Lillian Penner

Lillian Penner is the author of Grandparenting with a Purpose: Effective Ways to Pray for Your Grandchildren in English and Spanish. She has been on staff with the Christian Grandparenting prayer ministry for thirteen years, developing prayer cards, Grandparents@Prayer groups, and the Grandparenting Day of Prayer. She has a passion for praying intentionally for her grandchildren and desires to share that passion with other grandparents.An avid blogger, Lillian breaks into smiles if you ask about her 13 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. She and her husband, John, live in Portland, Oregon, where they are active in church ministries. They were both raised in Christian homes and desire to pass their godly heritage to their future generations. She and her husband enjoy traveling, Southern Gospel music but most of all, enjoy spending time with their family.
Articles by Lillian Penner

Praying for Your Teenage Grandchild

Grandparents often find it difficult to know how to pray for their teenage grandchildren. Our grandchildren face many confusing and critical cultural is that we didn’t encounter when growing up or raising our children. We often find it hard to relate.  We can never understate the power of one’s...

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Our Teenagers Need Our Prayers

If you have teen grandchildren, you will find this blog helpful to pray and understand them. Tony Dungy, a famous football coach, says, ‘” I think we live amid an uncivil and thoughtless society.” In an attempt by secular humanists to develop a secular society, they have very strategically and...

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Have You Heard About the Grandparents Day of Prayer?

Let's make Grandparents Day on September 11, 2022, a Day of Prayer for our grandchildren and their parents. Christian Grandparenting Network (CGN) invites you to participate in this movement to pray intentionally for our grandchildren, their families, and our world on Grandparent's Day. Today our...

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Prayer: Our Best Weapon in a Spiritual Battle

Grandparents are in a spiritual battle for the next generation, however, the battle isn't ours. The battle belongs to the Lord. "Do not be afraid or discouraged … For the battle is not yours, but God’s," (2 Chronicles 20:15b). The way to walk through this struggle is to tightly grip the hand of...

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Announcing a Special Event for Grandparents

Let's make Grandparents' Day on September 11, 2022, a Day of Prayer for our grandchildren and their parents. Grandparents' Day of Prayer aims to raise an awareness of prayer among today's Christian grandparents. Christian Grandparenting Network (CGN) invites you to participate in this movement to...

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Are you a lonely Long-Distance Grandparent?

I have an answer to the challenge of long-distance grandparenting. I was a frustrated, lonely long-distance grandparent with little involvement in the lives of my grandchildren since they were 1,000 miles away. However, God showed me how I could impact my grandchildren's lives by purposefully...

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Living In Relationship With God

God Wants an Intimate Relationship With You. Isn’t it exciting to have your precious grandchild come running into your arms with hugs and kisses? Your six-year-old granddaughter is calling to tell you she lost her first tooth and the tooth fairy is coming to her house, or your seven-year-old...

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My Christmas Memory – What It Means to Me Now

As I was looking at the sad misshapen tree standing in the snow on the cover of a book I was reading last week, I was reminded of the Christmas tree we had at my house when I was a child.    When I was six years old, my parents had very little money to spend at Christmas. For my parents...

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Are you Sowing Seeds of Prayer?

During this autumn season, I am reminded of my childhood growing up on a wheat farm in Oklahoma. In the summer after the wheat harvest, my father would prepare the soil for the following year's crop, and in the autumn, he would sow the seed. We would wait for the rains to water the seed and wait...

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Believe in the Power of Prayer

If you believe in the power of prayer, join grandparents throughout the world to make National Grandparents Day on September 12, 2021, a Day of Prayer for our grandchildren and their parents. Today our nations are being attacked like never before educationally, socially, financially, and...

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The Ripple Effect of Praying Grandparents

During the summer, many grandparents will vacation with their grandchildren. Some will go camping. It is an excellent opportunity to spend extra time with the possibility of quality interaction. Now imagine you are camping with your grandchildren in the mountains. You have cooked your campfire...

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Calling All Grandparents for a Day of Prayer

Let's make Grandparents Day on September 12, 2021, A Day of Prayer for our grandchildren and their parents Today the Judeo-Christian foundation of our nation is being attacked like never before: educationally, socially, financially, politically, racially, and spiritually. It is going to be...

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