Largest 40 Days for Life ever! September 28 – November 6 (301 locations, 46 for the first time)

Day 41 - November 7

Intention:

Pray that the witness of 40 Days for Life bears abundant fruit, and that we begin again each day to storm the gates of hell until God welcomes us into the gates of heaven.

Scripture:

On this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell will not prevail against it.

-- Matthew 16:18

Reflection:

When we read this verse, we usually think that the Lord is promising that the church, which is His Body, will withstand all the attacks launched against it. Of course, that is true. But when we think about it more carefully, we realize that in a battle, the gates do not run out into the battlefield to attack the enemy. Rather, they stand still to defend the city from the enemy attacking it. So when the Lord says that the gates of hell will not prevail against the church, who is doing the attacking? It is the church storming the gates!

The church, all of God's people in Christ, is called to take the offensive, to run into enemy territory, and to gain ground for Jesus Christ. We do not wait for an invitation; we already have a command. We prepare, but we do not wait for circumstances to be perfect; we already have one who has gone before us.

During these 40 days, we have stormed the gates. We have taken the offensive. We have pushed forward the boundaries of the kingdom. And we must keep doing so, in numerous ways. Indeed, the gates of hell will not prevail. The gates of falsehood will flee in the presence of truth. The gates of sin will melt in the presence of grace. The gates of death will fall in the presence of the church, the People of Life!

Prayer:

Father, we praise you. We have heard the voice of your Son, and therefore we can make our voices heard. We have done battle with the power of evil, and therefore we can have compassion on those still within its grip. We have been freed from the kingdom of darkness, and therefore we can bear witness to your Kingdom of Light. May the witness of all your people through these 40 Days for Life bear abundant fruit, and may we begin again each day to storm the gates of hell until You welcome us into the gates of heaven. We pray in the victorious name of Jesus Christ our Lord, amen.

Fr. Frank Pavone
National Director, Priests for Life and President, National Pro-life Religious Council

If you took part in a 40 Days for Life in any way — fill this out.

The largest 40 Days for Life campaign in history just
wrapped up with an amazing track record of blessings ...
that YOU helped to make happen.

Thank you!!

TOMORROW I’ll be sending you an email with the big news
about what happens on November 14 ... but today I need
your advice, to ensure that our shared mission continues
to grow in the right direction.

Please take a moment to fill out the short survey at:

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/JDYQRCH

Through your prayers and God’s blessings, 40 Days for
Life has accomplished a tremendous amount over the last
four years ...

... but with abortions continuing every day, we know
that much MORE must be done ...

... and we recognize the responsibility God has given
us to aggressively expand these efforts until abortion
finally ends.

The unprecedented growth and impact of 40 Days for Life
to date has come as a direct result of input received
from more than 39,000 people over the past four years.

Now it’s YOUR TURN to help us map out the plan to win.

Regardless of your level of involvement in this 40 Days
for Life campaign, please fill out the short survey at:

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/JDYQRCH

It’s a simple survey of just a few questions with
yes-or-no and multiple choice answers that should
only take you about 3-4 minutes to complete.

I would really appreciate if you could make the time to
complete this survey today — or by this weekend, if at
all possible.

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/JDYQRCH

———, thanks to you — and more than 450,000
people who have participated in 40 Days for Life —
I am more hopeful and optimistic than ever!

Let’s commit to press on in this vital work until that
day when no more children die, and no more women cry.

May God bless you abundantly!

In Christ,

Shawn Carney
Campaign Director
40 Days for Life

PS: Thanks in advance for your willingness to fill out
this short survey. Here’s that link one more time:

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/JDYQRCH

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Please forward this important announcement to
friends, family, co-workers — EVERYONE!!
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Dear -———,

As promised, here’s the big news!

After traveling coast to coast throughout this fall’s
40 Days for Life campaign, David Bereit — 40 Days for
Life’s national director — and I just met up to shoot
a short, three-minute video for you, to:

>> THANK YOU for all that you did to make this fall’s
40 Days for Life campaign such a huge success

>> REVEAL THE EXCITEMENT about what is happening on
Monday, November 14

Go right now to:

https://40daysforlifebreakthrough.com

*** PLEASE NOTE *** With the announcement of this video
going out to well over 100,000 people, that web page is
going to get slammed with visitors all at the same time
... so if it takes a minute to load, please be patient.

This is the good news you’ve been waiting for!

For Life,

Shawn Carney
Campaign Director
40 Days for Life
https://40daysforlifebreakthrough.com

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Please forward this important announcement to
friends, family, co-workers — EVERYONE!!
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Dear -——,

This is unprecedented!!

Over the last 48 hours — since we sent out the
three-minute video David Bereit and I made for you —
7,993 people have already watched it ...

... and 3,364 people have already registered to join
Monday night’s BREAKTHROUGH teleconference and web
simulcast event:

https://40daysforlifebreakthrough.com

Here’s the bottom line: after finishing the largest
and most successful 40 Days for Life campaign ever,
we now have the opportunity to leverage the results to
achieve the biggest pro-life breakthrough in history ...

... and, if you haven’t already registered for the LIVE
event this coming Monday night, November 14, at
9 PM Eastern (8 PM Central, 7 PM Mountain, 6 PM Pacific)
to get the whole story — it’s still not too late!

Go to:

https://40daysforlifebreakthrough.com

During this one-time-only phone and web event, you will
join with thousands of others to learn:

* The stunning results of this fall’s 40 Days for Life
... which point to even BIGGER victories in 2012

* The breaking news that’s about to expose Planned
Parenthood’s dirty little secret ... this shocking
story has never been publicly revealed — UNTIL NOW!

* Why these next 12 months are crucially important ...
and how our pro-life movement is positioned to
achieve massive, life-saving success on many fronts

* The innovative strategic plans — four years in the
making — about to be unleashed to help mobilize
more people, change more hearts and minds ... and
save more lives than ever before

* How YOU can help make a profound impact on ending
abortion ... right where you live!

This is the great news you’ve been waiting for, and
it’s absolutely free to attend — however, the limited
spaces for the event are filling up fast ...

... so REGISTER NOW at:

https://40daysforlifebreakthrough.com

This is going to be HUGE, and I hope you (and everyone
you know) can join me on the phone or via the web on
Monday night!

For Life,

Shawn Carney
Campaign Director
40 Days for Life

PS: A few hours ago we received confirmation of an
historic life-saving milestone that your prayers and
efforts just accomplished. It’s exhilarating! I’ll
fill you in on Monday night’s BREAKTHROUGH
teleconference and web simulcast event:

https://40daysforlifebreakthrough.com

*****************************************************
Please forward this important announcement to
friends, family, co-workers — EVERYONE!!
*****************************************************

Another PP director/manager quites!

If you aren’t one of the 4,958 people already registered
to attend tonight’s BREAKTHROUGH teleconference and web
simulcast, this breaking news will give you all the
reason you need to rearrange your schedule and attend!

First there was Abby Johnson, former Planned Parenthood
clinic director and employee of the year, who had a
conversion during the 2009 fall 40 Days for Life and
became an outspoken pro-life advocate ...

Then there was Ramona Trevino, former Planned Parenthood
center manager who had a change of heart and quit her job
following this past spring’s 40 Days for Life campaign
outside her facility, contributing to the closure of
that office ...

Now, TONIGHT, you’ll hear directly from another former
Planned Parenthood manager who is about to blow the
whistle on her former employer of 17 years, exposing
the abortion chain’s dirty little secret ...

... and this person has just done something that no
former Planned Parenthood worker has EVER done!

I can’t tell you the specifics by e-mail because the
abortion giant does not yet know that our mystery
guest will be speaking out publicly on tonight’s
teleconference and web simulcast ... but you will NOT
want to miss this!

If you haven’t already registered, be sure to grab your
spot for tonight’s 9 PM Eastern (8 PM Central,
7 PM Mountain, 6 PM Pacific) BREAKTHROUGH teleconference
and web simulcast to hear this juicy story firsthand:

https://40daysforlifebreakthrough.com

For Life,

Shawn Carney
Campaign Director
40 Days for Life

PS: Can’t attend live? Go ahead and register anyway.
We’re planning to record every word and will send you
the audio recording as soon as the event is over.

PPS: Our conferencing service is doing everything
possible to handle the massive number of attendees,
but if you go to https://40daysforlifebreakthrough.com
and the registration page has been taken down, it’s
probably because we’ve reached maximum capacity.

The last post here:

Largest 40 Days for Life ever! September 28 – November 6 (301 locations, 46 for the first time)

On Monday night's Breakthrough webcast, we announced
the results of this fall's 40 Days for Life campaign:

* Over 135,000 participants from 4,000+ churches

* 301 cities across the U.S., Puerto Rico, Canada,
    Australia, Argentina, Germany, England and Spain

* 8 abortion workers quit their jobs

* 300+ news stories (including Fred Barnes' excellent
    front page story in last week's "Weekly Standard,"
    see: http://goo.gl/Jf4Bj )

* And 732 babies were spared from abortion during
    this fall's campaign, bringing the cumulative total
    of lives saved to more than 5,000 since 40 Days for
    Life began four years ago (5,045 to be precise!)

As much as your prayers and efforts have accomplished,
there is still much more work to be done ...

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