Posted on 02/25/2009 12:42:21 PM PST by Faith
40 Days for Life consists of 40 days of prayer and fasting for an end to abortion, 40 days of constant, peaceful vigil outside abortion centers and Planned Parenthood offices and 40 days of active pro-life community outreach.
Your community may be participating in this prayerful vigil. If so, please join others in your area or unite with thousands across America during the 40 days of Lent in praying for an end to abortion in this nation.
That we may use these 40 Days for Life to plead for God's mercy and grace upon all those involved in the sin of abortion.
SCRIPTURE
Blow the trumpet in Zion! Proclaim a fast, call an assembly. Gather the people, notify the congregation. Assemble the elders; gather the children and the infants at the breast... Let the priests, the ministers of the Lord, weep and say, "Spare, O Lord, your people." Joel 2:15-17
REFLECTION by David Brandao, 40 Days for Life
The toll of abortion cannot be measured. We hear estimates of almost 50 million innocent victims, but that's only one aspect of the harm that has unfolded in abortion's wake. There are also the mothers and fathers of these millions, as well as the grandparents, brothers and sisters, aunts, uncles, cousins. Unborn lives destroyed. Lives of the living shattered.
It's overwhelming and depressing, but even in the midst of such unfathomable darkness, the church teaches us to have hope. Yes, it was indeed Calvary that followed Christ's 40 days in the desert, but without Calvary there would have been no Resurrection -- His victory over death that opened the gates of heaven to those who believe in and follow Him.
The psalmist encourages us to go humbly before God as we seek His will: "A clean heart create for me, O God, and a steadfast spirit renew within me... Give me back the joy of your salvation and a willing spirit sustain in me... O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth shall proclaim your praise" (Psalm 51:12, 14, 17).
We are called to be God's messengers; or as the Apostle Paul told the Corinthians: "We are ambassadors for Christ, as if God were appealing through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ: be reconciled to God" (2 Corinthians 5:20).
That is the true message to all we encounter at the abortion centers and in our communities who have been deceived by the Culture of Death. We don't bring condemnation; we bring God's good news.
PRAYER
Lord, we ask for the strength, courage, wisdom, determination and stamina to carry out this mission according to Your will.Guide us, we pray, as we go forth and proclaim Your truth, always doing so with a spirit of love and compassion, as was demonstrated to us by Your Son, Jesus Christ. In His name we pray, Amen.
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Father God, hear the prayers of Your children. Lord hear our voices, united before You, coming against the Spirit of Death, the Spirit of Selfishness/ self-centeredness, the Spirit of Fear, the Spirit of Deceit, the Spirit of Greed and any of their co-horts that drive the killing machine of abortion. Lord, we declare them bound, cast under our feet, their bonds and backs broken in Jesus Mighty Name. Father open the eyes of the women and girls who drive to these places of death and cause the scales to fall from their eyes, that they may see the TRUTH, Your TRUTH, and be saved from this pit before Your precious little ones are murdered.
Father, protect Your children who are present at the Planned Parenthoods around the country, praying for the end to abortion, the end to murder, the end to the damages done to the mothers. Protect these warriors and their families during this seige, Father, from any thing in the physical, emotional or spiritual realm that would cause them harm. Bring them encouragement, boldness, discernment and forthrightness, Lord. Anoint them with Your Voice. Father God, be with the sidewalk counselors and cause their voices to be heard by the women/ girls who are about to enter these places. Lay the message heavy on their hearts, turn them from the doors of these places and bring them to find help in the places of Your hand. Lord, be with those who have already had an abortion. Father, bring laborers across their paths to sow seed, bring them to places for healing and help them to see themselves as You see them.
Hear our prayers, O Lord, now and over the coming 39 days. Hear your children, Father, and answer. IN Jesus Name we pray, Amen.
on the list please. TY.
We Stand Together, Your Excellency, Asking for Your Mercies to Fall. May the Precious Unborn Children be Protected, O Holy King. May Your Spirit Breathe Upon those Involved in Abortions, and Change their Hearts. We Ask that he Slaughter in America and throughout the Earth will End. Please Awaken the Spiritually Dead who are Committed to Abortion; Please Help them to See the Horror in what they Support. In the Mighty Name of Jesus, we Ask for the Election of Godly Men. Help us, Your Majesty; Send Revival to our America, Loving King. May You be Honored, Loved, and Respected in our USA.
Thank You, our Father, for Your Love to Your Preborn Lambs. Please Shield them, our God, as we Pray in our Jesus' Name, amen.
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