Please pray with me.
Heavenly Father,
Your Word:
Jeremiah 1:5Father, You existed before time began; and You knew each of us before there was ever a clock. You have know each of us since before the beginning of time. Your Word clearly states that children are Your inheritance.
"Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations."
Psalm 127:3We are robbing You of Your inheritance. Have mercy and help us change our ways.
“Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.”
Mark 12:27Confession, request for mercy:
He is not the God of the dead, but the God of the living:
Father, we lost our way and You know all the motivations that caused us to legalize abortion. Have mercy on us. Speak to us and prick our conscience that we may turn from this wickedness and find the much-needed grace which You lavishly hold in reserve for us. You assure us that Your mercies are renewed every morning and Your faithfulness never fails. Thank You.
So many have brought to my attention that the issue isn't as simple as we may think. My heart is heavey and I grieve. But You are our hope and the God who can help us to focus on the pathway through this blight.
Lamentations 3:22-23In spite of Your clear Word on these matters, we continue to push the gamut and we have made into law, the right of a person to end a life. Have mercy, O God. Raise up our conscience to face the casualties and the results of our decisions:
It is of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.
They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.
- An outpouring of guilt on so many that are involved.
- Brothers and sisters suffering from "survivors guilt"
- Naked families - bereft of sons and daughters, siblings, cousins, aunts and uncles...
- Untold heartache...wondering what might that child have contributed...
- The loss of the joy that only a child can bring
- Lost growth from hardships that were never endured
- The loss of the intellect and and artistic renderings that might have come forth
For the Pro-Life Movement:
Father, You have a brilliant spokesperson: Jeanne Mancini. She wants to make abortion "unthinkable." ...and there are people and organizations that join her and stand for life. Cause many to rise up in support of her and every initiative that honors You regarding this matter.
Raise them up, O God. Raise up Right for Life! Raise up those who speak out for the unborn, Paul Ryan, President Trump, and so many others.
Give people words and enliven them such that the words can't remain inside these speakers. Compel them to give these words birth, and to bring these words from You, into the light of day! Establish within us, the American people, an awareness of these actions and a commitment and determination to speak out for life. Give the hearers, ears to hear truth and an eagerness to embrace it and actively take up this cause.
Father, may pastors speak out from the pulpits and call abortion what it is: murder. Give them the gentleness needed for those who have been a part of the abortion movement, and mothers who have had abortions. Give them the words of assurance that there is forgiveness and freedom if people will confess and repent. O Father, this is the Gospel. May the Gospel be preached from the pulpits in this nation regarding the pro-life movement.
May those in this nation who support pro-life rise up. May side-liners be convicted that they are here for "such a time as this" (Esther 4:14). Pour out compelling speech that brings others on board.
For Pressure on Federal Funding:
Father, surely, this is part of our greatest shame...we, every American, is paying for the funding of abortions. Please, may Your Holy Spirit exert enormous pressure that this stop. Congressional elections are soon. Some people are running on the pro-choice, pro-abortion platform...hidden behind so many lies from the pit of hell:
- "Planned Parenthood"
- The Safe Abortion Action Fund
- NARAL
- The National Abortion Foundation
- Over-population
- "A woman's right to control her body"
- The Affordable Care Act
To stop the spread of "the next steps":
Selective abortion and designer children:
Father, You know where this can go. You are watching and nothing escapes Your knowledge, including the expansion of this heinous concept. From legalized abortion, there is s spread to "selective abortions"... targeting and leading to the extinction of entire populations of people.
Parents want perfect children—perfect by their definition. We have this ability to "see" into the womb and to identify characteristics of these children. This is being used by the medical profession and those who believe they can profit from this capability, to pressure parents to abort children who are, in any way, "defective."
Surely, this has proliferated to every physical attribute that can now be controlled through DNA testing and alterations. We want designer children. Genetics...help us bring these technologies to submit to the directives of Your Word.
Legalized suicide, euthanasia:
Father, we have twisted so much: the right to life to "the right to die"... the potential of this movement is alarming. We want control of every aspect of "Life." Forgive us as we strip You of Your directives—placed in Your Word for our protection. Help us to come to our senses. We can't do this on our own. Have mercy O God.
For those caught-up as victims in the abortion industry:
Mothers who have had abortions and their families:
Father, Your love never fails. Pour out Your solutions. May each person who feels guilt, learn and embrace Jesus Christ and His salvation and Your grace to help in time of need.
There are many who have had abortions and do not know they too are victims of the enemy. They believe lies. Yet, as painful as this may be, I ask that they see truth, that they may come to the Living God who will not fail them.
Doctors and medical staff:
Is there regret? Guilt? Have these people had to choose between participation and providing for their family? You have a way out. Cause them to seek You. Direct them to the road of repentance and to find Your true provision for them, for their families, and to know that You will take care of them. Give them the unction to "make haste" to leave this work.
Silence the lies to drop from the earth, and raise up Truth, that we may be set free.
Raise us up...that we may be found faithful in the day of His coming.
In Jesus' Name
Please consider these prayers for the revival of our nation:
For the Sanctity of Life
For the U.S.
Prayers of my heart
For Pastors, especially in the U.S.
In Jesus’ Name.
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