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10 Favorite Bible Verses On Adoption

4/12/2019

This is part 2 of our series on adoption: 10 Favorite Bible Verses on Adoption by Redeeming Goods. Read part 1 on adoption: Waiting Well over at Redeeming Goods.

Hi Friends!
Over a year ago, my husband and I started our adoption journey. The wait has been long and hard, but God gives endurance through His Word.

I’ve been compiling a list of Bible verses to encourage us along the journey and wanted to share that list with you!

Be an encourager and share this list!

“A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in His holy dwelling. God sets the lonely in families…” Psalms 68:5-6a. Whether you foster-to-adopt or do domestic or international adoption, realize that God is working in and through your family to love and care for the lonely. God is so kind and caring!
“In love He predestined us to be adopted as His sons through Jesus Christ, in accordance with His pleasure and will…" Ephesians 1:5. Why should Christians especially love adoption? Because each and every Christian was adopted into God’s family! Adoption is simply an overflow of what God has done for us.
“Do not be afraid, for I am with you; I will bring your children from the east and gather you from the west… Bring My sons from afar and My daughters from the ends of the earth” Isaiah 43:5-6. God loves to unite in love people who wouldn’t naturally be found together. You see that in the Church with God gathering people from different nations through the bond of Christ. Adoption is another picture of God bringing together people in love for His glory.
“All these were the sons of Heman the king’s seer, according to the promise of God to exalt him, for God had given Heman fourteen sons and three daughters” I Chronicles 25:5. A common thought is that adoption is a sure-fire way to grow your family. It may seem that way, but realize that whether your family grows through biological children or adoption, it is God who gifts children.
“The Lord has done great things for us, and we are filled with joy” Psalm 126:3. Going along with #4, there is great joy found in knowing that it is God who gives the sweet gift of children.
“Not only so, but we ourselves, who have the first-fruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies” Romans 8:23. Typically with domestic adoption there is a six-month wait after placement before the finalization of the adoption. What a great picture of a Christian’s adoption as a son or daughter of God! After salvation, we’re placed into God’s family. And then one day, full redemption and adoption! Oh! what a glorious day our hearts long for!
“For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God. For you did not receive a spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption by whom we cry, ‘Abba, Father.’ The Spirit itself bears witness with our spirit, that we are children of God: and if children, then heirs; heirs of God and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with Him, that we may be also glorified together” Romans 8:14-17, There is something beautiful that Christians get to experience now from being adopted into God’s family. God puts His Spirit in us! The Holy Spirit confirms we are God’s and changes our hearts to desire to know and love God no matter the cost.
“In You the orphan finds mercy” Hosea 14:3. A simple, yet impactful sentence. Mercy—something we all desperately need, and God in His goodness specifically offers it to the orphan.
“And whoever welcomes a little child like this in My name welcomes Me” Matthew 18:5. There’s a special place in God’s heart for children. So much so, that Jesus says this statement in Matthew 18. Welcoming children into your heart and home in Jesus’ name is like welcoming the King of kings Himself! How special children are to God!
“May the Lord give you increase, you and your children! May you be blessed by the LORD, who made heaven and earth” Psalm 115:14-15. This verse is my prayer for each of you who are involved in the care for the fatherless and the orphans.

Dear Lord, You know each and every child that does not have a family or is unloved by their family, and You care. Thank You for inventing adoption and for sending Your children out to be Your hands and feet in caring for orphans. God, I pray that You would bless those who bless the fatherless. Please supply all their needs and give them increase so they can continue to bless others. I pray that as their family grows, Your family would grow too through children hearing and responding to the Gospel. Help them to know You, the Maker of heaven and earth, and be overwhelmed by Your great love for them. In Jesus’ name, Amen.

Don’t miss out on part 1 on adoption: Waiting Well over at Redeeming Goods.

Download the 10 favorite Bible verses on Adoption printable.

“In you the orphan finds mercy.” Hosea 14:3

Is there a Bible verse on adoption that is special to you? Please share below!

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Hope When My Heart Hurts

2/15/2019

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I know that the Lord will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and will execute justice for the needy. Surely the righteous shall give thanks to Your name; the upright shall dwell in Your presence. Psalm 140:12-13

Soooo…. The other day I was struggling with depression. Yes, [raises hand] I struggle with depression. For those who know my story, the last few years have been incredibly painful. Where can I find hope when my heart hurts? I have looked in many places. The only thing that has brought life to the deep sting of death is God’s Word, the Bible.

“Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life.” John 6:68

So there I was again, feeling beaten down after a long day. Despairing of life. My hands reaching up as a last-ditch effort for God to meet me in my need. I read a section from a little devotional book and it settles me just enough to fall asleep.

I wake with the same pain and anxieties I went to bed with. But I open my Bible reading app and read the assigned text for the day. And that’s when it hit me…

//Pause// Have you ever read something in the Bible that you’ve totally read like 1,000 times… except for this time, it seemed completely new and written just for you? That was me at that moment! //Play//

THIS is my hope!!

In a raw and real way, the author David pours his heart out to God. He is in so much pain! He doesn’t know if it will ever end. I feel ya man! But then he ends with this:

“I know that the Lord will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and will execute justice for the needy.”

Dear friend, are you struggling? Please don’t be silent and alone! Reach out to us, a Christian near you, someone.

If you are a Christian, then you’ve been adopted into a FAMILY. You’re not supposed to go at this life alone, and you don’t have to. I only say this because that’s what I used to believe. But it’s not true.

Truth: The Bible says that there is purpose in our pain. Now, this verse is telling me that God Himself will maintain that purpose and not let it slide. No matter how deep or long the affliction, God will not let pain be a waste.

Response: “O Lord, engrave in my heart the surety of You maintaining my cause!”

“Surely the righteous shall give thanks to your name; the upright shall dwell in your presence.”

Truth: These are promises, friends! If you are in Christ, then the words righteous and upright apply to your account. Let us gaze upon the cross and be silent. The longer I gaze the more I find thankfulness bubbling up in my heart. The more I imagine seeing Jesus face-to-face in Heaven, the more excitement swells in my soul!

Response: “Father, set my heart solidly on the far yet near future of dwelling in Your presence, and overflow my heart with thanks to Your name.”

Thinking I was alone, the next day I shared my deep, ugly struggles with a friend. And wouldn’t you know it, she said she’s been struggling with the same thing! We then shared with each other some solace we’ve found in Scripture. And let me tell you, it was a balm for the soul!

Be an encourager! Share in the comments below a Bible verse that has helped you through a trial. Struggling in life, but can’t think of a Bible verse? Please comment and let us help you think of some!