38 ways to pray for life

Here are 38 ways to pray today regarding the issue of the sanctity of human life in America. These summarize the requests that are provided on the Never Silence Life website.

• Repent on behalf of our nation; ask God for a burden for the unborn.
• Pray for President Barack Obama.
• Pray that FOCA (the Freedom Of Choice Act) does not pass.
• Pray for our supreme court and legislative branch.
• Pray for the closing of Planned Parenthood.
• Pray for a greater stance on purity in the US.
• Pray that believers no longer turn a blind eye to what’s going on in the world.
• Pray for states with highest abortion rates.
• Pray for specific people groups.
• Pray that God will personalize each child to its mother.
• Pray for other solutions.
• Pray that the hearts of the father’s would love their unborn children.
• Pray against fear and rejection over young pregnant teens.
• Pray for divine encouragement.
• Pray for doctors giving abortions.
• Pray for other pro-life movements and organizations.
• Pray for more pro-life ministries to rise up and provide more options.
• Pray for better communication within in families.
• Pray for women who have had abortions.
• Pray for women who’ve had children but wanted an abortion instead.
• Pray for women hanging in the balance.
• Pray for kids who feel rejected.
• Pray for adoption agencies.
• Pray for women in poverty.
• Pray for local abortion clinics.
• Pray for the pro-choice movement.
• Pray that more babies would miraculously survive abortions.
• Pray for BarlowGirl and other pro-life music groups and organizations.
• Pray that people in the creative arts would use their platform to share about life.
• Pray that we become more educated on the issue of abortion.
• Pray that the pro-life movement goes global.
• Pray for a supernatural opening of wombs of barren women.
• Pray for wisdom on how to personally approach women contemplating getting an abortion.
• Pray to personally recognize the need for the unborn.
• Pray for the media and their outlook on abortion.
• Pray for safety on January 22nd as people meet all around the country to pray.
• Pray for an impact in the government on January 22nd.
• Pray for an impact in schools on January 22nd.

Thank you for standing together and praying together for life!

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Abortion: the moral issue of the day!

“From my perspective the number one ethical issue that this nation has ever faced is the issue of abortion. Abortion is not a matter of private choice–not for the Christian who understands anything about the sanctity of life. The first century church made it very clear in their day, explicitly stating that abortion is murder.

I’ve written over 70 books. The book that had the shortest shelf life of all of my books was my book on the case against abortion. I talked to pastor after pastor and sought to understand why they weren’t using this material (for which we also made a video series). They told me, “Well, we agree with it but we can’t do it in our church.” And I said, “Why?”  They responded: “It will split the congregation.” And I said, “So be it!” A million and a half unborn babies are slaughtered wantonly in the United States of America every year in the name of women’s rights. If I know anything about the character of God after forty years of study, I know that God hates abortion.”- R.C. Sproul

CLICK HERE TO WATCH streaming video of Dr. Sproul’s series, Abortion.

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An “un-holy” day

“An unholy day” is what Gene Veith calls today and he’s right.  It is a day when we remember the sin of abortion in our land and ask God to protect innocent life.

Why do women have abortions: 1% of all abortions occur because of rape or incest; 6% of abortions occur because of potential health problems regarding either the mother or child, and 93% of all abortions occur for social reasons (i.e. the child is unwanted or inconvenient).” -statistic courtesy of The Alan Guttmacher Institute and Planned Parenthood’s Family Planning Perspectives

I hope one day we no longer will have to hold “Never Silence Life” prayer meetings and point people to websites like abort73 to help overturn a law that was passed when over 65% of Americans thought that elective abortion should be illegal.

I don’t know if that day will ever come before Jesus does, but today I will be praying for that to happen.  I hate the fact that we have to  have such a day on our calendar just as Russell Moore wrote so well of why he hates Sanctity of Human Life Sunday.

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Joy is an attitude

Joy, for Paul and the biblical writers, was never an emotion or a mood or a feeling.  Joy is an attitude!  When Paul commands, “Rejoice in the Lord always!”, he is not urging a feeling, but an attitude. You can’t command someone to feel a certain way, but you can call them to a right attitude.

Click here for five biblical truths we can rejoice in!

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