When I was pregnant with my firstborn, I heard someone mention the idea of meditating on various Bible verses while in labor as a way to help yourself cope with the pain and keep your eyes focused on the Lord and His strength. It sounded like an awesome idea, so during my third trimester, I took to looking up as many verses as I could on the topics of strength and courage and wrote them all out on little pink 3×5 index cards for my husband to read to me when the big day came and I found myself in the midst of labor.
Today, I want to share with you, in no particular order, those verses I scribbled down to be used during labor. It is my hope that they prove helpful to you as a starting place for your own compilation of verses for use in your own labor and delivery.
1. “In the day when I cried out, You answered me, and made me bold with strength in my soul.” ~Psalm 138:3
2. “In God is my salvation and my glory; the rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God.” ~Psalm 62:7
3. “But the salvation of the righteous is from the Lord; He is their strength in the time of trouble.” ~Psalm 37:39
4. “For You have armed me with strength for the battle;” ~2 Samuel 22:40b
5. “He gives power to the weak, and to those who have no might He increases strength.” ~Isaiah 40:29
6. “Trust in the Lord forever, for in YAH, the Lord, is everlasting strength.” ~Isaiah 26:4
7. “Strength and honor are her clothing; She shall rejoice in time to come.” ~Proverbs 31:25
8. “The Lord is my strength and song, and He has become my salvation.” ~Psalm 118:14
9. “God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.” ~Psalm 46:1
10. “The Lord will give strength to His people; The Lord will bless His people with peace.” ~Psalm 29:11
11. “The Lord is their strength, and He is the saving refuge of His anointed.” ~Psalm 28:8
12. “It is God who arms me with strength, and makes my way perfect.” ~Psalm 18:32
13. “Honor and majesty are before Him; Strength and gladness are in His place.” ~1 Chronicles 16:27
14. “Have I not commanded you? Be strong and of good courage; do not be afraid, nor be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.” ~Joshua 1:9
15. “The Lord bless you and keep you; The Lord make His face shine upon you, and be gracious to you; The Lord lift up His countenance upon you, and give you peace.”’ ~Numbers 6:24-26
16. “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.” ~Philippians 4:13
17. “Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.” ~John 14:27
18. “Wait on the Lord; Be of good courage, And He shall strengthen your heart; Wait, I say, on the Lord!” ~Psalm 27:14
19. “God is my strength and power, and He makes my way perfect.” ~2 Samuel 22:33
20. “She girds herself with strength, and strengthens her arms.” ~Proverbs 31:17
There you have it! May the Word of God be a source of great encouragement, strength, encourage and help to you as you are working to bring precious new life into this world! After all, we read in 2 Timothy 3:16-17 that, “All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.”
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