DEACON FOR LIFE

Were there to be no support in the whole history of ethical and moral thought, were there no acknowledged confirmation from medical science, were the history of legal opinion to the contrary, we would still have to conclude on the basis of God's Holy Word that the unborn child is a person in the sight of God. He is protected by the sanctity of life graciously given to each individual by the Creator, Who alone places His image upon man and grants them any right to life which they have.

Saturday, October 6, 2018

From 40 Days For Life: DAY 11: Abortion equipment covered in mold

Planned Parenthood in Columbia, Missouri is not doing abortions for a very basic reason: it can't get a doctor to do them.

This has been a problem for years for this facility, and the Holy Spirit and Kathy Forck are to blame. I write about Kathy's sacrifice and the drama she has overcome in the new book, The Beginning of the End of Abortion.

The tremendous prayer presence in front of Planned Parenthood leads travelling abortion providers to work elsewhere. In fact, nine abortion doctors have left, and one abortion doctor lasted just a day!

Planned Parenthood recently failed a health inspection. The suction abortion machine and tubing was marred with mold, rust, and "a reddish colored fluid" that investigators believed to be bodily fluid.

Whether the facility is providing abortions or not, volunteers continue to pray that its latest closure is final--just as they have for the last decade.

Colombia

From Columbia, Missouri, we go to Bogota, Colombia, where a young mom was being pressured by her mother to have an abortion. That is, until 40 Days for Life volunteers came to her aid and even gave her a job.

"She was very happy for this 40-day campaign," said the local leadership team. "And she reaffirmed her YES to life today!"

This saved baby is one of three that the Bogota team has confirmed.

Volunteers have also confirmed a saved baby in the Colombian cities of Tunja and Bucaramanga.

Columbia, South Carolina

After all of the abortion clients for the day had arrived, one of the 40 Days for Life volunteers took a lunch break at a nearby fast food restaurant. To his surprise, he noticed one of the abortion facility escorts in line immediately in front of him.

The vigil participant introduced himself to the escort...and then paid for her lunch!

"Our campaign in Columbia makes a special effort to show our love not only for the babies, mothers, and families, but also for the workers and escorts," said Mark, the local leader. "Pray that the Lord will use this act of kindness to plant a seed of change in the heart of this abortion advocate!"

I beseech you to walk worthy of the calling with which you were called, with all lowliness, and gentleness, with longsuffering, bearing with one another in love.

— Ephesians 4:1b-2

Dear Heavenly Father, we are humbled that you have called us and appointed us to be ambassadors of Christ in a world that is not our home. We pray that your Holy Spirit will empower us to walk worthy of the calling. We pray that Your unconditional love will flow through us to those who desperately need Your saving grace.

See today's full devotional

For life,

Shawn Carney
President/CEO, 40 Days for Life

40 Days for Life 4112 E 29th St. Bryan, Texas 77802 United States (888) LIFE-316