Devotions for Sacred Parenting: A Year of Weekly Devotions for Parents (Audio)

by Gary Thomas

Publisher:

Zondervan

, 2012

Overview

Transform your life and your family with a one-year devotional to help you fulfill one of the most important callings in your life—being a parent.

Raising children is a sacred calling—and not for the faint of heart. It shapes the parent every bit as much as parents shape their children. In Devotions for Sacred Parenting, Gary Thomas, author of Sacred Parenting, delves deeper into the conversation and contemplates the soul-transforming journey of being a parent.

Many books have been written about how to parent your children effectively, how to become a better parent, and how effective parenting produces better kids. Devotions for Sacred Parenting explores an entirely different reality: how parenting transforms you, the parent. It explores the spiritual dynamics of parenting and why caring for your children is such an effective discipline in shaping your soul and forming the character of Christ within you.

With all new material, 52 devotions explore the spiritual dynamics of parenting. These life-related devotions are creative, fresh, and encouraging, inspiring mothers and fathers to look at parenting from a different perspective—as a holy and high calling from God, and as an opportunity to grow spiritually as you strive to raise godly children. 

Devotions for Sacred Parenting is the perfect gift for Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, baby showers, birthdays, or any special occasion.

Devotions for Sacred Parenting helps you understand how God is parenting you as you parent your children.

Contents

Contents
1. God Is in the Room / 9
2. The Right Person for the Job / 12
3. A Lasting Mark / 15
4. Bringing Joy to Our Heavenly Father / 19
5. Bring the Boy to Me / 21
6. Hiding / 24
7. A Season of Sacrifice / 27
8. What Matters Most / 30
9. The Song of the Barren Woman / 32
10. Fear Factor / 35
11. Rude Is Rude / 38
12. “It Was Like He Never Existed” / 40
13. A Parent to Be Proud Of / 43
14. Cut Down / 46
15. They Just Don’t Understand / 49
16. I’ve Had My Turn / 52
17. Crushed Crayons / 55
18. Hating Sin / 58
19. Eleven-Minute Showers / 61
20. Humble Pie / 64
21. The Happiest Day and the Bigger Blow / 67
22. Farsighted / 70
23. The Vice of the Virtuous / 74
24. Cursed Silence / 77
25. Stop Judging and Start Loving / 80
26. Quiet / 83
27. A House of Love / 86
28. The Eight-Pound Seminary Professor / 88
29. Be Tender, but Be True / 90
30. Nothing in Common / 93
31. “Thanks for Stopping By” / 96
32. Cross Appointments / 98
33. You Complete Me / 101
34. Real Life / 103
35. Finger-Pointing / 105
36. Leading to Righteousness / 108
37. Remember You’ll Be Remembered / 111
38. Taken for Granted / 114
39. Treat ’Em Like Grandkids / 117
40. For the Kids / 120
41. The Great Pursuit / 124
42. Pointing toward the Stable / 126
43. Immortals in Our House / 128
44. Overwhelmed / 130
45. Shameful Happiness / 132
46. Cooperative Parenting / 135
47. What You Were Born to Do / 138
48. Divine Disillusionment / 141
49. The Great Transfer / 145
50. The Truth of Tolerance / 148
51. A Little Slice of Heaven / 151
52. A Picture Prophecy / 154
Notes / 157

Product Details

• Title: Devotions for Sacred Parenting: A Year of Weekly Devotions for Parents (Audio)
• Author: Gary Thomas
• Publisher: Zondervan
• Print Publication Date: 2012
• Logos Release Date: 2021
• Era: era:modern
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Audio
• Subjects: Religion › Christian Living--Devotional; Family & Relationships › Parenting--General; Religion › Christian Living--Family & Relationships; Parents › Prayers and devotions
• ISBNs: 9780310415824, 0310415829
• Resource ID: LLS:9780310415824
• Resource Type: Media
• Metadata Last Updated: 2025-06-08T20:32:12Z

About Gary Thomas

Gary Thomas’s writing and speaking draw people closer to Christ and closer to others. He is the author of twenty books that together have sold more than two million copies and have been translated into more than a dozen languages. These books include Sacred Marriage, Cherish, Married Sex, and the Gold Medallion-award winning Authentic Faith.

Gary holds a bachelor’s degree in English Literature from Western Washington University, a master’s degree in systematic theology from Regent College (Vancouver, BC), and an honorary doctor of divinity degree from Western Seminary (Portland, OR). He serves as a teaching pastor at Cherry Hills Community Church in Highlands Ranch, Colorado.