April 4, 2025
Parents—The Prophets of the Home
Your Kingdom Culture Toolkit to Prepare Your Child to Fulfill Their Destiny
Emily B. Johnson
Unleash Your Story Publishing (2025)
Paperback ISBN: 979-8-9916969-1-3
eBook ISBN: 979-8-9916969-2-0
New Book Shares How to Help Children Find Their Kingdom Assignments
Emily B. Johnson, mother of three, is dedicated to raising her children to believe in God and know He is always there for them. After years of parenting, she wrote Parents—Prophets of the Home: Your Kingdom Culture Toolkit to Prepare Your Child to Fulfill Their Destiny to share with other parents the strategies she has used. These strategies not only teach children about God and how to create a kingdom culture in the home, but they help children believe God has chosen them for special things—specifically their own unique kingdom assignments. Most importantly, the book is designed to assist parents in helping their children determine what those assignments are and live them.
Emily makes it clear every child was created with a unique destiny, a kingdom assignment, that only they were put on this earth to fulfill. This concept is mirrored in the biblical Book of Esther where Esther is called to save the Jewish people. Imagine, however, if Esther had chosen not to fulfill her kingdom assignment. Few things are worse than people who don’t fulfill their purpose in life, and Emily has written this book to help prevent that from happening with the next generation.
The book’s title reflects that parents are themselves prophets because they help their children by, in a sense, prophesying about their children’s future. They help their children understand the vision God has for their lives, and then to work toward fulfilling that vision.
Parents—Prophets of the Home is divided into three sections: “Understanding Being a Prophet Within the Kingdom,” “Ways to Bring God Into Your Home,” and “Infusing Kingdom Culture Into Your Home.”
Section I is then divided into four chapters on the topics of how a parent is a prophet, what the three gifts of prophecy are, how parents are culture creators, and finally, what a kingdom culture is and how to create that kind of culture within the home.
Section II is full of strategies to bring your children closer to God, not just so they learn about Him, but so that they really get to know Him. The chapters focus on topics like how to hear God’s voice, teaching children how to pray, and how parents can be examples for their children.
Section III builds on the second, taking it to the next level to infuse kingdom culture into your home. Topics in this section include how to create connection with God, and how to overcome fear for your child’s future.
While it is impossible in a short review to discuss this book in detail, let me mention a few highlights that resonated with me.
First, while her focus is on finding and fulfilling your kingdom assignment, Emily makes it clear that the most important thing is to walk with God and be intimate with Him. She recommends teaching children Scripture so that it will always be there to guide them. She is also a proponent of prayer. But beyond these more standard practices, she encourages talking regularly to God and asking for His advice in various situations, even one as simple as whether you should go to the beach that day. That might seem extreme, but the point is to teach your children that God is always present and there to guide them in all situations.
Emily also explains to parents that being a prophet means partnering with God and His vision for your children. By partnering, you can better help them become knowledgeable about and fulfill their kingdom assignments. I love the concept that prophets are still around today. Emily isn’t above using humor to make this point. She states, “Christ never said, ‘After I ascend, prophets are going to disappear because no one needs to hear from me ever again, but all the rest of the (now) fourfold will remain relevant. Good luck guessing what I want you to do.’ (Ridiculous 5:8).”
Emily believes God still talks to us—she explains in detail how—and then she sums up by saying, “if hearing from God for yourself and others is prophecy, and we get the privilege of hearing how to run our homes from God, then we are actually the prophet to our home and family!” She then describes the parents’ job as partnering with God, stating:
“God has entrusted these little humans to you, with the intent of partnering with you to raise them the way He knows is the best for them. God knows the specific purpose He created them for. He knows what opportunities will grow their character, skills, and faith to fulfill their calling on earth. When we ask God to guide us in dealing with challenging situations with them, or how to help them overcome difficulties they face, we are properly equipping them for their destiny.”
Another point I appreciated was that while you may have the task of raising your children, you can’t neglect your spouse. You need to put your spouse first, and by doing so, you are actually helping your children because you are modeling for them what marriage is like and that will influence their own marriages.
Teaching children how to talk to God is perhaps the most valuable point in the book. Emily remarks that if she had known she could communicate with God when she was young and ask what He wanted, it would have saved her a lot of trouble because she grew up trying to guess what God wanted and seeking human approval. She discusses many ways to communicate with God. I loved how she advocated for the role of imagination in the process. She states, “Let God take over your imagination. Invite Him to show you what He wants and use this tool for His glory and communication/relationship with God.” She even includes some funny stories of when she felt she was receiving a message from God for someone else and would get an image of something like chicken nuggets that she thought couldn’t be correct, but when she shared the image, it meant something to the other person. As Emily states, God has a sense of humor when we listen to Him.
There’s much more I could say about Parents—Prophets of the Home, but I hope you’ll read it for yourself. Emily has also written an accompanying workbook and a video curriculum you can use to walk your children through learning to hear God’s voice. These are additional valuable resources worth investigating.
I’ll close with one more quote from Emily about helping your child understand their identity as a child of God. She states:
“Fill your soul and the soul of your child with biblical truths about their identity as a child of God. Let them hear that more than they hear the negative comments or the confusion of the world. Also, when Scripture is in your soul and memory, it allows the Holy Spirit to recall it right when you need it. Even if you think your child won’t remember it, don’t underestimate the power of storing Scripture deep inside.”
I invite you to communicate with God about how He wants you to communicate with your children. This book will get you started doing both. It’s a wonderful opportunity to strengthen your family.
For more information about Emily B. Johnson and Parents—Prophets of the Home, visit www.KingdomMotherhood.com.
— Tyler R. Tichelaar, PhD and award-winning author of The Mysteries of Marquette
