Prayer Suggestions for Grandparents

The prayer of a righteous man (grandparent) is powerful and effective.  James 5:16b

Impress the Meaning

by Lillian Penner, CGN National Prayer Coordinator

Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.  These commandments that I give you today are to be upon your hearts.  Impress them on your children.  Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.

Deuteronomy 5:5-7

We as grandparents can impress the true meaning of Christmas on our grandchildren. It’s a great time to talk about the birth of Jesus and the reason He came to the world.

A few suggestions:

• Pray that in the midst of the fun filled activities of the Christmas season they will learn the true meaning of Christmas.

• Pray that God will give you ideas how you can talk about the reason Christmas is celebrated and make it meaningful to them.

• Ask their parents what you can do to impress the Christmas meaningful to the little ones.

• Give a gift that will help them learn more about Jesus, such as Christian magazines, books, DVD’s or etc.

• Read the story of Jesus’ birth from the Bible to them or have them read it to you.

• Read stories about the true meaning of Christmas to them.

December 3, 2007

Lillian Ann Penner is a retired secretary from public high school in Bakersfield, CA. She and her husband, John, have been married 48 years and currently reside in Portland, OR.  They have three married sons and nine grandchildren.

Lillian has been active in church ministry for 45 years, and has led a "Heart to Heart" mentoring program for women, participated in a short term missions trip in Ukraine, volunteered at the Northwest Regional office of Wycliffe Translators, Jose Zayas Evangelistic Association, and Focus On the Family. Currently, she teaches a women's Bible study in her home church.