I know numerous days have passed since I asked for your prayers on behalf of the adopted children.  The last day in China and the travel day back to the U.S. have been a blur and a time of jet-lag and diaper changes.  Sorry for the delay.

 

Our time of prayer for the children was in a garden setting in the hotel courtyard and attended by all but two of the adults.  Several of the children were sick and one family had left the hotel but for the most part it was a wonderful time together.  The children were patient and the parents and extended families were appreciative for the opportunity to have a prayer of blessing over their families.

 

A previous conversation with a friend enlightened me on the issue of abandonment. We, in our humanness, understand the concept of conception in a very physical way.  As followers of Christ we lean toward a belief of conception as taking place at the moment a husband and wife fertilize the egg as designed by the Father.  My friend stated that during a time of prayer the Father reminded him that according to scripture He knew before the beginning of time.  Our conception took place in the spirit from the beginning of time.  The physical is just the inhabiting of the shell we use here on earth. This thought is the underpinning for combating the lie that these children had been abandoned.  If we were conceived by the Father before the beginning of time for this very day then the enemy has no foundation for accusing us or these children of abandonment.

 

We opened the time of prayer by singing Amazing Grace and then I shared this conception thought with the group of newly adoptive parents to encourage them for this day and the days to come.  Each child was touched and blessed, prayed over for physical and spiritual health, surrounded by the mothers and fathers establishing an umbrella of spiritual and physical protection according to the Word of God.  Peace settled on the families and especially the children as we moved from family to family.  One baby went from agitated to asleep.

 

Thank you so much for joining us for this time of prayer.  As with all time like you never really know what the outcome is but of this one thing I am sure.  These children were dedicated to the Father and a spiritual foundation to refute the lie of the enemy concerning abandonment.  I believe because of your partnership with us these families will be able to pass along this understanding to their families and friends across the United States and beyond.

 

Thanks again.

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