We Can No Longer Just Watch and Wait
This isn’t typical of my usual daily posts in a story-line format because I sense a greater call today. I don’t “grandstand” too often. I fly under the radar when it comes to most political and public controversies. But my heart just won’t let me be silent when it comes to the abortion atrocities and how lighthearted so many are about it. I read in a report yesterday that there were nearly 42 million abortions worldwide in 2018.
The abortion number is incomprehensible, but each of those 42 million abortions represents a living human being whose life was violently destroyed in their mother’s womb. Each unborn baby already had their own unique DNA, making them distinct from their mother. That DNA indicated if the child was a boy or girl, their eye and hair color, their height, possible genetic disorders and other disabilities, and much more. In most cases, the unborn babies’ hearts are beating when they are aborted, too.
I am grateful and impressed with so many Right to Life and Pro-Life groups and all they are doing for life, and when I read Rev. Doug Clay’s “10 Ways to Pray”, I realized I can become more committed by taking it personally by praying. He absolutely nailed how we should specifically pray. Now, let’s NAIL abortion with our prayers and any action that we can to help. I pray our voices are heard in heaven AND on earth.
— Pray for a spiritual awakening in our nation. “If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land” (2 Chronicles 7:14).
— Pray for expectant mothers who may be facing horrific circumstances. Pray that God will bring peace to the anxieties and fears they may be facing. Pray that the church will rise up to address the needs young mothers are facing. “He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds” (Psalm 147:3).
— Pray that America will repent of injustice on behalf of the most vulnerable among us. “But let justice roll on like a river, righteousness like a never-failing stream!” (Amos 5:24).
— Pray that abortionists will come to know Christ as Savior. “But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us” (Romans 5:8).
— Pray that abortion facilities will close. “He thwarts the plans of the crafty, so that their hands achieve no success” (Job 5:12).
— Pray that the hearts of lawmakers and judges will be awakened to the value of human life from conception to death. “I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh” (Ezekiel 36:26).
— Pray that Christians can be an example of love and peace. “Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love” (1 John 4:7-8).
— Pray for churches to continue providing life-sustaining alternatives, including foster or adoptive care. “Pure and genuine religion in the sight of God the Father means caring for orphans and widows in their distress and refusing to let the world corrupt you” (James 1:27).
— Pray for those considering abortions to have divine encounters that will give them hope for their future. “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future” (Jeremiah 29:11)
— Pray for women who have been the victims of abortionists, that they will experience spiritual, emotional and physical healing. “The Lord is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and rich in love” (Psalm 145:8).
May we join together in earnestly praying for God’s mercy and God answers our prayers and we see a swift turnaround in the enemy’s tactics. “The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective” (James 5:16).
Lord, have mercy. Christ, have mercy. Lord, have mercy.
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