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Grandparents Powerful Roles Based on the Bible 03.16.2019
Proclamation No. 757, s. 1996, declares March 11-18 as 'Grandparents' Week' in the Philippines to honor the significant roles of grandparents in society and to encourage future generations to value them. The document highlights the emotional and health benefits of having strong relationships between grandparents and grandchildren, including teaching core values and providing blessings. Ultimately, it emphasizes the importance of cherishing and celebrating grandparents for their wisdom, love, and influence.
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- 3. PROCLAMATION NO. 757S. 1996 DECLARING MARCH 11-18, 1996, AND EVERY YEAR THEREAFTER, AS “GRANDPARENTS’ WEEK” • Elderly people have, in Philippine society, occupied a revered stature as deserved by those who have contributed most in wisdom and affection to those who follow in their wake;
- 4. PROCLAMATION NO. 757S. 1996 • This waning tradition of fostering love and care for the elderly as represented by our “lolos” and “lolas” needs to be preserved and inculcated in our youth and in the succeeding generations of Filipinos;
- 5. PROCLAMATION NO. 757S. 1996 • Reserving a special week each year to give cognizance to and honor the Filipino grandparent is one way of raising our peoples’ level of awareness in the important role that our senior citizens play in society
- 6. DAVID YUTAKA IGE 8thGovernor of Hawaii “I stand here today - in the shadow of my parents' and grandparents' accomplishments - because of their willingness to sacrifice and look to my future.”
- 7. HANNAH TATUM WHITALLSMITH Lay speaker and author in the Holiness movement in the United States and the Higher Life movement in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. “If becoming a grandmother was only a matter of choice, I should advise every one of you straight away to become one.There is no fun for old people like it.”
- 8. ~SPANISH PROVERB “Children brought upby their grandparents are generally spoiled.”
- 9. POWERFUL ROLES OF GRANDPARENTS BASEDON THE BIBLE 3
- 10. 1. LIVE HEALTHY& PRODUCTIVE According to health.usnews.com, there are researches showing proven health benefits – along with some challenges – from grandchildren and grandparents important family relationship."
- 11. https://health.usnews.com/wellness/articles/2017-09- 13/the-health-benefits-of-having-and-being- THE HEALTH BENEFITS OFHAVING (AND BEING) GRANDPARENTS •Emotional closeness between adult grandchildren and their grandparents protects against depression for both, according to a June 2016 study from Boston University.
- 12. THE HEALTH BENEFITS OFHAVING (AND BEING) GRANDPARENTS • Spending quality time with grandchildren while they're children improves mental health, too, according to a 2014 study from the Journal of the American Gerontological Society. It linked having more bonding moments to lower risk of depression among grandparents. https://health.usnews.com/wellness/articles/2017-09-13/the-health-benefits-of-having-and-being-grandparents
- 13. “Grandparents, like heroes, areas necessary to a child's growth as vitamins.” ~JOYCE ALLSTON
- 14. DAN BUETTNER a NationalGeographic Fellow and New York Times-bestselling author “Kids in a home with grandparents are healthier.”
- 15. PSALM 92:12-15 (GW) 12Righteouspeople flourish like palm trees and grow tall like the cedars in Lebanon.13They are planted in the Lord’s house.They blossom in our God’s courtyards.14Even when they are old, they still bear fruit.They are always healthy and fresh.15They make it known that the Lord is decent. He is my rock. He is never unfair.
- 16. ISAIAH 46:4-5 (GNT) 4Iam your God and will take care of you until you are old and your hair is gray. I made you and will care for you. I will give you help and rescue you. 5“To whom will you compare me?” says the Lord.“Is there anyone else like me?
- 17. 2. TEACH THECHILDREN According to wehavekids.com "the greatest gift grandparents give is their time– time that offers a wonderful opportunity to pass on core values, beliefs and skills to their grand- children" https://wehavekids.com/family-relationships/5-Important- Things-grandparents-Can-Teach-Their-Grandchildren
- 18. DR. CHARLES W.SHEDD American Presbyterian minister, authored over 40 books Some of the world's best educators are grandparents.
- 20. ~ITALIAN PROVERB If nothingis going well, call your grandmother
- 21. Apostle Paul reminds usthat even one parent or grandparent can have great influence on a family. Timothy had the benefit of being taught the faith of God by his mother and grandmother (read 2 Timothy 1:5).
- 22. 2 TIMOTHY 1:5(GW) 5I’m reminded of how sincere your faith is.That faith first lived in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice. I’m convinced that it also lives in you.
- 23. TITUS 2:1-5 (NKJV) 1Butas for you, speak the things which are proper for sound doctrine: 2that the older men be sober, reverent, temperate, sound in faith, in love, in patience; 3the older women likewise, that they be reverent in behavior, not slanderers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things—
- 24. TITUS 2:1-5 (NKJV) 4thatthey admonish the young women to love their husbands, to love their children, 5to be discreet, chaste, homemakers, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be blasphemed.
- 25. 3. BLESS THECHILDREN Those who blessed others would be blessed, and those who cursed others would receive a curse.That’s echo of God’s promise to Abraham in Genesis 12:2-3.
- 26. 3. BLESS THECHILDREN Abraham’s grandson Jacob, who renamed into Israel blesses his children and his grandchildren before he died, which is a good example for all grandparent to do. (read Genesis 48:8-13)
- 27. GENESIS 48:8-13 (NKJV) 8ThenIsrael saw Joseph’s sons, and said,“Who are these?” 9Joseph said to his father,“They are my sons, whom God has given me in this place.” And he said,“Please bring them to me, and I will bless them.”
- 28. GENESIS 48:8-13 (NKJV) 10Nowthe eyes of Israel were dim with age, so that he could not see.Then Joseph brought them near him, and he kissed them and embraced them. 11And Israel said to Joseph,“I had not thought to see your face; but in fact, God has also shown me your offspring!”
- 29. GENESIS 48:8-13 (NKJV) 12SoJoseph brought them from beside his knees, and he bowed down with his face to the earth. 13And Joseph took them both, Ephraim with his right hand toward Israel’s left hand, and Manasseh with his left hand toward Israel’s right hand, and brought them near him.
- 30. GENESIS 48:8-13 (NKJV) 14ThenIsrael stretched out his right hand and laid it upon Ephraim's head, who was the younger, and his left hand upon Manasseh’s head, guiding his hands knowingly; for Manasseh was the firstborn.
- 31. AMAZING BLESSING OFTHE CHILDREN •The righteous grandparents are indeed become blessing to their grandchildren,hence the love and abounding mercy from God makes them a blessing. (Psalm 103:17) •As a result of blessing, the grandchildren become the pride of the grandparents (Proverbs 17:6)
- 32. PSALM 103:17-18 (GW) 17Butfrom everlasting to everlasting, the Lord’s mercy is on those who fear him. His righteousness belongs to their children and grandchildren, 18to those who are faithful to his promise, to those who remember to follow his guiding principles.
- 33. PROVERBS 17:6 (GW) 6Grandchildrenare the crown of grandparents, and parents are the glory of their children.
- 35. 3 POWERFUL ROLESOF GRANDPARENTS! 3. Bless the children 2.Teach the children 1. Live healthy & productive
- 36. Let’s pray for andcontinue love our grandparents, cherish moments with them and renew inspiration from their life!EVERYDAY!