The birth of a child is one of the most blessed times in the life of a family, whether or not the child was planned for such a time as this. A child is always a gift from God, and child development and birth is such a miraculous course of events that it is just one of the many ways that God shows both His power and mercy.
For the believer, it’s a time of complete trust in God. While mom can take care of her health to the best of her ability, it is still God who is forming that child in the womb. For the non-believer who says “we made a baby”, they lose out on the gift of knowing that the child is intentionally and intricately designed by a loving Creator..
If you (or someone you know) is expecting or has recently given birth, congratulations! May these baby blessings, prayers and verses keep your eyes fixed on the One who is the giver of your greatest gift.
10 Blessings for Your Baby While It’s in the Womb
1. Lord, you know this child that you are growing within me. You know every day of this baby’s life, and I ask that you draw him/her into a saving relationship with you while they are still young, so that they may spend their lives in praise and worship of You.
2. Heavenly Father, thank you that you chose this child for us. Help us to be parents who are faithful in our walk with you so we can teach them, and they in turn can teach their children to love you with their whole heart.
3. Thank you Lord that you said we should call you “Abba” which brings you closer as our “Daddy”. Please be Abba to this child and carry them each day of their lives.
4. Lord, your word says to be strong and courageous, to fear not, and yet to take up our cross every day and follow you. Help this baby do just that. Should there be much suffering in his/her life, please give the strength to carry their cross and follow You.
5. Adonai, you make us in your image and call us to new life in Jesus. Thank you that when this child is born he/she will bear your image. We pray that as a result, this child will be a witness of Your grace and mercy to a world that desperately needs You.
6. Jehovah Rapha, our God who heals, we pray that this child will grow in health, both within the womb and out in the world. Please give supernatural expertise to those who will be helping with the birth as well so that everything goes as smoothly as possible.
7. Lord, I’m in awe that you are growing a baby blessing me. This child who will need parents who love you and have given their lives to You. Please strengthen us for this long journey and give us the strength to be the best stewards possible for this little life.
8. Most merciful Father, you know if this child You are growing within us will be more “special” than we expect. If so, please grant us the strength, courage and endurance to serve this child in Jesus name, and to love him/her with all of our hearts.
9. Lord please keep me healthy as I carry this child. Thank You that we know so much these days about how to stay well and how to help support these little ones as they develop.
10. Father, this child is entering a world where children in the womb are not often valued. Thank you for the blessing of this child, and help us to bless other children who need the body of Christ to love and help protect them.
10 Blessings for Your Baby Dedication
A baby dedication is an opportunity for parents to bring the child before the church and commit that they will do all in their power to help this child grow in the knowledge and love of the Lord. Here are ten baby blessings that you can add to your event.
1. Lord, thank you for bringing this child into our family. We dedicate this child back to you, as we trust that you have a perfect plan for his/her life. We celebrate that You are a God who is near, not a God who is far off. We bless you for being near to our child as he/she grows. You deserve all the glory and praise!
2. Please give us the grace every day to raise this child in the way she/he should go, and please protect our family from the enemy who wants to get in the way of what you are doing in the lives of Your children.
3. Heavenly Father if you allow difficult days for this child, please give the strength and courage to persevere and seek Your face in everything.
4. Most merciful Father, help us to raise a child who is thankful in everything; a young one who shows the world that You are worthy of our praise always.
5. Lord, we ask that this child would be bold in his/her faith, being both salt and light in a world that needs to know You.
6. Lord please protect this child from the world, the flesh and the devil. There are so many temptations, so please always provide a way out of them.
7. Father, thank you that You are Jehovah Jireh, our provider. Please provide for this child whatever he/she needs to love and trust You more.
8. God the Holy Spirit, please grow in this child the fruit of the Spirit so he/she may make a difference in the world in love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control.
9. Heavenly Father, help us to remember that You work all things together for good to those who love You. Quicken us to stay in continual communication with you regarding this child, covering.
10. Lord, we commit to asking our church family to come around us and help us to raise this child to love and serve you.
10 Bible Verses to Bless Your Baby
The fervent prayer of a parent, using God’s word, is the best gift you can give your baby:
1. “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you.” Jeremiah 1:5)
2. “Children are a heritage from the LORD, offspring a reward from him.” (Psalm 127:3)
3. “For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb.” (Psalm 139:13-16)
4. “Whoever then humbles himself as this child, he is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.” (Matthew 18: 2-4)
5 “Children are a heritage from the LORD, offspring a reward from him.” (Psalm 127:3-5)
6. “But from everlasting to everlasting the LORD’s love is with those who fear him, and his righteousness with their children’s children.” (Psalm 103:17)
7. “My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth.” (Psalm 139:15)
8. “See that you do not despise one of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of my Father in heaven.” (Matthew 18:10)
9. “I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth.” (3 John 1:4)
10. “A woman giving birth to a child has pain because her time has come; but when her baby is born she forgets the anguish because of her joy that a child is born into the world.” (John 16:21)
10 Inspiring Quotes about Babies Being a Blessing
Babies are a blessing that grow into children who need parents to love and lead them. Read on for encouragement from famous pastors and theologians.
1. “Your children should love the Lord, work hard, and experience the joy of trusting God. More important than leaving your children an inheritance is leaving them a spiritual heritage.” — Randy Alcorn, The Treasure Principle, Revised and Updated: Unlocking the Secret of Joyful Giving
2. “Give us the first seven years of a child, with God’s grace, and we may defy the world, the flesh, and the devil.” — Charles Spurgeon
3. “If I could relive my life, I would devote my entire ministry to reaching children for God.” — Dwight L. Moody quoted in Amazing Grace: 366 Inspiring Hymn Stories for Daily Devotions by Kenneth Osbeck
4. “Love your children—and let them know you love them. Children who experience love find it far easier to believe God loves them.” — Billy Graham, The Journey: Living by Faith in an Uncertain World
5. “The Almighty appeared on earth as a helpless human baby, needing to be fed and changed and taught to talk like any other child. The more you think about it, the more staggering it gets. Nothing in fiction is so fantastic as this truth of the Incarnation.” — J.I. Packer, Knowing God
6. “For if we wish to have excellent and apt persons both for civil and ecclesiastical government, we must spare no diligence, time, or cost in teaching and educating our children, that they may serve God and the world, and we must not think only how we may amass money and possessions for them.” — The Essential Martin Luther
7. “Nothing trains and teaches so powerfully as love. Love attracts. it does not coerce. If the aim of parents is to teach their children to love God they must show their love for Him by loving each other and loving the children.” — Elisabeth Elliott, Virtue volume 14 issue 2
8. “Children need the wisdom of their elders; the aging need the encouragement of a child's exuberance.” — Life Lessons from Corrie Ten Boom
9. “A father acts on behalf of his children by working, providing, intervening, struggling, and suffering for them. In so doing, he really stands in their place. He is not an isolated individual, but incorporates the selves of several people in his own self.” — Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Ethics
10. “Love begins at home, and it is not how much we do, but how much we put in the action that we do.” — Mother Teresa, Joy in Daily Living
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Mary Oelerich-Meyer is a Chicago-area freelance writer and copy editor who prayed for years for a way to write about and for the Lord. She spent 20 years writing for area healthcare organizations, interviewing doctors and clinical professionals and writing more than 1,500 articles in addition to marketing collateral materials. Important work, but not what she felt called to do. She is grateful for any opportunity to share the Lord in her writing and editing, believing that life is too short to write about anything else. Previously she served as Marketing Communications Director for a large healthcare system. She holds a B.A. in International Business and Marketing from Cornell College (the original Cornell!) When not researching or writing, she loves to spend time with her writer daughter, granddaughter, rescue doggie and husband (not always in that order).
