Prayers

Prayers for pregnancy and fertility

For longing, waiting, carrying, and grieving new life.

  1. Struggling with infertility

    Lord, another month, another test, another quiet drive home.

    1 Samuel 1:10-11 · Psalm 38:9 · Proverbs 13:12 · Psalm 56:8 · Psalm 34:18 · Psalm 130:5-6 · Psalm 62:8 · Romans 12:12 · Habakkuk 3:17-18 · Psalm 42:5 · Isaiah 40:31

  2. Grieving a miscarriage or loss in pregnancy

    Father, we had already started loving this little one.

    Psalm 139:13-16 · Jeremiah 1:5 · Psalm 34:18 · Matthew 5:4 · Psalm 56:8 · John 11:35 · 2 Samuel 12:22-23 · Isaiah 49:15 · Psalm 147:3 · 2 Corinthians 1:3-4 · Revelation 21:4

  3. Pregnant and anxious

    Lord, I'm carrying a new life and a hundred new worries with it.

    Isaiah 41:10 · Psalm 139:13-14 · Isaiah 40:11 · Philippians 4:6-7 · Psalm 22:9-10 · Psalm 127:3 · 1 Peter 5:7 · Isaiah 66:13 · Psalm 121:7-8 · John 16:21 · Isaiah 26:3

  4. Waiting to adopt or foster

    Father, you adopted us into your family, and now we want to open our home to a child who needs one.

    Psalm 68:5-6 · Ephesians 1:5 · Romans 8:15 · James 1:27 · Psalm 10:14 · Deuteronomy 10:18 · Galatians 4:4-5 · Psalm 27:14 · Habakkuk 2:3 · Lamentations 3:25-26 · Psalm 37:7

The verses these prayers stand on

Every quotation on these pages is verbatim from the World English Bible, a public-domain translation: 1 Samuel 1:10-11, Psalm 38:9, Proverbs 13:12, Psalm 56:8, Psalm 34:18, Psalm 130:5-6, Psalm 62:8, Romans 12:12, Habakkuk 3:17-18, Psalm 42:5, Isaiah 40:31, Psalm 139:13-16, Jeremiah 1:5, Matthew 5:4, John 11:35, 2 Samuel 12:22-23, Isaiah 49:15, Psalm 147:3, 2 Corinthians 1:3-4, Revelation 21:4, Isaiah 41:10, Psalm 139:13-14, Isaiah 40:11, Philippians 4:6-7, Psalm 22:9-10, Psalm 127:3, 1 Peter 5:7, Isaiah 66:13, Psalm 121:7-8, John 16:21, Isaiah 26:3, Psalm 68:5-6, Ephesians 1:5, Romans 8:15, James 1:27, Psalm 10:14, Deuteronomy 10:18, Galatians 4:4-5, Psalm 27:14, Habakkuk 2:3, Lamentations 3:25-26, Psalm 37:7.