God calls us to live lives of joy, but sometimes we feel mad, sad, or scared. Managing Your Emojis, a 100-day devotional, teaches kids that God loves them no matter what they're feeling, and Scripture can empower them to manage their emotions.

Learning to manage our emotions is a critical life skill, yet we've often missed equipping kids with these valuable skills before situations intensify into mental health issues. Managing Your Emojis will help kids discover that emotional control and happiness come from God's love for them. Through short, accessible devotions kids will be encouraged to observe, name, and release their emotions while turning to God for the strength, love, and care they need as they begin the fast-moving process of growing up.

Managing Your Emojis, for boys and girls ages 8-12:

• Teaches kids they can accept and manage their God-given emotions.
• Refers to specific Scriptures that speak to our emotions and help children realize God accepts all their emotions.
• Creates freedom in families to discuss emotions and know they are part of God's design.
• Includes stories that present a problem, a Scripture that provides a solution, a practical application, and a closing prayer.
• Is written by bestselling author Lynn Cowell and licensed professional counselor Michelle Nietert.

Managing Your Emojis will empower your child to find acceptance and approval from God as they come to know that God made them just as they are; intense emotions and all.

Cowell, Lynn

Lynn Cowell is a part of the Proverbs 31 Ministries speaking team, speaking to pre-teens, teens, multi-generational and women's conferences and retreats on a regular basis. Girls often come up to her saying, "How did you know that's what I was going through?" Hearing direction and guidance on critical issues they face, Lynn encourages them to reach their fullest potential by finding the relationship in Christ they were created them for. For the past 18 years, her ministry has helped thousands of girls and their moms:

• Replace loneliness, rejection, and pain with acceptance, affirmation, and approval.
• Make decisions that lead women to reaching their fullest potential, rather than being a victim to emotionally-based decisions.
• Shift faith in Jesus from a parental influence to a personal, growing relationship.
• Develop and stick to boundaries that protect the heart, mind, and body.
• Communicate with guys and other girlfriends in a healthy and positive way.

In addition to speaking on the national level, Lynn reaches many through her writing as an author of three books, blogger, and devotion writer. As a regular contributor for the Proverbs 31 Ministries' daily devotions, Encouragement for Today, her devotions reach an audience of over 800,000 subscribers. She has been a regular contributor for The Whatever Girls and The Mom Initiative. Lynn and her husband, Greg, of 30 years, are the parents of three young adults: Zak, Mariah, and Madi. The Cowells reside in North Carolina where they enjoy hiking in the mountains, wearing well-worn sweatshirts and eating anything that combines chocolate and peanut butter.

Nietert, Michelle

Michelle Nietert has been a licensed professional counselor for over twenty-five years and is the coauthor of the award-winning book Loved and Cherished: 100 Devotions for Girls and Make Up Your Mind. A passionate speaker, she is a frequent guest on national television and podcasts, including her own "Raising Mentally Healthy Kids." She and her husband, Drew, have been married almost two decades with two school-aged children. Connect with Michelle at YourMentalHealthCoach.com.