It's 2 a.m. You finally got the baby down. You love this kid in a way you didn't know was possible. You're also scared you're going to mess this up.

Most new dads carry the same things. Exhaustion. Pressure. The weight of being the one everybody's counting on. The quiet fear that you're not the man for the job. The want to lead your family well, spiritually and otherwise, when you're not even sure you've got your own faith figured out. The not knowing how to pray when you need to.

This book is for that.

Prayers for New Dads is a 28-day devotional written for first-time fathers who are tired, overwhelmed, and trying to lead their family without pretending to have it all together.

Each day takes about ten minutes. It walks into a real struggle new dads face. It anchors that struggle in simple scripture. And it ends with a prayer you can actually say out loud, in your normal voice. In the truck. In the kitchen. In the hallway outside the nursery. Wherever you are when you need the words.

Inside, you'll find prayers for:

The nights you haven't slept. The fear of messing this up. The pressure to lead when you don't feel like a leader. The anger that scares you. The cycle you want to stop with you. Your wife. Your child. Your own father. And the man you're becoming.

This isn't a teaching book. It isn't a parenting manual. There are good books for those. This is a book of words for the days you don't have them.

You don't have to be a perfect dad to use this book. You don't have to be a strong Christian. You don't have to have your quiet time figured out, or a Bible reading plan, or any of the stuff people sometimes act like you should have together.

You just have to show up. Read the day. Pray the prayer. Move forward.

That's the whole bar.

A grounded, masculine devotional that makes a real gift for a baby shower, Father's Day, or any new dad who's holding something fragile and trying to figure out how to be the man for the job. He is. This book helps him remember.