965 archives posted by "grandparenting"

Grandparenting with a Purpose: Effective Ways to Pray for your grandchildren would be an excellent Christmas gift for your friends who are grandparents. Even grandparents who already pray regularly for their grandchildren have been encouraged and discovered creative suggestions, from praying [...]

Guest blog by Lydia Harris Author of Preparing My Heart for Grandparenting: For Grandparents at Any Stage of the Journey, AMG Publishers, www.PreparingMyHeart.net. “I had so much fun,” my grandson said as he wearily climbed the stairs in our split-level home. We had invited [...]

As I was thinking about Halloween coming up at the end of this month, I started thinking of jack-o-lanterns, costumes, masks, etc. Children have a good time deciding who they are going to be and what they will wear as they go trick or treating and of course eating their treats. It reminded me of [...]

Since we are in the autumn season, I was reminded of my childhood, growing up on a wheat farm in Oklahoma. In the summer after the wheat harvest, my father would prepare the soil for the next year’s harvest and in the autumn, he would sow the wheat seed. Throughout the winter months, we would [...]

The only time Timothy’s grandmother Lois is mentioned in the Bible is that she passed on her faith to her daughter and grandson. Paul writes that she was a godly grandmother and gives us a glimpse of what caused Timothy to become a godly man, serving the Lord with Paul and writing two books of [...]

Have you every thought about how difficult it is for us when we try to call our Doctor or a business. We finally locate the telephone number, push the right buttons for their number, we get a recording listing a number for all the departments, then we select the department and very often, we are [...]

This past weekend, we were reminded of the tragedy our nation experienced ten years ago. It was a time to review the events and remember the many victims in our prayers. As our country is facing many difficult issues, it is easy to get discouraged, especially when we thinking of the world our [...]

Many of our grandchildren have already started school and the others will be going back to soon. Some of them are excited about going back to school but some are hesitate. On the September 11 is Grandparent’s Day of Prayer pray for your grandchildren to have a successful beginning for their new [...]

If Timothy’s grandmother Lois had not been faithful in passing on her faith to her daughter Eunice and grandson Timothy we would not have the books, First and Second Timothy in the Bible today. This is a good generational example of the importance of passing on the faith to future generations. [...]

Guest Blog by Cavin Harper, Executive Director of Christian Grandparenting Network Pray for Protection and Victory in the Battlefields of Life “Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. Put on the whole armor of God so that you may take your stand against the devil’s schemes” [...]