What We Are Praying For

Every evening Matthew and I pray for our daughter.  We still have not been matched.  The name "Yín" is our nickname for her.  You can read about that here.

I felt like I should share our prayer list here.  I can only imagine and be thankful for all the beautiful prayers you all are praying on our behalf.  And if you have any special things you are praying for her I would love to know about them. 

Do you have special verses you pray for her?  I'd love to write them down. 

Here are our areas of specific prayer and verses that go with them:

• Excellent medical care
• Loving and competent caregivers
• Protection and safety

We pray these verses, claiming especially that as God is her Father He will fight for her care.
Psalm 10:14, Proverbs 23:10, Psalm 146:8-9, Hosea 14:3, Isaiah 9:6, Psalm 25:10, 2 Corinthians 6:18, Deuteronomy 1:33, Psalm 68:19

• Yín's birth parents decision to accept and follow Christ

2 Peter 3:9, John 10:16, Revelation 3:20-21

• For Yín to come home very soon

John 14:13-14, 18, John 15:16, John 16:23-24, Isaiah 37:21, Psalm 68:5-6, James 5:13-18, Romans 8:32, Psalm 20:4-5, Psalm 21:2, Romans 8:26, Matthew 15:28, Luke 18:1, Mark 9:24, Matthew 9:29, Matthew 12:20, Isaiah 43:5, Hebrews 11:1, 6, Luke 18:27, Luke 18:34-43, Matthew 8:2-3

• For Yín to feel God's care and comfort more tangibly than even a human presence

Isaiah 44:24, 1 Peter 5:7, Psalm 27:14, Isaiah 40:11, Isaiah 43:1, Isaiah 49:15-16, Isaiah 49:1, Isaiah 45:3, Isaiah 40:29, Isaiah 46:3-4, John 14:16

• God will prepare us for each other, for attachment and bonding

1 Chronicles 4:10, Joel 2:25, James 1:27, Philippians 4:6, 1 Thessalonians 5:17, Isaiah 49:22, Ephesians 6:18

• God to bless and guide the whole adoption process (paperwork, fundraising, etc.)

1 Samuel 1:27, 2 Chronicles 30:27, Matthew 25:35-36, Psalm 37:5, 2 Timothy 3:16, Luke 18:7-8, Genesis 32:26, Luke 1:37