PRAYER FOR A PATIENT
FACING
THE BIRTH OF A CHILDHeavenly Father,
I thank You that the God powerful enough to create heaven and earth cared enough to create
this new life within me. Thank You for this special gift of love. Please keep my baby and
me healthy and strong as the time for delivery draws near. Give strength to my body so
that I can bring up my child in this busy world. Give strength to my soul so that I may
teach my child to know what is right or wrong. Give strength to my spirit so that I may
lead my child to know Your love for himself or herself. I pray all of these things in
Jesus name.
Amen.
I am the Lord, who made all things, who alone stretched out the heavens, who by myself
spread out the earth. For it was you who formed my inward parts; you knit me together in
my mothers womb. I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.
Isaiah 44:24b
Psalm 139:13, 14a (NRSV)
Dr. Robert H. Guinter
Pediatrics |