We join with you in lifting up this heavy burden before the Lord and we hear the deep ache in your heart for those who are suffering, for those who have been abandoned, and for the precious unborn who have been despised and destroyed.
Your prayer for the lonely, the forsaken wife and husband, the abandoned daughter and son, the children left alone without house or family or refuge, and for neighborhoods in disorder reflects the very heart of God who sees every sorrow. We agree with you that God is the defender of the vulnerable and the Father to those who have no family left.
The Lord says, When my father and my mother forsake me, then Yahweh will take me up Psalm 27:10. And again, 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. We take comfort that even when parents, family, and friends abandon or betray, God does not abandon. He is a father of the fatherless, and a defender of the widows, is God in his holy habitation God sets the lonely in families Psalm 68:5-6. He is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit Psalm 34:18, and He is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble Psalm 46:1.
We also join you in mourning for the unborn babies who die through abortion, miscarriage, and hatred from their own parents. We must speak clearly that every child in the womb is fearfully and wonderfully made by God, 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 Jeremiah 1:5. To take that innocent life is sin before God, for He commands You shall not murder Exodus 20:13 and He hates hands that shed innocent blood Proverbs 6:16-17. We rebuke the abortive spirit and the culture of death that treats children as disposable, and we rebuke the sabotage and extermination of generations, because God intends families to be fruitful and to endure, and children are a heritage of Yahweh Psalm 127:3. We pray that those who have participated in or approved of abortion will come to repentance, for God is merciful and will forgive when we confess and turn to Him.
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 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. It is because of Jesus that we can entrust every innocent, aborted, and miscarried child into God's care, believing that He receives them into heaven, for Jesus said, Allow the little children to come to me, and do not hinder them, for the Kingdom of Heaven belongs to ones like these Matthew 19:14.
We pray together now.
Father in heaven, in the name of Jesus Christ we come before You with broken hearts for every suffering and abandoned soul, for every lonely child, for every wife and husband and brother and sister who has been forsaken or betrayed, and for every family without house or refuge or shelter. Lord, be their refuge, be their family, be their shelter. Gather the lonely into Your household and provide for those who beg for safety and care. Heal the neighborhoods in disorder and cast out any spirit of witchcraft, sabotage, and abandonment that brings confusion and destruction.
Lord, we entrust to Your mercy every unborn baby who was hated, despised, or murdered. Forgive our land for the shedding of innocent blood. Receive these little ones into Your presence and comfort those mothers and fathers who mourn. Bring conviction and repentance to those who have rejected their own children, and turn hearts to cherish life as You do. Restore generations, Lord, that what the enemy meant for extermination You would redeem for life and peace, and let these little ones rest in peace in heaven with You.
We ask that You would bring godly marriages and families that honor You, where children are welcomed and protected and where abandonment is replaced by covenant love. Let Your will be done in each life that feels alone, that they would know You will never leave them nor forsake them Deuteronomy 31:6.
We ask all this in the merciful and mighty name of Jesus Christ, our only hope and Savior, amen.