*400* Call to Pray *400*

*The 400 is because this is my 400th post* Can you believe it? I have been blogging since 2007! Crazy! : )

Anyways, the real point of this post is to call to pray. Every morning I listen to KSBJ (Christian radio station) on my way to work and every morning lately I have been hearing about the prayer rally that will be held on Monday to pray pray pray about the largest planned parenthood center being opened in Houston (the 2nd largest Abortion clinic in the WORLD). They keep restating that this is NOT a protest but a time of prayer for our country. (though the media and internet are making it out to be a protest) I have been doing some research on what the bible says and here is what I have found...

1. God creates life.

You gave me life and showed me kindness, and in your providence watched over my spirit (Job 10:12).
Know that the Lord is God. It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, the sheep of his pasture (Psalm 100:3).

Life is a gift of God.
• It should be cherished.• It should be nourished.• It should be protected

2. God treats a fetus (baby) in the womb as a living person.

Did not he who made me in the womb make them? Did not the same one form us both within our mothers? (Job 31:15).
(one of my favorite verses)
For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place. When I was woven together in the depths of the earth, your eyes saw my unformed body. All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be (Psalm 139:13-16).

When Elizabeth heard Mary's greeting, the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit. In a loud voice she exclaimed: "Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the child you will bear! As soon as the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the baby in my womb leaped for joy" (Luke 1:41-42, 44).

3. God says murder is sin. (Abortion kills the fetus)

You shall not murder (Exodus 20:13).

4. God calls us to protect the defenseless, including children.

Defend the cause of the weak and fatherless; maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed. Rescue the weak and needy; deliver them from the hand of the wicked (Psalm 82:3-4).

Rescue those being led away to death; hold back those staggering toward slaughter. If you say, "But we knew nothing about this," does not he who weighs the heart perceive it? Does not he who guards your life know it? Will he not repay each person according to what he has done? (Proverbs 24:11-12).

5. The Bible says God forgives those who had an abortion when they ask.

Have mercy on me, O God, according to your unfailing love; according to your great compassion blot out my transgressions. Wash away all my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin (Psalm 51:1-2).

Hide your face from my sins and blot out all my iniquity. Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me (Psalm 51:9-10).
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. If we claim we have not sinned, we make him out to be a liar and his word has no place in our lives. My dear children, I write this to you so that you will not sin. But if anybody does sin, we have one who speaks to the Father in our defense—Jesus Christ, the Righteous One (1 John 1:9-2:1).

I don't know why I am so passionate about this. I just strongly believe we should pray. That is all we can do. I know I serve a just and loving God and he has his perfect plan.

If God is for us, who can be against us? Romans 8:28-31

I know what I say is true (the verses) because it comes straight from the bible. And I believe EVERY word in the bible. Times may change, things accepted may change, textbooks may change, but the word of the Lord has been the same for over 3,000 years--- I'm gonna stick with that.