John 8:32 (…will set you free!)

Welcome God every morning before your work by taking ~5 min to read this Living In Faith Exchange (LIFE) Group devotion (life-devotions.blogspot.com), which has snippets from Living Faith. All whatsoever you do in word or in work, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. Col. 3:17

Living Faith snippets: “We all have those moments, the kind we cannot escape. And in that moment, when we are called either to speak the Truth or to hear it, we are set free. No matter how uncomfortable, how awkward, how painful, how raw or how long it takes, the Truth heals.” by Kristin Armstrong

Faith Challenge: Let’s challenge each other to joyfully live out the Good News. Suggestions?
* NOW: Let’s courageously share ProLife Truth (John 14:6) to create social tension for exposing abortion’s unjust peace…rebuilding a Culture of Life (Matt 5:16) and setting the unborn free!

Counter-Culture News: LifeSiteNews, American Family Association, Priests for Life, 40 Days for Life (ends 5 Apr)

* Let’s never forget the horrific reality of abortion (images)…#1 cause of death in America.

* NEW: Pam McGushin, Sharon Carlson, and Sue Peters shared: http://www.redenvelopeproject.org/.

Our Prayers: Those who pray together stay together. Fasting ideas below.

* Prayer to end abortion, abused children, chastity, peace, our enemies, our troops, depression/ despair, prisoners, ProLife politicians, illnesses/injuries, jobs

* NEW: Maureen Rogers (I don’t understand why I have the constant pain, but I am privileged to share in His suffering on the cross. Life Devotions have gotten me through some really tough times.)

Faith Quote: “But when God is forgotten…Man is no longer able to see himself as “mysteriously different” from other earthly creatures; he regards himself merely as one more living being, as an organism which, at most, has reached a very high stage of perfection. Enclosed in the narrow horizon of his physical nature, he is somehow reduced to being “a thing”, and no longer grasps the “transcendent” character of his “existence as man”. He no longer considers life as a splendid gift of God, something “sacred” entrusted to his responsibility and thus also to his loving care and “veneration”. Life itself becomes a mere “thing”, which man claims as his exclusive property, completely subject to his control and manipulation.” Pope John Paul II, Evangelium Vitae (shared by Kelly Benson)

Through Christ for ProLife,

Pat

Phil 4:13

* Prayer: Prayer connects us with God’s will & His miracles, changing us & helping others. ‘If you pray that God will move a mountain and He doesn’t, assume Christ wants you to climb it instead.’

* Fasting: Let’s fast from things that take our eyes off Jesus (selfishness, bitterness, being so critical, impatience, gossip, excessive video games, etc) and take on things that fix our eyes on Jesus (selflessness, kindness, compassion, forgiveness, patience, understanding, caring, helping, listening).

* Defend the unborn: ‘Rescue those who are unjustly sentenced to death; don’t stand back and let them die’ (Prov 24:11). ‘Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you’ (Jer 1:5). ‘It is a great poverty that a child must die that you might live as you wish’ (Blessed Mother Teresa).

* Evangelization: Let’s make room for unbelievers (be a friend, make a friend, lead friend to Christ) and perpetual re-evangelization of self and those near us, by way of daily prayer (relationship) and following Christ’s example of selfless love, mercy, and service.