Bøger af Jay Payleitner

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. Far from preachy, this devotional will draw you and your kids closer to God.

Moms Bringing Out the Best in Dads is a heartfelt resource about what it looks like to parent as a team, and a celebration of the strong, self-assured moms who bring out the best in their husbands so they can be great dads.

Most of us don't realize how much we're uniquely designed by God to change the world. It starts with changing your world in critical ways you can check off your list. Jay Payleitner outlines forty different objectives we can utilize to make the world a better place. These objectives aren't so lofty that someone can't reach them, but they will be challenging.

The relationship between a father and daughter is profound. Jay and Rae Anne Payleitner share their own insights into this sometimes complicated but ultimately fulfilling relationship. Rooted in Scripture and full of stories, this book will deepen dads’ and daughters’ appreciation for one another.  Dads, your daughters need you. If you’re like most dads, you’d do anything for your daughter, but sometimes it would be easier to help her if you could just get inside her head. GirlDad is the solution to your problem. Not only is it filled with insights from the bestselling author Jay Payleitner, but his young adult daughter, Rae Anne, lends her voice to help you see things from your daughter’s perspective. A proactive and prepared father can make all the difference in his daughter’s life. GirlDad helps a man see the princess in her as well as the sinner, the friend, the challenger, and the stranger, helping him walk alongside her on the journey to womanhood. Your little girl—no matter how old she is—needs you in her world. And you need to know when to rescue her, when to let her go—and when to surrender it all to God.

The Next Verse by best-selling author Jay Payleitner is a surprising, eye-opening devotional that takes 60 familiar and beloved Bible verses and encourages you to read them in their context.

This one-of-a-kind book features over 50 fun and practical ways to build a great relationship with your daughter. Find out how you can make a difference in the most important parts of her life, such as her personal faith and relationships.

Three veteran dads offer their best practical advice so you can build awesome relationships with your kids. In partnership with the National Center for Fathering, they draw on their day-in, day-out experience to help you engage with daughters and sons in the very best ways.

With refreshing honesty, winsome humor, and a keen understanding

Many wives long to have their husbands choose them all over again. To be their knight in shining armor. Their leader. Their listener. Their lover. In 52 Things Wives Need from Their Husbands, Jay Payleitner, veteran radio producer and author of 52 Things Kids Need from a Dad, offers a bounty of welcome advice, such as ?Stir her pots? ?Buy sparkly gifts? ?Be the handyman? ?Stay married? ?Kiss her in the kitchen? ?Leave your mommy? ?Put her second? A great gift or men's group resource, 52 Things Wives Need from Their Husbands provides a full year's worth of advice. And no chapter will make husbands feel guilty or criticize them for acting like men! For the husband who wants to live God's plan for his marriage, this book will put him on the right track.

These 52 easy tasks will help you embrace everyday opportunities to grow closer to God, reach out to others, and take better care of yourself. This is a to-do list for your soul. God wants you to make the most of each day and live life to the fullest!

These 52 quick-to-read chapters offer a bucketful of man-friendly ideas on building a father-son relationship. By your life and example, you can show your boy how to work hard and have fun, often at the same time; live with honesty and self-respect; and develop the inner confidence to live purposefully.

HOORAY FOR GRANDPARENTS celebrates the special role grandparents play in children¿s lives and collects 50 ways to build a strong relationship between grandparent and grandchild. It¿s packed with fun activities to do together, ways to create your own special traditions, advice on how to support your grandchild in difficult times, and ideas for building a legacy that lives beyond your years. Packaged in a fun and engaging format, with simple, fun, and heartwarming ways to deepen connections across generations, this is full of useful and meaningful ways for grandparents to bond with grandchildren.

A celebration of marriage for newlyweds that offers a year's worth of seasoned advice.

Most bucket lists seem to be filled with fluff that has zero eternal value. Surely God has a better plan. Bestselling author Jay Payleitner suggests 52 unexpected items for your bucket list to usher in purpose and joy today...and leave a legacy that just might make God smile.

Ingenious Parenting Shortcuts Every Mom and Dad Should KnowParenting can be hard work, and our lives continue to get busier and busier. Is it possible to lighten the load but still raise great kids?From his experiences as a dad as well as interacting with countless other parents, Jay Payleitner has gathered scores of secrets worth passing along--simple things veteran moms and dads have learned over the years. Things as simple as passing along truths during TV commercials. Or connecting with your children as you tuck them in at night. Or learning how to laugh over spilt milk.Some of the ideas are old-school secrets that were passed from one generation to the next; others deal with issues that would have never crossed Grandma and Grandpa's minds. All of them are easy to implement. This book is designed for a quick, breezy reading experience, letting parents pick and choose those ideas that will make their lives easier, their kids happier, and their futures even brighter.

Discover a simple prayer with life-changing potential for our hectic times:“Give me neither poverty nor riches, but give me only my daily bread” (Proverbs 30:8). This heartfelt, unexpected request from a little-known biblical author named Agur is the only prayer in all of Proverbs, yet it contains surprising insights for living with purpose and satisfaction. Life in the twenty-first century is way out of balance, careening between extremes. Too many individuals, families, churches, and communities are trapped by the conflicting desire to live simply or accumulate wealth. So, this humble prayer has larger-than-life implications. We can achieve soul-satisfying equilibrium in our jobs, personal ministry, and relationships. Open your heart to Agur’s wit and wisdom and you can learn to • escape imbalance• overcome fear of failure and eliminate envy• joyfully pursue your passions• reap the eternal rewards of trusting God• find your personal sweet spot In The Prayer of Agur, best-selling author and radio producer Jay Payleitner faithfully unpacks the wit and wisdom of this Old Testament passage, giving readers insight into how they can find a new perspective on the value of humility, the perks of moderation, and the eternal rewards of trusting God.

Jay guides dads into "girl land," offering ways to do things with their daughters, not just for them; lecture less and listen more; be alert for "hero moments"; and give their daughters a positive view of the male sex. Dads will gain confidence in building lifelong positives into their girls.