Month: March 2025

Prayer for Fourth Granddaughter

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Righteous Lord and Good Shepherd;

You brought this December girl into the world and gave her a force for living that is unrivaled in our brood of grandchildren. She “rules” with her energy, spunk, and boldness. She is the proverbial middle child fighter whose middle name happens to be “Joy!” An amazing combination!

Would You develop in her unity of mind, sympathy, brotherly love, tenderheartedness, and humility? Would You make her speech gracious and seasoned with salt? Would You make her a clear Christian apologist who is abundant in grace and mercy? Would you make her slow to anger and quick to serve others?

For one so young, her leadership qualities are already revealed to be formidable. I pray that she would use her strengths to encourage what is right and what is good. God, please use her “out-in-frontness” to achieve great things in Your Kingdom and for Your glory. Use her strong voice to communicate the riches found in Christ and the worship due His Name.

Most importantly, I pray that she would have a perpetual desire to deeply know You, Lord, and to follow You wholeheartedly all the days of her life. Enable her to be a great sister, daughter, granddaughter, cousin, and friend, and prepare her to be a great wife and mother one day if that is Your plan for her. Give her the wisdom of Daniel so that Daniel 12:3 will surely describe her as she grows up: “And those who are wise shall shine like the brightness of the sky above; and those who turn many to righteousness, like the stars forever and ever.”

Amen.

Prayer for Third Granddaughter

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Gracious Father;

For this girl, born on the Pacific side of the U.S. one April, I am very thankful. And for her middle name [Grace], I am encouraged by all its nuances. In her case, “Grace” reminds me that God watches over His babies even when grandparents live many miles away. When her name is spoken, I see her smile and her heart. And though she has only lived a little over a decade, she is both a force of life and a gentle spirit!

I ask You Lord to be the “shield about her and the lifter of her head,” that she will always know “how majestic is Your name in all the earth!” As an appreciator of sunrises, sunsets, solar eclipses, boogie boarding in beach waves, or sliding by some method in the snow, let this granddaughter look with fascination at “Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have set in place.”

With her love of sketching, give her Your vision for beauty in Creation. May her words and works entice those around her to a deeper understanding of faith and love as she matures. Put a halo of heavenly-mindedness around her head and a sparkly sunbeam of kindness around her heart. Develop in her the “perfume of praiseful gratitude,” reflecting that she truly understands the meaning of God’s Amazing Grace. Let her use painting, drawing, crafting and coloring to communicate these truths.

With her proximity to family and regular reunions following age two, continue to give her richer and richer relationships with grandmothers, grandfathers, aunts, uncles, and cousins. Help her take bigger steps into the role of “encourager” in every interaction and become a lover of gospel conversations whereby Jesus is the centerpiece. Having the honor of being the firstborn in her family, give her the unfolding “grace” to set a Christlike example for her siblings in her words and deeds.

May she be a pastor’s daughter who follows her dad into church ministry one day if this is how You, Lord, call her. I pray that You, Lord, will “command Your angels concerning” this beautiful girl to “guard her in all her ways” so that angels’ hands will bear her up, and prevent her from stumbling against a stone. Make Psalm 71:5-6 this granddaughter’s life verse: “For you, O Lord, are my hope, my trust, O Lord, from my youth. Upon you I have leaned from before my birth; you are He who took me from my mother’s womb. My praise is continually of You.”

Thank You, Lord, for this special granddaughter! For God’s glory and praise. Amen.