1. We prayed for this child and the Lord has granted us what we asked of Him. - I Samuel 1:27
2. “Every good and perfect gift is from above.” - James 1:17
3. “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born, I consecrated you…” - Jeremiah 1:5
4. “From the fullness of grace we have received one blessing after another” -  John 1:16
5. “Let the children come to me, and do not prevent them; for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.” - Matthew 19:14
6. “I sing for joy at the works of Your hands.” - Psalm 92:4
7. “We are writing this so that our joy may be complete.” - 1 John 1:4
8. “And He took the children in his arms, put His hands on them and blessed them.” Mark 10:16
9. “Shout for joy to the LORD, all the earth.” - Psalm 100:1
10. “Children too are a gift from the LORD, the fruit of the womb, a reward.” - Psalm 127:3
11. “And taking a child, he set him in the midst of them. Whom when he had embraced, he saith to them:
    Whosoever shall receive one such child as this in my name, receiveth me. And whosoever shall receive me, receiveth not me, but him that sent me.” - Mark 9:35-36
12. “For thou didst form my inward parts, thou didst knit me together in my mother’s womb.” - Psalm 139:13
13. “For unto us a child is born, to us a son is given.” - Isaiah 9:6

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