Can the next generation become passionate followers of God, ready and equipped to fulfill their destinies? Christian parents and mentors are entrusted with the call to nurture and train these hearts, releasing them to excel in loving and seeking God. In Raising Burning Ones, Patricia Bootsma draws on the expertise she gained raising six children and mentoring many others, and shares the profound and hopeful news that this calling is not beyond our reach, or theirs. Combining practicality and spiritual understanding, this book covers important strategies that are often overlooked, like the power of blessing, of prophetically decreeing truth, and of teaching young ones how to hear God's voice, seek Him in the Word, and pray always.

Sometimes you need to let the demons run free. Sometimes the devils are helpless. Sometimes the most evil thing on earth is us. Forget what you thought you knew about evil.

Are love and faith enough? After meeting at a young age, Shane and Amanda fall deeply in love. Their lives seem perfect as they progress through high school, and Shane is grateful to God for the enormous blessings he's been given. But high school doesn't last forever, and Shane realizes the rest of his life will never be the same. He has to make difficult decisions, ones that pull him away from the friends he loves dearly, his precious parents, and Amanda. But he and Amanda are certain that they're supposed to use the athletic talents they've always possessed for God's glory, so they decide to wait on forever until they have achieved their goals. Shane is sure everything will work out. It's God's plan, isn't it? Will the flame of love that blazes within these Burning Hearts be extinguished in pursuing the abilities that God has blessed them with, or will their sense of duty to God be subordinate to their love?

Hope and practical help for parents whose greatest longing is to shepherd their children into a vibrant faith in God. For Christian parents, there is no greater joy than seeing their children learn to walk with the Lord. And there is no greater fear than that their children will walk away from God. After serving together in pastoral ministry and raising their now-grown children, Phil and Diane Comer know those hopes and fears well. Like all new parents, they were intimidated and unsure about how to take on the task of spiritually training their young children. But now, with all four of their children grown and establishing their own households of faith, Phil and Diane have embarked on a quest to help the next generation of parents raise passionate Jesus followers. Drawing on years of pastoral counseling, teaching, leading, and decades of watching families from the perspective of pastors and leaders in ministry, Phil and Diane instruct, guide, encourage, and offer hope and practical help to Christian parents. Raising Passionate Jesus Followers is a manual full of practical, biblically based, and time-tested guidelines that parents will be able to turn to again and again through every stage of their children's development, including . . . Formulating a plan Laying the foundation, ages 0-5 Doing the framing, ages 6-12 Installing the functional systems, ages 13-17 Completing the finish work, ages 18-22 And keeping the front door open for your grown children