Sermons About Pregnancy
Real Questions: Abortion
The issue of abortion is so clouded in our society, especially when considering the practical issues surrounding rape, incest and genetic disorders. Yet, the Word of God is clear that God intentionally creates values all life.
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Neighborhoods in the Network / CompassCare (Rochester, NY)
Join Martha Manikas-Foster for this Neighborhoods in the Network look at a non-profit pregnancy resource center that has been making a difference in Rochester, NY since 1980. The medical personnel at CompassCare provides pregnancy testing, ultrasound exams, and counseling.
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Congratulations, You're Expecting: Love, Mercy, Justice Part 4
Now, many of you may know this, but in case you don’t, Amy and I have 3 children: 3 wonderful girls Meredith, Landry, and Emma. Now I can tell you what my initial reaction was when we found out that Amy was pregnant with each of them. I can tell you what it is like to be in the delivery, and I can even tell you what it is like to cut the cord. What I cannot tell you though is what it is like to find out that there is baby growing in my tummy. I can’t tell you the emotions that occur when that baby begins to grow and move, and I definitively cannot tell you what happens emotionally when you give birth. But scripture sure does speak about the concept of being pregnant or being in labor a whole lot. It is a metaphor that immediately strikes an image in your heart and mind whether or not you have ever been pregnant. Either way, towards that end, for anyone who has difficulty relating to scripture, I’ve enlisted the help of those who do know what scripture is talking about.. Here are a few examples from ladies in our church who shared with me via email what it was like to find out that they were pregnant. Great joy, followed by sadness as the child was miscarried after a only a few weeks into the pregnancy My response was joy, disbelief, amazement, panic, awe, and worry...all mixed together. Then I threw up. You don't want to use those words I'm your sermon! At first I couldn’t believe it when the nurse called & told me that I was pregnant & then I was very emotional & gave thanks to God for blessing me with a child. We even had one mom say that doctor got her due date horribly wrong and it made it look like she had been cheating on her husband. They soon got a new doctor. I must admit reading those responses was entertaining and hopefully they helped all of you to get a picture of what it means to be pregnant. Clearly, finding out you are pregnant and being pregnant are life changing and life altering occurrences. Not everyone person has the opportunity to experience pregnancy and in those situations, we trust that God has some other incredibly amazing experience reserved for us. Well, this week at Sovereign King in the book of Micah, we are going to see the prophet use this pregnancy and labor image to set the minds of God’s people to a sense of expectation. So, whether we have been pregnant, never been pregnant, or even pregnant right now, lets do our best to get in the mindset of waiting for something with expectation. With that, we will ask, what is it that God is asking us to look forward to with similar expectancy as a pregnancy?
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Matthew 1:18-23 - God With Us
This passage details the account of the angel of the Lord appearing to Joseph to explain why Mary is pregnant. In the vision the angel informs Joseph that though this pregnancy is unconventional, it is also Divine, and ultimately glorious. Joseph is reminded that all that was about to take place was a fulfillment of prophecy that the Redeemer would be born in this way, adn that He would indeed be Immanuel- "God with us".
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