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Dear Lord, Bless every father and every grandfather with the best of your spiritual blessings today. Let him know he is not alone in the tasks you have given him to provide for and support those under his care. Show him how much you delight in his work, and affirm the value of whatever You have given him to do — both as a father or grandfather and as a child of Yours.
Confirm his worth daily so he has no reason to doubt whether he is loved in the eyes of his Heavenly Father. Create in him a deep sense of trust in You, knowing that He can count on You to help him lead and protect those dependent on him. Show him what a difference he has and can make to those around him, no matter how big or small the assignment.
When challenging times push him beyond his limits, assure him that You can take Him further into the realm of possible impossibility. Reward him for his faithfulness past, present, and future, assuring him that true success and satisfaction don’t lie in his accomplishments or accolades, but in the steadfast, Christ-like character You are forming in him.
Help him to see his children or grandchildren through Your eyes, realizing that in Your hands is the safest place they can ever be. Teach him how to meet the needs of his child's life that are within his ability to do so, but help Him to trust You for the rest.
Complete any healing of past hurts or regrets that may interfere with parenting or grandparenting his children. Strengthen in him a sense of joy, humility, and playfulness that draw his family close. When plans don’t develop as he hopes, or dreams are not yet realized, open his eyes to see beyond this world to a greater joy that never disappoints.
Give him a passionate faith, a persevering spirit, and a powerful testimony that overcomes any weakness or doubt. Today, on special days, and for all the days of his life, fill him with the best of Your blessings. — Rebecca Barlow Jordan
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