As promised I’m posting again in honor of Sanctity of Life week. As we all know today is an important day in history. President Obama takes his position in the highest seat in America. Wow! I have mixed emotions.
A part of me is overwhelmed with joyful tears for the victory that African Americans have waited years and years for. I cannot believe blacks were once slaves and treated worst than dogs. This change is our culture is so God’s heart. This change is good. I’m thankful to see racial barriers crumble. I continue to teach my kids: “We are one race: the human race.”
And then there’s another side of my heart that is moved today. I’m sad to know that President Obama plans to support agendas that I strongly disagree with like abortion rights. My desperate prayer is that he will hold off on making decisions that will affect more human lives. I hope he will submit himself in prayer and follow God’s answer. So I pray:
Heavenly Father, I lift up the future of our nation to You. I pray favor upon President Obama’s term of service. Grant him wisdom to make wise choices for the American people. Give him strength and courage and a deep love for all people. Help him make choices that line up with your Word. I pray that Mr. President will rethink his position about being pro-choice.
Lord, you know the depth of pain that millions of women feel for making the “choice.” I’ve been there myself. For many, the pain is too great for words. Tapping into this place makes some women feel like they might never recover. They think mental hospital. Often for these women, it takes decades to be emotionally ready to deal with the reality of that horrific decision.
For others, a numbing of the heart took place in the doctor’s office during the procedure. To this day, these precious moms remain hardened to the reality of abortion being the death of their own child. For them, I grieve. Life is not meant to be lived comfortably numb. Being able to feel, love and heal are gifts from Your hand. Only You God can soften their hearts and make them whole again. I ask that you begin that process in these moms’ hearts. Prepare them to receive healing and freedom from the shame of this choice. You are our Healer!
Going forward for the next four years, I ask for your hand of protection over the future unborn. Help pregnant women choose life over death. Bring people around them to support them as they walk through times of uncertainty and doubt about their and their baby’s future. Give them a reason to carry to term. Give them hope when life is hard. Put adoption on the minds of people who can offer a home and love to these children. Do not allow these precious sons and daughters live their lives without parents or love. Work out all the details for those women that choose life. Even in the worst case scenerios, help moms choose life over death.
Better yet, Lord, help us live our lives out with sexual integrity so pregnancy is no longer a huge burden. May we become a people who chooses to honor our bodies and others until a marriage commitment is made. That seems like an impossible dream, but God with You all things are possible. Dr. Martin Luther had a dream many years ago, so do I.
I dream of a day when unborn life matters more than choice.
My prayer is that President Obama will one day soon believe with deep conviction that all life matters, including unborn lives in the womb!
Life begins at conception Your Word tells us so. In Jesus name I pray, Amen
Such a beautiful and poignant prayer.
Thank you for stopping by my blog. We have a lot in common! Thank you for your prayer on today’s post.
I love your tender heart and passionate prayers, Tiffany. President Obama’s faith-saturated inauguration brought tears to my eyes. I cried listening to Rick Warren’s invocation and praised the Lord and clapped my hands at Rev. Lowery’s awesome benediction “That all those who do justice and love mercy say Amen.” When Aretha Franklin sang “My Country “Tis of Thee” and these words “Land where my fathers died,” my mind’s eye saw—black men lynched simply because of the color of their skin.
God changes men’s hearts, as evidenced by the election of an African American man. Let’s extend a spirit of grace and love through our prayers for President Obama. A friend emailed me today to remind us to fall on our knees and pray “for this man, who desperately needs the embers of his faith, however small they may be, blown across today by the breath of the Holy Spirit.” If we continue to fervently pray, I believe that God can move upon President Obama and change his political views regarding abortion.
beautiful! thanks being a light for Jesus… it shines… even thru the computer! , lol !
blessings dear one!
Deanna
I stand praying my friend.
That is so powerful Tiffany. I personally have never dealt with this issue. Even though I know some who've went through it. They've hidden it in the depths & crevices of their hearts. Thank you for sharing your prayer with us.
We prayed too for the lack of concern for life in this country, we are bound to pay for this huge mistake in our country’s decisions. Jim and I prayed for forgiveness,grace and mercy upon this country. We no longer live in Biblical absolutes and that puts us in a very vulnerable position in the Lord.
Like President Reagan,we pray for our leaders hearts to turn towards home and our True God.
It is indeed a wonderful time in black history, may our people have the blinders pulled off in the name of Jesus Christ.
Thank you for your precious cry to the Lord in your post. Beautiful prayer as we move forward in our walk with Jesus.
Paulette