The Role of a Spiritual Midwife: Helping Other Women Birth Their God-Given Dreams

Support, pray, and push. Discover your role in mentoring and lifting other women into their calling.

Introduction: Women Who Help Women Give Birth — Spiritually

There are women sent into your life not to compete with you, but to complete an assignment with you. Some are called to nurture dreams, others to cheer them on, and then there are the midwives. Spiritual midwives are women who stand in the gap, not for their breakthrough, but for someone else’s birthing season. They don’t just say “I’m praying for you.” They pray until something moves. They hold your hand through spiritual contractions. They remind you, “You were made for this,” when your knees are shaking and your faith feels faint.

Many people today have large audiences and public influence, yet still carry hidden emotional and spiritual pain. That’s why the ministry of spiritual midwifery, walking with others in prayer, encouragement, and discernment as they step into their God-given purpose, is more needed than ever.

1. Who Is a Spiritual Midwife?

A spiritual midwife is someone who helps another person birth what God has placed within her. Just as natural midwives guide, support, and coach women through childbirth, spiritual midwives carry divine wisdom, discernment, and compassion to help others:

• Push through fear
• Stay focused in transition
• Deliver their callings with clarity

It’s not about being a coach or mentor in the conventional sense. This is holy ground. A spiritual midwife prays for you through the labor pains of purpose. She doesn’t take the credit, she partners with heaven until your destiny comes alive.

2. Biblical Examples of Spiritual Midwifery

Exodus 1:15–21 tells us about Shiphrah and Puah,  Hebrew midwives who protected life under Pharaoh’s death decree. They risked everything to obey God, not man. This is the heart of a spiritual midwife: standing between destruction and destiny.

Elizabeth and Mary (Luke 1) give us a more intimate example. When pregnant Mary greeted Elizabeth, the baby leaped in Elizabeth’s womb. But more than that, Elizabeth affirmed Mary’s divine assignment with prophetic clarity: “Blessed is she who believed…”

Then there’s Naomi and Ruth, a grieving mentor who guided her daughter-in-law into divine positioning. Ruth birthed more than a marriage, she birthed a legacy.

3. How to Know You’re Called to Midwife Someone’s Dream

You may not feel “qualified,” but the call often shows up in subtle but powerful ways:

• You feel a deep burden to pray for someone’s purpose, even if they haven’t asked.
• God gives you insight or encouragement for the people around you.
• You’re sensitive to spiritual pregnancies; you “sense” when someone is carrying something big, even when they don’t know it themselves.

It doesn’t always feel glamorous. Sometimes it’s quiet, hidden, and emotionally demanding. But the fruit is undeniable.

4. Pray, Watch, Push, Release: The Midwife’s Rhythm

Midwifery isn’t about control; it’s about presence and obedience. Here’s how spiritual midwives walk in their call:

• PRAY: Before giving advice, intercede. Go to God first. Let Him reveal what He’s doing.
• WATCH: Be alert to timing. Some women are in pre-labor. Others are overdue. Know when to speak and when to be silent.
• PUSH: Speak truth in love when your sister or brother wants to give up. Encourage her to endure. Sometimes you have to gently apply pressure.
• RELEASE: Let go once the birthing is complete. Don’t cling. Celebrate her breakthrough without needing to be at the center of it.

5. Helping in Times of Delay, Discouragement, or “Miscarriage”

Not every spiritual pregnancy goes smoothly. Many people give up because:

• They’ve tried and failed before
• They fear being misunderstood
• They don’t know where to start

Some have aborted their dreams because of rejection, fear, or weariness. Others are in delay because of self-doubt. A spiritual midwife doesn’t shame them, she restores them.

Like the Good Samaritan, she tends wounds and says, “There’s still life in you.”

6. Midwifing Without Manipulating

This calling must be rooted in humility. You are not birthing your dream in someone else. You’re stewarding God’s work in them.

Spiritual manipulation happens when we:

• Project our desires onto others
• Pressure them into timelines God hasn’t set
• Tie their progress to our validation

Guard your heart. Let the Holy Spirit lead. The goal is not recognition,  it’s release.

7. The Hidden Reward of a Spiritual Midwife

Spiritual midwives often work in silence. No spotlight. No stage. But God sees it all.

He sees the 2 a.m. prayers. The texts of encouragement. The tears shed on behalf of someone else’s promise.

And He rewards accordingly:

• With spiritual joy
• With multiplied grace
• Sometimes, with a birthing of your own as you help another

It’s the kingdom principle of sowing and reaping: when you help others rise, God honors you in ways no one else sees coming.

8. Encouragement for the Midwife: You Matter

If you’ve ever felt tired of this assignment, you’re not alone. Midwifery is sacrificial. It can be draining. But take heart.

You are a hidden force in God’s kingdom. You’re building a legacy, not applause. Your hands are clean, but your prayers are full of fingerprints, the mark of the people you’ve helped bring into their purpose.

Keep going. Heaven keeps record.

Conclusion: This Is a Sacred Assignment

To be a spiritual midwife is to echo the heart of Jesus: to serve, to love, to push others forward. In a world of “me first,” midwives say, “Let me help you deliver what’s inside you.”

There’s a generation of women carrying untold books, ministries, businesses, and movements inside of them — but they won’t birth it alone. They need intercessors, encouragers, wise mentors, and sisters who will not let them quit.

You might just be the answer to that need.

Call to Action

Ask the Lord today:
Who am I called to midwife?
Whose vision am I assigned to cover in prayer and support in this season?
How can I push in love — and release in faith?

Then take action. Send a message. Pray a prayer. Speak a word of encouragement. God is calling His daughters to rise, and He’s using you to help them birth what He has placed within them.

Ready to walk into your assignment?
Register or log in at TheSpiritualHQ.com to connect with women who are birthing purpose and walking boldly in their call. Let’s rise together.

Scripture References

• Exodus 1:15 – 21
• Luke 1:39 – 45
• Ruth 3:1–5
• Proverbs 31:26
• Galatians 6:9

Isaiah 66:9 — “Shall I bring to the time of birth, and not cause delivery?” says the Lord.