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Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2011 5:34 pm
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Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2012 9:06 pm
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Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2012 6:56 pm
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Are you ready to pray and fast, stand in peaceful vigil, change hearts and minds -- and save lives?
If so, it will require sacrifice ... but it will be worth it.
Tomorrow, you have the opportunity to join the largest spring 40 Days for Life campaign in history, as it kicks off in 258 cities across America and around the world!
Find the location nearest you:
http://40daysforlife.com/location
When we conducted the first 40 Days for Life campaign in College Station, Texas, back in 2004, if you had told me that 40 Days for Life would spread around the globe ... I wouldn't have believed it.
We thought there would be ONE -- and only one -- 40 Days for Life campaign. EVER.
Thankfully, God's plans were bigger than ours ... and 40 Days for Life has now been conducted in hundreds of cities and towns across all 50 American states -- and thirteen other countries.
One of those countries where 40 Days for Life is making a profound impact is England. This spring, there will be four local campaigns conducted across Great Britain.
A few days ago, they flew 40 Days for Life national director David Bereit and me "across the pond" to help kick off campaigns in London, Birmingham and Manchester.
We were amazed to see how God has inspired thousands of people across the UK to pray and fast, stand in peaceful vigil and participate in community outreach ...
... and now YOU can see the big picture by watching this brand-new 15-minute video of how 40 Days for Life is positively impacting England:
http://40daysforlife.com/blog/?p=2657
As I said ... this is BIG. And you can be a part.
40 Days for Life is God's work -- but in order to make this happen, He needs YOU!
We start tomorrow. Will you be there?
To find the closest 40 Days for Life campaign, and to find out how you can get involved, go to:
http://40daysforlife.com/location
Let's get to work saving lives!
During these next 40 days, you will receive daily devotionals and scriptures along with amazing reports of blessings straight from the frontlines. To get you started, today's devotional is from Carmen Pate, a member of the 40 Days for Life board of directors.
----------------------------------------------------- PRE-KICKOFF INTENTION -----------------------------------------------------
For God’s blessing upon the coming 40 Days for Life campaign.
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"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 forgive their sin and heal their land."
-- 2 Chronicles 7:14
----------------------------------------------------- REFLECTION by Carmen Pate, 40 Days for Life -----------------------------------------------------
Not unlike God's chosen people of Israel, we must humble ourselves, pray, seek His face, and turn from our wicked ways, if we expect God to hear from heaven, forgive our sin, and heal our land. The need for repentance has not been greater since the Supreme Court decision of Roe vs. Wade in 1973.
The number one cause of death in America is the needless sacrifice of our children at the altar of convenience called abortion. Conservative estimates put the number of deaths at nearly 52 million.
And lest we think this is an issue outside the church walls, 43 percent of women obtaining abortions identify themselves as Protestant, and 27 percent identify themselves as Catholic. One in four women has at least one abortion by the age of 45 -- both non-Christian and Christian alike. Where was the voice of Truth -- the church?
Mary Comm of In Our Midst Ministries, Inc. sums up the issue best as she writes, "We (the church) have been an unintentional accomplice to the millions of lives lost and to the multiplied millions of lives devastated by abortion. We didn't want them to abort. We didn't mean for them to abort. But, because of our lack of knowledge, because of our fear, we have continued to stand by and do nothing."
"We, God's hands and feet in this dark and hurting world, have been unintentional, unknowledgeable accomplice, but an accomplice nonetheless."
May today mark the beginning of change within the church, as God's people, in unity, seek His forgiveness.
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Heavenly Father, we have turned our backs on you and your principles in your Word. We have allowed man to usurp Your role as God over life and the number of our days. But we come to you in brokenness and repentance over our sin.
We cry out for Your mercy and ask you to remove the scourge of abortion from our land.
Use us as your vessels, Lord, to bring the light of Your Truth to our nation once again. Because of Christ we pray, Amen.
----------------------------------------------------- PRINTABLE DEVOTIONAL -----------------------------------------------------
To download today's devotional as a formatted, printable PDF to share with friends:
http://40daysforlife.com/docs/spring2012day00print.pdf
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Let's pray, fast, and shape history together starting tomorrow!
For Life,
Shawn Carney Campaign Director 40 Days for Life
PS: So what did you think of the video from England? Please leave your comments at the bottom of today's blog entry:
http://40daysforlife.com/blog/?p=2657
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