Praying Through Pregnancy

For all you pregnant mommas out there, "Praying Through Pregnancy", by Jennifer Polimino, is an awesome resource. The book doubles as a prayer guide and journal. Or, you can sign up to have a weekly prayer sent to your email at http://www.jenniferpolimino.com/. The prayers are catered to your baby's development, week by week, hence, showing you exactly what you can pray for throughout each week of your pregnancy. And even more importantly, it leads you to pray for your child's spiritual development; that God will bless baby with a heart for Him, and also that us mommas will have the strength and wisdom to be living examples of Christ while raising our little ones.

Prayer for Week 13

Dear Lord, I thank You for making it to the second trimester this week! I praise You for the miracle of this baby I'm carrying. Truly, You are a great and wonderful God! I'm amazed at the exquisite detail You planned for Your creation. Thank You for caring for my unborn baby, as You said in so many verses.

Lord, I pray for my child that he or she will exhibit the fruit of the Holy Spirit: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, gentleness, long-suffering and temperance. Help me to be a role model of these. Lord, I want to live my life in harmony with You, so that I bring Your Spirit into our home and into my child's life. Help me be the loving mother You want me to be.

And Lord, I pray for the physical development of my baby. Cause everything that is happening this week to develop properly.

Psalm 139:13 says, "You created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb". I thank You for this encouraging Scripture. Please knit together--cause to develop properly--every part of my baby's being: body, soul and spirit.

In Jesus' name. Amen.