It is also a very special day for our little Matthew cos we have decided to do a baby dedication together with my CGL's family and another cell group member's family! :) With Paul & Jasmine leading the worship, we exalted the Lord with our singing & indeed, our spirits were lifted high as we celebrate this joyous day together!
After worship, each family gave thanks for their newborns and even prayed a prayer of dedication of our babies to the Lord :)
This is what Daddy Bebe gave thanks for:
Dear Father in Heaven, I would like to give thanks to You for your blessings and grace upon us! Thank you for watching over Tracy throughout her entire pregnancy and also the safe delivery of our beloved baby Matthew! We have now learnt that You have a perfect timing for everything and we rejoice in this gift You have blessed us with!
Thank you Lord that when Tracy experienced severe nauseousness in her 1st trimester and threw up almost everything she ate, Lord You continued to strengthen her body so that Matthew is still well-nourished while inside her.
Also, when Tracy experienced spotting during her pregnancy, Lord You assured us that the baby will be under Your protection and indeed, Matthew is now born so strong and healthy! Praise the Lord!
I also give thanks to You Lord for Your timely divine intervention such that Tracy’s overseas travelling for work have been miraculously re-scheduled time and again, such that she is now able to spend more time taking care of Matthew instead of returning to work so soon.
Today, I also want to give thanks for my wife Tracy because through her, I witnessed how much she has endured throughout her pregnancy and how much she loves our Matthew.
Once again, thank you Lord for blessing us with this beautiful child and we pray that You will help us to be good parents and raise up Matthew to be a faithful man of God!
In Jesus’ most precious name we pray, Amen! :)
And for our baby dedication prayer:
Dear Father in Heaven, we come before You this day to dedicate to You, our son Matthew, that You have blessed us with. Lord, we acknowledge that Matthew is Your child and that he belongs to You. Thank you for entrusting us the role of being his parents during his time in this world. We believe that You already knew Matthew while he was in his mother's womb and that You have great and wonderful plans for him!
Lord, guide us as parents to train up Matthew in the way he should go so that he will not depart from it when he is old (Prov 22:6)
As You have instructed Lord, we shall not provoke your children to wrath, but bring them in the training and admonition of the Lord (Eph 6:4)
We will teach Matthew that You are his God, and he shall love You with all his heart, with all his soul and all his strength (Deut 6:4-7)
Thank you Lord for the promise that those children who obey their parents in the Lord may live long on the earth (Eph 6:1-3)
We pray that Matthew will have a personal encounter with You Lord in his early years and accept You as his personal Lord and Saviour!
And so, this day Lord, we promise to love and care for Matthew, and to teach him Your ways. We ask that You bless this child to be strong and healthy, obedient, whole and complete in his spirit, soul and body. No evil shall come near this child as we bind the forces of the devil to stay away from our family.
This day, we declare You as the sovereign king of our household, and once again, we thank you for this precious and joyous journey of parenthood!
In Jesus' most precious name we pray, Amen! :)
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