In this book you'll find 52 weeks of Scripture passages which have been personalized into prayers for yourself and for the children you love. These prayers are then divided into seven parts so you can focus on the passage and prayer for a week and pray it more specifically.
To help you see what Deeper In 4 Grandparents & Parents, Too! is all about, I thought I'd share one week with you . . .
Week 38 - Read – Psalm 100
Pay attention to –
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What does
this passage tell me about praising God?
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What do I
learn about why I worship God in this passage?
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What do I
especially like about this passage?
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What do I
not like or do not understand?
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How does
this passage help me know God better?
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What will
I do to live this passage today?
Prayer -
Dear God,
on this day I choose to shout for joy to You! I want to worship You, the LORD,
with gladness and come before You with joyful songs! I know You, LORD, are God.
You made me and I am Yours; I belong to You and am the sheep of Your pasture. I
want to enter Your gates with thanksgiving and Your courts with praise! I give
thanks to You and praise Your name for You, LORD, are good and Your love lasts
forever! I praise You for Your faithfulness which continues through all
generations!
Please
help my grandchildren/children have hearts so filled with joy, they can not
help but to shout with joy to You! Please cause them to worship You with
gladness and know they can come before You with joyful songs. As they go
through this day, please help them come to know You more and as they do, know
You are God, You made them and they are Yours. Please fill their hearts with joy
at knowing they belong to You; You are their Shepherd and they are Your sheep.
Please help them follow You and want to enter Your courts with thanksgiving and
praise. The more they get to know You, please help them be ever more thankful
because they know how good you are and they know Your love lasts forever! Please help them experience Your faithfulness
which they learned about from their grandparents/parents and be committed to
pass this truth on one day to their own children. Thank You for Your great love
for us; I love You, too. Amen!
Focus for the Week –
Make this your prayer in the coming week and as you go
through your day, make it a point to draw your thoughts to the following focus
. . .
- Sunday – Dear God, on this day I choose to shout for joy to You! Please
help my grandchildren /children have hearts so filled with joy, they can
not help but to shout with joy to You! How will it change my
life today for me to be a person who chooses to shout for joy to God? What
will it look like for me to “shout for joy to God”? Pray my
grandchildren/children will be people who are joyful and who praise God
with their joy.
- Monday – I
want to worship God with gladness and come before Him with joyful songs!
Please cause my grandchildren/children to worship You with gladness and
know they can come before You with joyful songs. How does worshiping God with
gladness change my everyday life? What will I do to come before God with
joyful songs today? How will I worship God today? Pray my
grandchildren/children will be people who worship God in a genuine and
real way with gladness and joy.
- Tuesday – I know God is God. As
they go through this day, please help my grandchildren/children come to
know You more and as they do, know You are God. How does it
change my life for me to be a person who knows God is God? How does
knowing this change the way I live today? Pray my grandchildren/children
will not be deceived, but will know the truth; God is God.
- Wednesday – God
made me and I am His; I belong to Him; I am one of His sheep! As
they go through this day, please help my grandchildren/children come to
know You made them and they are Yours. Please fill their hearts with joy
at knowing they belong to You; You are their Shepherd and they are Your
sheep. How does it change the way I live today
if I know God made me and I belong to Him? Take some time to make a list
of at least five ways God shows He is my Shepherd and He cares for me –
and spend time thanking God for these things! Pray my
grandchildren/children will know they belong to You; You are their
Shepherd and they are Your sheep. Please help them keep these truths in
mind as they make decisions today.
- Thursday – I want to enter God’s gates with thanksgiving and His courts
with praise! Please help my grandchildren/children follow You and want to
enter Your courts with thanksgiving and praise. What will I do today to “enter God’s gates with
thanksgiving and praise”? How can I have an attitude of thanksgiving and
praise today? What will this look like? How will it change my life for me
to be a thankful and praise-filled person? Pray my grandchildren/children
will not only have an attitude of thanksgiving and praise today, but will
grow to be thankful people who follow God, but who also freely praise God.
- Friday – I
give thanks to God and praise His name for He is good and His love lasts
forever! The more they get to know You, please help them be ever
more thankful because they know how good You are and they know Your love
lasts forever! How does it change the way I live
today for me to know God is Good and His love lasts forever? What specifically, will I do
today to thank and praise God for His never-ending love? Pray my
grandchildren/children will grow to be people who know God is good and
experience His never-ending love and as they do they will be ever more
thankful.
- Saturday – I
praise God for His faithfulness which continues through all generations!
Please help my grandchildren/children experience Your faithfulness
which they learned about from their grandparents /parents and be committed
to pass this truth on one day to their own children. What will my life look like
today if I really believe God’s faithfulness continues through all
generations? How will I praise God today for His never-ending
faithfulness? Pray my grandchildren/children will choose to love, know and
walk with God and will one day be faithful to pass on a heritage of faith
to their own children/grandchildren.
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