Why 40 Days for Life is 1 of Planned Parenthood's Worst Nightmares
While this Fall's campaign doesn't kick off until tommorrow (24 Sept 2008), the campaign is already having an effect. Here is an e-mail I received from National Director David Bereit with some good news about what is already happenning. It is not to late to volunteer if there is a site near you. If not, you can still select a specific site or sites to pray for their success.
I have an important prayer request for you, but first let me share some of the impact 40 Days for Life is already having -- before it even begins!
40 Days for Life doesn't officially start until this Wednesday, September 24, and yet thousands of people have already begun to get involved at kick-off events around the country.
Yesterday afternoon, I was blessed to join more than 200 people at the 40 Days for Life kick-off in Indianapolis -- which concluded with a two-mile procession to the Planned Parenthood abortion center where the campaign will be focused.
I then drove up to Fort Wayne where 300 people packed a Lutheran school gymnasium for an electrifying kick-off event. At the end of the rally, the attendees collectively committed to hundreds of hours of participation in their local 40 Days for Life vigil.
We're getting similar reports from other cities across North America -- and many locations are still gearing up for their kick-off events which will be held over the next three days.
People are coming out in far greater numbers than we have ever seen before, setting the stage for a powerful -- and world-changing -- campaign!
Even before this 40 Days for Life has started, we are already hearing reports of many blessings.
When Shawn Carney was in Jackson, MS, he learned about a local woman who had heard about 40 Days for Life in her church the previous Sunday and signed up for an hour. Not realizing that the campaign had not officially started, she went out to the abortion facility the next day...
...and God used her faithful stand that hour to save a life and protect a mother from abortion.
Here's a message I received from Sue, the campaign leader of the Birmingham, Alabama 40 Days for Life campaign:
"Last week, I received an e-message from Candy, that she planned to make an announcement at her church on Sunday about the 40 Days for Life. So, this Wednesday, I emailed to learn how everything had played out. Candy responded with this message:
'A lot of prayer went up the week before our Sunday service. It was important that those attending would embrace the 40 Days for Life prayer. I did not anticipate how God would use just an announcement to touch the people sitting in the service who had experienced an abortion or who had been involved in an abortion.
A man visiting (he felt led to attend our church that Sunday and was not a church going person) came forward right after the announcement asking for prayer. He had arranged for his girlfriend to have an abortion 20 years ago. He accepted Christ as his savior and healing for the abortion.
I am now helping a young woman in our church who received an abortion when she was 16 and has kept it a secret all these years. I also had many people ask to go with me to the prayer vigils. I am praying and believing more will come forward to go to the prayer vigils...'
"So, as you can see, fruits are ALREADY coming forth in Birmingham from the 40 Days for Life, before it even begins!!
"To hear from a few of the other local campaign leaders as they share blessings they have already experienced in the build-up to this 40 Days for Life, listen to the short, 4-minute audio at:
Now here's the...
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IMPORTANT PRAYER REQUEST!
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The leaders of the 179 different 40 Days for Life campaigns are my heroes.
These dedicated and faithful people have invested an enormous amount of time and energy to prepare for their local campaigns and many of them are feeling a bit stressed and overwhelmed right now.
I also realize that 40 Days for Life is upsettingo ne of Satan' strongholds -- the abortion industry -- and he isn't going to take that lightly.
These local leaders urgently need our prayers today and each day throughout 40 Days for Life.
As a personal favor to me, would you please do two simple things:
1.) Pray for the local 40 Days for Life campaign leaders daily from September 24 - November 2
2.) Share words of encouragement and your prayers with these heroic individuals by taking one minute to post your words as a reply at the bottom of today's blog post at:
I'll make sure they see your comments, and I know that your prayers and encouragement will mean the world to them.
We're about to shape history together, and I'm proud to be running with you!
Yours For Life,
David Bereit
National Campaign Director
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