Posts with the category “40-days-for-life-devotionals-2022”

Right now in the United States almost a million precious children are aborted every year.  That’s about 3000 babies lost every single day.  It is by far the leading cause of death in our country.But i...  Read More

Abortion is a painful and emotionally draining issue.  So I’m thankful you’ve been praying with me for the past 38 days.  And I figure you’re ready for some good news… Thanks to the prayers and effort...  Read More

Stephen Arterburn – author and founder of New Life Ministries – went to college to get a Christian education, but what happened is that he got a girl pregnant – and pressured her to have an abortion. ...  Read More

After getting an abortion women sometimes report feeling a sense of relief.  But as that momentary surge of relief fades, they can’t escape feeling somehow they have been permanently changed.  In the ...  Read More

In the Book of Revelation, the Satanic beast from the sea has seven blasphemous names on its heads (Revelation 13:1).  Its chief ambition is to blaspheme the holy name of God, and one way Satan accomp...  Read More

1 Peter 4:7 says: “But the end of all things is at hand; therefore be serious and watchful in your prayers.”What does it mean to be watchful in your prayers?  I think it means to be attentive to what ...  Read More

A while back at the Planned Parenthood on Fulton Street, a man walked up to one of the Sidewalk Advocates from Right to Life and told her this story.He explained that as a young man he took his girlfr...  Read More

But the Lord said, "You have had pity on the plant for which you have not labored, nor made it grow, which came up in the night and perished in the night. And should I not pity Nineveh, that great cit...  Read More

Today I’d like to share this wonderful testimony written by one of our former Pastors, Charles Specht, on the subject of adoption…“My wife Kathy and I have five of the most wonderful children in the w...  Read More

Dear readers, our 40 Days for Life campaign is coming to an end quickly!For the past several weeks I’ve been writing and sending out this daily prayer devotional.  Today I would like to ask you to wri...  Read More

“We will not hide them from their children, but tell to the coming generation the glorious deeds of the Lord, and his might, and the wonders that he has done. He established a testimony in Jacob and a...  Read More

As I sit here writing this devotion, I hear my daughter singing and playing out in the backyard.  I can’t imagine a world without the sound of her voice, without the chance to give her a hug and be he...  Read More

Margaret Sanger (1879-1966) was a controversial political activist, writer, sex educator and nurse who pioneered the women’s reproductive rights movement in the United States.In 1916, she opened the w...  Read More

Throughout Scripture God upholds his commitment to protect the weak and fight for the innocent.  Today, meditate on these verses in which God directs his covenant people to maintain the same cause and...  Read More

Window to the WombFor almost three decades, ultrasound technology has provided parents with a miraculous window to the womb. This common diagnostic technique uses harmless sound waves, sent by a hand-...  Read More

When I saw the movie Unplanned, it changed my life.  Ever since I became a Christian I have been passionate about speaking up for the unborn.  I even spent three years working at a Pregnancy Resource ...  Read More

Matthew 1:18-19 – “This is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about: His mother Mary was pledged in marriage to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be with child through the Holy S...  Read More

After Lot went to live in the city of Sodom, the LORD appeared to Abraham in physical form (Genesis 18:1).  In verse 20, the LORD said: “Because the outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great and thei...  Read More

You might ask, “What does marriage have to do with the problem of abortion?”  My answer: “Just about everything.”For starters, did you know 85% of abortions take place among unmarried women?  Often un...  Read More

California Family Council is a wonderful organization that analyzes legislation pertaining to the protection of life, strengthening family bonds, and upholding religious liberty in California.  Their ...  Read More

After God led the Israelites out of Egypt supernaturally and brought them to the edge of the Promised Land, they let fear cloud their judgment.  In Numbers chapter 14 we learn that the people threaten...  Read More

Dietrich Bonhoeffer was a Lutheran pastor in Germany during World War II, known for his vocal opposition to the Nazi party and their genocidal persecution of the Jews.  He was arrested by the Gestapo ...  Read More

For decades evangelical pastors have wrestled with how to, when to, and whether to preach against abortion.  Surveys show the vast majority of pastors rarely – if ever – preach on the subject, and her...  Read More

A while back I heard that a beautiful new high school was built in Madera that includes a Planned Parenthood clinic right inside!  This is just the organization’s latest attempt to infuse its values i...  Read More

A professor in a world-acclaimed medical school once posed this medical situation – and ethical problem – to his students: “Let me give you a family history,” he began.  “Suppose that a father has syp...  Read More

When I graduated from seminary back in 2005, I planned on heading to the mission field overseas.  I did end up on the mission field, but it was not the one I had in mind.  God sent me to Santa Cruz wh...  Read More

In Grand Rapids Michigan, there is a building on 72 Ransom Avenue with a very unusual history.  For a hundred years it was a church.  Then it was sold and converted into the largest abortion center in...  Read More

Psalm 103:8-12 – “The Lord is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in love. He will not always accuse, nor will he harbor his anger forever; he does not treat us as our sins deserve or...  Read More

“For this is the will of God, your sanctification; that is, that you abstain from sexual immorality...” (1 Thessalonians 4:3).Fundamentally, much of the battle for the lives of unwanted babies is also...  Read More

True or False?  In the State of California…A woman can obtain an abortion at any time during her pregnancy if it is deemed necessary to protect her mental health.Abortions are publicly funded by taxpa...  Read More

One of the key principles of justice in the Old Testament is the concept of blood guilt. This occurs when the life of an innocent person is taken but the perpetrator goes free.In such cases God - whos...  Read More

In Colossians 1:28, the apostle Paul declared: “Him we proclaim, warning everyone and teaching everyone with all wisdom, that we may present everyone mature in Christ.”This verse reveals Paul’s priori...  Read More

In 2004, the Guttmacher Institute anonymously surveyed 1209 post-abortive women from 9 different abortion clinics across the country.  Of the women surveyed, 957 provided a main reason for having an a...  Read More

I’ll be honest with you.  When I think about abortion I get mad.  When I think about people like Dr. Ulrich Klopfer who performed over 50,000 abortions during his career and kept the remains of 2246 a...  Read More

2 Chronicles 7:13-14 – “When I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or command the locust to devour the land, or send pestilence among my people, if my people who are called by my name humble...  Read More

Did you know a few years ago scientists at Northwestern University discovered a spark of life that takes place at the moment of conception?  The researchers filmed a bright flash of light at the exact...  Read More

Today volunteers in 588 cities are showing up to pray in front of abortion facilities around the globe.  These courageous volunteers have been described as “the last sign of hope for the mother and ba...  Read More

David Arabie looked down at his father Julius, lying in the hospital bed.  It was just a matter of days now before the cancer ran its course.  “Dad,” he choked out, “I want to thank you for everything...  Read More

Today marks the beginning of the largest 40 Days For Life spring campaign ever!  Thousands of people in 588 cities worldwide will be praying, including you!  But what do we hope to accomplish?  Aborti...  Read More

Prayer Devotionals for the Spring 2022 campaign of 40 Days for Life will begin on March 2. Please come back soon. And thank you for praying with us!......  Read More