Rise: A Christian Birth Podcast
Rise: A Christian Birth Podcast is for pregnant Christian women who want to prepare for birth with confidence, wisdom, and trust in the Lord - especially if you desire a natural or unmedicated birth but feel unsure how to get there.
Hosted by Christian doula Mannah Liu of Rise Birth Services, this podcast offers encouragement, education, and biblical truth for birth without fear. You’ll learn how fear impacts labor, what’s happening in your body during birth, and practical tools to cope with pain, alongside Scripture-grounded perspective, prayer, and honest conversations about real-life birth.
Whether you’re a first-time mom, feeling torn between faith and fear, or hoping to approach labor with more peace and clarity, Rise will help you prepare your heart, mind, and body for birth so you can walk into labor informed, supported, and anchored in God’s presence.
Rise: A Christian Birth Podcast
2. The #1 Way a Biblical Approach to Birth Differs from US Culture
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How does a biblical approach to birth differ from the way U.S. culture views it?
In this episode, we explore the key difference between fear-driven birth decisions and faith-filled, God-centered stewardship. Too often, U.S. culture treats birth as a high-risk event to control, leading to anxiety, rigid plans, and unnecessary interventions.
We discuss:
- How fear and control shape US birth statistics
- What Scripture says about trust, stewardship, and surrender in pregnancy
- Practical ways to prepare for birth without letting fear dominate your decisions
- Aligning your heart, mind, and birth plan with God’s design
Learn to approach birth with peace, intentional preparation, and trust in God’s sovereignty and discover how Scripture can guide you to walk through pregnancy and labor with confidence.
Scripture referenced:
2 Timothy 1:7 "for God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control."
Proverbs 19:21 “Many are the plans in the mind of a man, but it is the purpose of the Lord that will stand.”
1 Chronicles 29:11 – “Yours, O Lord, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the victory and the majesty, for all that is in the heavens and in the earth is yours. Yours is the kingdom, O Lord, and you are exalted as head above all.”
Scripture references to loving the Lord your God with all your heart/soul/mind/strength: Deuteronomy 6:5, Matthew 22:37, Mark 12:30, Luke 10:27
Proverbs 19:20 "Listen to advice and accept instruction, that you may gain wisdom in the future."
Proverbs 16:9 "The heart of man plans his way, but the Lord establishes his steps."
Isaiah 26:3 "You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you."
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