Praying for Your Grandchildren
Hi there Grandparents--here, there, and everywhere! I want to talk seriously to you about something that is on my heart. Have you read the headlines
or listened to the news lately? If so,
does the following Scripture line up with what is happening in the world today?
People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful,
proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, 3without love, unforgiving,
slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, 4treacherous, rash,
conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God— 5having a form of godliness
but denying its power. Have nothing to do with them. 2 Timothy 3:2-5 NIV
If you are like this grandparent, you can’t
help recognize the parallel with today’s happenings.
When do the Scriptures say these things will occur? Look back at 2 Timothy 3:1 and you will see
that it says “in the last days.” Could
it be that we are seeing signs warning us that Christ’s return is
imminent?
This is a very difficult time in history
and if the indications are correct, things will only get worse. Grandparents, this is a crucial time where we
need to be standing in the gap for our children, their spouses, and our
precious grandchildren. Because of that, I've asked guest blogger, Lillian Penner to share some pertinent information with you. You will have plenty of time to plan for the event she is going to be talking about. My prayer is that you will join us in this endeavor, wherever you are and whatever church you are in. Grandparents, let's stand in the gap for our grandchildren. Be watching the next few days for prayers that you can pray for your grandchildren.
In HIS love, Janet
From Lillian:
In HIS love, Janet
From Lillian:
Grandparent’s Day of Prayer
Christian Grandparenting Network is proclaiming
September 9, 2012 as Grandparent’s Day of Prayer.
Christian
Grandparenting Network is asking grandparents all over the world to
unite in prayer for their grandchildren on Sunday, September 9, 2012.
This date is the official United States National Grandparents Day designated by a Senate proclamation signed by President Jimmy Carter in 1978.
Our grandchildren are living in a moral and spiritually deprived climate navigating in a world hostile to truth. Satan
has launched an aggressive attack on all fronts using media,
technology, education, social influences and political pressures to
desensitize and cloud the boundaries of truth and righteousness that
hold nations and families together. Perhaps at no other time in our history is a call to prayer more urgently required than it is today for our grandchildren.
Grandparents are invited to stand in the gap together
for their grandchildren as Esther stood in the gap for her people in a
desperate time. The call is being issued for prayer warriors to link
arms and go to battle for the sake of the next generation in today’s
post-Christian culture.
The mission of Christian Grandparenting Network is
to promote effective grandparenting, which is intentional about helping
our children and grandchildren know and follow Christ wholeheartedly.
Christian Grandparenting Network is putting a call out to thousands of grandparents who will sign up to encourage group participation and pray individually on this special day of prayer. Everyone who signs up to participate in the Grandparent’s Day of Prayer will download a copy of Scriptures to Pray for your Grandchildren
“. . . all the believers lifted their voices together in prayer to God . . .” Acts 4:24 (NLT)
Sign up and become a participant in the worldwide movement to pray for our grandchildren on September 9, 2012.
Just
follow the following steps to partner with us to reach our grandkids for
Christ by uniting in prayer on Grandparents Day of Prayer.
How?
1. Start by signing up to unite in prayer with grandparents for their grandchildren on Grandparents Day of Prayer on the website www.christiangrandparenting.net/day-of-prayer.html
2. Help us promote this event by spreading the word on Face Bookand/or Twitter.
3. Send emails to your friends to inform them of Grandparents Day of Prayer.
4. Pass out business card sized invitations to your friends, available on this website.
5. Volunteers are needed to coordinate an event in their church or community.
6. Link to www.christiangrandparenting.net/day-of-prayer.html for additional information, guidelines, and handouts, available on this website.
7. Learn more about how to be a prayer advocate for your grandchildren in our weekly blogs on our website www.christiangrandparenting.net.
My desire is to get the information about the
Grandparents Day of Prayer to as many grandparents as possible. If you
can use some brochures and invitations, please let me know. Thank you so
much for your cooperation in spreading the information of the
Grandparents Day of Prayer.
Blessings,
Lillian Penner
National Prayer Coordinator
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