652 archives found for "Grandparents, Grandchildren, Challenges"

Dear Lord, I pray ________________ will be aware of God’s love surrounding my grandchildren, when they are playing or at school or anywhere else. I pray _____________ will learn to understand that God has promised He will always be there and never forsake him/her. In Jesus’ name. Psalms 32:10 [...]

In his book, “Fearless” Max Lucado writes, “Prayer is the saucer into which parental fears are poured to cool. Jesus says so little about our parenting makes no comments about spanking, breastfeeding, sibling rivalry, or schooling. His actions speak volumes about prayer. Bring your children [...]

Dear Lord, I pray _______________ will grow in his/her awareness of Jesus, learning to place his/her trust in Him and not depend on his/her own thinking. In Jesus’ name.  Proverbs 3:5 Lillian Penner, Co-director of the prayer ministry of Christian Grandparenting Network, pennerlp@gmail.com [...]

 God blessed my husband and me with nine grandchildren between the ages of seven to twenty-eight years. As a long-distance grandmother for many years, I felt my prayers were too general since I was unaware of what was going on in their lives. I prayed God would bless them. Ultimately, I became [...]

Pray your grandchildren will learn to ask God to help them make decisions. Their decisions may seem small to us, but they may appear significant to them. Share with them about how you ask God to help you with your decisions. By Lillian Penner, Co-director of the Prayer Ministry of Christian [...]

Years ago, Esther stood in the gap for her people, the Jews when their lives were physically threatened. Today grandparents can stand in the gap with prayer for their grandchildren in the same way as their spiritual lives are threatened. I would like to invite you to become a part of a Grandparents [...]

  New Years is always a good time to set a focused effort for the coming year. I plan to spend more time intentionally praying for my grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Do you have a plan to pray for your grandchildren in 2018 with purpose? I would like to challenge you to start 2018 with [...]

We had our family Christmas gathering last night, in which we included a birthday cake for Jesus and sang “Happy birthday”. My four-year-old great-granddaughter was thrilled to blow out the candles. Later that evening when her parents were putting her to bed she prayed that Jesus would not [...]

The fragrances of holiday scented candles, cookies baking, and the pine Christmas trees are always inviting when walking into the house this time of the year. Recently I was watching the Food channel, and they were talking about how different foods bring memories to our minds. The fragrances of [...]

One of our family traditions is to have a birthday cake for Jesus at our Christmas family gathering. The birthday cake is always a big hit with the children. They love blowing out the candles and singing “Happy birthday to Jesus “an excellent way to teach them about celebrating the birthday of [...]