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How Do You Spend Your Time and Money? Do you think there's no connection between your choices as a consumer and your priorities in life? Think again. The everyday items you buyor choose not to buysay A LOT about who you are as a person and what's important to you. Consider bestselling author Jay Payleitner's creative ideas for purposeful purchases, such asA shower curtain of the earth to remind you of God's love for the worldComfort food that evokes memories and connects generationsThe ubiquitous smartphone and whether you need the latest and greatest model Encounter these and 49 other finds on your way to realizing your shopping list from God isn't about acquiring more material goods, but about living a good life filled with faith and wisdom.

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Publié par	Harvest House Publishers
Date de parution	03 septembre 2019
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9780736977296
Langue	English

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HARVEST HOUSE PUBLISHERS
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What If God Wrote Your Shopping List?
Copyright 2019 by Jay Payleitner
Published by Harvest House Publishers
Eugene, Oregon 97408
www.harvesthousepublishers.com
ISBN 978-0-7369-7728-9 (pbk.)
ISBN 978-0-7369-7729-6 (eBook)
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Payleitner, Jay K., author.
Title: What if God wrote your shopping list? / Jay Payleitner.
Description: Eugene: Harvest House Publishers, 2019.
Identifiers: LCCN 2019011986 (print) | LCCN 2019013479 (ebook) | ISBN 9780736977296 (ebook) | ISBN 9780736977289 (pbk.)
Subjects: LCSH: Decision making-Religious aspects-Christianity. | Choice (Psychology)-Religious aspects-Christianity. | Values-Religious aspects-Christianity. | Consumption (Economics)-Religious aspects-Christianity.
Classification: LCC BV4509.5 (ebook) | LCC BV4509.5 .P39 2019 (print) | DDC 241/.68-dc23
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Contents

About Stuff
1. Harvest Table
2. Mirror
3. Lemonade Stand Lemonade
4. Swimming with a Dolphin
5. Rocking Chair
6. Red-Letter Bible
7. Library Card
8. World Map Shower Curtain
9. The Newest Smartphone on the Day It Comes Out
10. Alarm Clock
11. Art Supplies
12. Stuff with Scripture
13. Big League Scorecard
14. Disposable Serving Trays
15. Wedding Rings
16. Wedding Attire
17. Juggling Balls
18. Our Daily Bread
19. Peeps, Candy Corn, Peanut Brittle, Pumpkin-Spice Lattes, Shamrock Shakes, and So On
20. Small Group That Actually Holds You Accountable
21. The Right Tool for the Right Job
22. Little Things
23. Mustard
24. Telescope
25. Fire Insurance
26. Sock Rings
27. Anything in the Shopping Cart
28. Clunkers
29. Other Second-String Stuff
30. Question Cards
31. WD-40, Duct Tape, Baby Wash, Isopropyl Alcohol, Good Scissors, New Toothbrush, Giant Ziploc Bags, Nail Polish Remover, a Heavy Scotch Tape Dispenser, and Vanilla Ice Cream
32. Good Night s Sleep
33. Sex
34. Apple Butter, Nesquik, and Hostess Cherry Pies
35. Books to Give Away
36. Rodent Hairs, Fly Eggs, Mold, and Insect Fragments
37. A Coke to Share at McDonald s
38. Space Heater or Box Fan
39. Christian Bumper Stickers
40. The Entire Wendy s Dollar Menu-Twice
41. Empty Notebook
42. Things Used Once
43. More Veggies
44. The Pilgrim s Progress , Mere Christianity , The Screwtape Letters , More Than a Carpenter , The Five Love Languages , and So On
45. Piano, Art Easel, Wrestling Mat, Unicycle
46. That Thing You Need Before You Run Out
47. Tickets
48. Lottery Tickets
49. The Full Armor
50. Gold Bricks
51. Sunday Brunch
52. Contentment
Notes
About the Author
What If God Wrote Your Bucket List?
What If God Wrote Your To-Do List?
More Great Harvest House Books by Jay Payleitner
About the Publisher
About Stuff
I need more stuff. Lots and lots of stuff. I have empty cabinets and corners I need to fill with stuff. Stuff is the only thing that makes me happy. Stuff makes life worth living. Give me stuff. And don t stop giving me stuff.
Said no one ever.
Sure, stuff can be nice. But deep down you know stuff doesn t make dreams come true. In fact, stuff often distracts you from being your best self. So let s forget about acquiring lots of stuff and instead think about stuff you really need.
Like a Bible. That s something you literally need. You have one, right? If you don t, stop reading this book and get yourself a copy of God s book. Find a translation that works for you. Like the New International Version, or the New Living Translation, or the English Standard Version. Look up a few favorite verses and pick the translation that speaks to you.
And don t go cheap. Get a study Bible with a sturdy binding and plenty of footnotes, maps, charts, indexes, and cross-references.
Then what? What else might be on God s shopping list for your life? Excellent question. The answer is different for everybody.
Let s see. I m pretty sure you already have most of your necessities:

pair of jeans that fits
working phone
toothbrush
tuna boat
way to get around town
the ability to read
time to yourself
hope
clean socks
Check, check, and check? That s good. This is stuff you need. If you don t have those things, please put them on your shopping list. Except the tuna boat. As you can see, that has been crossed out, which means you probably don t need it. Unless you re a tuna fisherman who needs a new boat.
Similarly, you may have noticed the contents page also features a few chapter titles that are crossed off. Don t skip those chapters. They represent stuff that probably isn t on God s shopping list.
Notice also that you can actually purchase some of these things, and others are not really for sale. That idea is an ongoing theme in this book. Many of the chapters include specific recommendations on things to buy. Some chapters spell out things you ll want to consider buying. And some chapters will challenge you to pursue ideas and relationships that have no price tag.
By the way, this book is a sequel to two other books. What If God Wrote Your Bucket List? invites you to imagine what you should do before you kick the bucket. What If God Wrote Your To-Do List? imagines slightly more urgent strategies for things to do before the sun sets or the seasons change.
This book, What If God Wrote Your Shopping List? , is really about prioritizing your pursuits in life. Will you mistakenly chase stuff that distracts and dishonors? Or will you invest in stuff that lasts for eternity, like community, keepsakes, and crowns?
I hope you ll regard these pages as more than a simple shopping list. Consider them your invitation to a noble quest.

The people who sell stuff never tell you that the stuff that really matters isn t stuff.
J AY P AYLEITNER
1
Harvest Table
T his chapter is really about fellowship, but that s not something you can actually purchase. So instead, let s put large, inviting table with plenty of room for guests on God s shopping list.
Flip through your Bible, and you may be surprised at how often the act of sharing a meal coincides with community building and inspired teaching. That includes Jesus s first miracle at the wedding in Cana, the Last Supper, the feast celebrating the return of the prodigal son, the miracle of the loaves and fish, and Jesus s dining with tax collectors and sinners.
The book of Acts specifically connects communal meals with three critical disciplines: teaching, fellowship, and prayer. Acts 2:42 says, They devoted themselves to the apostles teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.
Look up that verse in context, and you ll see it s sandwiched between two other huge developments for the new church. In a single day, three thousand new converts are baptized. Then comes the meal. Shortly after that, everyone was filled with awe at the many wonders and signs performed by the apostles (Acts 2:43).
You probably had no idea that just breaking bread together could be part of such a world-changing turn of events.
All of which confirms the need to put a harvest table on your shopping list. In other words, a good-sized, sturdy, welcoming dining room table.
After moving into their first home, my son Randall and his bride, Rachel, had a butcher-block harvest table built to maximize the space in their dining room. It s a beautiful piece of furniture and so much more. That table has already seen scores of birthday parties, pumpkin-carving contests, board game tournaments, pre-Thanksgiving smorgasbords (aka Friendsgiving), and weekly fellowship meals.
In my home, for more than twenty Thanksgivings, I fashioned an eight-foot square table out of two laminated sheets of plywood. There was just enough space in our dining room to squeeze up to eighteen gue