Grandparent has been playing critical role in building and sustaining society. There are three powerful role that grandparents can do according to the Holy Bible. These are to live healthy and productive life, able to teach the children, and bless the children.

2. GRANDPARENTS

3. PROCLAMATION NO. 757 S. 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. 757 S. 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. 757 S. 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
8th Governor 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 WHITALL SMITH
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 up by
their
grandparents
are generally
spoiled.”

9. POWERFUL ROLES
OF GRANDPARENTS
BASED ON 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
OF HAVING (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
OF HAVING (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, are as
necessary to a
child's growth
as vitamins.”
~JOYCE ALLSTON

14. DAN BUETTNER
a National Geographic Fellow and
New York Times-bestselling author
“Kids in a home with
grandparents are
healthier.”

15. PSALM 92:12-15 (GW)
12Righteous people 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)
4I am 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 THE CHILDREN
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 nothing is going well,
call your grandmother

21. Apostle Paul reminds
us that 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)
1But as 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)
4that they 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 THE CHILDREN
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 THE CHILDREN
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)
8Then Israel 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)
10Now the 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)
12So Joseph 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)
14Then Israel 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 OF THE
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)
17But from 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)
6Grandchildren are the crown of grandparents,
and parents are the glory of their children.

35. 3 POWERFUL ROLES OF
GRANDPARENTS!
3. Bless the children
2.Teach the children
1. Live healthy & productive

36. Let’s pray for
and continue
love our
grandparents,
cherish
moments with
them and
renew
inspiration
from their life!EVERYDAY!