Do you have a broken heart about our broken nations?

In the book of Nehemiah, we meet a man of God with a broken heart because of his broken nation. He searched and sought evidence about its condition from people who had been there, seen its destruction, and those in “great distress” living in the shadows of its rubble. His response is an example for all of us; “I sat down and wept and mourned for days, and I was fasting and praying before the God of heaven.” (Nehemiah 1:4)

He inspected the trouble and rubble for himself, ensuring he acted on truth and not rumor. Then he rallied the people of God to come together and work together to reconstruct the walls and assemble them for worship and reading the Word of God.

In many ways, our nations are in deep need of a “Nehemiah Response.” Torn down and torn apart by the pandemic, prejudice, politics, chaos, destruction, and pain, our nations are in trouble! As followers of Jesus and prayer warriors in His spiritual army, our frontline, the first response should always be PRAYER. We should respond like Nehemiah.

Thus, we will not let these distract us from our annual Grandparents’ Day of Prayer on National Grandparents’ Day. Grandparents will unite in prayer for our grandchildren and their parents. Perhaps no other time in our history has a call to prayer been more critical for grandparents as it is today.Grandparents need to be intentional about prayer and avail its power to keep the hearts and minds of their grandchildren from falling captive to the enemy’s deception. We are engaged in a spiritual battle that requires prayer as its weapon.

Will you join grandparents around the world for our Grandparents’ Day of Prayer? We will intentionally pray for our dear grandchildren and their parent’s facing attacks from the enemy.

Please follow my blogs for information for the upcoming Grandparents Day of Prayer. To learn more, go to https://christiangrandparenting.com/prayer/grandparents-day-of-prayer/

By Lillian Penner, Coordinator for Grandparents Day of Prayer, lpenner@christiangrandparenting.net