Hillary Morgan Ferrer - Mama Bear Apologetics Guide to Sexuality Discipleship Workbook: Empowering Your Kids to Understand and Live Out Gods Design

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Mama Bear Apologetics Guide to Sexuality Discipleship Workbook

Copyright 2022 by Hillary Morgan Ferrer

Published by Harvest House Publishers

Eugene, Oregon 97408

www.harvesthousepublishers.com

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W elcome! We at Mama Bear Apologetics are so excited to introduce you to the first-ever study and discipleship guide. Our sincere desire is that as you work through it, you will be gently challenged but not at all overwhelmed.

We love our study guides. They help us better sift through the material and digest it so we can integrate it into our everyday lives. And in Mama Bear Apologetics Guide to Sexuality , we give a lot of practical tips for how to address these ideas with your kids. But what if we could have even more practical tips? More is better, right? (Unless you have something like scabies, and then less is generally better.)

As you read through this guide, youll notice this icon: , which symbolizes a discipleship opportunity . With each discipleship opportunity comes an activity or conversation that will translate abstract ideas into a more concrete form so that little minds can better understand the concepts. We dont have specific ages attached to each opportunity, though we sometimes specify if the activity is for your older cubs.

Something we want everyone to keep in mind: The questions at the end of each chapter in your main book and the questions in this discipleship guide are all applicable for dinnertime discussions! Dont think that since you are going through these questions as an adult (or in a group of adults) that they cant be used for kids. Children from middle school on up should be able to track with the ideas presented here. So if at some point you want to grab another study guide and go through the process again with your middle schooler or high schooler, you can. And we encourage you to do so! It doesnt have to be labeled teen guide to still be applicable for teens.

Challenges to identityboth through gender and sexualityare confusing, and we cannot underestimate the impact they are having on our children. Its time to take back some ground, Mama Bears! And as we do so, remember: We dont stand before God accountable for our successes. We stand before Him accountable for our faithfulness . So lets be faithful in stewarding these precious boys and girls under our care.

With that in mind, we want to share some tips on how to make the most of your reading and this guide.

Before you read a chapter in Mama Bear Apologetics Guide to Sexuality :

We would love for you to have a four-color retractable click pen (flashback to high school!) on hand, but if you dont, grab four different colored pencils, pens, or highlighters and use a system similar to the one we recommend below.

Have a dictionary or dictionary app ready for reference.

Skim through the chapters title and bold-print subheads to get an idea of what youre going to read. (This pre-reading strategy helps you get excited to dig in.)

Think of a question or two you hope will be answered in the chapter.

Pray and ask the Holy Spirit to guide you into all truth.

Lord God, our world is so broken. There is so much sexual confusion everywhere. Who am I? What can one person do? Open my eyes like the servant of Elisha, Lord. Let me see Your angels who are with me in the battle. I pray that You would remove any fear I have regarding this topic and plant my feet firm in Your truth. I pray that as You shepherd me into a biblical understanding of sex, that I would understand Your commandments for sex. And as I understand Your commandments, Lord, help me lead my children to understand the beauty of Your magnificent design .

While you read the chapter:

I have used this multicolor note-taking system for almost a decade. It has helped me to actively read and organize material so that, even years later, I can go back and glance through a book for its main points and my favorite quotes. The strategy suggested here is a simplified version of my system, so you can tweak it to what works best for you. I find that color-coding is helpful for future reference purposes:

Black inkdraw a box around unfamiliar words and draw a squiggly line under the definition if it appears within the text. (Squiggly lines will help you distinguish definitions from general notes.) If the word is not defined, record definitions in the margins or at the back of the book. We recommend looking up the definitions right away!

Blue inkunderline helpful passages for easy skimming. This will help you when you search through the book later for the main ideas.

Green inkuse this color for content you have questions about. (I also draw a question mark in the margin.)

Red ink or highlightsave this for the true Aha! moments or ideas you want to remember. (This is especially helpful for finding key quotes and thoughts in the future.)

After you read the chapter:

Quickly skim through the chapter to review all the words youve underlined, highlighted, and written in the margins. (Look at all those colors. This is your pat on the back for being an active reader!)