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Grandparents with a Purpose: Effective Ways to Pray Effectively for your Grandchildren will make a great Christmas Gift for any grandparent. In fact, you will love it for yourself.  I have been a grandmother for over 35 years. God has given me a passion to intentionally pray for my grandchildren, [...]

Additional prayer helps: I have developed “Thirty-one Scriptures to Pray for Grandchildren”. Many grandparents are using these Scripture to pray for their grandchildren. Just by joining the mailing list on the right side of this page you will receive grandparenting blogs and prayer suggestions [...]

Wishing you a Blessed Thanksgiving. I thank God for You and your overwhelming response  to the “Grandparenting with a Purpose” blog and Facebook page May God bless you richly as you pray for your grandchildren and their parents.  Lillian Penner, Co-Prayer Director for Christian Grandparenting [...]

Today our grandchildren are growing up in a self-centered and entitlement culture. Grandparents can encourage them to think of others and not just what is best for them. One of the ways we can encourage them in this area is their friendships. Friends are important to a child’s development. It [...]

I am also thankful for the spiritual legacy my great-grandfather left for me. He didn’t leave me finances or heirlooms but a spiritual trust fund, a foundation for future generations. My great-grandfather lived in Poland; he went through the motions of becoming a church member but did not have a [...]

Scriptures to Pray for College Students College students need praying grandparents who will intentionally pray for them. This portion of their journey may be difficult since they have many decisions to make.  Such as management of their time for their studies, making new friends, living with [...]

Have you struggled in your role as a grandparent? If you are you are not alone. There are 80 million grandparents in the United States. Many are struggling to navigate the culture, which their grandchildren think is normal. My friend, Catherine Jacobs recently published her book, Pass the Legacy, 7 [...]

God has given us an instruction book to live the adventure of following Him. Let’s make sure our grandchildren know God’s Word is a foundation for their lives.  If our grandchildren obey His instructions, they will be firmly anchored, and evil people will not drag them into sin. If possible, [...]

Just as David was chosen for his generation, God has positioned us, as grandparents for this generation with our personality and gifts for our families. We read in Acts 16:36 “ David served God’s purpose in his generation.” Moses told the Israelites  “Only be careful, and watch yourselves [...]

Guard Relationship with God  If we really believe God values our hearts enough to give His son to die for us, we along with our grandchildren must guard our hearts. God desires for our grandkids and us to handle our hearts as His treasure, holding it tight and not being careless. We can pray and [...]