Blessings For Family Friends

A comprehensive study of the biblical blessings that individuals can experience in the context of family and community.

Blessings for Family & Friends is a comprehensive study of the concept of biblical blessing with a wide array of sample blessings that can be used for all occasions. This book empowers those who wish to incorporate the powerful biblical concept of blessing into their family life to do so with ease and confidence. Blessings drawn from Holy Scripture and from Jewish and Christian tradition make it possible for families to receive biblical blessings for wives, husbands, children, and all other family and extended family members. Blessings for Family & Friends will introduce a new and exciting dimension to your family life that will be spiritually uplifting and socially developmental through positive reinforcement and personal encouragement.

Blessings for family and friends is a guide for laypersons for implementing the biblical practice of blessing in their own lives, in their families, and in their community relationship. Blessing has always been God's plan for humanity. Unfortunately, today's believers have been deprived of this part of the biblical legacy that was a significant part of the everyday lives of first-century Christians. This book will help you learn how to bless your family and community. As you do so, you will also find yourself being blessed abundantly with God's blessings. First, you experience vividly written details of the biblically rich Hebraic tradition of blessings. Then you learn blessings organized for specific occasions, blessings for family and friends that will revolutionize your life and enrich your personal experience with God. Each blessing is accompanied by history and explanation of its purposes.

Study #4 in the Focus on the Family Women’s Bible Study Series. This study will help women build godly relationships with one another and experience the joy and support that comes from bearing each other's burdens and lifting one another up in prayer. Provides the opportunity for women to reconnect with their Savior and one another through Bible study, prayer, fellowship and activities.

A book that “compiles more than 200 poignant and warmly humorous blessings” to still your mind and lighten your heart (Publishers Weekly). Gale Pryor offers found blessings, traditional blessings, and her own original blessings, which are at times funny, at times thought provoking, but always meaningful. Included are “Blessings for Home,” “Blessings for Friends & Neighbors Wherever They Are,” “Blessings for Our Daily Bread,” “Blessings for Babies and Children,” “Blessings for Partnership,” and “Blessings for Small Pleasures.” Pryor gathers blessings from many cultures that aid the search for peace in the midst of chaos. Examples include:May your home have more books than shelves, more food than plates, and more guests than chairs.Bless the partner who sorts and cleans the spice cabinet.May every small child watch an ant and let it live. Sometimes looking to traditional prayers for comfort and guidance can only take you so far. You need “prayers drawn up from the little things more than prayers drawn down from the heavens.” The kinds of blessings included in this book are those that have been swept up from daily life, those that open your eyes to the small graces in all of our homes and families, the moment-by-moment blessings.

The classic New York Times bestseller. Lee Reston has a fulfilling life imbued with the love of her three wonderful children. Then a shattering event-the loss of her oldest son, Greg-tears her world apart. In her anguish, she turns to police officer Christopher Lallek, Greg's best friend. Their shared mourning develops into friendship, and then something deeper. But life is never simple. The family that was once the core of her existence becomes a mixed blessing, as Lee explores where family ties end-and her needs as a woman begin.

This simple prayer book, devoted to the Holy Family, offers traditional and original prayers dedicated to helping families today. Included in "The Holy Family Prayer Book, " are a variety of prayers that will help families stay spiritually grounded and ever-present in faith. "Paperback" View sample pages.

Finding family and second chances in these two stories by author Bonnie K. Winn Jingle Bell Blessings Chloe Reed’s mission is to get orphaned Jimmy Evans a family for Christmas. But when they land on distant relative Evan Mitchell’s doorstep, they come face-to-face with a real-life Scrooge. Plagued by a tragic past, Evan resists their intrusion in his life. But little by little, the adorable seven-year-old and spunky young woman chip away at Evan’s heart. Will these three strangers become a true family by Christmas? Family by Design Finding a sitter for his orphaned niece is Dr. J.C. Mueller’s priority. But he can’t ask the one person the girl actually takes a shine to. Maddie Carter is already a full-time caregiver for her ailing mother. But when Maddie offers to watch his niece, he realizes that she will help anyone—except herself. J.C.’s prescription? Convincing Maddie that accepting love will ease not only her burdens, but also her heart.