Dear friends, fertility challenges can be deeply painful, but God understands and cares. In biblical times, barrenness was seen as a sign of shame or divine disapproval. Yet God showed His power by enabling childless women like Sarah, Rebecca, and Hannah to conceive at His perfect time.
Even today, God is able to open wombs and bless children who seek Him in faith. Although medical help may be needed, true healing comes from the merciful hand of the Lord. Pray for a miracle and keep faith in God. Rely on him for strength in waiting.
Remember that God’s design for marriage is much more than just having children. Cultivate intimacy with your spouse. May these trials draw you together and to the Lord. He will use it for your good, spiritually maturing you through the fires of suffering.
Don’t lose heart but be encouraged. What seems impossible to man is possible with God. His purpose will prevail. Pain will not overwhelm you. As you seek first the kingdom of God, He will supply all your needs according to His glory. He comforts those who mourn.
Dear friends, now let’s look at the following Bible scriptures about God’s power over barrenness and His comfort in barrenness.
Genesis 25:21
“And Isaac intreated the Lord for his wife, because she was barren: and the Lord was intreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived”
Genesis 30:22-23
“And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb. And she conceived, and bare a son; and said, God hath taken away my reproach”
1 Samuel 1:5-6
“But unto Hannah he gave a worthy portion; for he loved Hannah: but the Lord had shut up her womb. And her adversary also provoked her sore, for to make her fret, because the Lord had shut up her womb”
Exodus 23:25-26
“And ye shall serve the Lord your God, and he shall bless thy bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee. There shall nothing cast their young, nor be barren, in thy land: the number of thy days I will fulfil”
Psalm 113:9
“He maketh the barren woman to keep house, and to be a joyful mother of children. Praise ye the Lord”
Genesis 21:1-2
“And the Lord visited Sarah as he had said, and the Lord did unto Sarah as he had spoken. For Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him”
Luke 1:13
“But the angel said unto him, Fear not, Zacharias: for thy prayer is heard; and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John”
Psalm 127:3-5
“Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord : and the fruit of the womb is his reward. As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth. Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate”
Genesis 33:5
“And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children; and said, Who are those with thee? And he said, The children which God hath graciously given thy servant”
Psalm 128:3-4
“Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table. Behold, that thus shall the man be blessed that feareth the Lord”
Isaiah 54:1
“Sing, O barren, thou that didst not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou that didst not travail with child: for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, saith the Lord”
Genesis 17:15-16
“And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be. And I will bless her, and give thee a son also of her: yea, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of people shall be of her”
Psalm 127:3
“Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord : and the fruit of the womb is his reward”
Luke 1:24-25
“And after those days his wife Elisabeth conceived, and hid herself five months, saying, Thus hath the Lord dealt with me in the days wherein he looked on me, to take away my reproach among men”
Luke 1:36-37
“And, behold, thy cousin Elisabeth, she hath also conceived a son in her old age: and this is the sixth month with her, who was called barren. For with God nothing shall be impossible”
Genesis 29:31
“And when the Lord saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb: but Rachel was barren”
Genesis 30:17
“And God hearkened unto Leah, and she conceived, and bare Jacob the fifth son”
Luke 1:7
“And they had no child, because that Elisabeth was barren, and they both were now well stricken in years”
Genesis 25:21
“And Isaac intreated the Lord for his wife, because she was barren: and the Lord was intreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived”
Jeremiah 1:5
“Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations”
Ruth 4:13
“So Boaz took Ruth, and she was his wife: and when he went in unto her, the Lord gave her conception, and she bare a son”
Genesis 29:31
“And when the Lord saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb: but Rachel was barren”
Exodus 23:25-26
“And ye shall serve the Lord your God, and he shall bless thy bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee. There shall nothing cast their young, nor be barren, in thy land: the number of thy days I will fulfil”
Psalm 127:3-5
“Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord : and the fruit of the womb is his reward. As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth. Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate”
Romans 9:8
“That is, They which are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God: but the children of the promise are counted for the seed”
Galatians 4:27-28
“For it is written, Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not; break forth and cry, thou that travailest not: for the desolate hath many more children than she which hath an husband. Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are the children of promise”
Hebrews 11:11
“Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful who had promised”
Genesis 1:28
“And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth”
Hosea 9:14
“Give them, O Lord : what wilt thou give? give them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts”
Isaiah 66:9
“Shall I bring to the birth, and not cause to bring forth? saith the Lord : shall I cause to bring forth, and shut the womb? saith thy God”
Psalm 113:9
“He maketh the barren woman to keep house, and to be a joyful mother of children. Praise ye the Lord”
Proverbs 30:16
“The grave; and the barren womb; the earth that is not filled with water; and the fire that saith not, It is enough”
Isaiah 54:1
“Sing, O barren, thou that didst not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou that didst not travail with child: for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, saith the Lord”
Isaiah 44:2
“Thus saith the Lord that made thee, and formed thee from the womb, which will help thee; Fear not, O Jacob, my servant; and thou, Jesurun, whom I have chosen”
Luke 1:7
“And they had no child, because that Elisabeth was barren, and they both were now well stricken in years”
