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1. Hannah's example of prayer for a child.

1 Samuel 1:27-28 I prayed for this child, and the LORDhas
granted me what I asked of him. So now I give him to the LORD. I;:
For his whole life he will be given over to the LORD.

2. God understands everything, including the depth of barrenness. a::

Isaiah 54: 1 "Sing, 0 barren woman, you who never bore a child;
burst into song, shout for joy, you who were never in labor; because
more are the children of the desolate woman than of her who has a::
a husband," says the LORD.

Psalm 94: 19 When anxiety was great within me, your consolation
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brought joy to my soul.
Psalm 69:1-3 Save me, 0 God, for the waters have come up to
my neck. I sink in the miry depths, where there is no foothold. I IP
have come into the deep waters; the floods engulf me. I am worn
out calling for help; my throat is parched. My eyes fail, looking for
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Psalm 142:3 When my spirit grows faint within me, it is you who
know my way.
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Proverbs 30:15-16 There are three things that are never satisfied,
four that never say,'Enough!': the grave, the barren womb, land, which
is never satisfied with water, and fire, which never says, 'Enough!' a;:
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3. Confidence needs to be placed fully in God, trusting him for the

possibility of a future without children. .

Habakkuk 3: 17-19 Though the fig tree does not bud and there
are no grapes on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields
produce no food, though there are no sheep in the pen and no cattle
in the stalls, yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will be joyful in God
my Savior. The Sovereign LORD is my strength; he makes my feet
like the feet of a deer, he enables me to go on the heights.

2 Corinthians 12:9 But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for

you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will
boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's
power may rest on me.
Isaiah 40:29 He gives strength to the weary and increases the
.. power of the weak.
Isaiah 55:8-9 "For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither
are your ways my ways," declares the LORD. '~s the heavens are
higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and
:; my thoughts than your thoughts."

NOTE: ltwould be beneficial to have the counselee see a specialist in this

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