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The excitement of a first time grandparent is always the beginning of a new journey. As most grandparents, I was very excited to become a grandparent even though I was only 42 years old. Now I have 9 grandchildren with 3 married and 2 great-grandchildren and each additional family member brings [...]

 Pray for your grandchildren to show their love for God  with their obedience to Him. John [...]

I would like to share a guest blog that I found to help parents pray for their teenagers on the iMOM.com website. Grandparents often ask me, “How can I pray for my teenager?” I think this will be a great resource for grandparents to pray for their teenagers. Check out the website and share with [...]

We all love to celebrate Easter with our children. There’s nothing cuter than new spring outfits, colorful eggs, and fuzzy bunnies, right? But it’s important to keep our children aware of the real meaning of Easter: the resurrection of Jesus Christ, which is the cornerstone even in [...]

Today our nation is being attacked like never before educationally, socially, financially and spiritually. Christianity itself is under assault, and parents and grandparents are involved in a tug of war for the hearts and minds of their children. Life for young parents has never been as difficult, [...]

  Many grandparents want ideas of how to be involved in their grandkids lives. Today I want to share a guest blog written by Diane E. Butts that I found on the 1 Corinthians 13 Parenting blog.” The link is http://www.1corinthians13parenting.com. Christian grandparents have a deep desire, [...]

I recently heard of an excellent idea for grandparents to use for Valentines for their grandchildren that I would like to share with you. For example, send them a Valentine with two five-dollar bills (or whatever amount you desire.) One five-dollar bill is your love gifts to them, the other [...]

In praying Scripture, I have not only find myself in intimate communication with God, but my mind is being renewed to think His thoughts about the situation for which I am praying, instead of my own thoughts. Ultimately, God shrinks the situation that I thought was overwhelming and impossible to a [...]

We often go through seasons in our prayer lives where we do not take the time to read and meditate on God’s Word or to pray intentionally for our grandchildren or ourselves, as we should. We may pray, but our prayers may become humdrum, repetitive, or pointless. That was my experience a number of [...]

Today I would like to share with you a presentation of The Candymaker’s Gift produced by my friends David and Helen Haidle. The Candymaker’s Gift is an excellent story to share with your grandchildren during this Christmas season about the real meaning of Christmas. You can show it to them or [...]