The Most Powerful Thing We Can Do!

Of course as grandmas - or grandpas, moms or dads - we love our grandchildren/children and would do anything we can to protect them. There are, however; times when there is nothing we can physically do. This does not mean we can do nothing. We can pray. 

While we might thing praying is not really "doing" anything, it is actually the most powerful thing we can do, because when we can not do anything "physically" for those we love, God can . . . and will! He promises to not just hear our prayers, but to listen to them! And He promises to not just listen, but to answer!

Take some time today to read Jeremiah 29:10-14a and pray it for the children you love. It is one of the passages in my book; Deeper In 4 Grandparents & Parents, Too! Praying the Scriptures for the Children You Love - Old Testament Edition. To help you pray this passage for your grandchildren, I'm posting this prayer for you today!

Week 49 - Read – Jeremiah 29:10-14a

Pay attention to –

·         What does this passage tell me about the plans God has for me?

·         What do I learn about calling upon God in this passage?

·         What do I especially like about this passage?

·         What do I not like or do not understand?

·         How does this passage help me know God better?

·         What will I do to live this passage today?

Prayer  -

Dear God, on this day I want to thank You for Your good promises which You keep; You are such a good and amazing God! I am so encouraged to know You know the plans You have for me and these plans are for my good, not plans which harm me. Thank You for Your plans which give me hope and a future. When I read about how You want me to call on You and pray, I am amazed. It is even more wonderful to know You promise to listen to my prayers. Thank You for listening to my prayers! I want to seek You and am so happy to know when I seek You with all of my heart You promise to be found. Thank You for Your promises!

Please help my grandchildren/children understand and experience how You keep Your good promises; You are such a good and amazing God! Please help them see how You know You know the plans You have for them and these plans are for their good, not plans which harm them; I pray they will be able to trust You, even when they can not yet see the good. Thank You for Your plans which give my grandchildren/children hope and a future. When they read about how You want them to call on You and pray, please give them the desire to talk with You. I pray on this day they will be encouraged to know You promise to listen to their prayers. Please give them hearts which want to seek You and cause them to experience the joy of knowing when they seek You with all of their heart You promise You will be found. Thank You for Your promises! 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 want to thank You for Your good promises which You keep; You are such a good and amazing God! Please help my grandchildren/children understand and experience how You keep Your good promises.  How does it change the way I look at today to know God keeps his good promises? What are some of God’s promises which He has kept? Do I pay attention and notice when God keeps one of His promises? Pray my grandchildren /children will be able to see and recognize when God keeps a promise and will see how Good He is.

·         Monday – I am so encouraged to know You know the plans You have for me and these plans are for my good, not plans which harm me. Please help my grandchildren /children see how You know You know the plans You have for them and these plans are for their good, not plans which harm them; I pray they will be able to trust You, even when they can not yet see the good. How does it change the way I look at this day to know God has a plan for me, He knows His plans and they are plans for my good, not plans to harm me? Do I know God’s plan for me? Am I following His plan?  Pray my grandchildren /children will be encouraged to know God has a good plan for them and will be able to trust Him, even when they can not yet see the good.

·         Tuesday – Thank You for Your plans which give me and my grandchildren/children hope and a future. How does God’s plan give me hope and a future? If I do not yet know God’s good plan for me, how does it make me feel to know it is a plan which will give me hope and a future? Pray my grandchildren/children will experience how God’s good plan for them gives them hope and a future.

·         Wednesday – When I read about how You want me to call on You and pray, I am amazed. When my grandchildren/children read about how You want them to call on You and pray, please give them the desire to talk with You. Does it change the way I look at and think about prayer for me to know God wants me to call on Him? Am I serious about talking with Him? Pray my grandchildren /children will have hearts which want to talk with God and will be amazed when they understand God wants them to do so.

·         Thursday – It is even more wonderful to know You promise to listen to my prayers. Thank You for listening to my prayers! I pray on this day my grandchildren/children will be encouraged to know You promise to listen to their prayers. How does it change the way I look at prayer to know God promises to listen to my prayers? Am I truly thankful to know God listens to my prayers? Pray my grandchildren/children will be encouraged to know God promises to listen to them when they pray.

·         Friday – I want to seek You. Please give my grandchildren/children hearts which want to seek You. Do I really want to seek God? How does it change my life for me to seek God? Can others tell by the way I live, I am serious about seeking God? Pray my grandchildren/children will have hearts which want to seek God.

·         Saturday - I am so happy to know when I seek You with all of my heart You promise to be found. Please cause my grandchildren /children to experience the joy of knowing when they seek You with all of their heart You promise You will be found.  How does it impact my choice to seek God for me to know He promises I will find Him? How does it change the way I live today if I seek God with all my heart? Do I seek Him with all my heart? Pray my grandchildren/children will experience the joy of seeking God with all their hearts and finding Him.