Let’s Look at Daniel’s Life

Daniel was taken from his home country in Judah to captivity into Babylon, a very ungodly environment. Daniel was to be trained to serve in the king’s palace. He resolved not to defile himself with the royal food and wine. King Darius made a decree that no one could pray to anyone other than him for 30 days. Daniel went to his room and prayed three times a day facing Jerusalem, giving thanks and praying as he always did to his God. He did not allow the worldly king to transform him into the pattern of Babylon.

As a result, Daniel was thrown into the lion’s den. God closed the mouths of the lions, and he was brought out without any wounds because Daniel trusted God. King Darius acknowledged that the God of Daniel was a living God.

Shortly before Jesus was arrested, He prays for his disciples asking God to protect them, and I believe it is for us, too. “I’m not asking you to take them out of the world, but to keep them safe from the evil one.” John 17:15 (NLT)

So, grandparents, there is an urgency to pray intentionally for the physical, emotional, and spiritual protection as our grandchildren and their parents navigate our world today. The greatest long-lasting gift we can give your children and your grandchildren is an intentional praying grandparent.

For personal reflection 

1.    Have you asked your grandchildren how their friends feel about gender identity, marijuana, pornography, and other cultural issues?

2.    Ask your grandchildren how they think about cultural issues.

3.    Have you asked them if they have answers for when they are confronted with cultural issues?  

4.    Have you asked your older grandchildren how you can pray for them or asked the parents of the younger ones how you can pray for them?

5.    Tell your grandchildren that you are daily praying for their protection physically, emotionally, and spiritually.

Prayer

Dear Heavenly Father, protect our grandchildren from:

•    Becoming addicted to alcohol, cigarettes, drugs, gambling, pornography, or other forms of additions.

•  Being taught in the lie that Jesus is nothing more than a good teacher. 

•    Being lured into “It must be okay if everyone else is doing it.”

•    Wandering aimlessly without a purpose in life.

•    The enemy’s traps, and when necessary, protect them from themselves.

•    Being charmed and intertwined in witchcraft, divination, magic, the world of fascinations, and the occult.    In Jesus’ name, Amen.

Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect. Romans 12:2 New Living Translation (NLT)