Praying for a baby during infertility seems like a continual prayer that goes in circles. Am I right? You’re trying to conceive but there’s a bigger emphasis on trying than the part where you’re supposed to conceive. You’re wondering why God hasn’t yet answered your prayer? Right? Well sis, I want to teach you how to pray with POWER over future children and open your womb through fertility prayer.

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Where to Begin?

My prayer journey started with a pen and paper. 

At first I didn’t know how to pray so I wrote to God, and I’m sure many others before giving your life to Christ didn’t know how to pray as well, so this post is for you. 

Grab a journal and just start writing your thoughts, desires, weaknesses, strengths, worries, and pain. God wants to hear it all.

As a prayer newbie, when it came to praying I would OCCASIONALLY pray over my food saying: “Thank you Lord for this food that you have given me. In Jesus name, I pray. Amen.” 

Yep, that’s it. 

That was the extent of my prayer life, and from what I can remember it didn’t even happen everyday. 

So a lot of the food in my lifetime has been eaten unblessed.

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Now when it comes to prayer, I find myself 15 minutes in with tissues full of tears and on the floor, laid out before God. 

Don’t worry, I’m not always so dramatic but when God is working IN my life I can’t help but to give Him praise and when he is working ON my life I can’t help but to pray!

Learn to Pray

In 2015, at a women’s group meeting at church, I learned how to pray. 

I was taught an acronym to remember for prayer: ACTS. (Because we want God to ACT in our life, right?) 

ACT:

• Adoration
• Confession
• Thanksgiving
• Supplication

First, give adoration for our Lord and savior, honor God and tell Him how great he is for the sacrifice that he gave for you. Give him praise and acknowledge Him as your one and only God.

Then, confess any sins known and unknown. Pray that the Lord fill you with more of him and less of this world.

Next, thank Him for what He’s done, for what He is doing, and for what He is going to do in your life. Give him praise again because he is worthy!

Finally, supplicate yourself unto Him. Humbly ask God for your heart’s desire. Make your request known to Him so that he may provide.

“The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.” James 5:16 KJV

Apply Prayer to Your Life

In other words, the sincere and passionate prayer of a saved and sanctified man (or woman) is beneficially powerful. 

I don’t know about you, but I want my prayers to be powerful.

Every time I pray I want God to know that I thank him, praise him, and give Glory to his name. Now as I have evolved in my prayer life to pray multiple times a day (even praying over my vitamins, lol) I find myself thinking of others out of the blue. 

I believe that is the Holy Spirit letting me know that person is in need of prayer and I obey. Therefore, dive into prayer so that you may be blessed and also be a blessing to others.

Now that I have built this TTC community I find that my subscribers or email list sisters come to mind frequently in need of fertility prayers! How great is OUR God!

Prayer books that have helped me:

Fervent: A Woman’s Battle Plan to Serious, Specific and Strategic Prayer

The Power of a Praying® Wife

How Do I Begin to Pray?

Here’s a simple prayer to start with:

The Lord’s Prayer

“Our Father which art in heaven, hallowed be thy name, Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil; For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.” Matthew 6:9-13

Now, I start everyday with “Thank You Jesus” as I awake and prayer as I start my day. 

On the way to the gym I pray. 

Before I eat,  pray. 

While I’m at work, I definitely pray.  

My mother-in-law gave me a perfect scripture/painting to hang on my wall as a housewarming gift:

“Don’t worry about anything; instead, PRAY about everything.” Philippians 4:6

How do I Pray a Fertility Prayer?

Hannah from 1 Samuel in the bible had the ULTIMATE fertility prayer. 

Hannah prayed to conceive a baby and I related to her story immensely when I was trying to conceive my first child! She continued hoping and praying that motherhood is God’s will for her life. Is that you right now, sis?

The Story of Hannah 

The name Hannah means graciousness and favor. God favored Hannah just like he favors you and I.  Elkanah (Hannah’s husband) also had another wife named Penninah. Penninah had children and Hannah did not.

Elkanah loved Hannah even though God had closed her womb. Because of this Penninah constantly provoked Hannah.

Have you ever been provoked? I’m pretty sure you can think of some instigators in your life who are always negative, nagging or demeaning towards you. Sometimes we provoke ourselves! We see other pregnant women or happy couples or someone with something that WE WANT and we become so negative towards ourselves. In our minds we start to think that these things will never happen for us.

Well this happened to Hannah for YEARS. I can’t imagine what Hannah was going through and to be nagged at the same time by another woman?

Hannah was provoked into a state of depression. She cried. She didn’t eat. The burden of being barren was too much. Infertility was taking over her life.

And then Elkanah, (bless his heart) asked Hannah “why are you crying? and not eating? Why are you so down my love?” He said am I not enough? I am surely better than 10 sons.

Little did Elkanah know that some voids cannot be filled by man alone but only by God. Hannah “was in bitterness of soul” (1 Samuel 10). Has your soul ever been bitter? What did you do about it?

How can I be like Hannah?

Sacrifice.

Because her soul was so bitter, she prayed and made a vow onto the Lord:

“And she vowed a vow, and said, O Lord of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thine handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thine handmaid, but wilt give unto thine handmaid a man child, then I will give him unto the Lord all the days of his life, and there shall no razor come upon his head.” (1 Samuel 1:11)

She made a sacrifice before she received anything from God. She dedicated her son to the Lord even before she knew she would have one.

Pray.

Hannah continued to pray at church. Eli, the priest, one day saw Hannah and her lips were moving but no words came out. (Sometimes I have a silent prayer because I know God hears my heart.) Eli thought she was drunk the way she prayed. He asked why she came to church drunk?

Hannah replied by saying she was not drunk but in deep sorrow and only pouring out her soul to the Lord. How many of us are that deep in our prayers where we look crazy and drunk?

So deep in our prayers that we are giving our ALL to God.

Eli Understood and said go in peace and may God grant your request. Sometimes God will send someone or people to confirm our prayers and that he has heard our cries.

“”Oh, thank you, sir!” she exclaimed. Then she went back and began to eat again, and she was no longer sad.” (1 Samuel 1:18)

Worship

The next morning the family went to church and worshipped. Therefore, we have to pray and then worship, praise Him even before our prayers are answered. Have faith in our worship that our prayers have been heard.

After worshipping, they returned home and Elkanah knew Hannah. When someone ever knew someone else in the bible it means they were baby dancing! Then the bible says that “the Lord remembered her”.

In due time (bible doesn’t state how long) Hannah conceived a son named Samuel who ultimately became a prophet. Then the Lord remember Hannah 5 more times (she had 5 more children).

Faith

I’ll leave you with this: “Faith takes God without any ifs” -D.L. Moody

No more “if” I conceive. Have faith in God my love!

Sacrifice for the Lord as he has sacrificed for us. So, pour out your heart in prayer and then worship him for the blessing you have faith is on it’s way!

He will remember you like he remembered Hannah.

Fertility Prayer:

Who do you pray to for pregnancy?

God. During my trying to conceive journey I prayed to God for a baby and also cast my worries to him. Trusting Him through the process helped me cope with the struggle of not conceiving month after month. Prayer especially helped with my miscarriages and ultimately the conception of my rainbow baby.

Tell me sis in the comments below: What methods of prayer do you currently use during your fertility journey?