A prayer for a new baby
About 2 minutes · say the bold lines out loud if you can
New to praying? Just read it slowly, or stay with one line. That counts.
Pray
Where it says (their name), say it.
Thank you, God, for (their name).You made this child, and you know them better than we ever will.Keep them safe and well, and bring them to you in baptism and in faith.Give us patience, sleep when we can, and joy when we can’t. Amen.
From the Bible
Before anyone held this child, God knew them. Psalm 139 is the prayer many parents say over a crib. Lutherans baptize babies because this is true already: the gift comes first.
For it was you who formed my inward parts;you knit me together in my mother’s womb.I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.Wonderful are your works;that I know very well.
Psalm 139:13–14 · NRSV · Other translations