How to Pray for the Parents of our Grandchildren

Our children have a great responsibility parenting our grandchildren in these insecure, unstable times we live in today. Young families are busy with their jobs, church activities, children’s activities, etc. There are many distractions for them in their marriage, employment, parenting and spiritual lives.

Our grandchildren are influenced by the movies, music, TV, video games, and Internet are desensitizing our grandchildren. They are faced with legal recreational marijuana, drugs, sex trafficking, alcohol, sexual identity, homosexuality, pornography, pre-martial sex and more.

In today’s broken world, we see the family unit very fragile. It is important that we pray God will give the parents of our grandchildren wisdom and time management in their monumental task of guiding our grandchildren in the ways of the Lord. We live in the midst of a busy and evil environment filled with many moral and spiritual battles.

To pray effectively, we need to know their frustrations, dreams, fears, concerns, and expectations they have for our grandchildren. Ask them, “What are some of the issues you are dealing with right now and how can we pray for you?”

Jesus said to his disciples, “The thief comes to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have abundant life.”1 Let’s pray the parents of our grandchildren will not to be distracted and overwhelmed by the influence of the world hostile to the truth. Pray they will experience the abundant life Jesus offers to them and pass it on the their children to follow Jesus.

According to God’s Word, praying for our grandchildren and their parents should be a high priority for us. Not all prayers are going to be answered immediately or even in our lifetimes. However, God will acknowledge our intercessory prayers and answer them at just the right time.

Prayer for my Grandchildren’s Parents

Dear Lord, I want to thank you for the parents of my grandchildren.

I pray you will help them to value my grandchildren

in the same way You value them.

I pray they will submit to the responsibility You have given them to

teach their children to love You and live

according to your parenting manual, God’s Word.

May my grandchildren see their home and family as a “safe place.

Help them to be fair and understand my grandchildren as You understand us.

Pour out your Spirit upon my them as they parent my dear grandchildren.

May God bless them richly as they grandparent with a purpose,

In Jesus’ name

By Lillian Penner, National Prayer Coordinator for Christian Grandparenting Network

1. John 10:10