40 DAYS FOR LIFE - Day 10 (Pray to End Abortion in America)

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[Faith]

40 Days for Life consists of 40 days of prayer and fasting for an end to abortion,
40 days of constant, peaceful vigil outside abortion centers and Planned Parenthood offices
and 40 days of active pro-life community outreach.

Your community may be participating in this prayerful vigil.
If so, please join others in your area
or unite with thousands across America
during the 40 days of Lent
in praying for an end to abortion in this nation.

[Faith]

Day 10 INTENTION

May those who hold life as trivial realize that we live because God wills it so.

SCRIPTURE

Who among all these does not know that the hand of the Lord has done this, in His hand is the life of every creature and the breath of all mankind.

-- Job 12:9-10

REFLECTION by Georgette Forney, Anglicans for Life

Job was a man acquainted with grief, trials and tribulation. He had everything taken from him, including his family. He endured sickness, ridicule and judgment from his friends.

Everyone gave him advice about his situation, questioning his spirituality and his God. Job's circumstances were bad but he never loses faith. Why? Because "the hand of the Lord has made all life." Created by God, he knows his life has meaning and purpose, regardless of the circumstances.

In our present culture, we've lost that basic truth; every life is made and allowed to live by God's sovereign authority. As people who pride ourselves on our independence, we have a hard time acknowledging our dependence on God.

From our creation, when we were knit together in our mother's womb to our last breath, God's word is clear that "in His hand is the life of every creature and the breath of all mankind."

It's time for us as individuals, and as a society, to recognize that we exist by God's grace and turn back to Him, honoring His word and His teachings. Why? Because our world is full of Jobs, people who are dealing with trials and tribulations and hurting desperately.

Job's response should be ours as well. Regardless of what we face (even an unplanned pregnancy) God in His wisdom and mercy will redeem it.

How do I know? Job's friends who doubted God's sovereignty cry out to God asking for help, God instructs Job to pray for his friends and after he does, God restores all that Job had lost.

In other words, because Job never lost faith and knew and trusted His Creator, the Lord blessed Job.

PRAYER

Thank you Father God for being the Creator of my life and every life. Please give me, and the society in which I live, an appreciation for your gift of life.

Please help us set aside our pride and acknowledge that we need you. Show me how I can honor you today in response to all the blessings you bestow freely. In the name of Jesus, Amen.

[Faith]

Holy God,

Unless we draw close to You, we cannot know Your heart. You have asked us to choose life and choose it abundantly. Help us to understand that we cannot choose life for ourselves while denying it for others. Grant us understanding hearts, that we may know You better, for You always want what is best for us. In the Name of Jesus Christ, the Author and Giver of life, Amen.

[Kitty Mittens]

Amen, Sister Faith, and Praying with you in our Lord's Wonderful Name.

We Love You, Your Majesty, and Thank You for Your Amazing Grace. We Praise You for Your Tender Mercies that Fill and Overflow our Lives. Please Rain Down Showers of Mercies Upon the Unborn, our Holy King. Obama said he will Lift President Bush's Ban on Embryonic Stem Cell Research. Oh, our Master Most Merciful, we Intercede for Your Precious Lambs! May the Frozen Embryos be Preserved Alive, through Your Grace. Please Shield them from the Hellish Forces that Seek to Slay them, Caring God. May the Lovingkindness of Jehovah our King Surround them and Keep them Safe.

Our Savior, our Heart's Break over the Moral Destruction that is upon us; Help us to Keep our Eyes upon Jesus Christ. 'Day by Day the Lord Pours Out His Steadfast Love upon me.' (Ps.42:8) Thank You for your Every Kindness You Bestow to the Sheep of Your Heart.

We Worship You, Abba-Father, and Magnify the Name of Your Son. In Jesus' Name, for the Glory of Heaven's King, amen.

[Faith]

Our Savior, our Heart's Break over the Moral Destruction that is upon us; Help us to Keep our Eyes upon Jesus Christ.

Amen to your heart cry, KM. Thank you for your loving support of the Lord's most innocent.

[Pegita]

Almighty God, it is so hard to find any warmth when I come to pray for those who deliberately, and almost joyfully, bring to an end the life You have given. Thank You, Father, that I need not warmth, but obedience, for You have said that You are not willing that any should perish. May the Holy Spirit convict us of the sin of Satan ... that of wanting to be like You, assuming Your power and authority over life. Through the Blood of the Lord Jesus Christ, open our eyes that we might see as You do ... turn our hearts and our homes and our country to You, O Lord, that we might honor the work of Your hands, the creation of life.

In the Name of Jesus, we weep for those who are not, and in the Name of Jesus, we cry out for those yet to be, that they might be nurtured to live and not consigned to die.

Hear our prayer, O Lord ...
Hear our prayer, O Lord ...
Incline thine ear to us
And grant us thy peace. Amen ...

[Kitty Mittens]

With Tears, my Heart is Praying your Anointed Prayer with you, Sister Pegita. Amen, and Amen.

God Bless you, Dear Sisters.

[MountainFlower]

PRAYER BUMP!

[Faith]

Amen, Pegita! Amen!

[SweetCaroline]

I guess you didn't see my first post asking to be put on your ping list.

Would you please put me on it.

Thanks.....SC

[Faith]

So Sorry, SC. I truly missed your request. You are now on the list.

[wagglebee]

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