We set April aside to listen.
We believe God created our child in this timing for a specific purpose and in His omniscience can already see the whole of his or her life. We understand the gift of parenting as a position of stewardship. We recognize that our child is first God’s child, and we are spending this month seeking Him for a name and a life verse that we can speak and pray over this precious life daily and display in his or her room as a reminder of the vision Christ gave us for this life as parents. We believe words are prophetic, and that through our words we have the power to create and speak things into existence. Along those lines, we believe names are powerfully and exponentially prophetic.
What name will God give us for this child? When we look at the Bible we see the significance of names, particularly through the context of the name changes God gives. Saul became Paul, Abram became Abraham, Simon became Peter, just to name a few. Studying these name changes we have learned that there was a significant change in each individual and therefore suitable name, which has confirmed our belief that names are powerful and important to our Father. We also noticed how some names that were given were closely related to the child’s conception or birth. For example, when Sarah and Abraham conceived they named their son “Isaac,” which means laughter, because of their response to conceiving in old age.
We are confident that Christ has a specific name and purpose for our child’s life and were honored to set aside some time to listen and seek His direction. His sheep hear His voice, and we know that when we draw near to Him He will draw near to us. (John 10:27, James 4:8) We know that if we ask for anything in His name, He will do it, and we have spent this entire month asking Him for a name for our child, His child. (John 14:14) We are excited at the thought of speaking life into our baby through the name God gives us.
My husband and I decided to seek our Heavenly Father individually for the month, seeking names and visions and verses on our own. We did not want to hear any voice or opinion other than our His, not even each others. And from the beginning of the month we already set aside the last weekend of April to have a staycation, to date and enjoy each other and share all of our revelations and officially name our baby together. We even have an idea to make a special piece of art that we want to hang in the nursery connected to the name and the life verse we believe God will speak over our little one. While this will not be revealed until the child’s arrival, we can hardly wait to share it with the world!
While I will not share the name, I can say I am surprised. My hubby and I have been in agreement about a boy and girl’s name for years now, and the name we BOTH ave heard during this past month is neither of those we had initially fallen in love with. So even though this is not a name we had considered before, it has been confirmed to be the name of our baby. We believe God is the Father and we want HIS name and prophetic vision to prevail. And we are thrilled!
Habit #4: Pray the Word for our child daily
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