Pray for the parents of your grandchildren.

Our children are responsible for parenting our grandchildren in these insecure, unstable times we live in today. Young families are busy with their jobs, church, and children’s activities. They have many distractions in their marriage, employment, and parenting.  

Satan’s purpose in today’s broken world is to destroy the family. It is important that we pray God will give our children wisdom and time management in their monumental task of guiding our grandchildren in the ways of the Lord, in a biblical worldview.

Prayer

Dear Lord, first, I want to thank you for the parents of my grandchildren. Help my children value their children the same way You value them.  I pray they will commit to the responsibility. You gave them to teach the children to love You and train them according to Your parenting manual, God’s Word. Give our children wisdom to manage their time so they can take the time to teach our grandchildren the ways of the Lord. Give them wisdom on how to nurture and care for the children. I pray they will be loving and caring parents. May the children see their home and family as a “safe place.” Help them to rule their home well, not provoking the children to anger. Help them to be fair and understand the children as You understand us. Pour out your Spirit upon my children, as they parent my dear grandchildren. Bless their homes. In Jesus’ name. Amen.

PS:  I have developed “Thirty-one Scriptures to Pray for Grandchildren,” which many grandparents have found helpful in praying Scripture for their grandchildren. Just by joining the mailing list on this page, you will receive blogs about grandparenting and suggestions to pray for your grandchildren.  I will email you a free downloadable copy of “Thirty-one Scriptures to Pray for your Grandchildren,” which you can print. 

Lillian Penner, Lillian has been the Prayer Coordinator for Christian Grandparenting Network for many years. She is a speaker, blogger, and authored Grandparenting with a Purpose: Effective Ways to Pray for your Grandchildren” She and her husband have three sons, nine grandchildren, and six great-grandchildren.