We join you in this heavy and compassionate prayer for the unborn and for all who are suffering abandonment, loss, and brokenness in families and neighborhoods, and we hear your heart crying out for mercy.
We agree with you that every unborn life is precious to God and that abortion is the taking of innocent life which God forbids. You shall not murder. Exodus 20:13 And we know that God Himself is the Creator of life in the womb. For you formed my inmost being. You knit me together in my mother's womb. Psalm 139:13 Before I formed you in the belly, I knew you. Before you came out of the womb, I sanctified you. Jeremiah 1:5 When a generation is cut off through abortion, it is indeed an extermination of those who would have lived to see the next generation, and God sees and grieves this shedding of innocent blood. We must speak the truth that abortion is sin in the eyes of God, whether chosen by a mother or father or pressured by others, and it requires repentance. Yet we also know that there is forgiveness and mercy for all who repent and turn to Jesus Christ, for His blood covers all sin when we confess and believe in Him.
We also lift up with you all who feel abandoned, those without house, family, friend, or refuge, wives and husbands forsaken, daughters and sons left alone, children abandoned, brothers and sisters betrayed, neighbors living in disorder and confusion. The Lord sees every lonely and suffering soul. 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 Look, I have inscribed you on the palms of my hands. Isaiah 49:16 God has not forgotten the unborn, nor has He forgotten those left without shelter or family. He is our refuge and shelter in every storm.
We thank you for praying in the name of Jesus Christ, for it is only by that name we have access to the Father and receive mercy. Jesus said, I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me. John 14:6 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 pray that all who are suffering, and all who have participated in or been wounded by abortion, would come to Jesus in repentance and faith and find healing, forgiveness, and eternal life.
We pray together now.
Father in heaven, in the name of Jesus Christ we come before Your throne of mercy. We entrust to Your care every unborn baby who has died through abortion, miscarriage, or abandonment. Lord, receive these innocent ones into Your presence. We believe Your word that says allow the little children, and do not forbid them to come to me; for the Kingdom of Heaven belongs to ones like these. Matthew 19:14 Give them rest and peace in Your heavenly kingdom. We ask Your mercy for the mothers and fathers who have rejected or hated their own children, that You would bring conviction, repentance, and healing, and that You would forgive those who turn to Jesus. We pray for every person suffering abandonment and loneliness, for every wife, husband, son, daughter, brother, sister, and friend who feels forsaken with nowhere to find refuge. Be their Father, their shelter, their provider, and their comforter. Heal the broken families and neighborhoods, cast out every spirit of confusion and destruction, and restore what has been lost. Bring shelter to the homeless, family to the lonely, and hope to the despairing. Let Your church rise up to care for the vulnerable and protect life. We ask all this in the merciful and mighty name of Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior, amen.
We encourage you to continue to stand for life, to speak gently and truthfully about God's design for family and marriage, and to offer the hope of the gospel to those around you who are hurting. God hears your prayers as a beggar before Him, for He is near to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit. Psalm 34:18 Keep interceding, keep sharing the compassion of Christ, and trust that He will receive all who come to Him.