Can the next generation become passionate followers of God, equipped and ready to fulfill their destinies?
Christian parents and mentors are entrusted with the call to nurture and train hearts, releasing children to excel in loving and seeking God. In Raising Burning Hearts, Patricia Bootsma draws on her experience of raising six children and mentoring many others and shares the profound and hopeful news that this calling is not beyond our reach.
Combining practicality and spiritual understanding, Patricia covers important strategies that are often overlooked, like the power of blessing our children, of prophetically declaring truth over them, and of teaching young ones how to hear God’s voice, seek Him in the Word, and be in constant prayer. Sharing tangible applications and real-life testimonies, Patricia assures us that parents and mentors can fulfill their heavenly mandate – to raise up and release next generation lovers of God into their epic purpose.
Table of Contents:
Foreword by Mike Bickle
Introduction
Chapter 1: Be a Model
Chapter 2: The Love Factor
Chapter 3: Intercession and Prophetic Decrees
Chapter 4: The Power of Blessing
Chapter 5: The Word of God
Chapter 6: The Revelatory Gift
Chapter 7: Cultivating a Culture of Worship and Prayer
Chapter 8: Courtship, Marriage, and Letting Go
Appendix
Endorsements:
Patricia calls mothers, fathers, leaders, and mentors in the Body of Christ to guide the younger generation to their greatest calling in life – wholehearted, abandoned love for Jesus in keeping with becoming the Bride of Christ and living the first and great commandment.
Mike Bickle, International House of Prayer
The younger generation is crying out for mentors: fathers and mothers who can nurture and give guidance, affirmation, and covering. Many of these ones have been raised in broken homes with parental abandonment, and even in the church there is oftentimes little spiritual or life mentoring. I love Patricia’s passion to see the next generation arise to be all they can be – to fulfill their God-given destiny in character, calling, and gifting. Through this book, she will surely encourage you to step into a glorious grace from your heavenly Father to pour love and nurture into this generation of precious treasures and reformers.
Patricia King, XP Ministries
About the Author:
Patricia Bootsma, with her husband, John, gives pastoral leadership to Catch the Fire Toronto Airport Church. She is the director of the Catch the Fire Toronto House of Prayer and represents the province of Ontario to the Canadian Prophetic Counsel. Patricia travels both in North America and internationally, ministering prophetically and helping believers to walk in passion for Jesus and live out the fullness of their destiny. Patricia and John are the parents of six amazing children.
