There are numerous
complications that can occur in either the husband
or wife preventing them from conceiving. In some
cases we believe it necessary to obtain knowledge
on your circumstances so you know what to pray for.
You can pray for healing over complications and you
can speak to your body and command in Jesus' name
how it should function for conception to take
place.
Infertility
Psa
128:2-4 You
will eat the fruit of your labor; blessings and
prosperity will be yours. Your wife will be like a
fruitful vine within your house; your sons will be
like olive shoots around your table. Thus is the
man blessed who fears the
LORD.
Many couples take the conception of their children
for granted because they 'assume' they will
conceive when they want to. For some couples,
conception occurs easily, while for others no
amount of money, love or medical intervention will
bring this desired event to pass. Unfortunately
there are numerous complications, which can occur
in either the husband or wife that prevents them
conceiving.
The human body is extremely complex, and for
conception to occur there are certain functions
necessary that our bodies need to perform. Firstly,
the male must be able to produce and release enough
healthy and mobile sperm to travel to the egg, and
the female must be able to produce and release
mature eggs (follicles) capable of being
fertilized, as well as produce the mucus propels
the sperm to the egg; have clear fallopian tubes
for the transport of the fertilized egg (ovum) to
the uterus, and the uterine lining (endometrial
lining) needs to be suitable for implantation and
nourishment of the fertilized egg. Hormones then
prepare the body for the growth, development and
maintenance of the pregnancy. If any part of this
process is hindered then conception may be close to
impossible.
God’s
Promises on Infertility
Exo
23:25-26 Worship
the LORD your God, and His blessing will be on your
food and water. I will take away sickness from
among you, and none will miscarry or be barren in
your land. I will give you a full life span.
Deu
7:12-14 (Deu 30:9, 28:11 similar).
If
you pay attention to these laws and are careful to
follow them, then the LORD your God will keep His
covenant of love with you, as He swore to your
forefathers. He will love you and bless you and
increase your numbers. He will bless the fruit of
your womb, the crops of your land--your grain, new
wine and oil--the calves of your herds and the
lambs of your flocks in the land that He swore to
your forefathers to give you. You will be blessed
more than any other people; none of your men or
women will be childless, nor any of your livestock
without young.
Gen
49:25 because
of your father's God, who helps you, because of the
Almighty, who blesses you with blessings of the
heavens above, blessings of the deep that lies
below, blessings of the breast and womb.
Gen
28:3 May
God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and
increase your numbers until you become a community
of peoples.
Lev
26:9"I
will look on you with favor and make you fruitful
and increase your numbers, and I will keep my
covenant with you."
Psa
113:9 He
settles the barren woman in her home as a happy
mother of children. Praise the LORD.
Psa
128:2-3 You
will eat the fruit of your labor; blessings and
prosperity will be yours. Your wife will be like a
fruitful vine within your house; your sons will be
like olive shoots around your table.
Isa
49:21-23 Then
you will say in your heart, "Who bore me these? I
was bereaved and barren; I was exiled and rejected.
Who brought these up? I was left all alone, but
these--where have they come from?'" This is what
the Sovereign LORD says: "See, I will beckon to the
Gentiles, I will lift up my banner to the peoples;
they will bring your sons in their arms and carry
your daughters on their shoulders. Kings will be
your foster fathers, and their queens your nursing
mothers. They will bow down before you with their
faces to the ground; they will lick the dust at
your feet. Then you will know that I am the LORD;
those who hope in me will not be disappointed."
Isa
41:18 I
will make rivers flow on barren heights, and
springs within the valleys. I will turn the desert
into pools of water, and the parched ground into
springs.
God’s
Command
God created every single one of us with a perfect
plan. We did not evolve! Every bone, muscle,
tissue, and organ including those in our
reproductive systems. God the creator, is also God
the healer. If you have any problems in your
reproductive system then God can heal you! It is
God's design for us to reproduce. He created us to
have children. One of God's first commands to man,
was for us to reproduce by having children. It is
His will and blessing for us and His word says He
adds no trouble to His
blessings.
Gen 1:28 God
blessed them and said to them, "Be fruitful and
increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it.
Rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the
air and over every living creature that moves on
the ground."
Gen 9:7 As
for you, be fruitful and increase in number;
multiply on the earth and increase upon
it."
James 1:17 Every
good and perfect gift (in this case
children) is
from above, coming down from the Father of the
heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting
shadows.
Psa 127:3 Sons
are a heritage from the LORD, children a reward
from Him. (NAS) Behold, children are a gift of the
Lord; The fruit of the womb is a
reward.
Psa 115:14 May the
LORD make you increase, both you and your
children.
You
Are Not Alone!
There are several women in the Bible who could not
conceive. These women cried out to God for healing
and He answered them by opening their wombs! God
does not show favoritism, what He has done for the
following couples, He can also do for
you.
Gen 25:21 Isaac
prayed to the LORD on behalf of his wife, because
she was barren. The LORD answered his prayer, and
his wife Rebekah became
pregnant.
Gen 29:31 & 30:17 & 22 When
the
Lord saw that Leah was not loved, He opened her
womb, but Rachel was barren. God listened to Leah,
and she became pregnant and bore Jacob a fifth son.
Then God remembered Rachel; He listened to her and
opened her womb. She became pregnant and gave birth
to a son and said "God has taken away my
disgrace."
1 Sam 1:27 I
prayed for this child, and the LORD has granted me
what I asked of Him.
(Hannah)
Luke 1:36,37 Even
Elizabeth your relative is going to have a child in
her old age, and she who was said to be barren is
in her sixth month. For nothing is impossible with
God.
Heb 11:11 By
faith Abraham, even though he was past age--and
Sarah herself was barren--was enabled to become a
father because He considered him faithful who had
made the promise.
Note: If you would like to
learn more about what God’s Word says for your
conception and how to receive healing of any
reproductive sickness, disease or complication then
grab a copy of our book
God’s Plan for Pregnancy and/or the
Pocket Companion! They not only
have information on what God’s Word says on all the
areas of ‘childbearing’ but also detailed
information on ‘how
to’ apply it to your life!
They will show you how to; build your faith, pray
effectively, overcome fear and they even have
suggested prayer points for each stage of
childbearing, along with blank pages for your own
personalised prayer points and prayers that
we have written out as a guide for you to follow.
There are also several testimonies from infertile
women who outline how through God’s Word they were
able to overcome infertility, and other
complications to receive their miracle children! Go
to the
Products and Resources Page on how to purchase your
copy!
God is Creator
We know a woman who suffered from feelings of
rejection. She was the result of an unplanned
pregnancy. One night when she was praying she was
given a vision. She saw an egg in her mother's womb
and a hand was guiding a single sperm to the egg.
God then said to her, "I planned you, I even hand
picked the sperm. I made you". God is the maker of
everything, including our children. The Scriptures
below confirm this. Pray for your baby that it is
being properly formed, every part, without
abnormalities, defects, or diseases. Also pray that
your placenta is attached firmly in the perfect
position on your uterine wall (not the fallopian
tubes) and that it will function perfectly
throughout the pregnancy and delivery, supplying
your baby with all of its needs.
During my second pregnancy, with Aidan, I felt led
by the Holy Spirit to pray for protection from
Downs Syndrome. I prayed that God would be true to
His Word, that He would knit and form my baby
perfectly in my womb. After Aidan's birth, a
midwife showed me the palms of his hands. Parallel
to where his fingers joined the palm, was a single
straight line (where most of us have two curved
lines). This line is called a "simian crease" and
is common in babies with Downs Syndrome. It is very
rare for normal babies to have this crease. My son
was given a clean bill of health. I am so thankful
the Holy Spirit guided me in my prayers. I don't
want to instill fear in you, this is not my point.
My point is you should ask the Holy Spirit to guide
you in your prayers, and show you what to pray for
when necessary.
Isa 44:24 "This
is what the LORD says -- your Redeemer, who formed
you in the womb: I am the LORD, who has made all
things, who alone stretched out the heavens, who
spread out the earth by
myself."
Psa 139:13-16 For
you created my inmost being; you knit me together
in my mother's womb. I praise you because I am
fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are
wonderful, I know that full well. 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, your eyes saw my unformed body. All the
days ordained for me were written in your book
before one of them came to
be.
Jer 1:5 "Before I formed you in
the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you
apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the
nations."
Job 33:4 The
Spirit of God has made me; the breath of the
Almighty gives me life.
Isa 29:23 When
they see among them their children, the work of my
hands, they will keep my name holy; they will
acknowledge the holiness of the Holy One of Jacob,
and will stand in awe of the God of
Israel.
Isa 43:7 everyone
who is called by my name, whom I created for my
glory, whom I formed and
made."
Isa 46:3,4 "Listen
to me, O house of Jacob, all you who remain of the
house of Israel, you whom I have upheld since you
were conceived, and have carried since your birth.
Even to your old age and grey hairs I am He, I am
He who will sustain you. I have made you and I will
carry you; I will sustain you and I will rescue
you."
Psa 100:3 Know
that the LORD is God. It is He who made us, and we
are His; we are His people, the sheep of His
pasture.
Isa 43:1 But
now, this is what the LORD says --He who created
you, O Jacob, He who formed you, O Israel: "Fear
not, for I have redeemed you; I have summoned you
by name; you are mine."
Mal 2:10,15 Have
we not all one Father? Did not one God create us?
Why do we profane the covenant of our fathers by
breaking faith with one another? Has not the LORD
made them one? In flesh and spirit they are His.
And why one? Because He was seeking godly
offspring. So guard yourself in your spirit, and do
not break faith with the wife of your
youth.
Planning
Your Family
Some of you may desire to have a child of a
particular sex. If this is the case then you should
be praying for your choice before conception
because it is too late once you are pregnant. The
moment a baby has been conceived its sex has
already been determined and no prayer, or
confession will change it. God's word says if you
ask, then you will receive the desires of your
heart, but He also says;
Rom 8:29.....For
those God fore knew He also
predestined.
Trust God with your family, for He knows the "big
picture". Therefore whatever sex your child is, boy
or girl (or the amount of children God has given
you), this is His perfect plan for your life. That
child is as real as you are and God will not change
your baby's sex, just like He would not change
yours. Julie's husband, Graeme, was the result of
an unplanned pregnancy. The circumstances
surrounding his conception were not desirable and
his mother never married. They lived in a small
town and the gossip and slander was cruel. Shortly
after Graeme became a Christian he was given
a ‘word of knowledge’ at a
church service by the pastor. God stated that He
loved Graeme, and that He had planned his life and
his birth was not an accident. The pastor who spoke
this didn’t know Graeme’s background. God plans ALL
of our children. Not one of them are a mistake.
They are a perfect gift from God, planned or
unplanned by their parents. We have read in several
Christian counseling books, of many people dealing
with rejection. This stemmed from their parents
being disappointed that they weren't a particular
sex, or that they were the result of an unplanned
pregnancy. If you have done this, it can easily be
reversed by praying over your baby and asking for
forgiveness. We both prayed over all our babies
when they were in the womb, that they would be
protected from all physical and emotional harm. The
Bible tells us that the moment we are conceived, we
have a spirit (even though our bodies have not yet
been formed). This means that we can sense things
in our mother's womb. The 'spiritual' bond between
mother and baby is very strong. Therefore nurturing
begins in pregnancy, not after the birth. If you
find it hard to 'connect' with your baby then pray
for 'bonding'. Ask God to give you love for your
child, after all He has given it to
you.
Infertility Support?
If you would like to join with other Christian
women and receive prayer and encouragement for your
conception along with praying and encouraging
others then go to the On-line Support
Page to check out our
Conception Message Board!
The Bible called those
who were unable to conceive "barren". Today the
terms "infertility" or "sterility" are used. While
the terms may have changed, the pain and
frustration felt through this painful journey has
not.
Definitions
The definition of the term "infertility" is the failure to conceive after a year of unprotected intercourse. (Infertility, or secondary Infertility, can also occur in a couple that has conceived previously.) "Sterility" is the term given when conception is impossible due to irreversible problems such as genital abnormalities, disease, poor quality, or quantity or immobile sperm, poor quality, or quantity of ovum (eggs), abnormal ovulation, hormone imbalances or surgery restrictions.
