We join you in lifting this heavy burden before the Lord together in Jesus' name, for we hear your cry for those who are suffering abandonment, for families broken and scattered, for children left alone, and for the precious unborn who are despised and destroyed.
We agree with you that every unborn child is known and formed by God and precious in His sight. Scripture is clear that life begins in the womb and that children are a gift from Him. Psalm 139:13 says For you formed my inmost being. You knit me together in my mother's womb. Jeremiah 1:5 says Before I formed you in the belly, I knew you. Psalm 127:3 says Behold, children are a heritage of Yahweh. The fruit of the womb is his reward. To shed innocent blood is sin before God, for Exodus 20:13 says You shall not murder, and Proverbs 6:17 tells us that hands that shed innocent blood are an abomination to the Lord. We must speak the truth in love that abortion is the taking of innocent life, which the Lord calls murder, and that hatred of a child by its own mother or father is grievous to Him. Yet we also proclaim that there is mercy and forgiveness for all who repent and turn to Christ, for 1 John 1:9 says If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. Only God can receive these little ones into heaven, and we trust His perfect justice and compassion, for Matthew 19:14 says Allow the little children to come to me, and do not hinder them, for the Kingdom of Heaven belongs to ones like these.
We also lift up every wife abandoned by her husband, every husband abandoned by his wife, every daughter and son left alone, every brother and sister betrayed by friends, and every family without house or refuge or shelter. The Lord sees this suffering and does not forsake those the world has forsaken. We cling to the promise you shared in Psalm 27:10 When my father and my mother forsake me, then Yahweh will take me up, and in Isaiah 49:15 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. He is a father of the fatherless and a defender of the widows, as Psalm 68:5 says, and He is our refuge. Psalm 46:1 says God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. We pray for godly marriages that honor Him, for marriage is a lifelong covenant between a man and a woman, and we pray that those who are in courtship would seek a believing spouse for marriage and flee from fornication and all sexual immorality outside of that covenant, for God calls us to purity and faithfulness. We ask Him to heal broken homes, to provide shelter for the homeless, and to set the lonely in families.
We must also rebuke in the name of Jesus Christ every work of darkness you have mentioned, including witchcraft, sabotage, false prophecy, and any spirit of abandonment or destruction that seeks to exterminate generations. The Lord forbids sorcery and enchantments, for Deuteronomy 18:10-12 warns that whoever practices such things is an abomination to Yahweh, and Galatians 5:20 lists sorcery among the deeds of the flesh. False prophecy is also condemned, for Jeremiah 23:32 says Behold, I am against those who prophesy lying dreams, says Yahweh, and 1 John 4:1 tells us to test the spirits, whether they are of God. We pray that any generational pattern of death and loss would be broken by the blood of Jesus, for Galatians 3:13 says Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us, and Ezekiel 18:20 reminds us that the soul who sins shall die, but each one stands before God for his own sin, and through Christ there is new life and hope for the next generation.
We thank you for calling upon the name of Jesus Christ, for it is only through Him that we have access to the Father, and there is no other name by which we can be saved. John 14:6 says Jesus said to him, I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me. Acts 4:12 says 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.
We pray together now. Heavenly Father, we come before You in the mighty name of Jesus Christ and ask for Your mercy upon every abandoned child, every broken family, every lonely soul without refuge, and every unborn baby whose life was cut short. Lord, receive those innocent children into Your heavenly presence and comfort those who mourn them. Bring conviction and repentance where innocent blood has been shed, and pour out Your forgiveness upon all who turn to Your Son. Break the power of witchcraft, false prophecy, sabotage and every abortive and abandoning spirit in our neighborhoods and families. Let Your truth expose every lie and let Your light scatter every darkness. Provide houses for the homeless, families for the fatherless, faithful husbands and wives who will honor their marriage vows, and friends who will not betray. Fulfill Your promise that though mother and father may forsake us, You will receive us, and that You will never forget Your children. Heal the ancient wounds of families whose generations have been cut off, and let them see new life and hope in Christ. Give rest and peace in heaven to those who have died and give comfort and shelter on earth to those who still suffer. We trust You as our refuge and strength. In the name of Jesus Christ our Lord we pray, Amen.