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Can I Still Conceive After I Have Entered My Menopause? (Part 3)

October 21st, 2009

The Promise Itself

When Abraham was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to him and said, I am God almighty, walk before me and I will greatly increase your numbers. Genesis 17:1-2.

God also gave Abraham this promise regarding Sarah his wife. “I will bless her and surely give you a son by her. I will bless her so that she will be the mother of nations, kings of people will come from her.” Abraham fell face down; he laughed and said to himself, “will a son be born to a man a hundred years old? Will Sarah bear a child at the age of ninety?” Genesis 17:15-17

When God gave this couple this promise, He did not say to them, “Abraham go and look for a man at the fertility clinic to donate sperm for you to impregnate your wife.”

God did not say to Sarah, “go look for a woman you can pay to donate eggs for you, or who will lend a womb to you by carrying your baby because you are so old, or “go for IVF- let the doctors mix Abraham’s sperm and your eggs in a glass and try to make a child for you.

”I am not condemning anything here but all I am saying is that God’s power is far above all these things. Where man’s power ends Gods power begins for those who believe in his word. Many of you would have tried a lot of stuff and gotten no result but I want you to know God’s word cannot fail you.

God told Abraham and Sarah they were going to have fun making that baby. They were going to have pleasure, have the child in the way ordained by God. And the next time the angel of God came to Abraham, Sarah was listening at the entrance to the tent, which was behind him.

Abraham and Sarah were already old and well advanced in years, and Sarah was past the age of childbearing. So she laughed to herself as she thought, “After I am worn out and my master is old, will we now have this pleasure?”

Then the Lord said to Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh and say, “will I really have a child, now that I am old”? Is anything hard for the Lord? I will return to you at the appointed time next year and Sarah will have a son.” Genesis 18:10-14. I ask you sister, is anything hard for the Lord? What you say is what you will get.

We read in Sarah’s words her response to God’s promise; she could not comprehend how she would make love at 91 years old. “After I am worn out and my master is old, will we now have this pleasure?” She did not think it was possible for her and Abraham to make love anymore, talk much less of having a child. But God’s Word is true and sure. They had a promise bigger than the problem and only their faith in God could bring them into that promise.

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General Questions On Pregnancy Answered From The Bible (Part 2)

October 13th, 2009

Question 3. I am a smoker and I love drinking. Now that I am pregnant I want to give it up for the safety of my baby but I can’t do it on my own. What help does the Word of God offer me?

I thank God that you are bold enough to confront the issue of smoking and drinking now that you are pregnant. When you smoke carbon monoxide and nicotine passes into your lungs and blood stream, this means that:

A. Your baby gets less oxygen and cannot grow as well as it should.

B. The nicotine makes your baby’s heart beat faster; if you’re constantly breathing other people’s smoke it may have a harmful effect.

Alcohol

Heavy or frequent drinking can seriously harm your baby’s development. To be on the safe side, stop altogether. Ask the Lord to give you the grace to give up this habit.

Bible

Let’s just go into the bible and hear the mind of God on this issue. We find in Judges 13:3-4, what the Lord said to Samson’s mother when she was pregnant. “You shall conceive and bear a child. Please be careful not to drink wine or similar drink and not to eat anything unclean”.

God specifically told this mother to stay away from strong drinks and anything unclean, which I know, includes cigarettes. As you have now asked for help, God himself will help you by giving you strength to overcome those habits that are not really good for you or your unborn child.

Now say a prayer:

Father I bless you. I thank you that you are my refuge and my strength and my present help in trouble. Father, I refuse to fear that I will not be able to overcome this smoking and drinking of strong drink. You said in your Word I should not be filled with wine, which leads to debauchery. Instead I should be filled with your Holy Spirit according to Ephesians 5:16.

I receive strength from you and the Holy Spirit and I rise above all these habits in the name of Jesus. I choose to take your yoke which is light and I cast down the yoke of slavery and bondage to bad things in the name of Jesus.

From today I say goodbye to every unclean habit and I receive the grace to excel above every vice of the evil one. Christ overcame the world and gave me victory and I receive that victory in the mighty name of Jesus. Thank you Father. Amen.

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I Have Been Trying To Get Pregnant For Five Years Without Success! Please Help Me Lord! Part 1

October 1st, 2009

God keeps His promises, always! No matter what is happening (or not happening) in your life, God’s promises are reliable.

If sickness is stealing your energy, disappointment is draining your hope, infertility is knocking at the door of your womb and saying, you will not carry a baby in your womb, or creditors are calling, you may find it difficult to believe the promise that was once so alive in your heart. You may even be tempted to give in to the pressure and let go of the promise of God.

Here is some great news: neither God nor His promise are weakened by
Trials, and if you have loosened your grip on what God has promised you,
You can still go forward with Him. If God has promised you a child then it must come to pass, except you give up on His word. The bible says, even when we are unfaithful God remains faithful, for he cannot deny himself.

The bible says this about God’s faithfulness:

God, who has called you into fellowship with his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, is faithful. 1 Corinthians 1:19

The LORD is faithful to all his promises and loving toward all he has made. Psalm 145:13.

To the faithful you show yourself faithful, to the blameless you show yourself blameless. Psalm 18:25.

My eyes will be on the faithful in the land; that they may dwell with me; he whose walk is blameless will minister to me. Psalm 101:6

No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it.

He is the Rock, his works are perfect, and all his ways are just. A faithful God who does no wrong, upright and just is he. Deuteronomy 32:4.

Know therefore that the LORD your God is God; he is the faithful God, keeping his covenant of love to a thousand generations of those who love him and keep his commands. Deuteronomy 7:9

Tenacious Trust Produces the Promise

Often, seeing the promise through to its fulfilment requires relentless faith. So, what do you do when darkness is closing in and your faith is failing?

Simply this, remember that without God we are hopeless. Yet, if Jesus is your Lord, He is your Light. Isaiah 50:10 says, “Let him who walks in the dark, who has no light, trust in the name of the LORD and rely on his God”.

To walk in the light you have to keep looking to God.
Only He can fulfill the promise he made to you. If you try to “help” him, you will get something, but it will be a mere shadow of what God has in store for you.

Many times we are all tempted to help God, but we must remember that God does not need our help and any attempt to help him may get in his way or even delay our promise.

God promised Abraham and Sarah a son, but after years of waiting they grew impatient. They “helped” God to produce the promise. The result was Ishmael born of the union of Abraham and Hagar, Sarah’s maidservant. Read Genesis 16. Ishmael was born outside of God’s promise. His birth complicated his parents’ lives. He became a source of strife contention while still in the womb.

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