40 Days For Life Day 11

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DAY 11 INTENTION
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Pray that people of faith will have their strength
renewed even in the face of the violence of
abortion.

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SCRIPTURE
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The favors of the Lord are not exhausted, his
mercies are not spent. They are renewed each
morning, so great is his faithfulness. I say to
myself, "The Lord is my portion; therefore I will
wait for him."

The Lord is good to those whose hope is in him, to
the one who seeks him; it is good to wait in
silence for the saving help of the Lord.

-- Lamentations 3:22-26

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REFLECTION
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The Book of Lamentations, a short book of only
five chapters, contains some of the most poignant
expressions of human grief.

These verses are used in many Churches on Good
Friday, since they can be seen to express a
prophecy of the suffering of the Lord and the
lamentation of his followers on that dark day.

But in the midst of his grief, Jeremiah writes the
verses quoted above. "The favors of the Lord are
not exhausted." It is a call to hope that no
matter how much violence there is, life will
prevail in the end.

Why does he say, however, that God's mercies are
renewed each morning?

Because early in the morning, on the first day of
the week, the women came to the tomb -- and they
found that the events of that morning changed
everything.

Christ's victory over death came in the morning,
and therefore each day we can renew our confidence
that life has the final victory.

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PRAYER
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Lord, look kindly on your people who weep and
mourn amidst the vast devastation that abortion
has brought upon our land. We cannot even count
the children killed, and the mothers and fathers
wounded.

We cannot measure the devastation and corruption
abortion has brought upon the very fabric of our
society. But we declare today that your favors
have not been exhausted, your mercies have not
been spent. They are renewed each morning.

Give us new strength today in the resurrection of
Christ your Son, that we may bear effective
witness to the victory of life! In His name we
pray, Amen.

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40 Days for Life
David Bereit

Shalom~~