Answer for Today’s Culture?

Spiritual warfare is intense today our grandchildren are growing up amid a morally and spiritually depraved culture. But God has provided an answer, a gift of intercessory prayer. An intercessor is one who intercedes in prayer on behalf of others. When we love others, we will want to intercede for them. We are responsible before God to pray for those God brings into our lives, which would be our children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren.

When our grandchildren are flirting with the world, just a scratch can contaminate them and grow into a major spiritual battle. Our younger grandchildren face temptations of lying, cheating, disobedience to parents, transgender lies, etc. Our teenage and young adult grandchildren need protection, as they tend to push the boundaries of a godly lifestyle amidst the sexual revolution. The devil is deceptive, and he tries to distract them from walking with the Lord. 

I often hear grandparents talking about their concern for their grandchildren growing up in our troubled fragmented world. Our grandchildren are inheriting a morally depraved culture unraveling, as grandparents, we cannot protect them in school and their various activities. 

However, God is calling grandparents to help the next generation navigate in today’s world. It isn’t easy because we have an adversary; the enemy is trying to destroy the next generation and us. We can model a godly lifestyle and intentionally pray for them.

However, we can pray our grandchildren will:

•    Invite Jesus Christ into their heart and experience the adventure of a full, purposeful, and fruitful life.

•    Guard their hearts and be aware of God’s presence with them.

•    Recognize the deception and evil in this world.

•    Be strong in their faith so they can resist the enemy.

•    see themselves as God sees them full of promise, possibility, and potentiality. 

We can also ask God for our grandchildren to:

•    Know the Truth, God’s Word, only the Truth will set them free.

•    Shower, our grandchildren with blessings that exceed our dreams.

•    Place a hedge of protection over our children and grandchildren physically, emotionally, and spiritually each day.

By Lillian Penner, Co-Prayer Director for Christian Grandparenting Network, pennerlp@gmail.com

For additional suggestions of how to pray for your grandchildren, check out Grandparenting with a Purpose: Effective Ways to Pray for your Grandchildren by Lillian Penner. It will challenge you and give you more creative ideas to pray intentionally for your grandchildren. From cell phones to photo prayer journals, you will find tools that will work for you. The book is available on this website.