Heavenly Father,
You are the Author and Giver of life and You have a special plan for every child You have created. We confess that each precious baby is perfectly and wonderfully made. We pray that the lives of all unborn children would be preserved and that they would be welcomed into the arms of those You have called to love and nurture them. Use Your people to bring messages of hope to the mothers and fathers considering abortion. May each of them know of Your love and may they bring glory and honor unto You by choosing life. In the Name of Jesus Christ, Amen.
Today’s email from Shawn Carney:
For me, THIS e-mail is the most exciting message of
every campaign!
This is the first report of babies saved so far during
this 40 Days for Life campaign. I know we are ONLY
THREE DAYS into the campaign, but God has no time limit
on working miracles — here are just a few:
On Wednesday, the first day of the 40 Days for Life
campaign, a young woman pulled into the abortion
center’s parking lot. “She and a friend sat in their
car for over 20 minutes,” wrote James. “The young
mother kept looking over at the pro-lifers praying.”
She would look at the sign with a picture of a baby
in the womb — and then cover her eyes.
“As time went on, she kept looking over at the people
praying and she would look for a longer period of time,”
James said. “Finally she rolled down her window and
listened to a counselor speak to her of the love and
help available.”
On a typical Wednesday, this facility in Rockford
performs 15 abortions. “Today, because of the power
of prayer,” said James, “that number was cut in half
to seven.”
To see photos of the 40 Days for Life vigil in Rockford,
please go to:
http://40daysforlife.com/blog/?p=1560
“We arrived early to pray at the abortion facility,”
said Eileen, the local coordinator of the 40 Days for
Life campaign in Beaumont. “The good news is that the
water was turned off due to the construction activity
going on nearby. We were elated thinking no abortions
could be performed due to lack of water.”
The prayer volunteers had an opportunity to talk to one
of the construction workers in the area.
“He is proud to call himself a Christian, reads the
Word every day, and is most vehement about the evil of
abortion,” said Eileen. The volunteers invited him to
come and join when he has time off, and he said he
would try to do so.
“I believe in what y’all are doing,” he said. “I wish
I had more time to do this type work. We need more
people doing this, that’s for sure.”
“We had a victory for life today in Wilmington,
Delaware at the Planned Parenthood on Shipley Street,”
wrote Elizabeth, who tells her story on the 40 Days for
Life blog.
Elizabeth was praying alone when a young man walked out
of the abortion center, tossed his hands in the air,
shook his head and sadly said, “I tried.” He had tried
to talk his girlfriend out of having an abortion, but
she just wasn’t listening.
He sent the young woman a text message, telling her
that Elizabeth was outside praying for her. Soon, she
came out and said it was too late — she had already paid
$500 and she was going through with it.
She went back inside. The young man couldn’t handle it.
He drove away.
But Elizabeth kept praying. She spoke to a second young
couple and told them about the situation, and asked if
they could go into Planned Parenthood to tell this
first young woman that someone was still outside praying
for her.
They went inside. About 10 minutes later, the woman who
was scheduled for an abortion came out.
“I asked her if she had chosen life for her child,”
Elizabeth wrote, “and she said yes!” Elizabeth gave
her a big hug.
“Please,” said Elizabeth, “even if you are the sole
person witnessing to life as I was today, know that
with God, all things are possible.”