Sobering words

You are going to have a baby.

Psalm 126:5,6 – Seed/Tears/Joy

They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.

Pregnancy changes

Your bodyYour emotions Your activities Your dressYour scheduleYour house - nursery

Prenatal Care

When you are expecting,

everything you do

can have an effect

on your baby.

That is whyIt is important To See your doctor regularly

Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together

Hebrews 10:25

Tests and procedures

to make sure

both you and baby

are doing fine.

Advice on how to take care

of yourself so your baby will be born in the best possible health.

Hebrews:13:17: Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls

Balanced diet.

Your body requires more of certain nutrients such as calcium and iron.

As newborn babes desire the sincere milk of the word.

2 Tim 2:2

High cost of birth defects

Nearly four million babies are born in the United States each year. Many of the high costs associated with poor pregnancy outcomes are preventable and unnecessary.

When children are involved

even the most immature grow up:

Madonna’s child - Bible

School prayer

Manson’s tour after Littleton

Some things you don’t do!

When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.

1 Corinthians 13:11:

It is also very important not to

drink alcohol, smoke, or take drugs

1 Corinthians 6:19your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost

Remember, what you do while you are pregnant can effectthe rest of your child's life.

Estimated lifetime costs

for 18 of the most clinically

significant birth defects in

the United States were

$8 billion in 1992

(Waitzman et al., 1994).

AbortionsOver 1 million per year54% accidental pregnancies aborted Teens account for 20%. 70% abortions unmarried. 37% Protestant & 31% Catholic Church people account for 68% of abortions

Our children have been forced to survive

Abortion table

Abuse of every kind

Abandoned throw away society

Shootings - Littleton, Colorado

What Chance Do They Have?

Missing dependable relationships children of divorce,

Starved for closeness and intimacy as the family has deteriorated.

Abusive, neglectful, busy, absent, non-emotional and working parents have no time for relationships.

Deprived intimacy value

don’t have meaningful relationship skills

parents work, permissive, "latchkey"

every other weekend step kids

Throw Away Relationships:

"dad’s girlfriend", "mom’s previous ex-husband", "my second step-father", or "my step-brother’s father’s ex-wife

Skeptical of relationships, fill the void

Do anything to be loved

Inherited Not Free Love, but AIDS,

not peace but nuclear anxiety,

not cheap communal lifestyles but crushing costs of living,

not free teach-ins but colleges priced for the aristocracy

Acceptance by surrogate families

decisions based on acceptance

don’t bother with right or wrong

Children Do not ask

"what must I do to saved?”

They Ask,

"what must I do to be loved?"

not searching for truth,

rather they are searching for meaning.

Partners, Please

Change the Cat Litter

Many activities are out because they might hurt children:

Wherefore, if meat make my brother to offend, I will eat no flesh while the world standeth,

1 Corinthians 8:13

Morning Sickness

Proverbs 29:27An unjust man is an abomination to the justEphesians 5:12: For it is a shame

even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret.

Childbirth Preparation Classes

2 Timothy 2:15

Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

Emotional extremes

Paul joy unspeakable

Great sorrow and continual heaviness

Stress - Uncomfortable

Romans 8:22

For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now.

Fatigue - Labor

For ye remember, brethren,

our labour and travail: for labouring night and day, because we would not be chargeable unto any of you, we preached unto you the gospel of God.

1 Thessalonians 2:9

Blood Tests

Without the shedding of blood there is no remission. Hebrews

Travel Restrictions

Roller coasters

X-rays

There’s a baby involved

Fetal Movements

Acts:17:32: And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked: and others said, We will hear thee again of this matter.

Get to the Hospital

without Delay

“I travail in birth again

until Christ

be formed in you”

-Galatians 4:19

When labor starts

You can’t put it off.

Can’t put off salvation.

Revelation:12:2

And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered.

John:16:21

A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come:

But As Soon As She Is Delivered

of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world.

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