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Heavenly Father, we return to thank You that even though most will be sleeping through the night, there are those who will still work for this mother's child through the long hours. Some will be in prayer ... some will be at the keyboard ... but all will be focused on the return of this wounded woman to the love of her family.

We recognize, O God, that we are at a turning point in our spiritual and national life ... we have not reverenced the life of the unborn, and now we do not reverence the life of the afflicted. Our hearts are broken before You, O God ... we have awakened to the reality of what we do. We have not allowed 40 million of our citizens to be born and raised ... we have not allowed this number to be productive citizens ... we have not allowed any of these to grow in grace and in the knowledge of the Lord. We have stilled the voices of the finest evangelists .. the finest intellects .. the finest scientists .. the finest Moms and Dads. We do not know what we have lost because of our sins, but we pray, O God, that You do not lay this charge against this innocent woman. May she be redeemed from the pit of hell in which she is confined, for the Sake of Your Son. We repent of our national sins ... cleanse us of both corporate and personal sins, that we might have free access to petition You for the life of this beloved woman. Keep us from a mindset that the inconvenient or the feeble or the disabled or the elderly are as disposable goods ... to be used and then thrown away. Bring us back to reverence, O God, for You and Your Word and Your Absolute Authority that in Your hand is the life of every living thing and the breath of all mankind.

Look with favor, we pray, upon the events of this weekend. Empower those who stand for Terri with words that echo Your heart ... may they be heard in the home and on the street ... grace each word with fire from heaven, that unknowing hearts will be pierced with the truth. Draw thousands to Your side, O Lord, though You need not one to accomplish Your purposes. We thank You that You have allowed us to see the evil that is before us, and that You have given us a heart to respond. Grant success, Merciful Father, that Terri might live ... that we might live ... that we as a nation might live ... that we might yet return to One Nation, Under God. May it be thus, O Lord, may it be thus, in the Name of Jesus, we pray, Amen ...