When couples can't have a baby naturally they sometimes elect to adopt, surrogacy or the lastest fertility treatments. 

All these options are alternatives or 'last-ditch' efforts to have a child. When Christians depend on another Christian, pastor, priest, prophet etc to contact God on their behalf for a breakthrough, miracle etc, this is spiritual surrogacy. 

God's plan is that as believers, we s should work out not only our salvation for ourselves but our miracles.  learn to do this with God!  

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