Cultivating Friendships

Family Joy is part devotional, journal, autobiography and creative workbook—all joyously combined. Above all, it celebrates God’s goodness and grace in his children’s lives. Every month, Suria focuses on another Kingdom principle or Biblical truth to help families
rewrite their stories and reimagine their lives.

The Bible is clear that parents play a pivotal role in raising a new generation of change agents, young people willing to step out of their comfort zones and trust God to fulfil his purposes in their generation. This requires parents to take deliberate action to intentionally train their children, secure in God’s love and bold in their faith, to be bearers of hope and makers of peace at every age.

For this reason, Family Joy is a wonderful encouragement for parentsand grandparents to make the most of their season. As they read, draw and pray their way through this beautiful book, they are sure to find great comfort and new inspiration to stay the course.

Geseënd om te seën

Familievreugde is deels oordenking, deels joernaal, deels outobiografie en deels
kreatiewe werkboek — waarlik ‘n besondere kombinasie. Bowenal is dit ‘n viering van
God se goedheid en genade in sy kinders se lewe. Suria fokus elke maand op ‘n ander
Koninkryksbeginsel of Bybelse waarheid om gesinne te help om nuut oor hul stories
te dink en te droom.

Die Bybel stel dit duidelik dat ouers ‘n deurslaggewende rol speel in die grootmaak
van ‘n nuwe generasie veranderingsagente, jongmense wat bereid is om uit hul
gemaksones te tree en God te vertrou om kragtig in hul generasie te werk. Dit vereis
dat ouers hulle kinders doelbewus moet anker in God se liefde en oprig in hul geloof
sodat hulle as draers van hoop en vredemakers die wêreld kan ingaan.

Familievreugde is daarom ‘n wonderlike aanmoediging vir ouers en grootouers om die
meeste van hul seisoen te maak. Elkeen wat deur hierdie boek lees, teken of bid, sal beslis opnuut geinspireer word om op koers te bly.