Answer For Today’s Culture

Spiritual warfare is intense today. Our grandchildren are growing up amid a morally and spiritually depraved culture. But God has provided an answer, a gift of intercessory prayer. An intercessor is one who intercedes in prayer on behalf of others. When we love others, we will want to intercede for them. We are responsible before God to pray for those God brings into our lives, which would be our children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren.

When our grandchildren are flirting with the world, just a scratch can contaminate them and grow into a major spiritual battle. Our younger grandchildren face temptations of lying, cheating, disobedience to parents, transgender lies, etc. Our teenage and young adult grandchildren need protection, as they tend to push the boundaries of a godly lifestyle amidst the sexual revolution. The devil is deceptive, and he tries to distract them from walking with the Lord. 

I often hear grandparents talking about their concern for their grandchildren growing up in our troubled fragmented world. Our grandchildren are inheriting a morally depraved culture unraveling, as grandparents, we cannot protect them in school and their various activities. 

However, God is calling grandparents to help the next generation navigate in today’s world. It isn’t easy because we have an adversary; the enemy is trying to destroy the next generation and us. We can model a godly lifestyle and intentionally pray for them.

However, we can pray our grandchildren will:

•    Invite Jesus Christ into their heart and experience the adventure of a full, purposeful, and fruitful life.

•    Guard their hearts and be aware of God’s presence with them.

•    Recognize the deception and evil in this world.

•    Be strong in their faith so they can resist the enemy.

•    See themselves as God sees them full of promise, possibility, and potentiality. 

We can also ask God for our grandchildren to:

•    Know the Truth, God’s Word, only the Truth will set them free.

•    Shower, our grandchildren with blessings that exceed our dreams.

•    Place a hedge of protection over our children and grandchildren physically, emotionally, and spiritually each day.

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Lillian Penner is the author of Grandparenting with a Purpose: Effective Ways to Pray for Your Grandchildren in English and Spanish. She has been on staff with the Christian Grandparenting Network prayer ministry for fourteen years, developing prayer cards, grandparents@Prayer groups, and the Grandparenting Day of Prayer. She has a passion for praying intentionally for her grandchildren and desires to share that passion with other grandparents.

An avid blogger, Lillian breaks into smiles if you ask about her thirteen grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. She and her husband, John, live in Portland, Oregon, where they are active in church ministries. They were both raised in Christian homes and desire to pass their godly heritage to their future generations. She and her husband enjoy traveling, Southern Gospel music but most of all, enjoy spending time with their family.

Article Lillian Penner, and Photo By Samuel Martins, Published With Permission