Rain Didn’t Keep Them Away
Table of Contents
- National Campaign Daily Intention
- Pray that we each will daily put on the full armor of God, so that we are strong in the Lord and the power of His might.
- National Campaign News
- No Matter the Cost
- Local Campaign News
- Rain Didn’t Keep Them Away
- Coming Events
- Midway Rally – Saturday, Oct 17, 7:00 pm
- Pro-Life Solidarity Day – Oct 20, All Day
- Allow us to Announce Your Pro-Life Prayer Gathering Here
- 40 Days through Scripture
- Day 21: Acts 16 - 20
- National News
- Opposition to Public Funding Of Abortion Leads to More Lies
- International News
- C-FAM re-Launches UN Petition, 1,000,000 Signatures Sought
- Video Vignette
- Dr. Blaylock: No Cap on Government Control in Health Reform
- Abortion 101
- How Did Abortion Become Legal?
- Get Involved
- Support 40 Days for Life with a Donation through our Website
- Campaign Materials
- Two Hearts Catholic Books & Gifts to Carry 40 Days for Life Items
- Free 40 Days for Life Items - Bumper Sticker, Bracelet & More
National Campaign Daily Intention
Pray that we each will daily put on the full armor of God, so that we are strong in the Lord and the power of His might.
For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. Therefore, take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day and having done all, to stand.— Ephesians 6:12-13
I am confounded to see how the battle over the issue of life is perceived more often in churches today as political rather than spiritual. Ironically, the enemy has used this twisted perception to silence many in the body of Christ. We must see the battle for what it is and we must daily “put on” the armor God has given us:
- Gird your waist with Truth (vs. 14) — Commit your emotions to truth and to speak truth, regardless of the repercussions.
- Put on the breastplate of Righteousness (vs. 14) — It will protect our hearts – the innermost springs of our beings – from all unrighteousness so evident in this fallen world.
- Shod your feet with the preparation of the Gospel of Peace. (vs. 15) — Preparation is vital if we are to be effective in God’s work.
- Taking the shield of faith (vs.16) — The Accuser will instill doubt, fear, and guilt. Faith acts as an that deflects such false accusations.
- Taking the Helmet of salvation (vs.17) — A helmet protects the head, the brain and in turn our mind and thoughts. Satan hopes we will set aside divine revelation for human reasoning.
- Taking the sword of the Spirit (vs.17) — The Word of God, the only offensive weapon in this armor, was used by the Lord Jesus against Satan. The living Word is powerful and effective.
Our armor is complete. We are ready to wage war, and the next verse tells us how, “Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the spirit.” (vs.18)
Carmen Pate
Co-host
“Point of View” Talk Show
National Campaign News
No Matter the Cost
The National campaign reports on how the campaign is progressing around the country. Here is an excerpt from today’s update. In the meantime, there have been 236 lives saved thus far.
Today, I'd like to tell you about a Christian business owner who has a serious challenge on his hands. I don't want to divulge any names or locations, as I don't want any undue publicity to complicate the situation. But I share his story so we may all lift him up in prayer and ask for God to provide strength and guidance. This businessman owns a small shopping center in a Hispanic neighborhood, which is also the location of his specialty supermarket. About a year ago, he was approached by an OB/Gyn who wanted to lease office space for a clinic. The owner's only concern was whether the doctor planned to do abortions. She assured him that she would not, so he agreed to a three-year lease. The local 40 Days for Life coordinator reports that several months later, the health department cited the clinic for various violations and shut the office temporarily. Among the citations -- performing unsafe abortions.…
To read the entire national update go to: http://40daysforlife.com/blog/?p=375. Please join us as we give witness to the truth at our sidewalk. Utilize this Right before someone puts in place an ordinance that removes our right to free speech.
Local Campaign News
Rain Didn’t Keep Them Away
The Vigil of Mourning prayer group joined at the sidewalk to Pray for God’s Mercy on this site of sadness, as well as our entire nation. This group of faithful prayer gatherers stood as the sun set and the rain fell, with little regard for their own personal discomfort, knowing that their mission was one of the greatest importance, to intercede for the many women, men, babies impacted by abortion both here and elsewhere.
In addition to this faithful group, many others have continued to come to the sidewalk to Pray to End Abortion, the vast majority still aren’t using the on-line calendar to track their visits to the sidewalk. It was just brought to my attention that every Wednesday night there is a group that gathers to pray, one of which spends the entire night from midnight to dawn each week.
How committed are you to seeing abortion brought to an end? Please, spend an hour at the sidewalk tomorrow and send an email telling about your experiences! To register for the hours when you’ll be at the sidewalk, go to: http://www.vigilcalendar.com/renotahoe. Thank you in advance for your assistance with this effort. Send your impressions of your time at the sidewalk to renotahoe@40DaysforLife.com.
Our website has been undergoing major renovations, due to the assistance of our webmaster, Suzie. Take at look by going to: www.40DaysforLife.com/RenoTahoe
If you have not yet signed a Statement of Peace, you can do so now on-line, by going to: www.40DaysforLife.com/RenoTahoe/StatementofPeace
Coming Events
- Midway Rally – Saturday, Oct 17, 7:00 pm
- Join us for a special announcement regarding progress being made in the Pro-Life front in the state of Nevada. Join us as we also share why we know abortion is never a valid solution to the challenge of an unplanned pregnancy.
- Pro-Life Solidarity Day – Oct 20, All Day
- [Survivors of the Abortion Holocaust] "The Survivors challenge students of all ages to be bold advocates for the 3,500 preborn who are murdered everyday in our country. You have an opportunity to stand with your fellow classmates and an obligation to be a voice for the voiceless. By standing in united solidarity across the world, students everywhere can identify with the preborn children, and our silence will proclaim 'stop killing our generation!' We can and must be warriors for the preborn!" Read the article from Survivors regarding this day long event.
- Allow us to Announce Your Pro-Life Prayer Gathering Here
- Gather together to Pray to End Abortion! When you have plans, let us know and we’ll let others know through our updates.
40 Days through Scripture
- Day 21: Acts 16 - 20 (including: Acts 19:13-20)
- Then some itinerant Jewish exorcists tried to invoke the name of the Lord Jesus over those with evil spirits, saying “I adjure you by the Jesus whom Paul preaches.” When the seven sons of Sceva, a Jewish high priest, tried to do this, the evil spirit said to them in reply, “Jesus I recognized, Paul I know, but who are you?” The person with the evil spirit then sprang at them and subdued them all. He so overpowered them that they fled naked and wounded from that house. When this became known to all Jews and Greeks who lived in Ephesus, fear fell upon them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was held in great esteem. Many of those who had become believers came forward and openly acknowledged their former practices. Moreover, a large number of those who had practiced magic collected their books and burned them in public. They calculated their value and found it to be fifty thousand silver pieces. Thus did the word of the Lord continue to spread with influence and power.
If our prayers are to have any effect, if we hope to bring the saving power of Jesus Christ to bear on the sidewalk, we must come as his followers, taking care to not call His name as empty words, devoid of the meaning that comes from being in close relationship with Our Lord. Please use this time to strengthen your relationship with Christ through prayer, scripture and giving sacrifices of fasting and almsgiving as we continue through 40 Days for Life. You can also sacrifice your time by coming to pray at the sidewalk, where your Love for Christ can be the witness that will encourage others to also come to know Our Lord and change their lives by leaving their lives of evil behind as they accept the forgiveness available to those who repent.
To get the complete 40 Days Through the New Testament list, go to: www.40DaysforLife.com/renotahoe/NewTestament, print it out and get started now. It’s never too late to start reading the bible.
National News
Opposition to Public Funding Of Abortion Leads to More Lies
[NevadaLIFE] Recent polling shows why there's been so much lying and obfuscation when it comes to smuggling abortion into health care reform. Americans oppose it by wide margins.
Opposition to Public Funding Of Abortion Leads to More Lies
Last week, presidential spokesman Robert Gibbs claimed that "there's a law that precludes the use of federal funds for abortion that isn't going to be changed in these health care bills." Gibbs also said "there's a fairly well documented federal law that prevents it" (funding of abortion).
Read the NevadaLIFE article on-line.
International News
C-FAM re-Launches UN Petition, 1,000,000 Signatures Sought
[C-FAM] C-FAM has re-launched the UN Petition for the Unborn Child and the Family and in only a few days has received 30,000 signatures. As you recall, last year we launched this petition, which gathered 467,000 names in just a few weeks. They presented this petition to the UN at a press conference, which was broadcast throughout UN headquarters. The petition calls for Member States of the UN to interpret the Universal Declaration of Human Rights as protecting the unborn child from abortion. It also calls for special protection for the family! These are ideas that are right out of the original Universal Declaration but that have been forgotten over time. The must be reminded!
C-FAM has re-launched the petition with the view to getting a total of 1 million names by December 1. That’s right; 1,000,000 names to stand up for the unborn child and the family. Sign the petition.
Video Vignette
Dr. Blaylock: No Cap on Government Control in Health Reform
Abortion 101
How Did Abortion Become Legal?
[ProLifeAction] On January 22, 1973, the United States Supreme Court, in a 7-2 decision, handed down two rulings legalizing abortion in America. Prior to these rulings abortion was prohibited in most of the 50 states. In the states where abortion was permitted, such as New York and California, various restrictions had been placed on the reasons for abortion. These restrictions were removed by the 1973 rulings. Read More.
Get Involved!
Support 40 Days for Life with a Donation through our Website
Thank you to the two donors who have donated via our website. We have received a donation of $25 and another for $30. No donation is too small or too large, any support is accepted and appreciated. Do you believe in the work we are doing as we Pray to End Abortion? If so, help support the effort with a donation to cover our expenses. Donate Now
Campaign Materials
Free 40 Days for Life Items - BumperSticker, Bracelet & More.
Heritage House, is offering aPromotion Pack of 40 Days for Life items through their website for the amazingcost of $0, they are even picking up the postage.If you havewished to place a bumper sticker on your car, but I haven’t had one on handwhen we’ve seen one another, our you haven’t yet got one of the rubberizedbracelets, but you’d like one, now is your chance to get these and more items,for free.They aren’t even requiring that you enter your emailaddress to receive this promotion, although, I encourage you to do so, and theywill continue to keep you informed of the many great items they place on saleduring the course of the year.And if you see something on sale andwould like to purchase it for our 40 Days for Life campaign, I would gladlyaccept the help in making their many excellent pro-life itemsavailable!To receive your free promo pack, go to: http://www.40dayspromopack.com/40dayspromopack/signup.asp
Two HeartsCatholic Books & Gifts to Carry 40 Days for Life Items
Truly, pictures are worth a thousand words.To makeit possible for us to communicate more effectively with those who witness ourcampaign, Millie has stocked Yard signs, Rally signs, New colored preciousfeet, Pro-life buttons, Static and Bumper sticker available @ The Two Hearts,33 Winter Street, Reno NV and St. Rose of Lima Church (weekend Masses).
More information
Please share this truth, among others relative toabortion with those who follow your Facebook posts! For moreinformation on 40 Days for Life, Reno/Tahoe, visit our local website, at: www.40DaysforLife.com/RenoTahoe, look for us onFaceBook, or Call: CarolMarie at 530-412-1573 Pleaseforward this message to anyone you know who might be willing to Pray to EndAbortion.
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