A Moment with God for Grandparents: Prayers for Every Grandparent

By Kel Groseclose

A Moment with God for Grandparents, provides 58 prayers appropriate for their audience. Most importantly with busy lifestyles today, the length of the prayers is short enough to be read in only a couple of minutes. The inclusion of a Scripture passage for every prayer makes these books suitable for use in both personal and group devotion. Available in convenient pocket-size.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Dimensions for Living
• Release date: Jun 1, 2011
• ISBN: 9781426744792

Kel Groseclose

2001 KEL GROSECLOSE is Minister of Congregational Care, First United Methodist Church, Wenatchee, Washington.

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PRAYERS FOR

EVERY GRANDPARENT

KEL GROSECLOSE

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DIMENSIONS

FOR LIVING

N A S H V I L L E

A Moment with God for Grandparents;

Prayers for Every Grandparent

Copyright © 1999 by Dimensions for Living

All rights reserved.

No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, or by any information storage or retrieval system, except as may be expressly permitted by the 1976 Copyright Act or in writing from the publisher. Requests for permission should be addressed to Dimensions for Living, P.O. Box 801, 201 Eighth Avenue South, Nashville, TN 37202-0801.

This book is printed on acid-free paper.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Groseclose, Kel, 1940–

A moment with God for grandparents: prayers for every grandparent/Kel Groseclose.

    p. cm.

ISBN 0-687-97560-3 (alk. paper)

1. Grandparents—Prayer-books and devotions—English. I. Title.

   BV4845.G73 1999

   242'.845— dc21

98-50447

CIP

Unless otherwise noted, all Scripture quotations are from the New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright © 1989 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America, and are used by permission.

Scripture quotations noted KJV are from the King James Version of the Bible. Scripture quotations noted TLB are from The Living Bible, copyright © 1971 by Tyndale House Publishers, Wheaton, IL. Used by permission. The Scripture quotation noted The Message is from The Message: The New Testament in Contemporary English, copyright © 1993 by Eugene H. Peterson. Published by NavPress Publishing Group. The Scripture quotation noted JBP is from The New Testament in Modern English, Revised Edition, by J. B. Phillips. Copyright © J. B. Phillips, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1972.

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CONTENTS

Expectant Grandparents

Those Blessed Begats

Gifts from God

We Gather Together

The Alpha and the Omega

The Good Old Days Myth

Choosing Your Own Wrinkles

Grandchildren Spoiled While You Wait

An Inside Job

When You Can't Get Your Hands on Them

The Strength of Sitting Still

The Care and Feeding of Grandparents

Longitudinal Wisdom

How Much You've Grown

Blessed Are the Playful

The Art of Napping

A Legacy of Faith

Old Dogs Can Learn New Tricks

Great-Granny's Star

Standing in