Christian Ladies-Let's Pray for our Babies!!

[Mom To 2]

Bree I am so sorry, my heart is breaking for you. I will be praying for you.

 

[cherrylee]

I have avoided this thread because I am not Christian and I do not want to offend. I decided tonight that I'd like to post because I pray to my gods (I am Pagan).

I hope I don't offend anyone with my post here...
I pray almost every night, so tonight I will do it here.

I'd like to offer a prayer for my fellow BnB ladies, all those who are TTC, have lost or are pregnant. This community has helped me in more ways than one. Through these ladies i have grown and learned so much, I appreciate them and their stories. Without these ladies I am not sure I would have been able to be as strong as I have been.

I would also like to ask that it is good news I get on my scan on the 15th on June. I have had many ups and downs and have been holding on with such faith these last few days that I feel I might break. I know what you choose is the right path for me, I just hope you give me strength to grow through what ever may be.

I pray this little one inside of me grows, that I can properly nourish and care for him or her and continue that same care when he or she is born. There is nothing more important to me than my family and my children, please protect us and guide us through this life with love and care. Protect my little one growing inside me and the two that are still on this earth. Cradle the ones that are gone, until we meet again.

Amen

i feel the same as you and i love how you put it too.

the idea of joining in prayer and positive thoughts with other mothers to be to me sounds fab, however, it leaves a bad taste in my mouth when i see a thread exclusively for christian mothers to be. why not embrace and conduct a thread that offers sharing in prayer with religions across the globe. afterall, we are all on the same journey and pray for the best for our unborn babies.

Hmm, I didn't mean for my post to come across that way. What I meant was I didn't want to offend because the title said for Christian ladies. I just wanted to pray and show my faith but I do understand people have their groups and like to stick to it. Maybe you and I can make a thread for anyone who wants to pray with us for our LOs?

 

[sumatwsimit]

I have avoided this thread because I am not Christian and I do not want to offend. I decided tonight that I'd like to post because I pray to my gods (I am Pagan).

I hope I don't offend anyone with my post here...
I pray almost every night, so tonight I will do it here.

I'd like to offer a prayer for my fellow BnB ladies, all those who are TTC, have lost or are pregnant. This community has helped me in more ways than one. Through these ladies i have grown and learned so much, I appreciate them and their stories. Without these ladies I am not sure I would have been able to be as strong as I have been.

I would also like to ask that it is good news I get on my scan on the 15th on June. I have had many ups and downs and have been holding on with such faith these last few days that I feel I might break. I know what you choose is the right path for me, I just hope you give me strength to grow through what ever may be.

I pray this little one inside of me grows, that I can properly nourish and care for him or her and continue that same care when he or she is born. There is nothing more important to me than my family and my children, please protect us and guide us through this life with love and care. Protect my little one growing inside me and the two that are still on this earth. Cradle the ones that are gone, until we meet again.

Amen

i feel the same as you and i love how you put it too.

the idea of joining in prayer and positive thoughts with other mothers to be to me sounds fab, however, it leaves a bad taste in my mouth when i see a thread exclusively for christian mothers to be. why not embrace and conduct a thread that offers sharing in prayer with religions across the globe. afterall, we are all on the same journey and pray for the best for our unborn babies.

Hmm, I didn't mean for my post to come across that way. What I meant was I didn't want to offend because the title said for Christian ladies. I just wanted to pray and show my faith but I do understand people have their groups and like to stick to it. Maybe you and I can make a thread for anyone who wants to pray with us for our LOs?

cherry, don't feel badly about it. i thought what you wrote was really lovely and i'm only sorry it seems your prayers 'for everyone' are not respected or welcomed.

one could say i too am from a christian background, yet after studying a masters in education and theology - over the years i've become a very open, loving, accepting and very eclectic in vision when it comes to religion. oh, and my husband is MUSLIM!!!!

yes, why not, let's start a thread, with no exclusivity. afterall, no religion sets any person higher in this world than another.

 

[cherrylee]

I have avoided this thread because I am not Christian and I do not want to offend. I decided tonight that I'd like to post because I pray to my gods (I am Pagan).

I hope I don't offend anyone with my post here...
I pray almost every night, so tonight I will do it here.

I'd like to offer a prayer for my fellow BnB ladies, all those who are TTC, have lost or are pregnant. This community has helped me in more ways than one. Through these ladies i have grown and learned so much, I appreciate them and their stories. Without these ladies I am not sure I would have been able to be as strong as I have been.

I would also like to ask that it is good news I get on my scan on the 15th on June. I have had many ups and downs and have been holding on with such faith these last few days that I feel I might break. I know what you choose is the right path for me, I just hope you give me strength to grow through what ever may be.

I pray this little one inside of me grows, that I can properly nourish and care for him or her and continue that same care when he or she is born. There is nothing more important to me than my family and my children, please protect us and guide us through this life with love and care. Protect my little one growing inside me and the two that are still on this earth. Cradle the ones that are gone, until we meet again.

Amen

i feel the same as you and i love how you put it too.

the idea of joining in prayer and positive thoughts with other mothers to be to me sounds fab, however, it leaves a bad taste in my mouth when i see a thread exclusively for christian mothers to be. why not embrace and conduct a thread that offers sharing in prayer with religions across the globe. afterall, we are all on the same journey and pray for the best for our unborn babies.

Hmm, I didn't mean for my post to come across that way. What I meant was I didn't want to offend because the title said for Christian ladies. I just wanted to pray and show my faith but I do understand people have their groups and like to stick to it. Maybe you and I can make a thread for anyone who wants to pray with us for our LOs?

cherry, don't feel badly about it. i thought what you wrote was really lovely and i'm only sorry it seems your prayers 'for everyone' are not respected or welcomed.

one could say i too am from a christian background, yet after studying a masters in education and theology - over the years i've become a very open, loving, accepting and very eclectic in vision when it comes to religion. oh, and my husband is MUSLIM!!!!

yes, why not, let's start a thread, with no exclusivity. afterall, no religion sets any person higher in this world than another.

Good point I've never judged any one based on their religious beliefs and I welcome them all. I guess that's why paganism is the closest religion to 'Christianity' than any other religion. I just think a lot of people don't understand what paganism truly is. I will PM you later this evening when fathers day celebrations are over and we can talk about making a thread!

 

[blsd2bab]

It's nice to find a group here that believes in prayer. I would love to join in your prayer too. We're trying for our 2nd and believing God to bring to pass, what he has promised for those who believe in him. Our 1st is 7 and it's been a long wait, but I believe God will perfect all our desires. Stay blessed everyone

 

[happyb]

Hi ladies, I will love to join this prayer group, I am 20 weeks now and I bless God for his protection upon my baby and myself. It been a long journey after 3 misscarriages, I am trusting God to see me through. I pray for all of u ladies that God will be with u and keep all of our baby alive and safe IJNA.

 

[JanLove2013]

Lord, I pray that you comfort all of our sisters today. No matter what the area of concern maybe I pray that you give us all the strength to make it through. Send your angels of protection to those dealing with loss, and send your angels of hope for those of us who are waiting for our next scans. I pray for happy and healthy pregnancies. Today for everyone who reads this post I say pray that we are able to say goodbye to our fears, and Hello to the Grace that God has given us to carry on this journey..

Have a wonderful day ladies and please wish all of the fathers a Happy Fathers Day!!!

~ JanLove

 

[LillyLee]

It's nice to find a group here that believes in prayer. I would love to join in your prayer too. We're trying for our 2nd and believing God to bring to pass, what he has promised for those who believe in him. Our 1st is 7 and it's been a long wait, but I believe God will perfect all our desires. Stay blessed everyone

Hello blsd2bab! Welcome! We are more than happy to have you here praying with us and for our LO's. There is also a Christian prayer group in the TTC section and there are some great testimonies and daily devotionals that definitely help during the TTC process. I know I read through most of the thread when I started my journey and many women in that thread have been TTC for many years. The strength of their faith is unbelievable!

 

[LillyLee]

Hi ladies, I will love to join this prayer group, I am 20 weeks now and I bless God for his protection upon my baby and myself. It been a long journey after 3 misscarriages, I am trusting God to see me through. I pray for all of u ladies that God will be with u and keep all of our baby alive and safe IJNA.

Hello happyb! Welcome! We are so happy to have you here with us! Thank you for your prayers and I am so glad that you have found us!

 

[LillyLee]

Happy Monday everyone! I hope all of your weekends were wonderful! Mine was filled with repainting nightstands for my bedroom because I've never actually had a matching set of them before and I put down my foot and said we were doing them before the baby gets here! On Saturday I found a few devotional books for moms and I'm going to try and tweak the passages to fit us current and future mothers. (Finding a pregnancy devotional that doesn't chronicle week by week has been rather difficult).

Genesis 1:27-31: So God created people in his own image; God patterned them after himself; male and female he created them. God blessed them and told them, "Multiply and fill the earth and subdue it. Be masters over the fish and birds and all the animals." And God said, "Look! I have given you the seed-bearing plants throughout the earth and all the fruit trees for your food. And I have given all the grasses and other green plants to the animals and birds for their food." And so it was. Then God looked over all he had made, and he saw that it was excellent in every way.

I read these verses and think, "Wow, it's amazing that God created people in his image and found them excellent." Even in pregnancy we are still created in God's image, even though we may not feel God-like while hunched over the toilet and wondering if just a little piece of toast might stay down. But I think that what the verses are trying to get across is the idea that created in God's image means that we are a reflection of his character. We can reason, we can show love, patience, kindness, and forgiveness.

On days when I begin to feel particularly down and thinking things like, "I've met so many women who have tried for years to become pregnant, why did God choose me? Is he sure that I can even do this? I think I will make a terrible mother!" I need to stop and remember that my worth is based on the fact that God created me to be like him! He didn't make any mistakes when he made me, why should he have made a mistake for choosing me to be pregnant? He even made this baby inside of me in his image, and I know that it is perfectly and wonderfully made. We should rejoice in the creation of the life within us and understand that God doesn't make mistakes.

Dear Lord, I thank you for the women who have joined this thread and shown strength and encouragement to the other pregnant women on here. Please help them marvel at your creation of us and our families in your perfect image. Thank you God for caring so much about us to form us perfectly in your image and help us rejoice in this! And allow us to carry the knowledge close to our hearts that you do everything with a purpose and without mistakes. Amen.

 

[Mrs5707]

Happy Monday everyone! I hope all of your weekends were wonderful! Mine was filled with repainting nightstands for my bedroom because I've never actually had a matching set of them before and I put down my foot and said we were doing them before the baby gets here! On Saturday I found a few devotional books for moms and I'm going to try and tweak the passages to fit us current and future mothers. (Finding a pregnancy devotional that doesn't chronicle week by week has been rather difficult).

Genesis 1:27-31: So God created people in his own image; God patterned them after himself; male and female he created them. God blessed them and told them, "Multiply and fill the earth and subdue it. Be masters over the fish and birds and all the animals." And God said, "Look! I have given you the seed-bearing plants throughout the earth and all the fruit trees for your food. And I have given all the grasses and other green plants to the animals and birds for their food." And so it was. Then God looked over all he had made, and he saw that it was excellent in every way.

I read these verses and think, "Wow, it's amazing that God created people in his image and found them excellent." Even in pregnancy we are still created in God's image, even though we may not feel God-like while hunched over the toilet and wondering if just a little piece of toast might stay down. But I think that what the verses are trying to get across is the idea that created in God's image means that we are a reflection of his character. We can reason, we can show love, patience, kindness, and forgiveness.

On days when I begin to feel particularly down and thinking things like, "I've met so many women who have tried for years to become pregnant, why did God choose me? Is he sure that I can even do this? I think I will make a terrible mother!" I need to stop and remember that my worth is based on the fact that God created me to be like him! He didn't make any mistakes when he made me, why should he have made a mistake for choosing me to be pregnant? He even made this baby inside of me in his image, and I know that it is perfectly and wonderfully made. We should rejoice in the creation of the life within us and understand that God doesn't make mistakes.

Dear Lord, I thank you for the women who have joined this thread and shown strength and encouragement to the other pregnant women on here. Please help them marvel at your creation of us and our families in your perfect image. Thank you God for caring so much about us to form us perfectly in your image and help us rejoice in this! And allow us to carry the knowledge close to our hearts that you do everything with a purpose and without mistakes. Amen.

Wow Lilly that was an awesome way to start my Monday morning on vacation! We missed church yesterday since we were leaving for the beach, so I'll be on here a lot this week to get my spiritual fix!

 

[Beanonorder]

Thanks for the inspiration Lilly!

I have two prayer requests.
My first one is for my husband and I. We are completely disconnected at the moment (he is not a christian which makes things a little hard) and he is questioning his ability to be a decent father. Its affecting us and me particularly. I just don't know how to change it and am feeling a little lost.

The second is with regards to my job. My school is up in arms about me being pregnant and seem to be having a hard time deciding how to deal with it. I'm getting very mixed signals and really not sure what they are going to do. But I'm terrified that they are going to choose not to renew my contract, which expires in November this year. I really love my job and its taken me a long time to find one that fits me so well. I've never lost a job in my whole working career and to lose one now because I decided to start a family is just so sad.

So all this is really getting me down and I'm struggling to just keep the faith. Its making me quite stressed which I really don't need right now.

 

[LillyLee]

Thanks for the inspiration Lilly!

I have two prayer requests.
My first one is for my husband and I. We are completely disconnected at the moment (he is not a christian which makes things a little hard) and he is questioning his ability to be a decent father. Its affecting us and me particularly. I just don't know how to change it and am feeling a little lost.

The second is with regards to my job. My school is up in arms about me being pregnant and seem to be having a hard time deciding how to deal with it. I'm getting very mixed signals and really not sure what they are going to do. But I'm terrified that they are going to choose not to renew my contract, which expires in November this year. I really love my job and its taken me a long time to find one that fits me so well. I've never lost a job in my whole working career and to lose one now because I decided to start a family is just so sad.

So all this is really getting me down and I'm struggling to just keep the faith. Its making me quite stressed which I really don't need right now.

Lord I ask today that first you would bring peace to this woman. Comfort her in the way that only you know how and show her that everything works out for the purpose and glory of you. Please open her husbands heart to be willing to listen to her as she teaches him of your love and kindness, please send the Holy Spirit to place the words in her heart to minister to him through you and help them together find peace that only you can bring Father. Also Lord, I ask that you open the eyes of the administrators at her school. Show them a woman capable of achieving any task and guide their decision in renewing her contract. Please help this woman rejoice in the decision to start a family, do not allow the negativity of others to drag her down. Wrap your loving arms of comfort around her today. Amen.

 

[Deakydeaks]

This is such a great thread, thanks for the inspiration! I'm 12 weeks and so thankful that the scan yesterday showed baby is fine God is good!

 

[sxb]

I also have good news. Had my scan and heard the most amazing thing today... The heartbeat!! Baby measured at 8 weeks and 162 beats per minute. Such a blessing!

 

[JanLove2013]

Hey Ladies, I hope you are all having a great week!

I just wanted to pray a quickie prayer before I took my afternoon nap!

Lord, I thank you for each and every woman on this message board. I pray that you continue to keep us strong throughout this process. I pray that you take away our fears of something going wrong in our lives from our pregnancies to things going on in the work place. I pray that you handle every issues in a way that only you can. I pray that you restore our doubts with optimistic views for the season you have us all in. We will be Great Mothers, Wives, and Women! Lord thank you for Grace and Mercy. in Jesus name I pray all these things.
Amen.

 

[Mom To 2]

Had some very light spotting today so went in for bloodwork. My levels were perfect, going back Fri to see if my levels are rising normally. Please keep my baby in your prayers...

 

[cherrylee]

I followed this thread over from the Christian Ladies TTC thread. I really enjoyed the daily devotionals and Bible verses on that one. I understand that there are a multitude of religions and various beliefs but I think that since this thread was started as a support for Christian moms-to-be we shouldn't stop posting our Bible verses or prayer requests for each other. If any of the other women disagree with this and want to start a "prayer and support" thread for any religion to post that's great, but I enjoy that this one was started by a Christian woman for Christian women and we all share a common belief in one true God. There are many "denominations" that fall under the Christian heading: Catholic, Baptist, Protestant, Presbyterian, Episcopalian, etc (I'm not going to list them all) but we all have Christianity in common and that's what this thread is about.

Thanks. Add pagan to that list. I also meant god not gods in my first post but I can see how the religiously uneducated would mistake that.

Our bibles basically speak the same words, a pagan bible is older that the Christian bible but I can see the confusion.

I wasn't hurt until all the PMs I had received and then I realized you guys are bullies, it does not feel good to be Bullied by a bunch of ignorant people.

Open your eyes, what I said had meaning and truth and none of you opened your heart to receive my prayer. That is not only hurtful but you should be ashamed of yourselves. Maybe I am more Christian that you claim to be?!

I'd be happy to be banned from BnB as after opening my eyes and realizing you guys were plain out being hurtful instead of welcoming to someone who just wanted to pray for their unborn child and those who have offered advice and help, just shut down. IMO that's not Christian.

Judge me, judge not lest ye be judged. It was in the pagan bible first, I guess that's why some find it so hard to stick too!

 

[cherrylee]

I wanted to add that I hadn't read the thread after the page I posted on until now. I also want to add that I do not judge religions, Christianity to me is paganism (even though paganisim has been almost loved to be older).

I want to add in a writing from both the Christian and pagan writings and then I will go, with a crushed heart, without sinking more and more low to the level I feel I've been knocked down too...

An inscription to Mithras reads: "He who will not eat of my body and drink of my blood, so that he will be made on with me and I with him, the same shall not know salvation." 1 In John 6:53-54, Jesus is said to have repeated this theme: "...Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you. Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day."

 

[princesspreg]

Good report: I am back and doing well. Going for massive check ups on Thursday. I thank God for his purpose.