Author: Bryan Gibson

Weekly Bulletin
March 18, 2018

Prayers for a Newborn Child
by Bryan Gibson
Using a number of different Bible passages as our guide, here are some prayers that could be offered for a newborn child.
“God of all grace, for this child whom You have graciously given us, we give You thanks. Thank You for hearing and answering our prayers for a child” (Genesis 33:5; 1 Samuel 1:27).
“Our loving God, we thank You for the great joy this child has already given us, and may our joy increase more and more through the years as we see our child walking in the truth” (John 16:21; 3 John 1:4; Proverbs 23:24-25).
“Holy Father, help us as parents to develop the same purity and innocence, the same humble dependence our child possesses, because what we see in our child is what You want to see in us” (Matthew 18:3-4; 19:13-15).
“O righteous heavenly Father, help us to set the proper example for our child, to walk in all your commandments and ordinances blameless” (Luke 1:6).
“Our great and awesome God, who possesses infinite wisdom, it is not in us to know what’s best for our child, so please show us in Your word what we need to do to raise this child” (Jeremiah 10:23; Judges 13:8).
“God of heaven and earth, please help our child increase in stature and wisdom, and in favor first and foremost with You, but also with men” (Luke 2:52; 1 Samuel 2:26).
“Help us, Father, to give this child back to you, by teaching our child to become Your child, by instilling within this child the hope of eternity, the hope of one day being in Your very presence, to see You as You are” (1 Samuel 1:11; 1 John 3:1-3).
“Help us, eternal Father, to train this child in Your ways, to diligently teach our child the Scriptures from the very beginning, to mold our child into the image of your Son” (Ephesians 6:4; 2 Timothy 3:15; Romans 8:29; Ephesians 4:13).
“Help us, Almighty God, to be firm in our discipline, to help our child learn respect for authority, obedience, and self-control; but keep us from being too impatient, too harsh, lest we discourage our child. Help us, please, to develop the proper balance” (Proverbs 13:24; 19:18; Colossians 3:21).
“Father, we understand that friendships have the potential to make us or break us, so please help our child to choose wisely” (1 Corinthians 15:33; Proverbs 13:20).
“It may be many years off, but faithful God, please help our child to find a faithful Christian to marry, someone equipped to help our child reach their full potential in the kingdom of God” (Ephesians 1:1; Acts 18:26).
When Man Becomes a Beast
by Doy Moyer
When a man finds simple pleasures to be too mundane, and must instead seek the greater pleasures, he may soon find himself unable to find any true, lasting pleasure at all. For in feeling discontented at even the simplest of honorable activities, he will soon find no tasteful activities to suit his desires, and so go deeper and deeper into those sinful, perverted pleasures that finally lay waste to the soul. So tainted by the taste for wickedness, and for the seeking out of evil desire, a man ceases to be a man of dignity and instead becomes a beast seeking only to fulfill selfish lusts (see Ephesians 4:19; 2 Peter 2:12-14).
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