| Title: | Labor with Hope |
| Subtitle: | Gospel Meditations on Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Motherhood |
| Published: | June 25, 2019 |
| ISBN-10: | 1-4335-6307-X |
| ISBN-13: | 978-1-4335-6307-2 |
| Category: | Women |
| Retail Price: | $19.99 |
| Binding: | Hardcover w/ Jacket |
| Trim: | 5.25 in x 8.0 in |
| Page Count: | 160 |
Labor with Hope: Gospel Meditations on Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Motherhood
By Gloria Furman, With Jesse Scheumann
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Labor with Hope: Gospel Meditations on Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Motherhood
By Gloria Furman, With Jesse Scheumann
The world is full of advice for pregnant women. Popular books and well-meaning family members and friends offer expectant moms mountains of (often unsolicited) advice. While this advice sometimes leads to increased joy and excitement, all too often it results in feelings of discouragement and fear. The Bible, perhaps surprisingly, also has a lot to say about pregnancy—offering real, life-shaping hope that nothing in this world can match. In 25 short meditations, Gloria Furman helps women see labor and birth from the perspective of the whole Bible, infusing cosmic meaning into their personal experience and directing their focus off of themselves and onto Christ. Written for women of all ages—especially expectant moms—this book highlights the limitless power and strength that Christ offers to all who rely on him, enabling women to truly labor with hope.
Author:
Gloria Furman (MACE, Dallas Theological Seminary) lives in the Middle East where her husband, Dave, serves as the pastor of Redeemer Church of Dubai. She is the author of many books, including Labor with Hope; Treasuring Christ When Your Hands Are Full; and Glimpses of Grace.
Product Details
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Author's Note
Introduction
1. In the Image of God He Created Them
2. Be Fruitful and Multiply
3. The Promised Seed of Woman
4. Why Does Childbirth Hurt So Bad?
5. Pain in Parenting
6. Writhing under God’s Judgment
7. God’s Birth Pain
8. The Gospel Is the Ultimate Cure to the Abortion Epidemic
9. Tasting Death for Others
10. The Birth Pains of Death
11. Jesus’s Death Begets Spiritual Offspring
12. Birth Pain after Childbirth to Raise Spiritual Disciples
13. Putting Pain in Its Place
14. All Creation in the Throes of Labor
15. Conceived in Sin and Saved by Grace
16. You Must Be Born Again
17. Boasting Only in the Cross
18. A Tomb Became a Womb for the New Creation
19. Our Deliverer Delivered through Birth Pains
20. Saved through Childbearing
21. Children Are a Blessing
22. Knit Together
23. Don’t Trust Birth; Trust God
24. God Who Causes to Give Forth
25. From Inevitable Sorrow to Guaranteed Joy
Scripture Index
Endorsements
“Gloria Furman has a disarming way of connecting the most concrete stuff of our lives to the most glorious truth of the gospel. She’s doing it again here, as she peers into the realities of pregnancy and childbirth through the windows of Scripture. This book opens the windows wide. We do well to ponder this theme, of which God keeps reminding us in all kinds of painful and marvelous ways.”
Kathleen Nielson, author; speaker
“Gloria Furman has written devotionals that will transform the way we view pregnancy from conception to birth and beyond. Labor with Hope magnifies the glory of Christ and all that he has done, and helps us fix our eyes on the one who gives eternal life.”
Trillia Newbell, author, If God Is For Us: The Everlasting Truth of Our Great Salvation
“When Gloria Furman speaks about motherhood, I always listen. In Labor with Hope, Furman shows us how ‘every aspect of childbirth fuels our worship of Jesus,’ beautifully unpacking that statement as she takes us on a journey through Scripture, demonstrating how the birth pain metaphor illustrates God’s work in us. Each chapter in this meaningful devotional explores a different aspect of this mystery, leading the reader to a fuller understanding of our hope in Christ and the God who labors over us.”
Vaneetha Rendall Risner, author, Walking Through Fire: A Memoir of Loss and Redemption
“Every part of life belongs to God, even the parts when we’re trying to combat the never-ending heartburn, struggling to find that elusive comfortable position, or panting and pushing to birth the long-awaited new addition to God’s world. My dear friend (and mother of four) Gloria Furman has crafted beautiful meditations for you to ponder as you labor through your pregnancy and wonder, ‘Why is this like it is?’ Dear sister, this book will help you understand what’s happening and why, and will give you hope for future days of joy in God’s good providence. I heartily recommend it!”
Elyse Fitzpatrick, coauthor, Worthy: Celebrating the Value of Women
“In stark contrast to many of the childbirth books on shelves today, Labor with Hope offers gospel freedom from the burdens and guilt that often surround labor and delivery. With short, easy-to-read devotionals, Gloria Furman unpacks the spiritual realities of childbirth, offering hope and joy to women who pick up this book.”
Laura Wifler, Cofounder, Risen Motherhood; coauthor, Risen Motherhood: Gospel Hope for Everyday Moments
“Sin has blurred our vision of motherhood. In this book, Gloria Furman invites us to look through a gospel telescope that helps us focus our blurred, painful, and mundane perspective of pregnancy into a sharp, eternal, and glorious reality.”
Betsy Gómez, Blogger, Revive Our Hearts Hispanic Outreach
"In this book, Gloria Furman invites us to look through a gospel telescope that helps us focus our blurred, painful, and mundane perspective of pregnancy into a sharp, eternal, and glorious reality.”
Blogger, Revive Our Hearts Hispanic Outreach
