40 Days For Life Day 14

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DAY 14 INTENTION
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Pray that we will have faith to realize that even
now our Lord can bring an end to abortion.

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SCRIPTURE
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On his arrival, Jesus found that Lazarus had
already been in the tomb for four days. Bethany
was less than two miles from Jerusalem, and many
Jews had come to Martha and Mary to comfort them
in the loss of their brother.

When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went
out to meet him, but Mary stayed at home. "Lord,"
Martha said to Jesus, "if you had been here, my
brother would not have died. But I know that even
now God will give you whatever you ask."

-- John 11:17-22

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REFLECTION
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Martha was right. Jesus is Lord of life and death.

She knew that, which is why she was able to make
this statement, yet at the same time she had to
wrestle with the fact that Lazarus died anyway.

Jesus indeed is Lord over life and death, but here
the power of death was still displayed right in
front of her.

Yet in this clash between the conviction of faith
and the evidence of human experience, Martha
allowed hope to shine through. "Even now, God will
give you whatever you ask."

Even now. Those words show the power of hope, born
of faith. Even now, when death has already done
its work, life can be victorious.

Even now, when the last word seems to have been
spoken, we can hope that a word will be spoken
again to restore life.

Even now, when Lazarus has already been laid in
the tomb and it seems impossible to do anything
about it, things can change. And things did
change. The Lord raised Lazarus from the dead.

We live in a society where many believe the
abortion issue has been settled, and its practice
so deeply ingrained in our policies and attitudes
that it is unrealistic to think we can stop it.

Yet we are the people who say to Jesus, "Even
now..."

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PRAYER
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Lord Jesus, even now, you are master of life and
death.

I come before you as Martha did after Lazarus has
died. I come before you after countless brothers
and sisters of mine have died from abortion.

And I pray to you: even now, you can stop the
forces of death.

Even now, you can bring us into a culture of life.

Come, Lord Jesus. Speak your word yet again, and
free our nation from the shackles of death. In
Your Holy Name we pray, Amen.

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Yours for Life,

David Bereit
National Campaign Director
40 Days for Life