Running with the Horses: A Parenting Guide for Raising Children to Be Servant-Leaders for Christ

We all have great intentions when it comes to raising our children. We want them to succeed, and above all to surrender their lives to the lordship of Christ. As a father of four boys and a twenty-five-year veteran of school administration, I understand these goals. I also understand the busyness of daily life-how days merge into weeks as hurried lifestyles spin out of control, leaving us wondering how our toddlers became teenagers. This book introduces you to a simple, biblically based plan for raising servant-leaders for Christ. Whether your child is eighteen months or eighteen years old, this book will guide you through the process of preparation for the race that awaits him in this world.

We will walk through specific and practical things you can do to build a family plan. Being deliberate and focusing on creating depth in your child's faith is the first step to preparing him or her to run with the horses-"If you have run with footmen and they have tired you out, then how can you compete with horses? If you fall down in a land of peace, how will you do in the thicket of the Jordan?" (Jeremiah 12:5).

Larry Taylor and his wife, Delinda, have been married for twenty-eight years. They have four sons-Bryce, Luke, Zeke, and Chas. Larry has taught his material on building a kingdom family for more than twelve years to hundreds of men and women in small group settings. The Taylor family lives in the Dallas area, where Larry serves on the Prestonwood Church staff and as the Head of School at Prestonwood Christian Academy. As a way to be intentional in his parenting, Larry developed the kingdom family plan and hopes to help other parents develop their own family plans.