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Not Your Dad's Devotional Save the sermons for Sunday and join bestselling author and proud papa Jay Payleitner on a quest to become a better dad, one day (and devotion) at a time. This trip will not include guilt, just a lot of good advice on how to teach, inspire, and encourage your children from someone who's been there. Inside you'll learn Who you can point your kids to when the GPS direction of their lives needs recalculating What a firm handshake and a head nod can teach your children about respecting others When to cash in your genius points and when to store them up for future use Where men gather to worship God is where your son should be Why simply being there is the best thing you can do for your children How turning in your superhero cape and becoming vulnerable will benefit your kids as they become teenagers and so much more! Far from preachy, this devotional will make you think clearer, smile bigger, and laugh harder about fatherhood than ever before. Better yet, it will draw you and your kids closer to God

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Publié par	Harvest House Publishers
Date de parution	05 mai 2020
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9780736963640
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	1 Mo

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HARVEST HOUSE PUBLISHERS
EUGENE, OREGON
Unless otherwise indicated, all Scripture quotations are taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version , NIV . Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.
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Day-by-Day Devotions for Dads
Copyright 2012 by Jay Payleitner
Published by Harvest House Publishers
Eugene, Oregon 97408
www.harvesthousepublishers.com
Material adapted from One-Minute Devotions for Dads by Jay Payleitner (Harvest House Publishers, 2012)
ISBN 978-0-7369-6363-3 (hardcover)
ISBN 978-0-7369-6364-0 (eBook)
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Payleitner, Jay K., author.
Title: Day-by-day devotions for dads / Jay Payleitner.
Description: Eugene: Harvest House Publishers, 2020. | Material adapted from One-Minute Devotions for Dads by Jay Payleitner (Harvest House Publishers, 2012)
Identifiers: LCCN 2019050660 (print) | LCCN 2019050661 (ebook) | ISBN 9780736963633 (hardback) | ISBN 9780736963640 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Fatherhood-Religious aspects-Christianity-Meditations.
Classification: LCC BV4529.17 .P394 2020 (print) | LCC BV4529.17 (ebook) | DDC 242/.6421-dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019050660
LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019050661
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DEDICATION
To Ken Payleitner,
whose quiet strength and influence
can still be found throughout these pages.
CONTENTS
Dedication
Be There
Lifelong Hero
A Little at a Time
Dumping Allowed
Let em Fly
Practice Makes Perfect
The Smartest Man in the World
Great and Unexpected Things
Rock Music
Firm Grip. Eye Contact. Head Nod.
Trusting Traditions
Working It Out
Dogs, Yes-Mosquitoes, No
Prepared in Advance
Guys Behaving Manly
From Protecting to Preparing
A Verse that s Tough to Swallow
We don t Need No Stinkin Rules
Tension in the Air
Heritage Versus Legacy
Acknowledging Sin
Every Kid Deserves a Blessing
Home Is Where Your Heart Is
Mile Marker 12:1
Don t Miss the Glory
One Out of Seven
Commit-Then Watch What Happens
I Thought I was Wrong Once, But I was Mistaken
The Circle Game
Win Every Debate
God will not be Mocked
Daddy, Tell Me a Story
Turn Right at the Next Intersection
In Weakness, Strength
Not A Bad Way to Invest Four Years of Your Life
Tearing Apart Proverbs 22:6
Losing ain t All Bad
What the Next Generation Sees
Good Times and Bad
It s All his Anyway
Get them Thinking and Talking
Catch Anything?
The Prodigal Son, Part 1
The Prodigal Son, Part 2
The Prodigal Son, Part 3
Seeing Both Sides
A Very Serious Assignment
Be Disappointed
Been Here, Done That
Manufacturing Greatness
Join. Rejoice. Provide.
Plug into the Power Source
Thou Shalt not Whine
A Matter of Trust
Entering Your Kid s World
At the Crossroads
Ready for the Cynics and Mockers
Hold Tight. Hold Loose.
Chesterton s Fence
Beginning Good Works
Scriptwriters, Take Note
Busted
Silent Pictures
Calling All Treasure Hunters
Carry them with You
A Few Reasonable Words
Laughter is the Best Weapon
Something to Fight For
A Furnace of Doubt
The Silent Treatment
Be there for the Process
Nurturing Dream Chasers
The View from Above
Kids these Days
Financial Acumen 101
Lock the Door. Douse the Lights.
Who Gets the Glory? Who Gets the Blame?
Dad Rules
New Beginnings
Living for Three-Day Weekends
Wanna have a Catch?
Get Yourself Another Counselor
Don t Look Back
Scaring Expectant Dads
Good News about the Good News
Light to Your Career Path
Ready, Set, Build
Your Choice, Dad
The Best-Laid Plans
Let s Watch our Show
God can Handle It
More Worth than they re Trouble
Attitude of Entitlement
Leaving and Cleaving
Alongside Greatness
The Game of Life
Loving Laws
I Miss You, Dad
Spontaneous Consumption
As I Understand It
Rite of Passage
Get in the Game
A Look Worth Taking
Living Sacrifices
From Belief to Faith
Who are You?
History Lessons
The More Golden Rule
Deadlines and Dead Air
For Good or Evil
The Tradition Test
The Next Verse
Once is Funny
The Wages of Sin
Fear Not
Worth the Trip
The Meaning of Life
Well-Worn, Well-Read
The Opposite of a Toga Party
All You Need is a Good Editor
Taken by Surprise
Heart to Heart
Pride of the Fox
Putting Away Childhood
Sharpening Relationships
Tick. Tick. Tick. Tick.
Doors Opened Early
Conflict Resolution
A Salute to All Athletes
The Value of Pausing
Thy will be Done
Mail Men
Just Say It
Less Fuss, Less Muss
Love the Little Ones
Possessions that Possess
Hidden in their Hearts-And Yours
The Measure of a Man
Got Big Goals?
Big-Picture Thinking
Forever a Dad
Endnotes
About the Author
More Great Harvest House Books by Jay Payleitner
About the Publisher
BE THERE
T his is not a typical devotional. Sorry to disappoint.
I set out to be all serious and preachy, but I just couldn t do it. All the dads I know already have enough stuff in their lives clawing for their attention. I didn t want to burden you with one more task on your must-do list.
So instead, I did what I do best. I took a serious project and had fun with it. The book is filled with truths critically needed by all dads everywhere. But the process of taking them in and putting them to work on behalf of your family will not be a painful proposition. I promise.
This book is a twofer. It s a devotional for you, Dad. But the chief beneficiary is going to be the kids you love so much.
Having spent more than 25 years researching and writing for fathers, I know that no two dads are alike. Some men are natural connectors. Some men are lone wolves. Some dads feel like they re looking in a mirror when they see their sons. Some dads think, Where did he come from? Maybe your daughter is Daddy s little princess. Maybe she s a tomboy, a bookworm, or a free spirit.
In every case, my first wave of advice is the same. Be there. Enter their world. Invite them to enter yours. That s the only way you ll know your son s or daughter s gifts, talents, and dreams. How they re wired. What makes them unique. That information is tremendously important as you come alongside them as the primary person God has assigned to help them reach for the stars.
How to describe these 140 devotions? Each one stands on its own. There are thought starters and idea finishers. You ll dig through memories that look back and discover big-picture thinking that will help you look forward. Included are references to movies, TV shows, books, sports, current research, historical events, parables, heroes, and biblical passages. Some you ll find familiar. Others, not so much.
Every time I sat down at my keyboard, I asked God to help me give dads something they would actually use. Along the way, I smiled, grimaced, laughed out loud, brushed away a tear, and made some new personal discoveries.
If you let it happen, you just might be challenged, equipped, humbled, encouraged, inspired, and refreshed and gain a new sense of gratitude and awe when it comes to God s plan for fathers.
When you re done, you ll be a better dad. I know because I am a better dad for having written it.
I d love to hear which of these devotions made a difference to you and yours. Track me down at jaypayleitner.com . Thanks.
LIFELONG HERO
When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years.
M ARK T WAIN
T o a four-year-old, a dad should be a bit of a superhero. Young kids need to feel safe and secure. Dad needs to be the strongest, smartest, bravest guy in the world.
When that four-year-old becomes a teenager, you will want to relinquish your mythological superhero status and become human. You re still an authority figure. Teens still depend on Dad for protection and provision. But the relationship shifts from fiction to fact. For fathers of teens, respect comes not from being invincible but through your ability to lead, solve problems, persevere, overcome challenges, and even admit when you don t have all the answers.
As you and your children begin to establish an adult relationship, the goal might even be mutual respect. And teens need to feel respected.
Too many parents buy into the myth that raising teenagers is seven years of thankless toil and mutual contempt. Don t believe that lie.
Done well, the teenage years are just the beginning of a give-and-take relationship between fathers and their