Taken.

Some of tonight's pursuit:

Joel 2:13
Rend your heart and not your garments. Return to the Lord your God, for he is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger, and abounding in love, and he relents from sending calamity.

Hebrews 10:23
Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful.

1 Peter 5:8-10
Be self-controlled and alert. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. Resist him, standing firm in the faith, because you know that your brothers throughout the world are undergoing the same kind of sufferings. And the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered a little while, will himself restore you and make you strong, firm and steadfast. To him be the power for ever and ever. Amen.

Titus 3:3-7
At one time, we too were foolish, disobedient, deceived and enslaved by all kinds of passions and pleasures. Ww lived in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another. But when the kindness and love of God our Savior appeared, he saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit, whom he poured out on us generously through Jesus Christ our Savior, so that, having been justified by his grace, we might become heirs having the hope of eternal life.

Lately I've been very concerned with the topic of abortion. The many suffering girls who turn to what they see as the only answer. It makes me so upset when I think about how we take for granted the beautiful gift of life. Sections of tonight's prayer:

I plead for the life of this child. It deserves every goodness of life and the beauty that can come along with it. Father God, why are so many people okay with this murder? It doesn't compute. Why is it okay in our country to kill your child? The most beautiful gift you can possible give us, they trample on. They use it, rape it, do everything vile to this great gift. Why are we so wretched? so disgusting. I look at this situation with abhor... We are wrong, selfish, hateful, foolish, deceiving, enslaving... We have stolen, we have ripped to shreds, we have thrown to the side everything precious you've given us. Enable me, father. Put me where you need me. I am willing - change me and use me.

1 John 5:14-15
This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. And if we know that he hears us- whatever we ask- we know that we have what we asked of him.