Posted on 09/22/2011 11:38:14 AM PDT by metmom
Our community will be one of many cities from coast to coast joining together for the 40 Days for Life campaign. Here in Syracuse, we are praying in front of the Planned Parenthood located at 1120 E. Genesee Street. (see a map)
40 Days for Life is an intensive effort designed to raise awareness, save lives, bring healing, and lead our nation to repentance for the sin of abortion through three components: prayer and fasting, peaceful vigil, and community outreach.
40 Days for Life takes a determined, peaceful approach to showing local communities the consequences of abortion in their own neighborhoods, for their own friends and families. It puts into action a desire to cooperate with God in the carrying out of His plan for the end of abortion in America.
The 40-day campaign tracks Biblical history, where God used 40-day periods to transform individuals, communities ... and the entire world. From Noah in the flood to Moses on the mountain to the disciples after Christ's resurrection, it is clear that God sees the transformative value of His people accepting and meeting a 40-day challenge.
Vision and Mission 40 Days for Life is a focused pro-life campaign with a vision to access Gods power through prayer, fasting, and peaceful vigil to end abortion in America.
The mission of the campaign is to bring together the body of Christ in a spirit of unity during a focused 40 day campaign of prayer, fasting, and peaceful activism, with the purpose of repentance, to seek Gods favor to turn hearts and minds from a culture of death to a culture of life, thus bringing an end to abortion in America.
You’re right. Big support is needed for a woman to maturely make an adoption plan for her baby. And big support afterwards, too, because mothers’ grieving for the absent, adopted baby can be quite lasting and significant.
That being said at times when a young women was particularity ugly acting and seemed really hardened I thought about it. The thing about witnessing is that one has to always be aware of The Holy Spirit's leading as much as they can because The LORD knows each individual and what they need to hear. According to The Bible some people need to gently loved into The Kingdom of God and others need to be saved by fear. When we always approach everyone the same because we presume to only gently love everyone into The Kingdom of God we may not be reaching the person who needs to fear.
I would hope, with the help of The Holy Spirit, that the individual you are speaking about I would have had the known to treat her gently with compassion. Well anyway, God bless you, as I am sure you are very well meaning.
Jud 1:22 And of some have compassion, making a difference:
Jud 1:23 And others save with fear, pulling [them] out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.
Personhood bump.
I try to stay focused on the 24/7 personal prayer plan. Kudos to the ‘40 Days for Life’ crew.
I very much value what you say, based on your experience. I do pray that when the Lord wants silence from me, I will obey with silence; when He wants speech, speech; when he wants milk, milk; when He wants fire, fire.
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