Prayers For a Safe and Healthy Pregnancy

Question 1. I am a smoker and I love drinking. Now that I am pregnant I want to give it up for the safety of my baby but I can’t do it on my own. What help does the Word of God offer me?

I thank God that you are bold enough to confront the issue of smoking and drinking now that you are pregnant. When you smoke carbon monoxide and nicotine passes into your lungs and blood stream, this means that:

A. Your baby gets less oxygen and cannot grow as well as it should.

B. The nicotine makes your baby’s heart beat faster; if you’re constantly breathing other people’s smoke it may have a harmful effect.

Alcohol

Heavy or frequent drinking can seriously harm your baby’s development. To be on the safe side, stop altogether. Ask the Lord to give you the grace to give up this habit.

Bible

Let’s just go into the bible and hear the mind of God on this issue. We find in Judges 13:3-4, what the Lord said to Samson’s mother when she was pregnant. “You shall conceive and bear a child. Please be careful not to drink wine or similar drink and not to eat anything unclean”.

God specifically told this mother to stay away from strong drinks and anything unclean, which I know, includes cigarettes. As you have now asked for help, God himself will help you by giving you strength to overcome those habits that are not really good for you or your unborn child.

Now say a prayer:

Father I bless you. I thank you that you are my refuge and my strength and my present help in trouble. Father, I refuse to fear that I will not be able to overcome this smoking and drinking of strong drink. You said in your Word I should not be filled with wine, which leads to debauchery. Instead I should be filled with your Holy Spirit according to Ephesians 5:16.

I receive strength from you and the Holy Spirit and I rise above all these habits in the name of Jesus. I choose to take your yoke which is light and I cast down the yoke of slavery and bondage to bad things in the name of Jesus.

From today I say goodbye to every unclean habit and I receive the grace to excel above every vice of the evil one. Christ overcame the world and gave me victory and I receive that victory in the mighty name of Jesus. Thank you Father. Amen.

Question 2. From beginning to the end of my pregnancy, I am always sick. What does the Lord have in His Word for me to help me overcome this situation?

The reason why the enemy attacks you during pregnancy is because he knows you are ignorant of your right in God concerning childbirth and pregnancy. The enemy will act on your ignorance and try to use it to rob you of all that God has for you.

God said to you in His Word “his blessing adds no sorrow” if you have to suffer throughout your pregnancy that means God’s Word is a lie, but we know that the Word of God is truth. The Word of God tells us that Christ has paid the price for all our pain and disease. Today you must take your stand against sickness in the name of Jesus.

Prayer:

God bore the sickness on the cross for me I need not be sick at all not even in pregnancy. The Lord has made the boundary line of life to fall for me in pleasant places I have a godly inheritance. I am blessed in the city and blessed in the field. No more sickness. I take my stand from today and I declare no more sickness in God name. Amen.

By Veronica Anusionwu