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21 days of Prayer for Life

Men we Need to Talk...Continued

Day 12

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The biggest obstacle many men face to providing leadership in confronting abortion is personal guilt.  Perhaps it was an old girlfriend.  Perhaps it was even a wife or a daughter.  Men try to forget the role they played, but the memory of that unborn child won’t go away.

Because of guilt, many men believe they have lost credibility to speak out on pro-life issues.

They could not be more mistaken.  The gospel of Jesus Christ proclaims that everyone reading this sentence deserves judgement.  In a thousand different ways, every last one of us has rebelled against our Creator who made us for His glory.  That any of us are breathing right now is a sheer act of His grace.

In the dark western “Unforgiven,” starring Clint Eastwood as Will Munny, Will’s young sidekick, the Schofield Kid, kills a man.  He is shaken by second thoughts.  Munny’s response is devastating.
Munny:  It’s a hell of a thing, killing a man...Kid: Yeah, well, I guess they had it coming.  Munny: We all got it coming kid.

In Luke 12, Jesus Christ spoke of a tower that fell on unsuspecting people.  He did not say the victims deserved to die while everyone else did not.  Instead, He gave this stunning response:  If you don’t repent, all of you will likewise perish.  Jesus said that everyone has it coming.  And, if we don’t repent, we, too, will perish.

Justification is our only way out.   In response to our rebellion, God the Father sends Jesus to bear in full the judgement we deserve.  Those who repent of their sins and trust Christ for salvation are declared righteous by God the Father, but not because of anything they have done.  Rather, God removes their guilt based on Christ’s righteousness.

Martin Luther used the legendary example of a dunghill to describe our sinful state: ugly and offensive, having nothing in itself that would commend it to anyone, let alone God.  Justification I s like the first snowfall of winter that covers everything, including the dunghill, in a blanket of pure white.  The smell is gone.  The dunghill is still a dunghill, but it’s covered.

Christ covers us with His own pure and spotless righteousness as the blanket that covers our sin in the sight of the Father.  Christ’s righteousness is imputed to us, removing our guilt and covering our offense.  Of course, we remain sinners and need the work of sanctification to conform us to the image of  Christ.  But our sins are no  longer held against us.

If you’re in Christ, you can talk about abortion.  Whatever your past, you’re covered.

What to Pray for Today:

​1. Pray for Men who Carry Abortion Shame.
Ask God to capture them with the glorious truth of justification.  Pray that their shame is replaced with the confidence that comes, not through their own efforts, but through Christ who covers them with His righteousness.
 
​2. Pray for Pastors to Teach, Preach and Counsel that Abortion is Sin.
Not in order to beat up post-abortion men emotionally, but so that they may be pointed to the remedy found in the gospel.

3. Pray that Men Healed from the Sin of Abortion will find Their new-found Freedom to Talk about Abortion and Forgiveness.
Pray that God will use their redeemed lives to point others to the freedom found only in Christ.
 
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  • Home
    • Contact Us
    • About Us >
      • Mission Statement
      • Newsletter >
        • E-News Sign Up
      • Board in Action
      • 2019 Impact Summary
      • 2020 Annual Report
      • Calendar
      • Pro Life MYTHS - BUSTED! >
        • Donors to Planned Parenthood
        • Business\\orgs support PP
  • Events
    • Pro-Life Contests
    • March for Life
    • End of Life forum Feb 2021
    • Legislative Briefing Breakfast GTRTL
    • SEAL team Baby Shower Dec 10
    • Benefit for Life 2020
    • Life Chain
    • PRAY for MOMs2B
    • Pastor's Forum: HOPE for life
  • Donate
    • Support Monthly
    • Make a donation
    • Smile.Amazon
    • Kroger Community Rewards
    • Give and Save on Taxes
    • Giving Stock
    • Partners For LIFE
    • Friends of LIFE
  • Get Involved
    • SEAL Teams >
      • SEAL team Baby Shower Dec 10
      • Pro-Life Contests
      • Movie Night by SEAL team
      • SEAL Boot Camp
      • SEAL Discussion Materials
      • High School Students
      • University Students
    • Prayer >
      • PRAY for MOMs2B
    • Volunteer Information >
      • County Fair Volunteers
      • Volunteer Training Fulton County
    • Internships
  • Resources
    • Resources for Pastors
    • Pregnancy Help
    • Christian Worldview on the Issues of our Day
    • Lies of Planned Parenthood
    • BIBLICAL PRINCIPLES FOR PRO-LIFE ENGAGEMENT
    • BE IN THE KNOW - be armed with knowledge
    • Bible Verses that Support LIFE
    • Education Materials >
      • 2019 Ohio Abortion Report
      • 2018 Abortion Report >
        • 2017 Abortion Report
        • 2016 Abortion Report
      • Late Term Abortion - Ten Things
      • Abortion #'s 2018 Survey
      • Facts of Life >
        • Exception for Rape and Incest?
        • Fatherhood Lost
        • Close Capital Care Network
        • Why I was not pro-life Kirk Cameron
      • Truth Booth
      • Ohio Law / Our Impact
      • Silent No More Awareness
      • Signature Ad Archives
    • Pro-Life Organizations
    • 2018 Abortion Report
    • Know your Numbers
  • News
    • Biden to use Executive Order to Reinstate Abortion funding
    • Leading Cause of Death in Ohio
    • WLMB Interview: Oct. 8, 2020
    • Life at Conception
    • Covid 19 and LIFE
    • Legalize Euthanasia?
    • Wendy's supports Adoption
    • More abortions needed to save planet
    • Does a Preborn Child feel?
    • Incompatible with life?
    • Trump - Babies Inherent Value
    • Heartbeat Bill sent to Gov. Kasich
    • Late Term Abortion Laws Feb 2019
    • Down Syndrome Bill Passed
    • Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act (SB 127)
    • Heart Beats in 16 days
    • Eugenics is OK if it's "choice" says NARAL
    • Defund Planned Parenthood Now