Comments on: Equipped to Help You – Ready to Serve https://legacycoalition.com/equipped-to-help-you/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=equipped-to-help-you Helping grandparents have a greater spiritual impact on their families Wed, 07 Apr 2021 01:42:12 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 By: Legacy Coalition Blog Team https://legacycoalition.com/equipped-to-help-you/#comment-331 Tue, 20 Oct 2020 17:03:32 +0000 https://legacycoalition.com/?p=23949#comment-331 In reply to David & Lynn Reid.

Thank you for connecting with us. I am so sorry this is your story but know you are not alone. One thing I have found helpful is to continue to have a relationship as much as you can with her. Honor the parents wishes and do not start conversations about God with her. Of course if she asks then the door is open to share. Read your Bible, pray before meals, do all the things you normally do when she is with you. Hopefully in time, God through your strong loving, nurturing relationship with her, will open the door for you to share.

Another thing I have heard grandparents do, is to start a journal for the grandchild. In it, they are recording their thoughts, their prayers, their faith journey, scripture they are praying for the child, etc. The dated journal entries should be positive and uplifting not disrespecting the parents wishes. This journal will be available for the child to read when the opportunity comes. Do not get discouraged and lose hope- We love and serve a God who can do anything!

May God work as only He can!

]]> By: David & Lynn Reid https://legacycoalition.com/equipped-to-help-you/#comment-330 Tue, 20 Oct 2020 16:16:24 +0000 https://legacycoalition.com/?p=23949#comment-330 We are grandparents to seven from two different sets of divorced parents. Our two adult children were raised in the church and nurtured in Christ but have strayed. They refuse to have a relationship with us, but the inlaws still talk and let us see the grands. Our daughter’s youngest daughter, 9, has been coached to not let us talk about God to her so spiritual influence is very tenuous. We would love any suggestions you may have to be able to have a Godly influence on her. Would you have any suggestions, besides prayer, about how to approach her?

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