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Song 209
Sunshine In My Soul
Song 209
Song 209,Sunshine In My Soul
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Sunshine, My Soul, Today
Morning sky
Sunshine, Soul, Today
Sinning can hear the sunshine
Soul, Today, Sun, First
Sunshine, Brother Christian
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Amen,好,下一首歌是
Song 236
No, Not One,讓我嘗試唱一首
比較笨的一首歌
因為我聽得太多了
No, Not One, 236
236,No, Not One,我們先開始
There is not a friend
Like the lowly Jesus
No, Not One
None else could
Heal all our souls
Diseases
No, Not One
Jesus knows
All about our struggles
He will
Guide till the day
Is done
There is not a friend
Like the lowly Jesus
No friend like him
Is so high and deep
No, Not One
And yet no friend
Is so meek and
No snow's all about
So don't know the day
No and his friend say
No, fine, he will take him
No, not all the day
Say no to home
No, hello
So let's sing and now we're going to have some announcements from our evangelists.
And that's a great verse in light of the persecutions and the tough times that you're going through that God promised that he will not tempt you above that you are able.
So if you just pray for God's strength, he will deliver you, amen.
So let's look at the inside page.
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So every time Sunday morning at 11, Sunday afternoon at 4, and Wednesday night Bible study at 7 p.m.
And this Wednesday we'll be starting on Judges Chapter 13.
That's the beginning of the story of Samson.
So he's the most well-known, one of the most well-known judges in the book.
And then Sunday morning this afternoon at 1.30 p.m.
We'll be going to an indoor apartments.
Indoor? Okay, perfect.
Indoor apartments.
And then Saturday morning at 10.30 a.m.
Sunday morning and prayers report is for you to see.
And you know, still praying for the sick people.
And my wife and the baby.
They are doing well.
And you know, we're just being cautious.
Because people are getting over their sickness.
So they should be back next week.
And then upcoming events.
Second year anniversary is on February 7th and 8th.
And Patrick Thompson will probably make a promo video.
But we will have a Saturday morning morning.
And then we'll have lunch at the Chipotle.
And then we're going to go bowling in the afternoon.
So if you're planning on attending on that Saturday.
Please let me know so I can get your.
So you can so I can get that you know a head count.
And then on that Sunday Patrick Thompson will be preaching both services.
So invite your family friends whoever.
And then the New Testament challenge is underway.
If you finish reading the whole New Testament in January.
You'll you'll get a small prize.
So you know please stay faithful on that and just plow through it.
And don't use the grace period you know too early okay.
And one you know one tip that's that's helpful is you know if you are ahead.
You know if you have extra time just you know read some extra.
Just in case something happened in life and whatever.
Also save the dates for the so many marathons so many events planned out this year.
Also go to our website for more details about the rest of the year.
And please help us to help us with the cleaning right after the right after the Sunday afternoon service.
Also also if you want to know how to be saved or needs to be baptized please see an actual myself after service.
Also like I mentioned last week this year I want to make a push on baptism.
So just share about baptism talk about baptism to every person that you lead to the Lord.
And the good thing about baptism is when they are getting baptized they are also at church and then they are also hearing the sermon.
So kind of accomplishing I mean multiple things at once right.
So let's push on baptism hopefully we can see the number growing.
And then tithe and offering is for you to see please stay faithful in your tithe.
On the back is the birthdays for the month of January.
We will sing happy birthday to Harper during the afternoon service.
So with that being said let's sing one more song.
And then we'll take up the offering.
All blood from thy wounded side which flowed
Roy ye of sin the double cure
Save from wrath and make me pure
Could my tears forever flow
Could my zeal no longer know
These four sins could not atone
Thou must save and thou alone
In my hand no price I bring
Simply to thy cross I cling
Last verse while I draw this fleeting breath
When my eyes shall close in death
When I rise to worlds unknown
And behold throne
Rock of age is cleft for me
Let me hide myself in thee
Let peace be made for all men
For kings and for all that are in authority
That we may lead a quiet, peaceful life
In all godliness and honesty
For this is good and acceptable
In the sight of our saviour
Who will have all men to be saved
To come unto the knowledge of the truth
For there is one God and one mediator
Between God and men
The man Christ Jesus
Who gave himself a ransom for all
To be testified in due time
I speak the truth in Christ
And why not
A teacher of the Gentiles
In faith and verity
I will therefore that men pray everywhere
Lifting up holy hands
Without wrath and doubting
And like men are also that women
Adorn themselves in modest apparel
In shame, faceness and sobriety
Not with broided hair or gold
Or pearls or costly array
But which becomeeth women
Professing godliness with good works
Let the women learn in silence
With all subjection
But I suffer not a woman to teach
Nor to assert authority over the man
But to be in silence
For Adam was first formed then Eve
And Adam was not deceived
But the woman being deceived
Was in the transgression
Notwithstanding
She shall be saved in childbearing
And they continue in faith and charity
And holiness with sobriety
Brother Wade, could you pray in his service?
In Jesus' name we pray, Amen
Amen, you are in 1 Timothy chapter 2
Let's look at verse number 11
The Bible says let the woman learn in silence
With all subjection
But I suffer not a woman to teach
Nor to usurp authority over the man
But to be in silence
For Adam was first formed then Eve
And Adam was not deceived
But the woman being deceived was in the transgression
Nowwithstanding she shall be saved
In childbearing
If they continue in faith and charity
And holiness with sobriety
Now verse 15 is not saying that
The woman does not give birth, she is going to hell
Because the word "saved"
In that context means
A physical deliverance
Not a spiritual salvation
Concerning going to heaven
The Bible is saying that
If a woman has
Babies
Then she will not be idle
And just be into gossip
And just wandering about
From house to house
Actually go to chapter number 5
Verse number 11
Now the context
Is talking about widows
The Bible says in verse 11
But the younger widows refuse
That's widows under 60 years old
So if you're under 60 years old
You are still young, okay
But the younger widows refuse
Now the Bible is talking about
For someone to provide for those
Widows under 60 years old
For when
Here's the reason why you should not
Provide for them, for
When they have begun to wax
Wands against Christ, they will marry
Having damnation, because they have
Cast off their first faith, and without
They learn to be idle, wandering about
From house to house, and not only
Idol, but tabloids also and
Busybodies, speaking things which
They are not. Verse 14
I will
That's Apostle Paul speaking
Under the inspiration of the Holy Ghost
That is God's will. I will
That younger women marry
Bare children guide the house
Give none occasion
To the adversary to speak
Reproachfully for some
Are already turned aside after
Satan. So in the context
Of the whole book, how can
A woman be saved from
Turning aside after Satan
And that's through childbearing
Okay. Now I want to
Preach a unique sermon this morning
And a sermon that you
Probably will never hear
At any other churches
Okay. And the title
Of the sermon this morning is
Childbirth is not an
Emergency. Childbirth is
Not an emergency
Okay. Now this is one
Of the very few times that I wish
Women can preach. Especially
My wife. Okay. But you know
Obviously I'm against women preaching
But you get my point. But culturally
Many medical organizations
Recommend a hospital
Birth. They say it's safer
And it's a lower risk.
But I want to present to you that
A home birth is better.
Okay. Now obviously there
Can be complications that will
Force you to go to the hospital.
I'm not talking about those exceptions.
Okay. However, some so-called
Exceptions are not even
Real in the first place.
Because the society has an
Agenda to push you
To go to the hospital for some
Made up reason just to get your money.
Again, I'm not against actual
Emergencies during birth.
But a lot of the so-called
Emergencies are made up reasons.
Okay. With that being
Said, I'm also not
Against going to the
Hospital for some other
Things like amputations.
Don't just cut your limbs off.
But giving birth in and
Of itself is not an emergency.
I also don't think
Choosing a hospital birth is a sin.
Some people think that
Just because they have home birth
They are so much holier than
Those people who choose a hospital birth.
That's a bad attitude.
That's a bad mentality.
No one in the Bible says that you have to have home birth.
But I do want to
Make a case this morning that I think
A home birth is
Better.
Now just by a raise of hand,
Who had a hospital birth here?
You have?
No, I'm not a woman. I'm kidding.
I'm kidding.
Who had a home birth?
So I guess you have both.
So which one do you prefer?
Home birth, yeah?
So before I delve into my main points
This morning, I do want to address
The most common objection
Against home birth, and that is
What if something goes wrong at home?
That's a reasonable objection, right?
But planned home birth
Are set up to mitigate
Those risks
Because even the midwives, they bring some
Emergency kit like
Oxygen, medication for
Hammerage, neonatal
Resuscitation tools, right?
And they are trained to
Recognize those complications early
Obviously, exceptions can happen
But a planned home birth
They are set up to mitigate
Those risks, and when
Situations truly become urgent
Usually, the midwives can
Get the women to a hospital
Before an emergency
Actually becomes severe
Of course, there are
Exceptions to the rule
But a planned home birth is safe
Going to a US analysis
Over 17,000
Planned home birth
It showed a neonatal
Death rate of 0.41
Per 1,000 birth
By the way, neonatal
Is during the first month after birth
So a planned home birth
The death rate is 0.41
Per 1,000, virtually
Identical to 0.46
Per 1,000
In a similar low risk
Hospital birth
And among women having their
Second or later baby
The rate of severe medical
Complications was 1
Per 1,000 at home
Versus 2.3
Per 1,000 at hospital
That's a 58 percent
Reduction and postpartum
Hammerage in this group
Was about 2 percent at home
Versus 3.8 percent
In the hospital obviously we
Can question the data and
How they how they did a study
But my point still stands
And I will venture to say that
A planned home birth or
You know birth center birth leads
To far fewer medical
Interventions take a Bible to Genesis
Chapter one Genesis
Chapter one see when you come to
Church we should be able to view everything
With a biblical perspective
Like childbirth immigration
Coffee tea you know
Testosterone because we should view
Everything with a Baptist bias
Amen so point number one
Is God designed birth
To function God designed
Birth to function Genesis chapter one
Look at verse 27
That's a famous passage about
The creation mandate
So God created man in his own image
In the image of God
Created he him male and female
Created he them verse 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. So the Bible is clear
That God wants us to be fruitful
And multiply.
So I find it
Hard to believe that childbirth
Is an emergency if God wants
Us to be fruitful and multiply.
Just think about this.
If God expects us to
Multiply ourselves by giving
Birth, then how can
Every birth send you to the hospital?
Right? Just think about this logically.
Now go to Psalm 139.
Psalm 139.
Psalm 139. Look at verse number 13.
Psalm 139, verse 13.
The Bible says this.
So it's a blessing to have
Children, and when you see a
Newborn baby, you will
Praise God, right?
Because the Bible says I'm fearfully and
Wonderfully made by whom?
By God. When you see a newborn
Grand new baby, you can see
The fingernails and
Every single feature that
You would expect to see on an
Adult. That by itself
Is amazing. There's no way
But to believe that there is a
God, right? That's why abortion
Is also murder, because
The Bible says God has possessed
Someone when he's still in the womb.
And we have read earlier that
A woman shall be saved from
Being turned aside after
Satan through childbearing.
So how can birth be an
Emergency? If
Childbirth is God's way
To save a woman from
Being a gossip and just being a
Tattleteller, how can birth be an
Emergency? And let me submit to you
This morning that childbirth is part
Of God's design, not a medical
Accident, and you can see God's
Wisdom throughout childbirth
Long before labor
Ever begins, the body is already
Preparing for birth
We have hormonal changes
Soften the ligaments and the tissues
Pelvic joints loosen
Allowing room for
Birth, organs shift
Upward, just to accommodate
The growing baby, blood volume
Increases to
Support both mother
And child
None of this is even conscious
None of this is even learned
It happens automatically by design
And that's before labor
And during the labor itself
The pelvis expands
Temporarily
Muscles and tissues
Stretch without having
Permanent damage
And the uterus performs
Powerful, coordinated contractions
Pain serves a functional purpose
Guiding the movement
And the positioning
The body does what it was
Designed to do not randomly
But purposefully due to
Design. And after birth
The body returns to its original state
Organs move back to their
To their place
Hormones shift to support healing
And milk production
The uterus contracts back
To size and the pelvis
Stabilizes again. God is real
This does not happen by evolution
Or evolution
Because birth is not an emergency
By default
Because you can see God's hand before
During and after birth
Again like I said
Emergencies can happen
But childbirth is meant to function
Normally
And to treat all births as a crisis
Just ignores the wisdom
Build into God's creation
And childbirth to me is one
The clearest demonstrations
That God did not merely create life
He designed the purpose
He designed the timing
And he designed the restoration
And we should embrace God's wisdom
In creation
In contrast, most hospital births
Follow a rigid process
Not allowing God's natural design
To take place
Here's a comparison between planned
Home birth versus planned
Hospital birth
I'm not saying the emergency home birth
I'm talking about planned home birth
Versus planned hospital birth
Although I should start a front seat
Delivery service
So a C-section rate
Between planned home versus
Hospital is 5% versus
31% C-section rate
And a large home study
Found only 5.2%
Of the mothers require
C-section mostly after
The transfer because something happened
C-section is compared to 31.1%
Of similarly low-risk
Hospital mothers
Who ended up with
A surgical delivery
So again, a planned
Normal labor
The C-section rate is
5% versus 30%
That's pretty crazy
And C-section carries higher risk
For the mothers, right? Infection, hemorrhage
And just multiple surgical
Mothers are five times
More likely to die from
Cesarean than from
A natural birth
Induction percentage
And that's talking about a labor
Accelerating oxytocin
That's 4.5% at home
Versus 40%
At the hospital
Here's the problem. When you are disturbing
God-designed process, there will be side effects
Right? And in most cases
If you go past your due days
The hospital will likely
To induce you
And this increases the chance for you to have a C-section
Who wins at the end?
The hospital. They get the money
And you get a side effect
And way longer recovery time
Because you try to suppress the pain
That's building to God's design
Why not let your body decide when to have the baby?
I'm not talking about having super late
Complications, right?
But 41, 42 weeks, they are totally normal
Because the hospitals want to get you out
ASAP
Just so that they can get more
Patients and earn more money
It's called the medical industrial complex
Go to Lamentation chapter 4
Lamentation chapter 4
Here's the neonatal mortality rate
Per thousand
That's similar, .41
Versus .46
Perinatal mortality rate
That's like up to a year after birth
That's .4 to .8
For a home birth
To .5 to 1
For the hospital birth
What about epidural
The epidural usage
That's 8 percent
At home versus
19 to 28 percent
At hospital
I will talk more about the medical intervention later
But one good thing about home birth is
Epidural is usually not even the option
And my wife will tell you that
If epidural is an option
During birth, in the moment
She would have got it
But she's glad that she did not get it
And that it's not even an option
Before the hospital birth
Epidural is presented as an option
So who wins at the end
The hospital
Because they get you more money
And you have to pay back
In a longer recovery time
And more pain after birth
Again epidural usage is 8%
Versus 19 to 28%
That's a huge jump
What about breastfeeding initiation
99% at home
And 76% at the hospital
Here's the thing
You need skin to skin contact after birth
Because
Skin to skin with the baby
Helps regulate the temperature
Stabilize the heart rate
Plus it creates
Immediate emotional bonding
Lamentation chapter 4
Look at version 3
Lamentation 4 version 3
Even the sea monsters
That's the animals
Even the sea monsters draw out the breast
They give suck to their young ones
But the daughter of my people has become cruel
Like the ostriches in the wilderness
So the bible compares
The children of Israel versus those
Animals even the animals
They are
They are merciful
Because they breastfeed their baby
And then we have the bunch of Israelites
They are so cruel
They are telling us here
Breastfeeding your baby
Because breast milk is a god designed substance
It has optimal nutrient
It offers immune
Protections
Obviously I'm not talking about people
Who having formula milk
Formulas due to mother's health
And just other legit reasons
But when possible
Hey breastfeed your baby
And breastfed babies have lower
Rates of respiratory
Infections, ear infections
Gastrointestinal
Infections, you know
And it offers digestive
And gut health. Breastfeeding
Is associated with lower risk of
Childhood obesity
Type 2 diabetes, asthma
Sudden infant death
It also helps the mother to have a faster
Uterine recovery
After birth, reduce
Postpartum bleeding, lower risk
Of breast and ovarian
Cancer, it also helps regulate
Hormones and postpartum
Bounding. In contrast, formula
Does not contain living
Antibodies, immune cells
Adaptive immune
Responses, formula
Fed infants have higher
Rates of ear infection, GI
Infection, respiratory illness
Harder to digest
Than breast milk, higher rates of constipation
Gas spit up
Formula composition
Is fixed, does not adjust
To baby's age, illness, growth spurts
Time of day, but breast milk
Does. Formula is also
Extensive, right, because breast milk is
Virtually free, obviously the mother
Has to eat more food, but it's practically
Free. And then, you know,
Incorrect mixing of formula can cause
Just over concentration, leading up
To kidney issues and just all kind of
Problem. See, that's not a problem
With replacing God design
Process with God's wisdom. God
Give you breast milk, you know, so why
Replacing it with formulas.
So I said point number one,
God design birth to function.
Point number two, the history
Of home birth, the history of
Home birth. Let me just give you a
Just a quick round down of the
Of the history. And just common
Sense will tell you that child birth
Has not always taken place at
At the high tech hospitals.
Right? Common sense can just
Tell you that. Historically, birth
Is seen as a home and
Home and
Home and communal affair.
For most human history,
Women gave birth in their own homes
Or villages, attended by
Midwives or relatives.
With birth built as a natural part
Of life, and that's only in the past
Hundred years, have we seen a major
Shift to medicalized hospital birth.
So in the colonial and the
19th century, that's during
The 1700s and the 1800s,
Childbirth in America was
Mostly at home.
So I believe the hospital birth
Is
Fewer than 5%
Of birth took place
At the hospital back then.
And then in the earlier
Early 20th
Early 20th century, that's the 1910
And the 1930s.
We have an
Obstetrician like Dr.
Joseph D. Lee.
He viewed childbirth as a
Dangerous pathologic process
From which women needed saving.
So here we have a wicked
You know, whatever.
And then in 1914
The twilight
Sleep method.
That's talking about the morphine
Anesthesia was introduced
Promising painless childbirth
For women under
The hospital care.Upper class
Women usually campaign for that
And they promoted
Hospital birth
Because they think that's more fashionable
Because it takes away the pain and things like that
Women are often sedated
At the start of labor
Putting in a delivery bed
Given ether or chloroform
In second stage
Doctors performed
Four steps
Deliveries on almost everyone
And babies were delivered
While mothers were semi-conscious
This aggressive approach
Was actually taught as the way
To prevent the evils
Of childbirth
So now we have a massive shift
By 1930
About 50% of the birth
In the US were in hospital
From 5% earlier
Because someone
Viewed childbirth as dangerous
And then women need to be safe from that
And just think about it
That's directly opposite of
Women should be safe from childbearing
Not women should be safe
From even having childbirth
And then we have a post war boom
During the 1940s to the 1960s
We have the advancement
Of the antibiotics
So by that time
88% of birth occurred
In hospitals
But then there's a natural birth movement
In the 1960s to 1970s
Also around that same period
In the 1960s
We have the women's movement
Questioning of authority
And just a lot of
Feminist movement
And that's around the same period time
We have a huge comeback
To natural birth
Again, obviously I
Condemn the feminist movement
And so on and so forth
But just because a natural birth
Movement took place in that period
Does not make it run, okay
So I just want to clarify, okay
Because you know
It's during that period of time
We have a huge comeback to the
Natural birth movement
And then out of hospital birth
Saw a small revival
We have a famous male wife
Named Ina Megaskin
Some of you may have known
So she wrote this book
Spiritual midwifery
You know that book
That book becomes a
Counter cultural classic
So there was a comeback
During the 1960s and the 1970s
And then from 2010
To the present days
Home birth has
Increased gradually
Because you know
Even the World Health Organization
Has warned
That over medicalization
Is now leading
Is now a leading threat of the global
C-section rate
And the global C-section rate have doubled
Since the 2000
Reaching 21%
And as far above the 10-15%
That's the medically justified range
That's why the concept of the
Home birth is gradually
Coming back
Because we have a global high
C-section rate of 21%
That's pretty creative too, I think about it
To access Chapter 1
Access Chapter 1
So in short
We've seen that birth practices
Come nearly a full circle
From home to hospital
And now inching back
Towards a middle ground
That honors the natural process
And some of the hospitals nowadays
They will allow you to bring a doula
Midwife and so on and so forth
But let me just show you a biblical account
Of the midwives
You are in access Chapter 1
Look at verse number 15
The Bible says this
And the king of Egypt spake to the Hebrew midwives
Of which the name of the one
Was Shephrah
And the name of the other Pua
And he said when you do the office
Of the midwife to the Hebrew women
And see them upon the stools
By the way we still use birthing stools
Nowadays ok
If it be a son then you shall kill him
But if it be a daughter then she shall live
But the midwives feared
God and did not
As the king of Egypt commanded them
But saved the men children alive
Noticed the midwives
They obeyed God rather than men
And they saved the men children
Alive
Because murder is a sin
And the king of Egypt
Called for the midwives
And said unto them
Why have ye done this thing
And have saved the men children alive
And the midwives said unto Pharaoh
Because the Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women
For they are lively and are delivered
Ear the midwives come in unto them
Therefore God dealt well with the midwives
And the people multiplied
And waxed very mighty
And it came to pass
Because the midwives feared God
That he, God made them houses
So in this story
The Bible portrays these midwives
Heroically
God honored the midwives
And you can say that those midwives
Went against the Egyptian culture
Right, just like the midwives
Today they oppose the medical culture
And God honored them
And God made them houses
So again that's a pretty good account
Of the midwives
So I say point number one
God designed birth to function
Point number two
The history of home birth
Point number three, the benefits of home birth
The benefits of home birth
Now the first benefit is
Comfort and autonomy
Because in a home setting
The mother is in her own environment
She can wear whatever
She feels comfortable
Do whatever she feels comfortable
And the mother can truly
Relax herself, right?
Because being in the hospital means
There'll be no strangers coming
In and out
No shift changes, staff changes
And no machine beeping
That cause your heart rate spike, right?
And this privacy
And the comfort actually
Help with the labor progress
A woman feels safe
Because she's at the comfort of the home
And many hospital birth
They have an on the clock approach, right?
And people feel that they are less invaded at home
So the comfort and the autonomy
Is a huge plus of the home birth
Also freedom of movement and position
In hospital women are commonly
Confined to a bed, often lying on their back
By the way, that's the worst position to give birth
Some of them are hooked to IVs and monitors
61% of the U.S. women in the survey
Said that they were not allowed to walk around in labor
Again, confined movement
In contrast, at home or at the birthing center
Mothers can walk, changing positions
Shower for three hours, you know
Whatever they like, right?
Or just soaking a bathtub
Whatever she feels comfortable
Upright or just other labor positions are totally okay
Like squatting, hands on knees, rocking, using a birthing stool, right?
By the way, those upright and active positions
They can shorten labor and just improve the fetal position
And also having the freedom to eat and drink is another plus
At home, no one will stop you from sipping some broth
If you truly need it, right?
Whereas the hospitals, some of us have the strict
Like nothing by mouth policies
So again, freedom of movement, food, water
Do whatever you like, just to help the process
By the way, these natural processes hugely reduce the need for epidurals or drugs
Also, home birth has continuous personal support
And midwives, even your husband, can be a huge help
And a lot of ladies can testify that having a husband with you is a huge help
Even some others have older children with them
That's kind of weird, but some others feel that's pretty comfortable
But grandparents can help out without the COVID restriction
The husband cannot even be with the wife in the hospital because of COVID
It's weird
Also, reduce pressure as well as intervention
Reduces false alarms that can lead to C-section
Many home birth moms never ask for epidurals
Basically, it just leads to a simpler birth
Also, postpartum and newborn benefits
Since after the home birth, mother and baby
They are already at their home, on their own bed
There's no separation, no need to move to some other bed
And a newborn is not taken away or being kidnapped after birth
Also, like I said earlier
99% of the home born babies were breastfed shortly after birth
Compared to about 76%
Go to Psalm 22
Obviously, a home birth is usually cheaper
Because a planned home birth with a professional midwife
Typically ranges from about $3,000 to $7,000
They provide the prenatal care, delivery, postpartum follow up, whatever
So it's about $3,000 to $7,000 when being paid out of pocket
And also most Christian based shareable programs cover home birth
So the actual out of pocket is pretty low
For example, the Samaritan ministry, the basic plan covers $5,000 of the home birth
Obviously you can buy the premium plan
So the out of pocket for $7,000 home birth will only cost you $2,000 out of pocket
So it's reasonable, right?
But for mothers with in-net working insurance
The average out of pocket cost for a natural birth is about $3,000
But a total hospital bill can average about $15,000 to even $20,000
Without insurance, a typical hospital birth can cost $10,000 to $30,000
And with a C-section, cost may reach $30,000 to all the way like $50,000
So again, cost can be a concern
But you know, the perk of the home birth is to allow just the God-designed process to go through
You know, in Psalm 22, look at verse number 9
Psalm 22, verse number 9, the Bible says this
But thou, I'm talking about God
But thou art he that took me out of the womb
Thou didst make me hope when I was upon my mother's breast
I was cast upon thee from the womb
Thou art my God from my mother's belly
Again, verse 10 proves that when you are in your mother's belly, you are alive
Notice the phrase, thou art my God from my mother's belly, life in the womb, amen
But verse 9 and 10 is pretty awesome, because David speaks of God's active involvement throughout childbirth
God is involved before birth from my mother's belly
God is involved at birth, took me out of the womb
And God is involved after birth upon my mother's breast
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God is involved throughout the whole process, before birth, at birth, and after birth
And God is credited with the act of birth
Because birth is not an emergency, it's certainly not a sickness
So I said point number one, God designed birth to function
Point number two, the history of home birth
Point number three, the benefits of home birth
Go to Genesis chapter three
Lastly, point number four, choose faith over fear
Now this is the most important point of the sermon
Because it's ultimately a faith issue
And we must view everything with a biblical perspective
Including childbirth
Because the honest truth is
Most people who don't like natural birth is due to fear
Specifically, the fear of pain, fear of complications
And fear of the unknown, right?
Just be honest
But the Bible is very clear for God has not given us the spirit of fear
And I've already established multiple times
That childbirth is a natural thing
It's not an emergency in and of itself
And I also talk about multiple benefits of a natural home birth
And many women, they prefer a medical birth
Because they are either not educated or they fear pain
Therefore they choose a hospital birth
They choose epidural to suppress the pain
But I want to show you that pain during birth is not evil
And if you circumvent the God-given process
You will suffer side effects and a longer recovery time
That I talked about earlier
You are in Genesis chapter 3, look at verse number 16
This is talking about the result of the curse
Because, you know, people sin
Genesis 3, verse number 16
The Bible says this
I'm to the woman, I'm to Eve
He said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception
In sorrow thou shall bring forth children
And thy desire shall be to thy husband
And he shall rule over thee
But don't miss some of the key details in this verse
The verse is saying that as a result of the curse
God will multiply the sorrow and God will multiply the conception of childbirth
The Bible does not say that childbirth itself was created as a physical agony by default
Nor does it say that sorrow during childbirth was created as a result of the curse
The sorrow would have always been there, the curse simply multiplied it
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The curse is to multiply the sorrow
The sorrow would have been there without the curse
But after the curse, the sorrow was simply multiplied
Makes sense?
So even before the fall of man, women will still have sorrow
But after the curse, just more sorrow and pain
And sorrow is also broader than physical pain
Sorrow can include grief, stress, toil, emotional burden, anxiety, vulnerability
And the Bible says in sorrow, thou shalt bring forth children
So if you suppress the sorrow by taking medications and the painkillers
You are technically not allowing the God-designed process to work
Because the Bible clearly says in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children
So if you try to suppress the natural pain you will suffer
Go to 1 Thessalonians chapter 2
And that's also true in other areas of life
Because pain serves a purpose
If your body cannot feel heat or cold
If your hand can't feel anything you will likely burn yourself without even realizing it
If you never endure any persecution you will never come forth as gold
If you never suffer the pain of working out your muscles you will never build any muscles
If you never push through hard work you will never build endurance
Suppressing the pain only masks the problem, not solving the problem
And throughout the Bible, labor and traveling are good things
You are in 1 Thessalonians chapter number 2, look at verse number 9
The Bible says this
For ye remember brethren, our labor and travail
The word travail means to labor with pain, to toil
For laboring night and day, because we will not be chargeable unto any of you
We preach unto you the gospel of God
So it's a good thing
Go to 2 Thessalonians chapter number 3
2 Thessalonians chapter number 3, look at verse number 8
2 Thessalonians chapter 3, verse number 8
The law says this
Neither do we eat any man's breath for naught
but rot with labor and travail night and day
that we might not be chargeable unto any of you
For us men, no, or women
sometimes our work can be painful, right?
Even physically, carrying materials
using a lot of physical labor, also mental
people who don't take the rations well
it's like mental pain, right?
So the bible says, you know
apostle Paul and his company
they robbed with labor
and travail night and day
because work is an honorable thing
pain serves a purpose
go to John chapter 16
John chapter number 16
the bible also uses
the metaphors about labor
just to describe that intense times
that lead to great joy
because again, pain serves a purpose
look at verse number 21
John 16 verse 21
the bible says this
a woman when she is in travail
that means labor with pain
when she is in travail had sorrow
because her hour has come
but as soon as she is delivered of the child
she remembereth no more the anguish
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for joy that a man is born into the world
and that's generally medically true
because after birth
the hormones like oxytocin
and the endorphins rise sharply
and these hormones promote bonding
these hormones reduce the perception of pain
and also produce feelings of calm and joy
and that leads to a way faster recovery after birth
but if you suppress the sorrow during birth
you end up having a longer labor
and you don't know when to push
because you can't feel anything, right?
you'll likely have a longer postpartum recovery
and oftentimes you'll have more pains later
while following a God-given process
you'll have joy afterwards
again, that's pretty biblical
go to Isaiah 26
by the way, when you get to Isaiah
keep a place to that, we will leave it
and come right back to it
Isaiah 26, now the context is
about a woman in labor crying out
and that's used as a picture of
Israel crying out to God
Isaiah 26, look at verse number 17
Isaiah 26, verse number 17
the Bible says
like as a woman with child
that joyeth near the time of her delivery
is in pain and cryeth out in her pants
the word pants means pain or agony of the body
so have we been by side, O Lord
we have been with child
we have been in pain
we have as a word brought forth wind
we have not wrought any deliverance in the earth
neither have the inhabitants of the world fallen
so in verse 17 and 18
again that's a picture of Israel
but just on a physical perspective
this woman is in pain
she is going through some tough times
agony, crying out in her pants
she is in pain
she has sorrow
but look at verse number 19
Thy dead man shall live together with my dead body
shall they arise awake in sin
either dwell in dust
for thy due is as the due of earths
and the earth shall cast out the dead
so after the pain comes the promise of the resurrection
or a new life
because pain serves a purpose
obviously that's an end time prophecy
but after this picture of a woman in pain in labor
comes the promise of a new life
good Romans chapter 8
keep your place in the book of Isaiah
good Romans chapter 8
now in Romans chapter 8
apostle Paul used a similar analogy
concerning childbirth
that's why to me it's a relevant topic
Romans chapter 8 look at verse 22
Romans 8 verse 22
the bible says this
Romans 8 verse 22
for we know that the whole creation
growneth and traveleth in pain
together until now
and not only they but ourselves also
which have the first fruits of the spirit
even we ourselves grown within ourselves
waiting for the adoption to wit
the redemption of our body
so the bible is saying that
the creation grows in pain
because they are waiting for something glorious
in the future
the redemption of our body at the rapture
why do we endure hardness
in this life
again this sermon is not only
applying to childbirth
why are we enduring pain
why the bible use the analogy
of a childbirth verbiage
and that's because we as creatures
we are expected to endure hardness
and when the hardness has passed
then there's the rapture
and then we have a new body
a new life
also known as the glorified body
because pain and tough times
lead to great joy when we are in heaven
so again that's a perfect picture of childbirth
in fact the bible uses the analogy of childbirth
to describe the rapture
and this further disproves the pre-tribulation rapture
think about this
throughout the bible childbirth is used to picture what
intense but temporary travail
that's the tribulation
pretty intense
but then there's a sudden decisive moment of birth
and that's the rapture right
and then you get immediate joy
and then you have a new human being
a glorified body
that's why childbirth is used to describe the rapture
and this also defeats the immanency return of Christ
because there are signs of childbirth
and you cannot predict the exact moment of birth
but you can see the signs leading up to it
just like the rapture
you see the contraction, the water breaks
your whole body bearing down
just like we don't know the day or the hour of Christ coming
but we can see the signs like the mark of the beast
like the global famine, global wars and so on
again that's why the Bible uses childbirth as an analogy of the rapture
go to Isaiah 66
go back to Isaiah chapter 66
no man knows the day or the hour of the childbirth
but like the Bible says that we can see the signs
we can see the great tribulation
that's the travail in labor
but then we have a sudden relief when the baby was born
and we get the glorified body
the Bible is amazing right
so Isaiah 66 look at verse number 9
Isaiah 66 verse number 9
I guess the epidural is the mark of the beast man
anyway
Isaiah 66 verse number 9
by the way I don't condemn women for using epidural
but just some things happen right
Isaiah 66 verse number 9
the Bible says this
shall I bring to the birth
and now cause to bring forth
saith the Lord
shall I cause to bring forth
and shut the womb
saith thy God
now this again is a metaphor of God
delivering Israel
but on the surface level
the Bible this verse is saying that
if God brings someone to the point of birth
he does not abandon the process half way
let's read this again
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 the Lord
so on a surface level
this verse assumes that
pregnancy naturally leads to birth
and God does not create life
without provide a means to bring it forth
and birth is a part of God's order design
not an accident or emergency by default
all I'm trying to say is this
God is faithful in delivery
He will carry you
through the birthing process that He began
and if God has blessed the mother with a child
and brought her to labor
then God will not abandon her there
because God is the best deliverer
He is able to deliver thee
You know, the hospital should play that hand
at their birthing chamber or whatever
He is able to deliver thee
Anyway
Turn about to Psalm 30
That will be the last passage
Psalm chapter 30
So what should your attitude be concerning childbirth
Very simple
Let go and let God
Trust that He who has designed your body
for this purpose will also help you deliver the baby
Right?
So I said point number one
God designed birth to function
Point number two
The history of childbirth
Point number three
The benefits of childbirth
Point number four
Choose faith over fear
So I hope this is a helpful and educational sermon
And I hope you will consider natural home birth
Or birthing center or something like that
And sometimes women go to the hospital
Not because they don't want to get a home birth
Sometimes women go to the hospital to get birth
But because of their husbands
Because they are afraid
So I hope this sermon will educate men too
And if you have any questions
Feel free to ask my wife or other ladies
Who has gone through the process at the church
And you can also apply a lot of applications
To your daily lives
What do I mean
Don't complain about your sufferings
Don't complain about your toils, hard times
That you are going through in life
Don't seek the easy way out
Don't try to suppress pain
Allow God to be the deliverer
Psalm 30 verse number 5
Psalm 30 verse 5 says this
For his anger endureth but a moment
In his favor is life
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Weeping may endure for a night
But joy cometh in the morning
To me that's pretty cool
Because labor often intensifies at night
But it brings you joy when the baby comes in the morning
The childbirth is not an emergency
Let's close in with a prayer
Thank you, Lord, for your amazing design
But I pray that we'll consider your delivering power
That will not try to suppress pain, stop pain
But allow pain to serve a purpose
But I pray that you'll help us endure hard times and persecutions
So we can come forth as gold
And I pray this in Jesus' name, Amen
Amen
All right
To follow up with that
The song we're going to be singing is
"He is able to deliver thee"
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He is able to deliver thee
Tis the grandest theme
Through the ages rung
Tis the grandest theme
Through the mortal tongue
Tis the grandest theme
That the world hears sung
Our God is able to deliver thee
He is able to deliver thee
Though by sin o press
Go to him for as our God is
Tis the grandest theme
In the earth for main
Tis the grandest theme
For a mortal strain
Tis the grandest theme
Tell the world again
Able to deliver thee
He is able to deliver thee
Though by sin o press
Go to him for as our God is
Able to deliver thee
Let's verse
Tis the grandest theme
Let the tidings roll
To the guilty heart
To the sinful soul
Look to God in faith
He will make thee whole
Our God is able to deliver thee
He is able to deliver thee
Though by sin o press
Go to him for as our God is
He is able to deliver thee