10.       IT IS A WEAPON AGAINST SATAN.

It is the womb that conceives and nourishes the 'godly seed' who will come forth to be the light in the darkness and who will destroy the works of Satan in this world. God is looking for an army. The greatest threat to Satan in this world is godly parents who understand God's intentions and who will bring forth and train a godly seed to fulfil His eternal plans.

God's people have unwittingly decreased God's army in this hour. The womb is a powerful weapon against Satan. Some women fear to bring babies into this evil world - but this is one of the greatest reasons for having children - to be the light in this dark world!

11.       IT BRINGS FORTH GOD'S REWARD. 

Psalm 127:3 says, "Children are an heritage of the Lord and the fruit of the womb is His reward."

God chooses the womb to reward His people. In Hosea 9:16 God calls children the "dearly beloved fruit of the womb." The context of this passage is that God was going to destroy the “rewards” that He had given them because of their continual disobedience, but it shows how God views children and also how the early Hebrews felt about their children.

Here's what some of the other translations say...

NIV     CHERISHED OFFSPRING

RV       BELOVED CHILDREN

NAS    PRECIOUS ONES

NEB    DEAREST OFFSPRING

JER      DARLINGS

NAS    TREASURES OF THE WOMB

Ruth 2:12, "The Lord recompense thy work and a full reward be given thee of the Lord God of Israel." What was the full reward? Ruth 4:13 gives us the answer: "The Lord gave her conception and she bare a son."