Happy Friday everyone, we close out the week with a question from our email inbox.

Pastor John, I'm a mother of three sweet girls in my husband and I love them dearly.

We are expecting our fourth child.

We live in India where a boy is preferred over a girl.

Many Christians around us tell us they are praying for us to have a boy now.

One pastor whom we know tells us the story that he once went up for a whole night on a mountain

to pray for a son and he later received a son.

We do value a girl the same as a boy.

My husband feels that it is special to have a boy also, someone who carries on our family

line.

And in the Bible, a male was prayed for and given, like Samuel.

But is it right to prefer and ask God for a specific gender or should we simply trust

in God's sovereignty and goodness to give us what he thinks is right for us?

Or should we be persistent in our prayers for a boy?

And finally, in the Bible, is there a special blessing or inheritance for a boy which a girl

cannot have?

Well, I hear two distinct and really good questions.

Number one, is there a biblical basis for some kind of special blessing or inheritance

for a boy that a girl can't have?

That's number one.

Number two, is it right to prefer or to ask God for a boy or a girl and give him a

son?

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