...a prayer for the wounded, the participants, and those who fight for the unborn.
The numbers: over 57 million abortions, 133,333 more every month and many mothers who have died during the procedure. Millions of mothers suffer from Post-Abortion Syndrome (PAS).
Please pray with me:
O great God of Creation, God of Life and Author of our faith. We come with heavy hearts as we see the changes in the U.S. culture, especially with regard to abortion. We seek Your guidance and Your will on how to respond.
Your Word tells us that: Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward. (Psalm 127:3)
We seek You on behalf of all those who are involved in the eradication of Your inheritance. We have robbed You of Your reward. We have squandered Your inheritance… which was not our own.
People, especially women, have been lied to…and many have given up their children. Many have died during the procedure. Convenience has become our top priority.
We acknowledge that You are the God who changes hearts and we seek to do our part, to be responsible, to work as faithful stewards to testify of Your love and to fulfill our part in the Great Commission (Matthew 28:16-20).
We pray for those considering abortion. Father, cause them to question their decision. Move in their hearts to seek alternatives. Bring credible people alongside each person—people who are equipped with a reasonable, tangible solution and alternative. By Your powerful Holy Spirit, may many lives be saved and may You receive the glory.
We pray for the thousands of people who participate in this lethal procedure. Lord God, who convicts the hearts of people. Please send Your Holy Spirit to work in their lives. Did You not turn the heart of the Apostle Paul? He was murdering Your children, yet, You changed his heart to serve You. We pray that these people will have a similar change of heart and become an army against this heinous slaughter.
We pray for those who suffer from the consequences from abortion: women and men, mothers, fathers, siblings, extended family, those who speak out against abortion, those who participate in the procedure, and those who choose not to care.
Father, so many millions of women suffer from Post Abortion Syndrome. It is a hidden shame and they suffer in silence. Raise up those ministries that currently minister to these people. The women as well as the men and their families. You know which organizations reach out to these people. Father, raise up the needed monies to extend their reach. Pour out the technology and oversee its functionality that no one who needs help is missed, or passed by. Lord may these people find help in their moment of need. Grant a steady flow of the healing balm of Gilead.
Father, we ask for additional ministries to rise up. For each abortion in history, rescue those involved, 57 million, to know the saving grace and forgiveness offered through the redemptive sacrifice of Jesus Christ. Then, may they become ministers that together bring a healing can wash across the United States. Lord God, by Your hand, by Your Spirit, and for Your glory.
For those who support the pro-life movement: Father, move in the hearts and minds of those who feel strongly about the pro-life movement. Give them persuasive words that many more may be drawn to action. Create leaders in this movement who speak and act in love. May they not be silenced. May their words be you’re your heart and may they open the hearts of others that this movement may grow.
Bring hope and light. We look to You for it. We look for encouragement, and for a diligence of action that pleases You.
Father, our culture has turned from You. Have we been diligent in prayer? Have we taken a stand that prevents us from regrets when we stand before You? Oh God, where this is not the case, may we repent this moment and here on out, seek you diligently on behalf of our culture. Grant us all diligence and discernment to move stealthily and overcome the enemy.
Scriptures:
Jeremiah 1:5 KJV
Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations
Psalms 139:13-16 KJV
13 For thou hast possessed my reins:
thou hast covered me in my mother's womb.
14 I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made:
marvellous are thy works;
and that my soul knoweth right well.
15 My substance was not hid from thee,
when I was made in secret,
and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
16 Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect;
and in thy book all my members were written,
which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.
Proverbs 6:16-17
These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him: A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,
1 Peter 2:24
Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.
Matthew 11:28
Come unto me, all [ye] that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
Philippians 3:13
Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,
John 14:6
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
Resources:
Hope After Abortion
http://hopeafterabortion.com/
Hope and Healing After Abortion:
http://www.sistersoflife.org/hope-and-healing-after-abortion
Finding hope, help and healing:
http://www.silentnomoreawareness.org/articles/hopehealing.htm
What the Bible says about abortion:
http://americanrtl.org/what-does-the-bible-say-about-abortion
Effects of Abortion:
http://familyandlife.org/resources/faq/effects-abortion
Studies Show Abortion’s Negative Effects on Mothers:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1584019/posts
After Abortion:
http://afterabortion.org/
Number of abortions:
https://www.lifesitenews.com/opinion/1.72-billion-abortions-worldwide-in-the-last-40-years
http://www.numberofabortions.com/
