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During the summer, many grandparents vacation with their grandchildren. It is an excellent opportunity to spend extra time with the possibility of quality interaction. Now imagine you are camping with your grandchildren in the mountains. You have cooked your campfire stew for dinner, and you are [...]

  June is known as the month for weddings. Here are some suggestions you can pray for your married grandchildren and/or your married children, too. Pray, they will: Understand how incredibly great God’s power is to help them if they ask Him. Establish spiritual disciplines as part of their [...]

What Does the Dash Represent? When we go back to visit family in Oklahoma, I like to go to the cemetery to visit the gravesites of my parents and grandparents. As I was looking at my grandmother’s tombstone, I read: MARIA WARKENTIN WIEBE March 7, 1880 – June 14, 1959  Have you ever thought [...]

Here are some suggestions to pray for your teenagers and young adults. Teenagers, pray they will: Be motivated, disciplined, and challenged to apply themselves in their studies in order to excel academically. Experience the reality of Jesus Christ in their lives, as they grow strong in their faith. [...]

On May 28 we will celebrate Memorial Day in the United States. Memorial Day honors U.S. men and women who died while in military service to their country. If you do not live in the U.S., your country may have another day, which you honor your soldiers who have died in a war. This year as we [...]

 The way our grandchildren respond to others is important. Getting along with others is a big part of having success in school, relationships, and their work experience. Learning to get along with one’s siblings is a good place to learn to get along with others. Learning to control their [...]

Have you heard about a Photo Prayer Journal for your grandchildren? Today I would like to share with you about the Photo Prayer Journal. A number of years ago I developed a Photo Prayer Journal, finding it very meaningful as I was praying for my grandchildren. Many grandmothers have shared with me [...]

Our Grandchildren need intentional praying grandparents to pray for them to have open hearts to seek God with all their hearts and not stray from the instructions of God’s Word. Prayer is one of the most powerful gifts that God has given us. It gives us direct access to seek guidance, comfort, [...]

When I was a young woman, I had many opportunities to visit my widowed grandmother while I attended college in her town. She told me that as she grieved my grandfather’s death, she would place her trust in God to care for her. She also said God sustained her each day, by claiming the promise [...]

Suggestions to Pray for Grandchildren to be Known for their Actions in School “Even a child is known by his actions, by whether his conduct is pure and right.” Proverbs 20:11 Pray your grandchildren will learn to follow instructions and conduct themselves with right behavior. Encourage your [...]