The everyday items you buy—or choose not to buy—say A LOT about who you are as a person and what’s important to you. Discover that your shopping list from God isn’t about acquiring more material goods, but about living a good life filled with faith and wisdom.
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 buy—or choose not to buy—say 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 as…
- A shower curtain of the earth to remind you of God’s love for the world
- Comfort food that evokes memories and connects generations
- The 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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3 Lemonade Stand Lemonade |
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4 Swimming with a Dolphin |
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8 World Map Shower Curtain |
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9 The Newest Smartphone on the Day It Comes Out |
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14 Disposable Serving Trays |
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19 Peeps, Candy Corn, Peanut Brittle, Pumpkin-Spice Lattes, Shamrock Shakes, and So On |
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20 Small Group That Actually Holds You Accountable |
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21 The Right Tool for the Right Job |
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27 Anything in the Shopping Cart |
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29 Other Second-String Stuff |
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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 |
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34 Apple Butter, Nesquik, and Hostess Cherry Pies |
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114 | (3) |
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36 Rodent Hairs, Fly Eggs, Mold, and Insect Fragments |
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117 | (3) |
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37 A Coke to Share at McDonald's |
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38 Space Heater or Box Fan |
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124 | (3) |
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39 Christian Bumper Stickers |
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40 The Entire Wendy's Dollar Menu---Twice |
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130 | (3) |
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133 | (4) |
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137 | (3) |
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44 The Pilgrim's Progress, Mere Christianity, The Screwtape Letters, More Than a Carpenter, The Five Love Languages, and So On |
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143 | (3) |
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45 Piano, Art Easel, Wrestling Mat, Unicycle |
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46 That Thing You Need Before You Run Out |
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Jay Payleitner is one of the top freelance Christian radio producers in the United States. He has worked on Josh McDowell Radio, Today's Father, Jesus Freaks Radio for the Voice of the Martyrs, Project Angel Tree with Chuck Colson, and many others. Hes also a popular speaker on parenting and marriage and the author of dozen-plus books, including the bestselling 52 Things Kids Need from a Dad, 52 Things Wives Need from a Husband, and 52 Things Sons Need from Their Dad; he also created The Dad Manifesto. Jay has also served as an AWANA director, a wrestling coach, and the executive director of the Illinois Fatherhood Initiative; he now partners with the National Center for Fathering, whose efforts he fosters and promotes. He and his wife, Rita, live near Chicago, where theyve raised five great kids and loved on ten foster babies.
