47 archives found for "Praying grandparents"

Recently I received an email from a grandmother who was asking me to pray with her because she was estranged from her granddaughter. Her heart is broken, finding it very difficult to deal with the situation, like many grandparents do today.  When we reach the mid-life years of our lives we [...]

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 want to invite you to become a part [...]

Does the song “I’ll be home for Christmas” ¹ Frank Sinatra made famous in the ’50s, makes you blue and gloomy because you are not going to see all of your children and grandchildren during this Christmas season make you sad? Grandparents love to be with their loved ones to celebrate [...]

In the Northwest, we have excellent autumn weather with great colors, seeing beautiful reds, oranges, yellows, and golden leaves. The other day while driving down the street, seeing the beautiful trees, I was reminded of the seasons we experience each year and compared them to our [...]

It’s hard to believe it’s time for school to start, with some already starting and others starting soon. So many things are up in the air as children wearing masks in school, getting vaccines, curriculum, etc. We’re starting to see the first day of school pictures on Facebook. The [...]

Will you join me to pray the 30 – Day Prayer Challenge starting August 12, 30 days before Grandparents’ Day of Prayer? Spiritual battles require spiritual weapons. The most potent weapon in our arsenal is prayer.  We need to get on our knees, humble ourselves, seek God’s face, repent [...]

Let’s make Grandparents Day on September 12, 2021, a Day of Prayer for our grandchildren and their parents Today the Judeo-Christian foundation of our nation is being attacked like never before: educationally, socially, financially, politically, racially, and spiritually. It is going to [...]

God blessed my husband and me with nine grandchildren ranging in age from eighteen to thirty-nine years of age now. For many years, I felt my prayers for them were too general because I  was often unaware of what was going on in their lives as a long-distance grandmother of [...]

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 [...]

Let’s make Grandparents Day on September 12, 2021, a Day of Prayer for our grandchildren and their parents Today the Judeo-Christian foundation of our nation is being attacked like never before: educationally, socially, financially, politically, racially, and spiritually. It is going to be [...]