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Guest blog by Sherry Schumann If you wander through a Hallmark store during the final weeks of August, you’ll notice cards celebrating National Grandparents Day. You won’t find any cards for Grandparents Day of Prayer, even though its date coincides with National Grandparents Day. Grandparents [...]

The school bells are starting to ring, in fact, many of our grandchildren have already started back to school. The beginning of school can be very stressful with new teachers, new classmates, and for many a new school. They may have to adjust to new coaches, bus drivers, carpools and various [...]

      Here are some helpful suggestions to pray for your grandchildren on Grandparents’ Day of Prayer. This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. (1 John 5:14) Pray for their relationship with God: That at an early age [...]

We read in Luke 2:51, 52 “Then Jesus went down to Nazareth with his parents and was obedient to them. His mother treasured all these things in her heart. Jesus grew in wisdom and stature, and favor with God and men.” Here’s an excellent prayer for our younger grandchildren. Let’s pray [...]

It’s only 31 days until Grandparents’ Day of Prayer. I hope you have signed up to join us on Grandparents’ Day of Prayer. If you have not, and you have been thinking about it, we hope you will go to christiangrandparenting.net/grandparents-day-of-prayer/, The Christian Grandparenting Network [...]

 Scriptures about controlling anger.  These Scriptures show us that anger is not a good thing. A gentle answer turns away wrath. Ephesians 4:26  When you are angry, do not sin. And do not go on being angry all day. Colossians 3:8  But now put these things out of your life: anger, bad temper, [...]

Each year my husband and I take our granddaughters who live nearby for a “Back to School” lunch just before they go back to school. Today I took our granddaughter who lives nearby out to lunch because she is leaving next week to start her college adventure in Southern California. She is excited [...]

My husband and I had three grandchildren when I started to feel a passion for the urgency to pray for my grandchildren. While surfing on the Internet, God directed me to the Christian Grandparenting Network. After sharing my passion with them, they invited me to become their National Prayer [...]

The privilege to pray is a gift from God. Paul wrote in Philippians 4:6, “Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done.” I have found when I pray according to God’s Word, I am in line with His will. I not only find [...]

 “A gentle turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger” Proverbs 15:1  Pray your grandchildren will learn to control themselves when angry. It’s all right to get angry, but we must learn to control our anger. If you are around your grandchildren when they get mad share with them how [...]