Well then, what were they praying
for? The devotional I read concluded with these words, “The most powerful position on earth is kneeling before the Lord of
the universe.”
This all directs me to the
deception and destruction of abortion. Our weekly prayer vigil remnant is coming upon
our third year at the Urbandale, Iowa, Planned Parenthood location. It is a
place, on a hill, where we pray for the insanity of abortion to cease, and we
pray for all the people who are involved.
Days turn into weeks, weeks
become months, months turn into years, and all of it gives you cause to wonder. Are we having an
impact? And now, of course, the thermometer is reminding us that winter is already
lurking…
Yet, there is cause for
celebration. There have been some
pro-life victories here and there around the country. And in our corner, God
has provided a few more prayer warriors over time. Slowly yes, but they are
coming. All of which has inspired me to
relay the solution I believe is a game changer for the cause of pro-life.
It’s a simple answer, and one you
may recognize immediately. Adoption – but not what first comes to mind when you
hear that word. This plan is adoption in two phases.
Phase 1: You – not someone else – but you – adopt an abortion clinic.
Don’t burden yourself with all of the abortion locations. Rather, select one.
Make a long-time pledge with the Lord to pray for the workers there; to pray for
the people who go in for services; and to pray for that location to close down.
Go to your adopted location and pray. Be consistent. Be persistent. Go inside
and bring the workers coffee and donuts. Also, take the advice of the apostle
Paul from 1 Corinthians 16:14 Let all that you do be done in love.
Phase 2: Pray. Prayer alters the equation because it alters us initially.
Now we may be ready to take the word abort, and change the b to a d, and
the r to a p, and we come up with adopt. The same works if you take abortion
and turn it into adoption. Two phases and two letters, and we just might see a
spiritual earthquake.
I don’t know about you, but I am
very thankful that my parents were pro-lifers right about the time the Lord had
me scheduled for the ride of a lifetime through the birth canal. So prayers of
thanksgiving are appropriate too.
None of us when we die, and stand
before our Creator, will say, “Ya know, I spent way too much of my earthly life in prayer!”
Prayer and adoption – that’s the ticket. And when we pray, let’s pray with more
expectation than amazement.
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