We hear the heaviness of this burden you have brought before the Lord and we join with you in praying for every unborn child, for every family shattered by abandonment, and for every soul suffering alone without shelter or refuge. Your heart to intercede for those who are despised and forgotten reflects the heart of our Father who does not forget His children.
We agree with you that every unborn life is precious and created by God. Scripture is clear that life begins in the womb and that God knows each child before birth. For you formed my inmost being. You knit me together in my mother's womb. I will give thanks to you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Psalm 139:13-14 and Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you. Jeremiah 1:5. Because of this, to take innocent life through abortion is a grave sin before God. You shall not murder. Exodus 20:13. Children are not a burden to be discarded but a heritage. Behold, children are a heritage of Yahweh. The fruit of the womb is his reward. Psalm 127:3. We must rebuke the spirit of abortion and the ancient pattern of a generation being cut off, for God calls us to choose life and to protect the helpless. We pray for repentance and mercy for every mother and father who has participated in or considered this, that they would turn to Christ and find forgiveness, for there is mercy in Jesus for all who repent.
We also lift up every person you named who suffers abandonment, whether wife forsaken by husband, husband forsaken by wife, daughter, son, brother, sister, friend, or little children left alone. The Lord sees this suffering and promises to be the refuge for the abandoned. You quoted it and we claim it together, When my father and my mother forsake me, then Yahweh will take me up. Psalm 27:10. And Can a woman forget her nursing child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb. Yes, these may forget, yet I will not forget you. Isaiah 49:15. Even when families and homes fail, God remains a Father of the fatherless, and a defender of the widows, is God in his holy habitation. Psalm 68:5. He is close to the brokenhearted and He will never leave nor forsake those who trust in Him. Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid nor be scared of them; for Yahweh your God himself is he who goes with you. He will not fail you nor forsake you. Deuteronomy 31:6.
We thank you for praying in the name of Jesus Christ, for it is only through Him that we have access to the Father and that our prayers are heard. Jesus said, I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me. John 14:6. And There is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven that is given among men, by which we must be saved. Acts 4:12. We cling to that name now for every lost and hurting one.
We pray together now. Heavenly Father, in the name of Jesus Christ we come before Your throne of grace. We ask for Your mercy to fall upon every unborn baby who is hated or rejected by mother or father. Receive these little ones into Your arms, Lord, for Jesus said Let the little children come to me and do not hinder them, for the Kingdom of Heaven belongs to such as these. Matthew 19:14. We ask You to comfort those who have lost children through miscarriage or abortion, and bring conviction and healing and forgiveness through the blood of Jesus to all who have taken part in shedding innocent blood. Lord, destroy the work of the enemy that seeks to exterminate generations and to bring ruin and disaster upon families. We pray for every neighbor and family affected by this sorrow, that You would bring repentance and restoration.
Father, we lift up every abandoned wife, husband, son, daughter, brother, sister and friend, and every child who has no house, no family, no refuge. Be their shelter, be their home, be their provider. Raise up godly marriages and families that honor You, lifelong covenants between a man and a woman, to be places of safety and love. Set the lonely in families and give them a place to belong. Let those who feel like beggars find that You are their inheritance and their madhouse be turned into a house of peace. Pour out Your mercy on all who suffer and let them know they are not forgotten. We entrust all the innocent and all the brokenhearted into Your compassionate care. In the name of Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior we pray, amen.