[Salvation]

 

It all starts tomorrow!

Our biggest 40 Days for Life campaign EVER kicks off in 238 locations in the United States, Canada, Australia, England, Northern Ireland and Denmark.

I’m ready and I know you are, too.

Tonight, I go to Fayetteville, Arkansas to kick off the 40 Days for Life campaign there … and David Bereit, our national director, will be in Texas to help kick off 40 Days for Life campaigns there.

Be sure to look for 40 Days for Life events in your area by checking out the list of locations and clicking on the closest city to you:

http://40daysforlife.com/location.cfm

Just last Thursday, 40 Days for Life was featured on EWTN global television … and the feedback has been AMAZING!

Two local campaign leaders and I were guests on their weekly program, “Life on the Rock.” If you missed the program — or want to pass it along to others — here it is:

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(You may skip the introductory part by going to the 10:45 mark where the interview segment begins.)

Following the program, I heard from countless people who’d never heard of 40 Days for Life before, but who now are eager to get started.

So let’s get ready!

This is the first of a series of daily e-mails that I will be sending you throughout the campaign. You’ll get news about lives saved, prayers answered … and many other blessings … as this campaign unfolds in those 238 locations.

Plus, you’ll get a daily devotional to help you focus your prayers on the 40 Days for Life mission. Enjoy these updates!

Today’s devotional is from Carmen Pate, a member of the 40 Days for Life board of directors:

[Salvation]

The 40 Days for Life campaign is firmly rooted on a foundation of prayer and fasting. To help maintain focus on the Lord and stay in tune with His guidance, we have prepared a series of daily devotionals — one for each of the 40 days of the fall 2009 campaign.

We fervently believe that prayer and fasting will end abortion, and your prayers are very much needed and appreciated. Please follow the links below to read and meditate upon these brief reflections.

Printable versions are available; please click the link at the bottom of each devotional.

Prepare: September 21 Day 1: September 22 Day 2: September 23 Day 3: September 24 Day 4: September 25 Day 5: September 26 Day 6: September 27 Day 7: September 28 Day 8: September 29 Day 9: September 30 Day 10: October 1 Day 11: October 2 Day 12: October 3 Day 13: October 4 Day 14: October 5 Day 15: October 6 Day 16: October 7 Day 17: October 8 Day 18: October 9 Day 19: October 10 Day 20: October 11

Day 21: October 12 Day 22: October 13 Day 23: October 14 Day 24: October 15 Day 25: October 16 Day 26: October 17 Day 27: October 18 Day 28: October 19 Day 29: October 20 Day 30: October 21 Day 31: October 22 Day 32: October 23 Day 33: October 24 Day 34: October 25 Day 35: October 26 Day 36: October 27 Day 37: October 28 Day 38: October 29 Day 39: October 30 Day 40: October 31 Day 41: November 1

 

[nina0113]

Last spring was the first time I participated in the vigil AT a clinic, in addition to the daily prayers (which, slacker that I am, I didn’t always do). It didn’t make me angry, as I had expected, just very sad for the women who think that abortion is their only choice.

It’s important to have a physical presence at these clinics, not only for the women walking in, but for passersby, who may someday have an unexpected pregnancy themselves. Our peaceful and prayerful presence shows them two things: first, that we are not the crazy violent woman-hating anti-choicers that the media portrays, and second, that non-abortive help IS available should they find themselves in need of it.

Fortunately for my town, we don’t have a clinic, so I’ll be driving on Saturday to one in another town. I’m not signed up for a specific hour because I can’t count on traffic, but I’ve never been alone there.

Please, check the schedule and see if you can take advantage of the opportunity to give a Christian pro-life witness of hope and help to suffering women. Even an hour can make a difference, though you may never know it in this life.

If you are post-abortive, as I am, being prepared and willing to give a testimony of how abortion has harmed you will be of great value. I was quite frightened to wear the shirt I printed last spring, which said, “Don’t Make the Mistake I Made.” My fear was completely groundless - no one at the vigil was anything less than kind.

It’s great that Salvation posted a list of the daily devotions. I’ll be posting them individually each day as separate threads, so having that whole list right to hand is going to make my life much easier, thanks much. I don’t currently have a ping list, but I can create one, so if you’d like to be on it, just send me a Freepmail.

[wagglebee]

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