What’s In a Name ?  A third way children can be blessed or cursed at the time of birth is through the impartation of a meaningful name. A good name will contain character qualities as hint at the child’s destiny. In Hebrew culture there is traditionally a ceremony eight days after a child’s birth during which the parents, after seeking the Lord, impart a meaningful name to the child.  There is a..

Gender Blessing or Cursing at Birth  I mentioned that one way an infant may be blessed or cursed at birth is through the parents’ acceptance or rejection of his gender. When parents affirm a baby as the boy or girl God created, this again establishes deep inside a self-accept-ance and settled sense of gender identity. This person goes through life looking in the mirror and takinng pleasure in hi..

Blessing Your Child at Birth   I believe there is a party in heaven each time a child is born. Angels rejoice, and the Father looks at the new person He had made and declares something much like what He said in Genesis after each step of creation: It is very good (Gen.1:31). God was delighted in you at your birth, and He has delighted in each child born into your family.   Key Role Player   Bo..

God’s Protective Measures In Ancient Hebrew Culture  God was so intent that no one would receive Satan’s identity message in the womb that He again placed protective measures in ancient Hebrew culture. God used the same three protective values mentioned in the last chapter to protect a child in the womb. In addition to those three – the Law of Moses and the cultural attitudes toward children and..

Blessing a Child in the Womb  So we see that secular prenatal psychology confirms that a child needs to receive blessing, nurturing, and love during the time spent in the womb. Both father and mother can bless their children in the womb by speaking to them, praying over them, nurturing them, loving them, and basically treating them like real people even though they cannot physically see them yet..

THE AMAZING EXPERIENCE OF AN UNBORN CHILD  Not only does Scripture tell us that children need to be blessed in the womb, but also the science of prenatal medicine and psychology confirms this. The most interesting and informative book I have ever read on this topic was written by a prenatal psychiatrist named Dr. Thomas Verny. Titled The Secret Life of the Unborn Child, this book confirms that p..

Blessing Your Child in the Womb   Let’s now turn to the second critical time God intended for a child to receive his parent’s blessing: in the womb. This second key phase entails the entire gestational period – from conception through birth. In the past some people thought unborn children were little inanimate lumps of flesh with no thoughts or feelings. Of course, we know from Scripture that Go..

How the Body Works?  This article is from the book "Body Life" by Ray C. Stedman. Eph. 4:11-12 11 It was he who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers, 12 to prepare God's people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up  In his letter to the Ephesian Christians, the apostle Paul uses two great figures of ..

Remedial Prayers to Break the Curse If you already have a child conceived outside the protective hedge of the covenant of marriage  I encourage you to follow the steps below. You may pray steps one through three without your child present. While it’s not essential, I suggest you pray steps four through seven in the presence of your child. If you are married, it is important for you and your spou..

God’s Protective Measures in Ancient Hebrew Culture  As we look at each of the seven critical times of blessing, we will discover that God placed protective measures in the ancient Hebrew culture to ensure that children would receive His message through blessing and not Satan’s message through cursing. God’s protection usually was established in the form of laws, cultural attitudes, ceremonies, ..