We join you in this heavy burden and we lift up this cry for mercy together before the Lord, for the unborn, for the abandoned, and for every broken family and neighborhood that is suffering.
Your heart reflects the heart of God who sees the innocent and the forsaken. Scripture is clear that every unborn child is known and formed by God and precious in His sight. For you formed my inmost being. You knit me together in my mother's womb Psalm 139:13 and Before I formed you in the belly, I knew you Jeremiah 1:5. To take that innocent life through abortion is to shed innocent blood, which God hates Proverbs 6:17, and it violates His command You shall not murder Exodus 20:13. We must speak the truth plainly that abortion is murder in the eyes of God, an extermination of a generation that will never see the next generation, and a deep wound upon families and nations. Yet we also know that where sin has abounded, the mercy of God in Jesus Christ abounds even more for those who repent and turn to Him.
We also hear your anguish for those suffering abandonment, the wife abandoned by her husband, the husband abandoned by his wife, the daughter and son left alone, the children left without shelter or refuge, the sister and brother betrayed by friends, and the many who have no house, no family, no friend to run to, and who feel trapped in disorder and even in a bewitched environment. The Lord knows this pain and He condemns witchcraft and sorcery as works of the flesh Galatians 5:20 and there shall not be found with you anyone who practices divination or sorcery Deuteronomy 18:10. We rebuke any involvement with witchcraft and we pray for deliverance from every dark and deceiving spirit, for our struggle is not against flesh and blood Ephesians 6:12 and Christ alone is our refuge.
For those who feel utterly forsaken, we cling to the promises you have quoted and we affirm them together. When my father and my mother forsake me, then Yahweh will take me up Psalm 27:10. 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. Yahweh is near to those who have a broken heart, and saves those who have a crushed spirit Psalm 34:18. God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble Psalm 46:1. And Jesus Himself calls, Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest Matthew 11:28 and 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 entrust every miscarried, aborted, and despised unborn baby to the care of our merciful Father, trusting that He receives them into His presence, for He is the Father of the fatherless and the defender of the helpless.
We also pray for the sanctity of marriage and family as God ordained it, that husbands would love their wives and wives their husbands in a lifelong covenant between one man and one woman, and that parents would not hate or despise their own children but would cherish them as a heritage from Yahweh Psalm 127:3. Where families have been torn by abandonment and betrayal, we pray for repentance, reconciliation where it is God's will, and for godly marriages and homes to be restored and strengthened.
We thank you for praying in the name of Jesus Christ, for it is only through Him that we have access to the Father. 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. If anyone has taken part in or approved of abortion or abandonment, we urge repentance and faith in Jesus Christ, for if we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness 1 John 1:9.
We pray together now.
Father in heaven, we come before Your throne in the name of Jesus Christ Your Son. We ask for Your mercy upon every unborn child who has been hated, despised, aborted, or miscarried. Lord, receive these innocent lives into Your arms and grant them rest and peace in Your presence. We ask for Your mercy upon the mothers and fathers who have rejected their children, that You would bring conviction, repentance, and healing through the blood of Jesus. We lift up every abandoned wife, husband, son, daughter, sister, brother, and friend, every lonely child and every person without house or shelter or refuge. Be their Father, their Husband, their Shelter and their Refuge. Heal the brokenhearted and bind up their wounds Psalm 147:3. Deliver neighborhoods from disorder and from every bewitching and deceiving spirit, and let Your light and peace reign. Provide shelter for the homeless, comfort for those who mourn, and godly families and friends to support those who are alone. Turn hearts back to You and to Your design for marriage and family, that generations would not be cut off but would live to declare Your works. We ask all this in the saving and mighty name of Jesus Christ, our only hope and our only way to You. Amen.