40 Days to Your Best Life for Prime-Timers

by Ragont, Joe; Dyet, Jim; Jenkins, Jerry B.

• ISBN13: 9781562923839
• ISBN10: 1562923838
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-04-17
• Publisher: David C. Cook

Summary

From the40 Days to Your Best Lifeseries! This devotional is designed just for senior citizens. it offers forty devotional entries that are particularly relevant for those who have been blessed with length of days-and it gives them the encouragement and inspiration they need in today's changing and challenging world.

Author Biography

Jim Dyet graduated from the Moody Bible Institute, received his BA from Houghton College, attended Indiana State University and The Denver Seminary, and holds an M.A., Th.D., and D.Lit from Louisiana Baptist University. He is an ordained minister and has pastored several churches. In a career that has spanned more than forty years, he has written numerous articles and books seeking to clearly communicate biblical truths. He and his wife live in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and have three grown children. He also serves as a mentor for Jerry Jenkins' Christian Writer's Guild.

Table of Contents

Foreword	9	(2)
Jerry B. Jenkins
Introduction	11	(4)
Section 1: Loneliness
Day 1: A Volunteer for Jesus	15	(3)
Day 2: Feeling Rejected?	18	(3)
Day 3: Is Anyone Listening?	21	(3)
Day 4: Lonely in the Lone Star State	24	(5)
Day 5: When It Rains, It Pours	29	(4)
Section 2: Finances
Day 6: 401KO'd	33	(3)
Day 7: A Rational Sacrifice	36	(4)
Day 8: Making Ends Meet	40	(4)
Day 9: Out of the Blue	44	(4)
Day 10: Reverse Mortgages	48	(4)
Day 11: Who's That Knocking at My Door?	52	(4)
Section 3: Family
Day 12: Grandchildren Are Great, But	56	(4)
Day 13: Growing Old Isn't So Bad After All	60	(4)
Day 14: On the Road Again	64	(3)
Day 15: Raising Kids the Second Time Around	67	(4)
Section 4: Health
Day 16: Catching Some Rays	71	(3)
Day 17: Contentment	74	(4)
Day 18: Eat Smart, Be Smart	78	(3)
Day 19: I'm Gonna Live Till I Die	81	(3)
Day 20: Laughter: Free Medicine for Body and Soul	84	(4)
Day 21: This Old House	88	(4)
Day 22: Too Soon Old and Too Late Smart!	92	(4)
Section 5: Activeness
Day 23: Be a Grandfriend	96	(3)
Day 24: Fitting In	99	(3)
Day 25: Jump, Run, or Walk, but Don't Talk to the TV	102	(3)
Day 26: Life Begins at Any Age	105	(4)
Day 27: Past Your Prime?	109	(4)
Day 28: Satch	113	(5)
Day 29: Stuck in a Rut?	118	(4)
Section 6: Death
Day 30: Beat the Clock!	122	(3)
Day 31: Eva	125	(4)
Day 32: No Fear of Dying	129	(3)
Day 33: On the Lone Prairie	132	(3)
Day 34: Our Final Reunion	135	(4)
Day 35: Partnership Dissolved	139	(4)
Section 7: Planned Living
Day 36: All Nursing Centers Are Not Created Equal	143	(4)
Day 37: Every Neighborhood Needs a ``Granny''	147	(3)
Day 38: Exercising Your Faith	150	(3)
Day 39: How Firm a Foundation!	153	(3)
Day 40: The Little Engine That Could	156	(3)
About the Authors	159