Some may question, “Why are the healings of miscarriages and of abortions included in the same section? One is involuntary and the other is by choice. In both cases, however, a life is lost, typically there is no funeral, and rarely is there emotional closure. There may also be spiritual and emotional connections with the fetus for years after the event which need to be healed.
Miscarriages
There is no accumulative number of miscarriages. Even so, death is an intruder in God’s plan; He never intended for us to die. The sin of Adam and Eve changed all that.
God certainly does not desire that babies in the womb die, but because we live in an imperfect world riddled with disease, miscarriages occur. The emotional trauma experienced by the mother over the loss of a fetus is compounded by the somewhat insensitive attitude of many fathers, as in the comment, “Let’s put this behind us and move on,” when the mother is still grieving and in need of closure. However, before the mother can have peace from her loss, she will need to have spiritual and emotional closure of the experience, and she will need to release the baby to Jesus. (This situation is not gender-specific to mothers alone, but we will be using the mother’s experience for the sake of explanation.)
Most often, an unborn baby does not have a burial (or a committal or memorial service) and the mother often has not encountered closure of the experience or released the baby to the Lord. Without this closure and release, the law of binding and loosing comes into effect: the mother is bound on earth and the baby is bound in heaven.
For the sake of the mother’s peace, inner healing is usually required. The mother may blame herself, feeling that she contributed to the miscarriage because of poor health practices or because she is unsure whether or not she could have done something to prevent it. The thought that she could have prevented it may be a lie from the adversary that the mother has accepted and chosen to believe. Fear that the mother won’t be able to conceive again or other similar issues (pain of separation or unfinished grieving and, therefore, a tie to the unborn child) may formulate. In addition to these possibilities, the spirit of death may enter through the experience of miscarriage.
Prayer for Miscarriages
(the intercessor should follow these steps)
- Bring the experience before the Lord.
- Pray that the mother may see the child with Jesus (sometimes the Lord will reveal the sex of the child).
- Ask the mother if she is ready to release the child to Jesus.
- Pray a prayer of committal for release (that the mother frees her soul tie to the child and she also releases the child to Jesus, committing the baby to Him for whatever good purposes He has for the child).
- Pray the Lord bring peace between mother and child.
- Pray for healing of any guilt involved.
- Sometimes the Lord will reveal the name of the child; if not, have the mother name the child.
- Pray a blessing upon the mother and upon the child.
- Pray that what is loosed on earth is loosed in heaven (Matt 16:19)
- During the prayer, the grief may come out as either anger or deep hurt, and there may be much sobbing, which is part of the process of release.
Abortions
Sadly enough, it is estimated that nearly 50% of pregnancies in the U.S. end in abortion. Regardless of the circumstances, God considers this the taking of life. Repentance is required for this act. Remember, God forgave King David for taking a life and He will forgive the seeker as well. Within this process, there is almost always a spirit of abortion that needs to be cast out, along with other companion spirits of various sexual sins. There may also be a spirit of murder, and sometimes depression. One of the results of abortion may be endometriosis (endometrial-like cells appear and flourish in areas outside the uterine cavity, most commonly on the ovaries) because it has to do with the hormonal interruption.
While the consequences of abortion have traditionally fallen upon the woman, others are equally responsible including: the man who helped conceive the fetus, any who have encouraged her to have an abortion, paid money for it, or transported her for the experience. All involved need to acknowledge their responsibility, confess, repent, and pray the following prayer.
Prayer for Abortion
(follow these steps)
- Have the seeker pray and confess the sin, repent, and ask God for forgiveness for the sin of murder.
- Have the seeker confess and repent for the sin of lust. .
- Pray for the healing of any guilt, shame, fear, and/or confusion that may have existed at the time of the abortion.
- If necessary, pray that Jesus will come into the experience.
- The rest of the prayer is the same as for miscarriages.
- Pray a prayer of committal for release (that the mother frees her soul tie to the child and she also releases the child to Jesus, committing the baby for whatever good purposes He has in store for the baby).
- Pray the Lord bring peace between mother and child.
- Pray for healing of any guilt involved.
- Pray that the mother may see the child with Jesus (sometimes the Lord will reveal the sex of the child.).
- Sometimes the Lord will reveal the name of the child; if not, have the mother name the child.
- Pray a blessing upon the mother and upon the child.
- Pray that what is loosed on earth is loosed in heaven (Matt 16:19)
- Have both parents pray to forgive themselves. (During this prayer, the grief may come out as either anger or deep hurt, and there may be much sobbing, which is part of the process of release.)
- Pray a prayer for cleansing.