PRAYER

January 1, 2002

As we approach this Christmas season, we are struck by the beauty and

depth of the Christmas story. God sent His only Son into the world as a

lowly baby. We remember 's condition when she became pregnant with

Jesus by the Holy Spirit--an unwed, poor, teenage girl. Truly, her

situation was desperate as under the Jewish law, the penalty for adultery

(she was betrothed to ph) was death.

But trusted God, and God spoke to ph and changed his heart, and

Jesus was born.

This story of God's own Son speaks to the pro-life movement today. No

child is an accident. No child is unloved by God, and no child should be

unloved by the human race. According to pro-abortion " ethics " , Jesus

should have been aborted. But, had that occurred, the world would have

lost the greatest blessing it was ever given.

As you pray this Christmas season for the pro-life movement, would you

ask God to bring the understanding of His Son's birth, and all it means

for mankind, into the hearts of men? We have written a short prayer

below, to guide you.

May God bless you and yours during this holy season.

Father, we thank You for sending Jesus into this world as a tiny baby to

share in our human condition. We thank You that, though You are rich,

You sent Your Son to a poor and insignificant family to show us that no

one is insignificant to You, no matter what their state in this life.

Jesus shared in our humanity, our weakness, our poverty.

Father, we pray that the example given by Your Son, in identifying with

the weak, would be recognized this Christmas by the world. We pray that,

just as and ph welcomed Your Son into their lives, people across

our country would open their arms to accept each and every child who is

conceived into this world. We pray that our hearts would be turned

toward the weak, the elderly, the infirm, and that they would not be

despised because of their vulnerability, but would be embraced, just as

You embraced us.

Help us to not take for granted all Your blessings this Christmas season.

Amen.

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