Audiobooks by Patrick Schwenk

The Bedtime Family Devotional: 90 Devotions to Help Your Family Love and Live for God

Connect with God as a family in just a few minutes each night You love your children and want to pass your faith on to them, but in the busy activity of daily life, it's not as easy as it sounds. This helpful, hopeful family resource is exactly what you need to strengthen your faith as a family. It includes ninety days of biblically grounded devotions, prayers, and action steps. Organized into three sections, this devotional helps parents answer three important questions: What do I want my child to know? What do I want my child to be? What do I want my child to do? As you listen to this book together at the end of each day, you will not only instill God's Word in your children's hearts, but you will equip them to understand basic theology, develop Christlike character and virtue, discover their unique God-given gifts, and live as confident witnesses in the world. Before your children's heads hit the pillow, let Jesus be the last thing on their minds.

Patrick Schwenk, Ruth Schwenk (Author), Esther White (Narrator)

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Faith Forward Family Devotional: 100 Devotions

Do you need a devotional to help connect your family? With 100 devotionals, Faith Forward Family Devotional by authors Patrick and Ruth Schwenk equips parents to raise faith-filled kids who know, love, and live for God. Somewhere between diapers and sippy cups, piano lessons and soccer practice, dating and college searches, even the most well-intentioned family can lose sight of creating a God-centered home. As parents of four, pastor Patrick Schwenk and his wife, Ruth, of The Better Mom blog, understand the challenges--and importance--of raising faith-filled kids. - Patrick and Ruth help you pass on your faith with devotions you can do at your own pace as a family. - Each devotion features a Bible passage, a teaching that's applicable for kids of any age, key ideas to learn about God and His character, questions to spark family discussion, and a prayer. - Faith Forward Family Devotional is aimed primarily at families with kids ages 8-12, but it also includes ideas for activities for younger children and recommendations for further study for older kids, so the whole family can join in the devotional gathering. You've passed down to your kids your last name, your love, and maybe your sense of humor or favorite hobbies. But have you passed down the most important thing: your faith? Faith Forward Family Devotional helps you grow closer to your kids as they grow closer to God. Whatever season of parenting you are in, sharing this devotional time together will help your children nourish a faith that lasts a lifetime.

Patrick Schwenk, Ruth Schwenk (Author), Craig Hinkle (Narrator)

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In a Boat in the Middle of a Lake: Trusting the God Who Meets Us in Our Storm

Your Storm Doesn't Have to Sink You At some point in our lives, we all find ourselves in a boat in the middle of a lake. We might be there due to a job loss or the death of a loved one. Maybe disability, divorce, or financial insecurity has stranded us. Patrick and Ruth Schwenk found themselves feeling battered after five miscarriages and then surrounded by the waves with Patrick's cancer diagnosis at age forty-three. They were alone. Drifting. And that's when their transformation began. In this compassionate and powerful book, the Schwenks weave together lessons from their own experience with insightful Bible teaching to remind us that one of the greatest ways God transforms us is through trials. As they unpack why Jesus called the disciples into the middle of a lake when dry ground was so safe and comfortable, they help us - understand why the depth of our hurt enables us to experience deep hope; - learn to conquer fear to experience the freedom God has for us; and - discover how God uses chaos, and not just the classroom, to shape and work through us. Today-in your confusion about God's intentions, your disappointment over lost dreams, your disillusionment about prayer-God is offering hope. Because Jesus is still Lord over the water. And while he is not moved by the waves, he is moved by you. And this flood might just be a path to abundance. Reflection questions are available in the audiobook companion PDF download. "A powerful reminder that our current reality is not our final reality, and God is Lord over all chaos and suffering!" -Candace Cameron Bure, actress and New York Times bestselling author

Patrick And Ruth Schwenk, Patrick Schwenk, Ruth Schwenk (Author), Crestina Hardie, Van Tracy (Narrator)

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For Better or for Kids: A Vow to Love Your Spouse with Kids in the House

The transition from married to married with children can be tough. Before they know it, a once youthful and energetic married couple finds themselves in a minivan loaded with noisy kids and littered with Cheerios, crusty Sippy cups, banana peels, and missing library books. As much as you love your children and work hard to nurture and train them for the future, the challenges that come with parenthood can make the for better or for worse promise a hard one to honor.For Better or For Kids will enable couples to:Build a God-centered marriage instead of a Child-centered or Me-centered marriageAvoid the dangers of spouse-neglect and self-neglectEffectively communicate in the chaosExplore ways to parent together as one teamFind balance in the busynessFor Better or For Kids is about remembering that even when you feel worn out, over-extended, and neglected, you promised to be a team. Marriage with kids may not always be what we expected, but it is good. We need to make a vow to love our spouse with kids in the house.

Patrick Schwenk, Ruth Schwenk (Author), Patrick Schwenk, Ruth Schwenk (Narrator)

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