Grandparenting with a Purpose: Effective Ways to Pray for your Grandchildren
As we are in the autumn season, I was reminded of my childhood, growing up on a wheat farm in Oklahoma. In the summer after the wheat harvest, my father would prepare the soil for the next year’s crop, and in the autumn, he would sow the wheat seed. Throughout the winter months, we would wait for the rains to water the seed and wait for it to come up and watch it grow. In the spring, we would see the wheat heads form and ripen to a golden color for the harvest in early June. We just had faith that once the seed was in the ground, rains would come, nature would take its course and the golden heads of wheat would be ready for harvest in the summer.
Our prayers can be like seed. It reminds me of when we pray we are sowing seed, asking God in faith for what we desire for our grandchildren. Once we ask things start happening behind the scenes, whether we are asleep or awake, God is at work, preparing an answer to our prayers. In God’s timing, the answer will be evident, and we will “reap” the results of our seed (prayer) sown.
However, we must have faith trusting God is at work even when it seems like nothing is happening while we are waiting for the seed (prayers) to sprout, grow, and bring forth a harvest.
One little seed has a lot of potential, it seems so small, but under the right conditions, this one seed can grow into a plant that will yield a significant harvest! Spiritual multiplication is the same. The seed (prayers) that we sow in the lives of our grandchildren will produce a crop, even into the future generations and yield a harvest of blessing in the future.
Questions:
- What are you asking God in faith for your grandchildren today?
- Are you able to fully trust God with the prayers that you are sowing to bring forth a harvest in the lives of your grandchildren?
“And let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season, we shall reap if we do not lose heart.”(Galatians 6:9, NKJV).
“Prayer is one of the easiest subjects to talk upon, but one of the hardest to practice.”
−Henrietta Mears, What the Bible Is All About, p.598.
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By Lillian Penner, Co-Prayer Director for Christian Grandparenting Network, lpenner@christiangrandparenting.net
I loved what you said that our seed prayers that we sow for our grandchildren, will produce a crop, even into the future generations and yield a harvest of blessing for the future. This is so true. We pray and expect in faith for things to start happening and even in our sleep, God is answering prayers. But the key is to have faith. Thanks, Lillian, for your words of encouragement.
Willa, thank you for your comment. I really appreciate your comment and encouragement. Yes, often God is working but we don’t see it so we have to pray with faith in expectation that God will answer our prayers in His timing. His timing is best.
Blesssings, Lillian
I lost my daughter in December 4,2020 .she passed away at 31 yrs old ..she left behind her 5children my grandbabies …I havent heard from the youngest one but I hear from the oldest one every now and then ..I love to see and love them ..before all of this happen ..
Dear Oliva, I am so sorry you lost your daughter in 2020 at such an early age. I am sure it is hard to stay connected with them. But it is wonderful we can still pray for them even if there isn’t a connection. May God bless you as you preserve to pray for them and let them know you are praying for them. Blessings, Lillian Penner