Why a Grandparent’s Day of Prayer?

The Christian Grandparenting Network (CGN) recognizes the desperate moral and spiritual climate our grandchildren must navigate in a world hostile to truth. Satan has launched an aggressive attack on all fronts using media, technology, education, social influences and political pressures to desensitize and cloud the boundaries of truth and righteousness that hold nations and families together. Perhaps at no other time in our history is a call to prayer more urgently required than it is today.

Therefore, CGN is proclaiming a national Grandparent’s Day of Prayer in concert with EVERY annual Grandparent's Day (the first Sunday after Labor Day).

As a grandparent, God has entrusted you with a sacred responsibility to impress upon another generation the message of God’s faithfulness, grace, and to stand in the gap on their behalf through prayer and the power of Christ living through you. Assuming this responsibility means taking seriously the effectiveness of prayer to keep their hearts and minds from falling captive to the enemy’s deception. You are engaged in a spiritual battle requiring spiritual weapons.

Each Grandparent's Day Christian grandparents throughout North America will be asked to stand in the gap together for their grandchildren just as Esther stood in the gap for her people in their desperate time or need. Jesus declared that where two or three would gather in His name, He would be in their midst. So, we invite you to link arms with other grandparents so that together we may stand in the gap with Christ through  prayer for the  the next generations.

If you are interested in serving as a Prayer Coordinator for the Grandparent's Day of Prayer in your church, the COORDINATOR section provides the necessary tools and resources to help you organize and implement a Grandparent’s Day of Prayer event at your church, school or neighborhood. Our hope is that thousands of churches will participate in the Grandparent's Day of Prayer. That will require people like yourself willing to step forward and make it happen.

If you are not interested in being a Coordinator, then we invite you to join our Prayer Partners who will be participating in an event or may choose to pray on their own or with a small group. Our Lord taught that where two or three are gathered in His name, he is there is their midst. There is always something extraordinary and powerful about a group of people gathering to pray. I encourage you to participate with a group of grandparents during this time of prayer if at all possible. Sign up as a Prayer Partner and we will keep you informed about events in your area and pass on to you suggestions and ideas for strenghening your prayer life.

Whether as a Prayer Coordinator or a Prayer Partner, we need YOU to make the Grandparent’s Day of Prayer a reality in your church and community by getting the word out to everyone you can.

We look forward to linking arms with all of you thist year. September 9, 2012,  as we stand in the gap together for our grandchildren, our families, our churches and our nation.

In the meantime, I hope you will consider participating in or helping to organize a Grandparents @ Prayer (G@P) group in your area to pray each month throughout the year. You can signup  by clicking the G@P logo in the panel on this page.

May God bless you and find you faithful.

Cavin T. Harper, CGN Executive Director and
Lillian A. Penner, CGN National Prayer Coordinator