Dear friends, If you are a new or expecting parent, join me for a biweekly meeting (starting tomorrow) We will focus on perinatal mental health and spiritual preparation based on Biblical principles. If you are not a new or expecting parent, share with someone you know.đ Also, pray for the groupđ Topic: Preparing the NurseryTime: […]
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Day 6: Are there Ghosts in the Nursery?
Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children’s children, unto the third and to the fourth generation. Exodus 34:7 (KJV) The nursery can be described as the place of security for the child. […]
Day 5: Made for Relationship
And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make Him an help meet for him. Genesis 2:18 (KJV) Contrary to popular belief, newborns do not simply smile because they are passing gas. Some developmental theorists propose that the newbornâs smile is a mechanism for survival.  That is, the […]
Day 4: Post-Partum Depression
The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him. Psalms 28:7 (KJV) Despite the joy of having a newborn, new parents may experience depression because caring for a newborn can be overwhelming.  It may feel like […]
Day 3: Blessings of the Breasts
Day 3 of the 7-Day Devotional for new parents/mothers. Be Blessed! By the God of your father who will help you, by the Almighty who will bless you with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that crouches beneath, blessings of the breasts and of the womb. Genesis 49:25 (ESV) The newborn must eat […]