Our adoptions will move forward by prayer

This is a hard weekend. Two families, friends of ours, our pleading to God on behalf of the children referred to them. The Kulps and Semlows need a miracle in order to pass court and bring their children home. Our God can do this!

Job 42:2 I know that you can do ALL things and that NO purpose of yours can be thwarted

Our prayer is that the officials in ET will change their hearts and decisions regarding this adoption and grant the recommendation letter needed for this adoption to move forward. Our prayer is their (ET govt officials) hearts would know the love of the Father for these children. Our prayer is the the officials will know that hand of God is at work on behalf of the orphan in ET!

So we pray and plead with God for mercy for these children in ET. As A.T. Pierson wrote "God has compelled His saints to seek Him at the throne of grace, so that every new advance might be so plainly due to His power. That even the unbeliever might be constrained to confess: 'Surely this is the finger of God.'"

So we pray for the Glory of God in our adoptions from ET. "When [adoption] moves forward by prayer, it magnifies the power of God. When it moves forward by human management, it magnifies man." John Piper was talking about missions here, but we can easily see how this can apply to international adoption.

James 1:27 Pure and undefiled religion in the sight of our God and Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their distress...

For your Glory God, Bring these babies home to the Kulps and Semlows!

This is a video of a song that our worship pastor, Clarence Church, at Vineyard Columbus wrote. He performed this with our worship team and choir at our Christmas Eve service in 2008. It was so powerful. There were lyrics "oh come you longing arms, your wait is over." I can't help to see parallels of our christian life and adoption by Christ with our adoption of our son.