Jay Payleitner

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.

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.

“…incredible opportunities to help your husband become the hero your children need.”—Dannah Gresh Every dad wants to lead his family with wisdom, strength, love, and laughter. An astute mom—like you—can make a huge difference when it comes to making that happen. With Moms Bringing Out the Best in Dads, you’ll learn how to applaud and affirm the unique role a dad plays in his children’s lives and hearts. This book will encourage you to… work and communicate with your husband to protect, shepherd, and empower your kidsnudge, sweet-talk, and motivate each other on this mission that must not failunderstand and appreciate your husband’s unique talents as a father—and identify how your own gifts can serve as a complement You can do this…together! Moms Bringing Out the Best in Dads is a heartfelt celebration of the loving dads who are excited to invest in their families, and the self-assured moms who inspire their husbands to become the fathers they’ve always wanted to be.

A celebration of marriage for newlyweds that offers a year's worth of seasoned advice. A perfect wedding gift for lovebirds tying the knot, The Newlywed Year offers 52 chapters of advice for building a love that lasts. Drawing on wisdom from successful marriages, the book delivers both humorous and touching tips for the newly married with chapters like "The Dog Question," "The Eight Second Kiss," and "Romantic Gestures." Packaged in soft pastels and with a stunning floral cover, this book is as elegant as it is useful, making a wonderful addition to any couple's growing bookshelf. The Newlywed Year offers simple and useful advice for that first year of marriage while reminding you that marriage only grows sweeter with time. • PERFECT WEDDING GIFT: Packaged beautifully and full of functional tips, this book makes a touching and useful gift for a newly wedded couple that they will be able to use again and again throughout their marriage. • GREAT AMOUNT OF CONTENT: With 52 tips and pieces of advice, this book offers lots of helpful information that wedded partners can come back to long after they are no longer newlyweds. It touches on all aspects of a strong relationship, including ways to communicate better, tips for planning for the future, and fun activities to bring you closer, and will be useful for years to come. • SEASONED ADVICE: The author is lucky enough to have enjoyed a long and happy marriage that continues to grow in love, and pulls examples from across their lengthy and successful marriage, as well as tips learned along the way from other successful marriages, to give solid advice that stands the test of time. Perfect for: • Newlyweds and recently engaged couples • Wedding planners • Bridal shower attendees • Cohabitating couples

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.

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

What Does It Take to Be a Great Dad? Action! If being a great dad doesn't come natural to you, welcome to the club. No guy has fatherhood totally figured out, and that's okay. What matters are the small, consistent steps you take to show your kids you care and you are there. Bestselling author Jay Payleitner shares 101 creative ways you can love, teach, and lead your children. Unleash the great dad within when you stop and catch the fireflies, even while wearing a three-piece suit give horsey rides instead of spending money on Disney World trigger traditions (If you don't keep them, who will?) explain syzygy (Don't worry, it will be explained to you first.) teach your kids how to love and be loved by knowing the source of love ...and try 96 other amazingly dad-doable tasks! Join other aspiring awesome fathers in walking the talk every day in simple yet powerful ways.

What is God Asking You "To-Do" Today?When you talk to God about His plans for you, do you tend to focus on the far-off future? Big-picture thinking is great, but don't miss out on what the Lord has in store for you today.These 52 easy tasks will help you embrace 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.Read a Psalm, talk to a neighbor, or right a wrong. These are just a few examples of the simple activities that will enrich your everyday life.God is calling you to make the most of each day and live life to the fullest!

Build a Connection with Your DaughterThat Will Last a Lifetime You want to be closer to your daughter. You want her life to be filled with joy, beauty, and wonder. But you also want to protect her from a world that can be hurtful...and even dangerous. This one-of-a-kind book features over fifty fun and practical ways to build a great relationship with your girl. Bestselling author Jay Payleitner offers proven strategies to help your daughter succeed in all areas of her life, such as herrelationship with her mom, friends, and other adultspersonal faith, spiritual gifts, and finding her place in this worldromantic relationships and future husband From charm bracelets to daddy-daughter dances to walking her down the aisle, these big ideas will help you create a father-daughter connection that lasts a lifetime.

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...creatively express care and affection in ways only a father canconvey a positive perspective on life and the futureteach, counsel, and guide in ways your children can receive and rememberremind your kids—and yourself—that God is always there, listening and participatingbe a dad through all the stages of your kids' livesThese time-tested ideas will reignite your passion for being a dad. You'll find the inspiration and know-how you need to engage with daughters and sons in the best ways possible and make your home their favorite place to be.

Go bungee jumping. Tango. See the Eiffel Tower. Swim with sharks.Bucket lists can get pretty crazy! But what if God wanted you to think even further outside the box? To pattern your life after the one who said some pretty crazy things himself: "Love your enemies." "Store up treasures in heaven." "Seek first his kingdom and righteousness."If you checked every item off your bucket list, would your life be complete? In these pages you'll find 52 items to help you revamp your must-do list...Run with scissors. Bounce off brick walls. Celebrate quirks.Banish grudges. Dodge counterfeit happiness. Peek into dark corners.Get fired. Enlist invisible reinforcements. Get nose-to-nose with an alligator.As you check off God's bucket list, you may find yourself doing things you never thought possible. Jay Payleitner helps you get your priorities straight with the most important relationship in your life—you and God.

Perfect? No. But you’re still the right dad for your boy. Bestselling author Jay Payleitner, dad of four grown sons (and one amazing daughter), gives you a bucketful of man-friendly ideas on how build a father-and-son relationship. Good news is, you don’t have to say a lot. By your life and example, you can show your boy why it’s good to be a guy demonstrate how to treat women well teach him to work hard and have fun, often at the same time show him how to live with honesty and self-respect give him the inner confidence to live a purposeful life These 52 quick-to-read chapters offer great ways to relate or spend time as dad and son. And each idea provides a new building block for a father-son relationship that will help your boy along the path to becoming a man.

“I don’t always understand what he needs or wants from me.” Most wives want a heart-to-heart connection with their husbands. But men often communicate their needs in ways that seem strange to women. How to bridge the gap? Straight from a veteran dad and husband come these insightful, unexpected, and occasionally offbeat ideas. Bestselling author Jay Payleitner digs deep to give practical insight into how a woman cansee the ways her husband does want to connect…which may be different than what she expectsencourage him—not overwhelm him—with her wordsunderstand why sex is such a big dealmake space for him to step up and participate in family lifebe alert to his “hero moments” and respect and appreciate himA husband does want to be close to his wife. Here are great steps to strengthening a marriage by making room for that closeness to happen.

Most dads love their daughters, but they’re uncertain how they can show that love in a way their daughters understand…or figure out what their girls really need from them.Jay Payleitner has given thousands of dads great, man-friendly advice in his bestselling 52 Things Kids Need from a Dad. Now Jay guides his readers into what is unexplored territory for many of them—girl land—giving them ways to…do things with their daughters, not just for themlecture less and listen morebe on the lookout for “hero moments” and take advantage of themrealize that their daughters are females…and tailor their actions and responses accordinglygive their daughters a positive view of the male sexDads will feel respected and encouraged—not made to feel guilty—and they’ll gain confidence to initiate activities that build lifelong positives into their girls. Great gift or men’s group resource.

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.

“God, please help me…another game of Candy Land…”Quite a few dads spend time with their kids. However, many have no clue what their kids really need.Enter author Jay Payleitner, veteran dad of five, who’s also struggled with how to build up his children’s lives. His 52 Things Kids Need from a Dad combines straightforward features with step-up-to-the-mark challenges men will appreciate:a full year’s worth of focused, doable ideas—one per week, if desireduncomplicated ways to be an example, like “kiss your wife in the kitchen”tough, frank advice, like “throw away your porn”And, refreshingly…NO exhaustive (and exhausting) lists of “things you should do”NO criticism of dads for being men and acting like menDads will feel respected and empowered, and gain confidence to initiate activities that build lifelong positives into their kids. Great gift or men’s group resource!