March 28th: Abortion
Scriptures concerning praying and standing in the gap:
Ezekiel 22 standing in the gap, Proverbs 31:8-9 open your mouth for the poor and needy, Psalm 70 prayer for deliverance for the poor and needy; Philippians 2:4 looking to the interest of another
Scriptures concerning God giving life and that the unborn is a person:
Jeremiah 1:5 known, sanctified and called from the womb; Genesis 1:27 mankind created in the image and likeness of God; Genesis 1:31 everything God makes is good; Psalm 8:2 God uses babies; Genesis 2:7 God breathes His breath into a baby; Isaiah 44:2 the Lord made us and formed us; Isaiah 49:1 called from the womb and given a name by God; Psalm 127:3 children are a heritage of the Lord and a reward; Psalm 34:20 it is the Lords desire to keep and protect the unborn; Psalm 139:13-15 (Psalm 119:73a) God is with and forms the unborn; Job 31:15 every baby is made and fashioned by the Lord; Isaiah 46:3 God forms and brings forth every child
Born for a purpose: Isaiah 49:5; Jeremiah 1:5 ; Romans 9:11; Galatians 1:15
Scriptures concerning:
Murder: Exodus 20:13; Amos 1:13
Sexual immorality: I Thessalonians 4:3
Repentance: 2 Chronicles 7:14; Jeremiah 31:8b-9
Justice: Isaiah 61:8; Zechariah 7:9; Psalm 10:14; Psalm 10:18; Psalm 25:9
Healing: Isaiah 58:8; Malachi 4:2; Revelation 22:2
Restoration: Jeremiah 29:11; Isaiah 60:22; Deuteronomy 30:15; Psalm 72:14
Children: Matthew 19:14
> Pray for the men and women in authority who influence and determine law and legal regulations specific to the area of abortion
> Pray specifically for the lawmakers to have an encounter with God about this issue
> Pray for the current members of the Supreme Court and the coming new members that God would have His pick and that those members would gain a new view (God's view) regarding abortion
> Pray for Samuel Alito and John Roberts as they are the newest members of the Supreme Court that they would hold to the righteouness of God regarding abortion and stand for truth
> Pray for abortion clinic workers and health care professionals who perform abortions to have an encounter with God and gain the Lord's view on the unborn
> Pray for all of the women who are weighing the decision of whether or not to abort
> Pray for all of the women who are planning to abort this week--ask the Lord to grant them mercy so that they would come to the truth and have a change of mind
> Pray for all of the women who have already had an abortion to be healed, restored and come to the saving knowledge of Jesus Christ
> Pray for God to send laborers into this white harvest field with the wisdom of God and the power of the Holy Spirit
> Pray for the churches to gain a great ability to equip the saints to minister in this field of need
> Pray for the unborn that they would be preserved, that they would not experience trauma, and that in the cases where they do experience trauma that the Holy Spirit would comfort and heal them
> Pray for an open heaven over abortion clinics and facilities where abortions are performed so that angels would be active around those facilities
> Pray for the churches to have the mind of heaven to know how to stand on the Lord's side in this issue and how to minister effectively in their communities
> Be sure that you bless and do not curse. Remember that the principle of binding and loosing requires that a thing must be bound in heaven or the prayer of binding on earth has no affect.
> Pray for the parents of young women with unwanted pregnancies who are considering abortion to have the wisdom of God and to be supportive of their daughters and not reject them but show them the love of the Father
> Pray for the "spirit of adoption" to well up in the hearts of couples who are capable of adopting the babies who are not aborted. As the laws are changed and more women do not abort there will be a rising need for good families to adopt.
> Pray for a great increase of holiness in the Church and that young women of true holiness would become great leaders and voices to their generation
> Pray for organizations like Pregnancy Crisis to be strengthened and for God to raise up strong leadership in these organizations, for the groups to be funded sufficiently, for the groups to stay on track with pure purpose and for more women to find their way to these organizations
