s Not About Me :Teen Edition
We loved reading You Were Made to Make a Difference
When I was asked to review Jenna Lucado (Max’s daughter) Bishop’s new book for teen girls, I was interested in focusing in on some special one-on-one time with my girl.
It’s called From Blah to Awe: Shaking Up a Boring Faith
We are still making our way through this book, but I love Jenna’s passion for teen girls and her call to them to love God radically, hungering and thirsting for more of Him.
My daughter is a regular girl and I’m seeing faith thru her eyes as we journal and talk about these things. It’s been good and I look forward to more.
If you’d like to win THE SET of You Were Made to Make a Difference, It’s Not About Me and the brand new book, From Blah to Awe, leave a comment.
This giveaway ends Thursday.
Read together as a family. You’ll be glad you did.
Oh snap. I’d love to read all of these. I’m a mom of 4, my oldest daughter is 16. I’m currently trying to figure out my 3rd child, 11 year old daughter. She’s pretty much all about the world. I’m not liking it.
I’ve been reading to my girls every day (sometimes multiple times a day) since they were born. Even at 8 and 9.5 we read together every.single.day. I love this special time with them…it is so precious. The only thing that makes it better is sharing a truly inspirational book.
My oldest girl just turned 14 and I would love to win this set for her. She is such a sweet girl with a great heart for Jesus, and just this week asked for new a new devotional as she was finishing up the one she was on!
Great giveaway!
My preteen daughter is struggling with her faith…wonder how she is supposed to feel it…feeling that she feels nothing. I am struggling with what to say to her. From Blah to Awe might be a great book to read with her.
Jen
They all sound like great books!
What a great giveaway!
We have 3 girls and my oldest is 13….we would love these books!
Thanks! Can’t wait to get these books….great giveaway:)
My girl with hidden disabilities is 4 months away from 12 years old. I don’t want to lose touch with her heart. These books sound like they might be helpful.
Kristen, thank you for the great idea of snuggling & reading together. I’m going to try that.
Thanks for the giveaway.
this sounds awesome!
I am a single mom of 3 boys… it is a daily struggle to be an example to them and help them with their faith. These books sound wonderful!
Oh, Jill. Bless your heart! Keep loving on those boys!
My daughter is 12 and I would love to have this book!
What great suggestions. I would love to win these books.
Great giveaway. Would love to win!
Thanks for the chance to win!
I’d love to win this set and read it with my two girls as they grow up!
I would love to win this set to share with my girls
sounds like a great giveaway – and a good idea to spend devotional time
I love devotion time with my children and sometimes struggle to find something that has substance and also age appropriate. Would love to win a set
Love to read good books with my kids! Thanks for the giveaway.
Family devotion time is priceless. We’d love these books. Any recommendations on ones to read with real littles? Like 3 years old?
I would appreciate these books. I have a daughter who will be twelve in a couple of weeks. In the fall she will be the only daughter remaining (out of three) at home. Reading these together would be a great way to spend time with each other. Thank you!
I’d love to win a set to read with my daughter!
Sounds like some good reads! I’d love to win!
Mu little ones are still very young, but I’d love to win these books to read as they age!
Thanks for the entry.
Love it when you suggest great books that you’ve shared with your kids. Thank you for the suggestions and the giveaway!
I’d love to read these with my tweener
Thanks for feeding us great idea to help us grow
Reading with your children, is key! So glad you are encouraging others to join you in reading with your children. Would love another book to read to my girls.
I found your blog through Pinterest and am absolutely in love! My son is only three but we are raising him to be a God lovin Christian! I’d love to win those books!
I’d love to share these with my children…13 year old daughter and 10 year old son. Thanks!!
Wow, this sounds like a fabulous set. Thanks to you, I started a Mom/daughter journal a few months ago. My 9 year old LOVES it. Also started one with our 16 year old! Thanks for encouraging us to keep imparting “the good stuff”. : )
Soon-to-be mother of for (adopting 5year old from China). I have 2 girls & 2 boys. I’m soaking up parenting advice & would be blessed to win this set! Love & blessings to all!
I would love to win these!
We are struggling as a family to find our faith. Would live to win these!
Thanks for the chance to win!
These sound perfect to share with my 4 grand daughters, well have their parents share with them, with grandma fully on board. We have ALL GRAND GIRLS and we love them to pieces.
My daughter is only six, but I’m already thinking about those coming years when she may be looking to me for deeper guidance in her faith walk. I’d love to have these books to help her as she grows in her faith!
I don’t have a daughter, just two boys, but I would love these books for our family! I have a sweet niece that the daughter book could go to, or I could keep it in hopes I have one of my own one day!
I have been looking for some good reccommendations for family devotionals… these sound wonderful!
My kids are still young, but I’d love to be prepared ahead of time for them. I pray with them every night that they will grow up to be godly and find spouses that are as well. A way to build on that through reading would be awesome.
I also desire for my kids to have a relationship with God.
Love to read to my Girly…would love to win.
I will soon have 3 teen daughters and would love to be equipped with these!! Thanx for the give away!
Sounds like a good read!!!
Would love to win.
i would adore these to read with/to my 10 almost 11 yr old daughter (who has aspergers)…it’s so important to me for her to have faith..in the face of everything she deals with..faith..and not blame..
and i think it would be great for some quality time together
This set would be perfect for my oldest granddaughter!
Always looking for a way to connect faithfully to the kid, these sound great.
My kids are still young (4 and 2), but would love to have these in our library as they get older!
Would love a chance to win some great looking books!
I’m in need of some sort of good daily devotional/faith book to read to my girls. Just knowing that these are recommended by you means so much.
We are always looking for great books to read with our children. Thanks for the suggestions.
I have five kids from 16 to 5. I would love these books, it has been in my prayers for a way for us to better get together with God as a family on a daily basis.
jen
My husband and I were just talking about what book to get next for our family devotions. The one we have works better for the mornings. Thanks for this giveaway!
I have an a daughter whose personality is so much like my own that we bump heads often. The idea of having her and I snuggle up together and read a chapter of a book, seems like just the right thing to bring us closer together.
These sound great! My kids ages range from 15 down to 6 and there’s something here for everyone…including my husband who is just starting to see the value in having a relationship with Christ and his kids
Sounds fantastic! Thanks for the giveaway.
I hadn’t heard of any of these books, but they look amazing! I would love to read these with my kiddos!
I read a devotion with my kids every morning and these books look like something wonderful that we would love to read.
Well, yes! I would! I have teen girls!
I have an 11 year old who still loves spending one on one time with her mama. Would love to have these books!
My daughter will be 16 in May. We are always looking for new books to read together. Thanks for the chance to win!
How do you find time to do all these amazing things with your family?!?!
Sweet books – all on my list for when my girl gets old enough.
I love your blog! So encouraging! Thank you for the chance to win these awesome books!
Those books look great!
Sounds like something we could use in our family! I love Max Lucado. Mother of three ~ two boys (12 and 11) and a 9 year old girl. My are girls different! (& yes, she too asked for a cell phone when her hamster died!)
I am always looking for good resources for my own family as well as the kids of our church. These look good.
These all sound great! I’d love to win.
What a great combo- yes please!
I love reading time with my girls and am always looking for good books to read with them!
I have 2 little girls and would LOVE to win this set of books to read with them. Great giveaway! Even if I don’t win…thanks for the great suggestions for books to look into!
I read It’s Not About Me while my husband and I were youth leaders at our church but not the other ones. Wonderful giveaway!
I will be heading over to Amazon if I don’t win! These go on the must have list!
I would love to win this!
These look so good! God just keeps convicting me that I don’t want “well-behaved” children (although I want them to behave!)…I want children who are seeking God with all their hearts.
Would love to have these books to read with my children…..
What a wonderful idea to read these books outloud with your kids! Thanks for the inspiration!
Thanks!!
Oh please oh please oh please pick ME! LOL!! Good luck to all!
This is terrific, Kristen, thanks for offering it up!
These books sound great!
We would love to win these books! We are going to be starting a family devotion time shortly after my daughter turns 4. We would love to have these for when she is a little bigger to read to her!
Thanks!
I will have to look into this. Dd is 11 and growing up so fast!
Became familiar w/your blog when I downloaded your devotional book, Don’t Make Me Come Up There! which I really enjoyed and recommended to my daughter…a mother of 3 boys! When I saw you say, From Blah to Awe! on fb, you got my attention as I’m feeling pretty BLAH lately and need some AWE to pick me up! I appreciate your testimony and enjoy the blog!
Would love to read these books!
Those books sound great. I would love to read them, and also to my family.
I would love them! I feel the same way you do about my kiddos. I just want them to love Jesus and have an awesome relationship with him! I have a 16 year old, 5 year old, 3 year old and 20 month old. Thanks for the chance to win!
Sounds like a great read! Thank you for the giveaway.
Wow, perfect timing. My teen daughter has been in the middle of a dilemma. She’s feeling all alone in her faith walk. Her friends are experimenting with risky behaviors and she has tried to encourage them to stay the course. This hasn’t gone over very well and has actually caused her to be totally excluded from her Christian friends.
If you think Christian kids aren’t trying off-limits stuff you’re crazy! (not calling you CRAZY just don’t fall for the fact that they are at every church event and activity –they will step outside of their teachings)
She has felt sick knowing they are making blatant choices to do whatever feels good instead of holding out for God’s best!
I think this would be a great source of encouragement!
I’m always looking for extra ways to sneak in a few moments with my teen girls, These books look like the perfect excuse!
Amen to that! If they don’t know Jesus, nothing else matters. I am realizing this more and more, thanks for the reminder.
Lisa
Thank you for sharing books that are helpful to you in your parenting journey. Especially in relating to girls, I have four of them.
I could really use this books for my 15 and 13 yr old daughters! They are both at “that age” that’s making us a bit nervous as parents. If I don’t win the giveaway, I will purchase them! Thank you for the entry!
i would LOVE this set for my daughter and I to enjoy! we read together a lot and this sounds like a book that we could learn much from.
Yep…we are BIG readers around here too! As a mom of 3 girls I would LOVE to win this! Tbanks for the opportunity!
Oh how we love to read in our home!! I haven’t heard of any of these books, but we’re running low right now, and they sure do look like good books.
Thanks for having a giveaway!
Oh, how I would LOVE this for my 13 year old daughter! Thanks so much for the opportunity.
They sound like great books and I like that you are using them to help build a real, living, faith-in-action love for Christ in your children’s hearts.
Sounds like a great set of books! Would be great to have to read together for our family!
The books sound great. Thanks for sharing all you do with us.
Would love to read these with my daughter. I read Preparing your daughter for Every Womens Battle when she turned 14, but I would love to read these with my 12 year old daughter too.
I am sure You were made to make a difference would be a great read for my sons too.
I would love to win these for our church library! Guess if can’t win them, I’ll just have to break down and buy them. Thanks for the review. I’m always looking for books to add to our collection!
Sounds like a great book! And what a special time for you and your daughter… I would love to start something like that with my daughter too.
These books sounds awesome and even though my kids are young we’re always looking for ways to prepare us to prepare them when they get older
I have three girls, ages 12, 11, 9 (and two boys 7, 5) and I was just thinking I’d like to do some kind of study with the girls, as the world is truly starting to encroach in their young lives…music, needing to fit in, self esteem are all becoming critical things for me to help them navigate. Thanks for sharing these books-I’m looking forward to getting them whether I win them or not!
Thanks for the recommendation! I’m always looking for good books for children and teens =)
I would love to read these with my daughter!
Would love to win these! what a great giveaway!
Thanks for the insight! My 11 year old and I also read together after the younger ones are in bed!
I have four daughters, the twins are 9 and we are just entering the world of peer pressure and strong friend influence. We would love these books!
I would love this. I have 2 teen girls and another coming up soon.
I would LOVE these books, thanks for the recommendations and the great giveaway
Books Sound Great! Thanks for the chance to win!
I love that you read together as a family…and would love to use these books with mine too.
Thanks for the opportunity to win.
These sound amazing. Thanks for the opportunity to win.
Yeah for good book resources!
Yes, please!
I’d love to win these books to share with my teenage daughters.
I love reading your blog, many times I have been brought to tears and blessed by what you share from your heart. thank you!
This would be great to help me find some more encouraging time with my niece.
I’ve read to my daughters since they were infants, and they love to be read to and to look at books. In fact, it’s one of their favorite things to do, so these books will be great to read together with them when they are older since they are 5 1/2 yrs and 4 yrs old now.
That would be great! Thank you!
I am in!
Those three books…one giveaway !
They seem very great. Thank you.
This would be awesome!!
Definatly gonna have to get those!!!
I am very encouraged about what you were talking about reading to your family. My eldest is 11 and that sounds like a wonderful teaching/learing experience for both of us.
These sound like great books, thanks for the great opportunity!
Would love this for my oldest daughter (11) and then hold on to it for when my youngest daughter (3) gets older.
As the father of 3 daughters (13, 10, 7) I totally see the value in a book like this. I would love to be able to read this book to them.
I would love to know what age you would say is good for the You Were Made to Make a Difference book. We just finished our devotional for our boys (6 & 8) and need something new. I quick ran out to Amazon and it seems like my boys may be too young for it?
Thanks!
Oh we would love to win these!!!
I’m really feeling the pull now to start some very purposeful God-teachings with our kids right now. I just bought a bible to start working on for our daughter’s 10th birthday and now I’m looking to start a family devotional. Looks like these books would be a great starting point.
Kristen – an aside….I’m interested to find out what the “exit plan” is for the girls at the maternity home. I’m sure there’s a fair amount of care still needed after the baby is born, but I’m sure your space (to accept new girls) is not unending, as well. How is that worked out? Is that something that you could talk about on your blog?
I don’t care if it is for teens, I need those books!
Thanks for the opportunity!
This sounds like it would be a great read, even for adults! I love your blog; it has helped my husband and I so much since we discovered it!
Would love to read these with my daughter!
I would love to win these books
I would love to win these! Thanks for the opportunity.
Would love to win a copy to tread to my girls.
I love that! I’ll have to read that with Josie.
These would be great – thanks for the chance to win!
My daughter is 13 and has such a sweet heart and the gift of mercy. She loves to share her faith with kids at her junior high school. Her favorite activity is going to Bible Study. I have been looking for a new book we could go through together as a devotional and this set would be fantastic! Thanks for all you do with your blog to encourage families and marriages…I love it!!
you inspire me :’) I am totally getting a copy!
I would love to win these books; with two girls (11 and 7) this sounds like a perfect resourse to have. I also work with a great group of girls who I could incorporate this into our Balcony Girls group.
i would love to win these books! my girl will be 12 in 2 short months and we’ve been dealing w/some stuff already that breaks my heart!
Love to add to our book collections.
Always trying to “grow” my family up in the right way!
This sounds like a great book set! It would be amazing to read these with my daughters, 8 and 17. Thanks for the giveaway.
My family needs to start doing this sort of thing. I have really dropped the ball and need to get us back on track.
Thank you so much! I would love to read this with my 13 year old.
I would love to win for my daughter! Thanks for everything you do…from my computer screen all the way to Africa!
These look great! Would love to check these out for my kids!
these would be great book