Grandparenting with a Purpose: Effective Ways to Pray for your Grandchildren
Do you believe God treasures your heart? In John 3:16, NLT, we read, “God loved the world so much that he gave his one and only Son so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.” A treasure is something of great value. God thought our hearts were of such great value that He sent his Son to die on the cross for our sins so we could have a personal relationship with him and spend eternity with him. He treasures our hearts enough to die for us, He wants to dwell in our hearts.
Guard Relationship with God
If we really believe God values our hearts enough to give His son to die for us, we must guard our hearts. By guarding our hearts, we protect our relationship with Him. We must choose to abide in Him on a consistent daily basis; it does not happen automatically. He desires us to handle our hearts as His treasure, hold them tightly, and not be careless. We can encourage our grandchildren to allow their hearts to be tender and teachable to God’s Word and not to be careless with His treasure.
Our grandchildren are living in the midst of a battle, a brutal and vicious war against a subtle and friendly enemy (Satan) who knows his time is short. We have a responsibility to pray for them and encourage them to guard their hearts. Proverbs 4:23 NLT, says, “Guard your heart above all else, for it determines the course of your life.” If we as grandparents guard our own hearts, we will have a part in nourishing the hearts of our dear grandchildren.
Pray your grandchildren will recognize the deception of the world and guard their hearts, God’s treasure.
This blog is taken from the book, Grandparenting with a Purpose: Effective Ways to Pray for your Grandchildren, available on this website.
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Written by Lillian Penner, Co-prayer Director for Christian Grandparenting Network
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