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As a grandparent, you have a powerful impact on your grandchildren's lives. And the most important pathway is prayer. Steve and Annie Chapman offer you these heartwarming stories and thoughtful prayers for inspiration. You'll read about...a bullied schoolboy who discovers home is a safe haven. God, I pray my grandchildren will know love instead of hate, cheers instead of jeers, and mercy instead of judgment.a grandparent's insights on helping grandkids honor their parents. Heavenly Father, I pray You'll open my grandchildren's eyes to how their good behavior blesses others.a grandchild's response when asked if she'd ripped a page from The Little Engine That Could. "I think I did, I think I did, I think I did." Lord, thank You for laughter. I pray my grandchildren's gladness will be found in You.God gives you the amazing privilege of going to Him for your grandchildren. What a blessing!

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Publié par	Harvest House Publishers, Inc.
Date de parution	01 août 2015
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9780736953153
Langue	English

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HARVEST HOUSE PUBLISHERS
EUGENE, OREGON
Scripture quotations and biblical references are from these versions:
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Cover design by Koechel Peterson Associates, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Cover photo Maria Teijeiro / Thinkstock
52 PRAYERS FOR MY GRANDCHILD
Copyright 2015 Steve and Annie Chapman
Published by Harvest House Publishers
Eugene, Oregon 97402
www.harvesthousepublishers.com
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Chapman, Steve.
52 prayers for my grandchild / Steve and Annie Chapman.
pages cm
ISBN 978-0-7369-5314-6 (pbk.)
ISBN 978-0-7369-5315-3 (eBook)
1. Grandparents-Religious life. 2. Grandparenting-Religious aspects-Christianity. 3. Grandparents-Prayers and devotions. I. Title. II. Title: Fifty-two prayers for my grandchild.
BV4528.5.C43 2015
242 .845-dc23
2014038258
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Dedication
To our treasures, who joined our family in this order:
Lily Anne
Josephine Tish
Sylvia Grace
Nathalie Margaret
Williamson George
We also extend this dedication to any grands and great-grands who might come later.
Contents
Dedication
Acknowledgments
A Grandparent s Prayer
A Note from Steve and Annie
1. Discovering Jesus
2. Calling God Daddy
3. Escaping Sin
4. Resting in Tranquility
5. Achieving Good Health
6. Knowing God s Word
7. Feeling Safe and Secure
8. Honoring Their Parents
9. Overcoming Obstacles
10. Enjoying Laughter
11. Receiving God s Grace
12. Understanding Forgiveness
13. Choosing Courage
14. Letting God Be in Control
15. Finding Good Friends
16. Sowing for a Good Harvest
17. Working for the Lord
18. Finding Their Song
19. Honoring God and His Name
20. Depending on Jesus
21. Developing Self-Discipline
22. Exploring Their Gifts
23. Sharing Jesus
24. Slaying Envy and Jealousy
25. Living Without Secrets
26. Representing Their Faith
27. Giving Away God s Compassion
28. Praising God No Matter What
29. Planning for the Future
30. Embracing Marriage
31. Trusting God s Love and Grace
32. Seeking Truth
33. Adapting to God s Timing
34. Admiring God s Handiwork
35. Guarding Against Pornography
36. Making God Their Refuge
37. Protecting Their Faith
38. Learning to Be Content
39. Trusting God with Dreams
40. Connecting with Believers
41. Revealing Jesus
42. Getting Ready for Danger
43. Helping Others
44. Avoiding Addictions
45. Navigating Life s Seas
46. Saying No to Sex
47. Doing God s Will
48. Using Time Wisely
49. Celebrating God and Making Memories
50. Finishing Well
51. Enduring Faith
52. Praying for Them
Lyric Credits
Acknowledgments
We d like to say thank-you to
our children and their spouses for providing the joy of the grandchildren who have blessed our home.
our parents who taught us that the role of a parent is to leave a good legacy while a grandparent leaves good memories.
our grandchildren for the way they make our hearts smile.
the Harvest House Publishers staff for inviting us to make public the hopes and prayers we have for our grandchildren.
Ed and Sharon Ditto for the use of their beautiful and peace-filled cabin in the hills of Tennessee where much of this book was written.
A Grandparent s Prayer
Thank You, Lord, I ve seen my children s children,
Heaven s love in flesh and bone.
Oh, how sweet it is to hear them laughing
Where it s been quiet far too long.
Lord, I pray for these treasures
You have given to my years.
Until they meet You in forever
Take their hand and keep them near.
Lord, I pray when they get older
And my name comes to their minds,
May it be the one thing they remember-
They saw Your blessed face in mine. 1
A Note from Steve and Annie
Annie and I are musicians who travel the United States sharing the importance of faith and family. When our son, Nathan, and daughter, Heidi, were very young, they traveled with us. On one trip to the state of Texas, we stopped in to see some friends who lived in Houston. While we visited in their kitchen, Nathan, who was around five years old at the time, found his way to the backyard and began to explore the premises.
As we enjoyed the conversation with our friends, I could see Nathan through the kitchen window. I felt relieved that he was free of the confines of our van and could stretch his little legs. Suddenly I saw something that made me nearly choke on my ice water. I jumped up abruptly and ran to the back door. I had to get to my little boy!
Without knowing what pain lurked in the dome-shaped mound just a foot or two from him, Nathan was approaching a nest of fire ants. To him, the sandy mound looked like a small mountain of fun to play in. To me, it looked like major trouble.
I opened the door of the house and ran toward Nathan. At the last second before he reached for the pile of dirt, I scooped up my little guy and headed to the patio. If I d waited just a few more ticks of the clock, Nathan would have been covered with angry ants that would have inflicted the kind of pain no one wants to suffer.
Recently Annie and I talked about the incident and what terrible pain our son could have experienced in that Texas backyard all those years ago. It still makes us shudder to imagine the amount of poisonous venom that would have been injected into his tender skin. We re utterly grateful that one of us was there for him and saw the impending danger he faced so disaster could be avoided.
Today, we have grandchildren who are, so to speak, exploring the backyard of today s world. From the vantage point of our window of life experience, we recognize many of the dangers that threaten them. While we re not their parents, we re aware that we have the God-ordained privilege of being watchful in prayer over our grandchildren by going to Him on behalf of their spiritual, emotional, and physical well-being.
We re glad you re joining us on this enjoyable and important journey. These prayers are products of our sincere desire that our grandchildren (and yours!) will in all respects prosper and be in good health, just as [their] soul prospers (3 John 2). We hope you ll pray these powerful, biblically based words over your grandchildren for a long time.
Before we get started in praying for our grandchildren, we hope you ll unite with us as we pray

Grandparents Prayer
As grandparents, we humbly and fully submit ourselves to You, heavenly Father. We ask You to create in us clean hearts and renew a right spirit within us. Give us clean hands and pure hearts so when we approach Your throne on behalf of our grandchildren, we ll find Your mercy and grace in time of need. Please grant us the strength to throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles us. Help us daily fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith.
We come near to You because You promised You would come near to us. It s wonderful to be close to You. We ve made You, sovereign Lord, our refuge. And we ll tell our grandchildren of Your deeds.
On our own, we re unworthy of Your listening ear, but You tell us that in our weakness Your power is made perfect and we re made stronger in You. Not by our might nor by our power is this done, but by Your Spirit.
Father, we trust in You with all our hearts and do not depend on our own understanding, but we ll seek Your will in all we do. We pray that You ll show us which paths to take. Only as we follow You and depend on Your strength will we be in the best position to bring our grandchildren to You in prayer.
We know You re able to do for our grandchildren far more abundantly than all we could ask or even think about. We re relying on Your power at work within us and within them.
We praise You, God. We won t forget Your benefits. Thank You for forgiving our sins through Your Son, Jesus Christ. You heal our diseases and redeem our lives from the pit. You crown us with love and compassion. We re grateful that You re compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in love. You require clean hands and a pure heart, and we find comfort knowing that with Your cleansing and refining fire at work within us, we can stand before You.
Thank You for hearing and answering our prayers.
In Jesus name we pray, amen.
Psalm 51:10; Psalm 24:3-4; Hebrews 4:16; Hebrews 12:1-2; Hebrews 12:2; James 4:8; 2 Corinthians 12:9; Zechariah 4:6; Proverbs 3:5-6; Ephesians 3:20-21; Psalm 103:1-8; Psalm 24:4; Hebrews 10:19-