We join you in lifting up this heavy burden before the Lord and we hear the deep sorrow in your prayer for the unborn, for the abandoned, and for families torn apart.
We agree with you that every unborn child is precious to God and known by Him from the womb. Scripture is clear that life begins before birth, 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 the Lord hates Proverbs 6:17, for God commands You shall not murder Exodus 20:13. We rebuke the abortive spirit and the ancient pattern of extermination that seeks to destroy generations and we pray against every work of darkness, witchcraft, sabotage, false prophecy and exploitation such as the distribution of photos that degrades those made in God's image. Such things are an abomination to the Lord and we must turn from them and walk in truth, for Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly are ravening wolves Matthew 7:15.
We also lift up all who are suffering abandonment, those who have been forsaken as a wife, as a husband, as a daughter, as a son, as a brother, as a sister, as a friend, and children left alone without shelter or refuge. The pain of being forsaken is real, but God has promised He will not forsake His own. 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. He is a Father of the fatherless, and a defender of the widows, is God in his holy habitation Psalm 68:5, and 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.
We thank you that you have prayed in the name of Jesus Christ, for it is only through Him that we have access to the Father and it is only through His name that we are saved. 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 none other, for neither is there any other name under heaven, that is given among men, by which we must be saved Acts 4:12. Whoever calls upon the name of the Lord will be saved and whoever comes to Him in repentance, including those who have participated in abortion or abandonment, can find mercy and forgiveness through His blood, 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.
Heavenly Father, we come before You in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord and we ask for Your mercy to cover this neighborhood and every family represented in this prayer. Lord, we entrust to Your care every unborn baby who has been despised, hated, aborted or miscarried. You see each one, You formed each one, and we ask that You receive them into Your presence and comfort those who mourn them. Bring conviction and repentance where innocent blood has been shed, and let Your mercy and healing flow where there has been death. Forgive us as a people for treating life lightly and teach us to cherish children as a heritage from You.
Father, we lift up every person who has been abandoned and left without house, family or refuge. For the wife abandoned by her husband, for the husband abandoned by his wife, for sons and daughters left alone, for brothers and sisters betrayed, for friends forsaken, we ask You to be their shelter and their family. Gather the lonely into Your household and raise up Your church to provide practical help, shelter, and godly counsel. Heal the disorder and the bewitched environment in that neighborhood, and let Your peace rest where there has been confusion and betrayal. Expose and silence every false prophecy and every work of darkness, and let Your truth and light prevail.
Lord, we ask for restoration of godly marriages and families according to Your design, where a man and a woman are joined for life and children are raised in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. Draw those who are alone into fellowship with You first, and then into healthy Christian community and into courtship that leads to marriage with another believer if it is Your will. Keep us from fornication and from all sexual sin outside of marriage, and lead us in holiness.
Strengthen the one who prayed this prayer as a beggar before You, for You have said Blessed are those who hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they shall be filled Matthew 5:6. Let this intercessor know that You hear and that You will not fail nor forsake those who trust in You Deuteronomy 31:6. Provide refuge, provision, and hope to all who have nowhere to turn.
We ask all of this in the precious and powerful name of Jesus Christ, our only hope and Savior, amen.