tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34827410935533497122024-02-07T11:39:32.801-08:00Rescue the PerishingAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00600777839164462836noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3482741093553349712.post-29467212017051352502014-05-15T12:38:00.000-07:002014-06-12T16:46:16.778-07:00As Abolitionists, our Battle Cry is Love.<i>I often feel like Corrie Ten Boom... </i>and I like Martin Luther
King Jr's words on the Love of Christ, and perhaps more accurately,
Corrie Ten Boom is just like you and I, the only thing different about
her was she allowed the Love of God, to overtake and control her in
certain situations, to be able to love her enemies and forgive them. I could share many more examples of those who loved and forgave their enemies, often at the cost of themselves. And as I wish to follow in the footsteps of Jesus, one can take life lessons on this from those who faced tremendous challenges on Loving our enemies.<br />
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Does
the passage of Scripture, Matthew 5, posted below, move you to tears like it does me?
JESUS, who died for us, while we were still HIS enemies <i>("For if when we were <b>enemies</b> we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son,..."</i>
Romans 5:10a) commands us to love our enemies in return. It isn't an
option. I don't know about you, but that reality, is often overwhelming
to me. I can't do it on my own. I have failed so many times on even what
I might call simple situations. I have often asked God to give me "love
for my enemies" and Jesus will actually answer your prayer, if you really want
an answer to that specific character and Christ-like training we receive
from the ultimate Trainer and Lord of our lives. Jesus puts you in
situations that prepare you for bigger situations in the future. He will put you in situations, where it is absolutely impossible to <i>love your enemies</i> on your own. Corrie
Ten Boom, in the story shared below, I believe not only exemplified, but
gave us an example to follow on what it actually looks like to come face
to face with people we would call our enemies, and how to forgive them.
Why should we follow, even her example? She was following after Christ.<br />
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Any
of us who have participated in street-evangelism, abortuary ministry,
witnessing to someone who is hostile to you, people who actually hate
you and let you know it, those who slander you and wish to use you, can relate to how much you <i>need</i> to be in prayer and how much you <i>need</i> to ask the Lord Jesus to help you. Our very nature wants to get back at the person. It shows you how much we can't do it our own, for it goes against our nature to do so. What we <i>need </i>is
the Nature of God's Son, Jesus, imparted to us. "While we were still
sinners, Christ died for us" and He beckons us to follow Him - to pray
for those who persecute us, to love those who hate us and wish to discredit our character. This is a wholly
unnatural thing to do. It is impossible apart from the rich
indwelling Spirit and the Grace of God. We must be led by the Holy
Spirit, into all Truth as we renew our minds by meditating on God,
through the Holy Bible, God's Word. <br />
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We can not know the compassion that
God has for the whole human race in the Sacrifice of His Son, the Lord
Jesus Christ, nor can we think often on His command for us to love Him
(Deuteronomy 6:4-6), to love our neighbor (Luke 10:25-37), and to love
our enemy (Matthew 5:43-48), unless we ask Him, to impart to us this
knowledge, unless we are reading from His Love letters to us, unless we look to Jesus "the Author and Finisher of our faith" and unless we begin to pray for our enemies...even when we may not want to. We will not be able to love our enemies and pray for those who persecute us, unless we Look past this world and into Eternity, to the God of Love and ask Him, to fill us with His Love that He has for these people. We must come to know the glory of Jesus as the Son of God, the heir and co-ruler with the Father to do this, and realize that we are as much an enemy, apart from Christ Jesus, without His precious blood covering us, as even the abortionist down the street. Only then, and through prayer, can we truly love our enemies as Christ loved us. Why is loving our enemies so vitally important and a command in Christianity? Because, for one, we are to be conformed and are conforming to the Image of Jesus. Jesus loved His enemies; so must we. <br />
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Matthew 5:43<br />
“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’<br />
44 But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do
good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you
and persecute you,<br />
45 that you may be sons of your Father in heaven; for He makes His
sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on
the unjust.<br />
46 For if you love those who love you, what reward have you? Do not even the tax collectors do the same?<br />
47 And if you greet your brethren only, what do you do more than others? Do not even the tax collectors do so?<br />
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<b>Corrie Ten Boom Story on Forgiving and Loving your Enemies</b><br />
“It was in a church in Munich that I saw him—a balding, heavyset man
in a gray overcoat, a brown felt hat clutched between his hands. People
were filing out of the basement room where I had just spoken, moving
along the rows of wooden chairs to the door at the rear. It was 1947 and
I had come from Holland to defeated Germany with the message that God
forgives.<br />
<br />
“It was the truth they needed most to hear in that bitter, bombed-out
land, and I gave them my favorite mental picture. Maybe because the sea
is never far from a Hollander’s mind, I liked to think that that’s
where forgiven sins were thrown. ‘When we confess our sins,’ I said,
‘God casts them into the deepest ocean, gone forever. …’<br />
<br />
“The solemn faces stared back at me, not quite daring to believe.
There were never questions after a talk in Germany in 1947. People stood
up in silence, in silence collected their wraps, in silence left the
room.<br />
<br />
“And that’s when I saw him, working his way forward against the
others. One moment I saw the overcoat and the brown hat; the next, a
blue uniform and a visored cap with its skull and crossbones. It came
back with a rush: the huge room with its harsh overhead lights; the
pathetic pile of dresses and shoes in the center of the floor; the shame
of walking naked past this man. I could see my sister’s frail form
ahead of me, ribs sharp beneath the parchment skin. <i>Betsie, how thin you were!</i><br />
[Betsie and I had been arrested for concealing Jews in our home
during the Nazi occupation of Holland; this man had been a guard at
Ravensbruck concentration camp where we were sent.]<br />
“Now he was in front of me, hand thrust out: ‘A fine message,
Fräulein! How good it is to know that, as you say, all our sins are at
the bottom of the sea!’<br />
“And I, who had spoken so glibly of forgiveness, fumbled in my
pocketbook rather than take that hand. He would not remember me, of
course—how could he remember one prisoner among those thousands of
women?<br />
“But I remembered him and the leather crop swinging from his belt. I
was face-to-face with one of my captors and my blood seemed to freeze.<br />
“ ‘You mentioned Ravensbruck in your talk,’ he was saying, ‘I was a guard there.’ No, he did not remember me.<br />
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“ ‘But since that time,’ he went on, ‘I have become a Christian. I
know that God has forgiven me for the cruel things I did there, but I
would like to hear it from your lips as well. Fräulein,’ again the hand
came out—’will you forgive me?’<br />
“And I stood there—I whose sins had again and again to be
forgiven—and could not forgive. Betsie had died in that place—could he
erase her slow terrible death simply for the asking?<br />
“It could not have been many seconds that he stood there—hand held
out—but to me it seemed hours as I wrestled with the most difficult
thing I had ever had to do.<br />
“For I had to do it—I knew that. The message that God forgives has a
prior condition: that we forgive those who have injured us. ‘If you do
not forgive men their trespasses,’ Jesus says, ‘neither will your Father
in heaven forgive your trespasses.’<br />
“I knew it not only as a commandment of God, but as a daily
experience. Since the end of the war I had had a home in Holland for
victims of Nazi brutality. Those who were able to forgive their former
enemies were able also to return to the outside world and rebuild their
lives, no matter what the physical scars. Those who nursed their
bitterness remained invalids. It was as simple and as horrible as that.<br />
“And still I stood there with the coldness clutching my heart. But
forgiveness is not an emotion—I knew that too. Forgiveness is an act of
the will, and the will can function regardless of the temperature of the
heart. ‘… Help!’ I prayed silently. ‘I can lift my hand. I can do that
much. You supply the feeling.’<br />
“And so woodenly, mechanically, I thrust my hand into the one
stretched out to me. And as I did, an incredible thing took place. The
current started in my shoulder, raced down my arm, sprang into our
joined hands. And then this healing warmth seemed to flood my whole
being, bringing tears to my eyes.<br />
“ ‘I forgive you, brother!’ I cried. ‘With all my heart!’<br />
“For a long moment we grasped each other’s hands, the former guard
and the former prisoner. I had never known God’s love so intensely, as I
did then”<br />
(excerpted from “I’m Still Learning to Forgive” by Corrie ten Boom. Reprinted by permission from <i>Guideposts</i> Magazine. Copyright © 1972 by Guideposts Associates, Inc., Carmel, New York 10512>).<br />
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Romans 5:6 For when we were still without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. <br />
7 For scarcely for a righteous man will one die; yet perhaps for a good man someone would even dare to die. <br />
8 But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. <br />
9 Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him. <br />
10 For
if when we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of
His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His
life. <br />
11 And not only <i>that,</i> but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received the reconciliation.<br />
<b><br />Posted below is "Loving Your Enemies" - MLK Sermon</b><br />
Conclusion of the following audio recording of Martin Luther
King, Jr.'s November 17, 1957 sermon at Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in
Montgomery Alabama. Using Matthew 5 as his text, King emphasizes that
“hate for hate only intensifies the existence of hate and evil in the
universe. . . The strong person is the person who can cut off the
chain of hate, the chain of evil. . . . and inject within the very
structure of the universe that strong and powerful element of Love.” <br />
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I
feel like Corrie Ten Boom, and may we all share in what MLK says about
the Love of Christ in us, and in doing so may we follow in Christ Jesus'
example of what it means to truly Love our enemies, while not neglecting to speak the Truth
in Love. <i>Truth without Love is hatred; love without truth is also hatred and neglecting to love our enemies, is a disgrace to our Lord Jesus Christ. </i><i>True love is sacrificial</i>, <i>it does not run itself on feelings.</i><i> As Abolitionists, our battle cry is the love of Christ</i>.<i> And I echo Corrie Ten Boom, </i>"YOU (Lord) supply the feeling<i>" and MLK, when he says, "I would rather die than hate you."<br /><br />For those who feel weary, wounded, and war torn, may His Lovingkindness be a balm to heal you. May the Holy Spirit bring into fruition, in our lives, the High Calling of Jesus to pray for and love our enemies</i> (Psalm 46)<i>.</i><br />
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<a href="http://youtu.be/LhMNr9NtSD0" target="_blank"> Loving Your Enemies</a> - MLK<br />
<a href="http://vimeo.com/64250360"></a><br />
<b>I Have So Much To Learn. We Have So Much To Fight For, And In The Process, May We Never Forget To Love, Forgive, and Intercede on the Behalf of Those Who Would Hate us</b>. <b>Ask the KING of Love to fill you with HIS Love.<br /><br /><i>May this post find you further encouraged and strengthened, in our Lord and Savior Jesus.</i></b><br />
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<span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}">The
writer of "Amazing Grace", John Newton's biblical worldview had matured
to the point that he became active in the Abolitionist movement of the
slave trade. In 1788, he published a widely circulated pamphlet,
"Thoughts Upon the African Slave Trade" and stated, "I hope it will
always be a </span><br />
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subject of humiliating reflection to me, that I was once an
active instrument in a business at which my hea<span class="text_exposed_show">rt now shudders."<br /> <br />
I had a dream last night, about pleading (take note: We are NOT
protesting. Ask me to expound on that if you like) with ALL the the
people who lead their children to the slaughter at abortion mills. We
then had the opportunity to plead with an Abortion "doctor" (paid
assassin of human beings made in the Image of Almighty God- who ALSO is
made in the Image of God. Image Bearers destroying Image Bearers for
blood money) before he went in to start his evil work of murdering
babies. As a result of the Gospel being preached, that man, that Image
Bearer who kills children every day for a living...walked out of that
abortion slaughter house and begged God for repentance. What did we do
with this repentant sinner? Embraced him and cried that he repented.
After that, he became an Abolitionist and stood with us, for the Gospel
and fighting for Image Bearers he once destroyed. I love the
Abortionists because Jesus wishes no one to perish..<br /> <br /> John Newton was a slave trader who was Redeemed by Christ.<br /> God can Redeem even the "worst" among us. He can Redeem an Abortionist, too.<br /> <br />
Ezekiel 33:11 "Say to them: ‘As I live,’ says the Lord God, ‘I have no
pleasure in the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from his
way and live. Turn, turn from your evil ways! For why should you die, O
house of Israel?’"<br /> <br /> We stand out there, just AS much for our 'neighbor' the Abortionist, as much as we do the babies being led to the slaughter.<br /> <br />
Christ died for us while we were HIS enemies; do you love your 'enemy'
the Abortionist? Plead with them to repent in the mighty Name of JESUS;
pray for them that God may grant them repentance and faith and that we
may we see them in Heaven- covered by the precious Blood of the Lamb. Forgiven and set Free.</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00600777839164462836noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3482741093553349712.post-81166949037212419512013-11-25T17:27:00.000-08:002013-11-25T17:31:18.377-08:00Standing in the Gap - November 23, 2013<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">A simple group of people, simple Christians, with a simple mission:<br /><br /> To reach out to mothers and fathers, at Planned Parenthood, and everyone in between who goes there. We are the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ahacantonoh">Abolitionist Society of Canton </a>who wants to "love the least of these". And what better place is there to do that, than a place where they are being led to the slaughter? This particular P.P. does not actually participate in the later-term slaughtering of children, but women are referred to another place where they pay someone to have their child killed. The women here can however, kill their child through chemical poisons and we fight for these precious unborn Image Bearers as well; who have just as <i>much</i> value as their mothers and fathers. From the moment of conception we are a human being with value; we do not develop our value as we grow in the womb. All Planned Parenthoods are equally guilty in the murder of the unborn. Even <i>more</i> so, Christians are <i>guilty</i> for not speaking up and we will be held accountable for what we <i>do</i> and what we do <i>not </i>do. The womb should be the safest place, but instead it is turned into a tomb.<br /><br /><br />On a very important side note, these people are so genuinely loving and care about the "least of these". In the midst of the cold and some blatant hatred from people, you can sense Christ Jesus' Love from them. I can say I love them and look forward to ministering with them again.<br /><br />Praise the Lord for His provision! Even in what I will call a "simple" thing! The Lord provided a much needed vehicle, prior to us finding this particular society via Facebook. Otherwise, we would not have been able to travel to Canton to minister! God is so good. It's been getting under our skin, to go <i>DO </i>something.It had been far too long of not being "out there."<br /><br />We arrived at 9am promptly to the Canton Planned Murderhood (Parenthood).It was blustery and cold, but bearable. The wind tapered off and the sun started showing up around 10:30am thankfully. By the end of the day, I felt like a penguin and was walking like one.<br /><br />Doors opened and and a few young women immediately arrived. We offered information and some gave a polite "no thank you". <br />We pressed further asking if they "knew what this place here did?" Some said, "Yes, but I don't care"..."It's not my problem"...</span><br />
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While the trains may have not actually killed people, the people in the camps did. They offer "the pill" and many women I assumed came there for that.<br /><br />One young woman and her boyfriend, I assume; cussed us out and told us to "mind our own business". 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data-reactid=".r[52jih].[1][3][1]{comment534076110015273_1450536}.[0].{right}.[0].{left}.[0].[0].[0][3]"><span class="UFICommentBody" data-reactid=".r[52jih].[1][3][1]{comment534076110015273_1450536}.[0].{right}.[0].{left}.[0].[0].[0][3].[0]"><span data-reactid=".r[52jih].[1][3][1]{comment534076110015273_1450536}.[0].{right}.[0].{left}.[0].[0].[0][3].[0].[3]"><span data-reactid=".r[52jih].[1][3][1]{comment534076110015273_1450536}.[0].{right}.[0].{left}.[0].[0].[0][3].[0].[3].[0]"><span data-reactid=".r[52jih].[1][3][1]{comment534076110015273_1450536}.[0].{right}.[0].{left}.[0].[0].[0][3].[0].[3].[0].[17]">said to us, "If I want to have sex with my son, I will!"...that being the most strange comment of the day. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" 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data-reactid=".r[52jih].[1][3][1]{comment534076110015273_1450536}.[0].{right}.[0].{left}.[0].[0].[0][3].[0].[0].[3]"><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" data-reactid=".r[52jih].[1][3][1]{comment534076110015273_1450536}.[0].{right}.[0].{left}.[0].[0].[0][3]"><span class="UFICommentBody" data-reactid=".r[52jih].[1][3][1]{comment534076110015273_1450536}.[0].{right}.[0].{left}.[0].[0].[0][3].[0]"><span data-reactid=".r[52jih].[1][3][1]{comment534076110015273_1450536}.[0].{right}.[0].{left}.[0].[0].[0][3].[0].[3]"><span data-reactid=".r[52jih].[1][3][1]{comment534076110015273_1450536}.[0].{right}.[0].{left}.[0].[0].[0][3].[0].[3].[0]"><span data-reactid=".r[52jih].[1][3][1]{comment534076110015273_1450536}.[0].{right}.[0].{left}.[0].[0].[0][3].[0].[3].[0].[17]">I
actually believed what she said and it truly showed the condition of
the human heart. The state of the heart comes through the words we
speak. Many people showed their true state and the need of the Savior Jesus (I need Him just as much as anyone else). I <i>plead </i>with the young woman who I assumed was pregnant (she didn't like what I was saying at all) with a brand new conceived human being. I explained that "the pill" actually poisons the "embryo," or her sweet precious child and that is murder and God will hold them accountable. Begged them to come speak with us, and in response we received some not-so-nice gestures. I always try and respond with "God bless you." <br />We plead with the young woman to have "mercy on" her baby and then shared the Law & the Gospel as they tried to pretend they were not listening. Even when you think they are not listening, perhaps the Holy Spirit was working on them and it will bear fruit in their heart later. They went in the "clinic" to not return (we <i>begged</i> them once more, before they went it, to have mercy on their child) until we left and they then walked out.<br /><br />Had some honks of encouragement and waves. Had at least two fruitful conversations, gave out some materials and plead with some women who were moms I believe going in to take the life of their child, with chemical poisons. All in all, it was a blessed day and I look forward to being "out there" again, for the glory of God and for the lives of the unborn and their families. <br /><br />If we can even impact <i>one </i>person, with the Love of Jesus Christ, we have made the world a better place; <i>not </i>because of us, but because of <i>HIM. </i></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span data-reactid=".r[52jih].[1][3][1]{comment534076110015273_1450536}.[0].{right}.[0].{left}.[0].[0].[0][3].[0].[3]"><span data-reactid=".r[52jih].[1][3][1]{comment534076110015273_1450536}.[0].{right}.[0].{left}.[0].[0].[0][3].[0].[3].[0]"><br data-reactid=".r[52jih].[1][3][1]{comment534076110015273_1450536}.[0].{right}.[0].{left}.[0].[0].[0][3].[0].[3].[0].[0]" /></span></span><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" data-reactid=".r[52jih].[1][3][1]{comment534076110015273_1450536}.[0].{right}.[0].{left}.[0].[0].[0][3]"><span class="UFICommentBody" data-reactid=".r[52jih].[1][3][1]{comment534076110015273_1450536}.[0].{right}.[0].{left}.[0].[0].[0][3].[0]"><span data-reactid=".r[52jih].[1][3][1]{comment534076110015273_1450536}.[0].{right}.[0].{left}.[0].[0].[0][3].[0].[3]"><span data-reactid=".r[52jih].[1][3][1]{comment534076110015273_1450536}.[0].{right}.[0].{left}.[0].[0].[0][3].[0].[3].[0]"><span data-reactid=".r[52jih].[1][3][1]{comment534076110015273_1450536}.[0].{right}.[0].{left}.[0].[0].[0][3].[0].[3].[0].[14]"></span><span data-reactid=".r[52jih].[1][3][1]{comment534076110015273_1450536}.[0].{right}.[0].{left}.[0].[0].[0][3].[0].[3].[0].[20]"><br /></span></span></span></span></span>"This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for
us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters. If
anyone has material possessions and sees a brother or sister in need but
has no pity on them, how can the love of God be in that person? Dear
children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in
truth." ~1 John 3:16-18<br />
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<span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}">"People
who live in fear, tend to do plenty of nothing." - could be called
apathy and fear of man produces apathy, even when one doesn't admit it. <a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"tn":"*N","type":104}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/feargodnotman">#fearGodNotman</a><br /><br />We will <a href="http://www.abolishhumanabortion.com/">Abolish Human Abortion</a> by the Grace of God.</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00600777839164462836noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3482741093553349712.post-44793196927298875022013-11-23T17:34:00.000-08:002013-11-25T16:43:35.776-08:00It Gets Hard<b>What does it <i>really</i> mean to "love the least of these"? Just who are the "leave of these"?</b><br />
Jesus said, whatever we do unto the least of these, we have done unto Him.' The opposite is also true of this and it is time the Church of Jesus Christ, wakes up to this reality. While we do not, 3500 children per day DIE. Image Bearers DIE. Mothers and Fathers are forever impacted by the fact they slaughtered their own children. The <i>"least of these" </i>are being led to the slaughter. I would also like to add, the <i>"least of these"</i> are those who are blinded in their sin and being led down to Hell. We are not in the <i>"least of these"</i> because we, as Christians, have been adopted by God. Our Father, is the God of the Universe.<br />
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<i>And I get angry - </i>perhaps what should be called a "righteous indignation" against evil. And angry at myself that I could be <i>so </i>much better at what I do. I try and fail...miserably. Praise God He doesn't wipe us out every time we 'mess up'.<br />
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Ever since I have adopted the ideology and begun participating in the movement of <a href="http://www.abolishhumanabortion.com/">Abolish Human Abortion, </a><span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" data-reactid=".r[5v7eb].[1][3][1]{comment534076110015273_1450536}.[0].{right}.[0].{left}.[0].[0].[0][3]"><span class="UFICommentBody" data-reactid=".r[5v7eb].[1][3][1]{comment534076110015273_1450536}.[0].{right}.[0].{left}.[0].[0].[0][3].[0]"><span data-reactid=".r[5v7eb].[1][3][1]{comment534076110015273_1450536}.[0].{right}.[0].{left}.[0].[0].[0][3].[0].[0]"><span data-reactid=".r[5v7eb].[1][3][1]{comment534076110015273_1450536}.[0].{right}.[0].{left}.[0].[0].[0][3].[0].[0].[0]">I have begun to realize just how much I have failed in the past; and how much I can improve in the future, only through the power of the Lord Jesus. How much we have compromised with the lives of Image Bearers of God. Precious souls for whom Jesus died. These people had a precious purpose as to why they were created, to Glorify God, the Creator of the Universe. Reading the words of former Abolitionists, I realize just <i>how much more</i> I can truly love people. How much I fail at that ever day. How many things I hold onto that I shouldn't. Why? Because I'm human. That's no excuse though, I have Christ living inside me and He is slowly, by His Grace and Patience transforming into the Image of His dear Son Jesus. That's what Grace is for.</span></span></span></span></span>Jesus tells us to love as he did: "A new commandment I give to you,
that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to
love one another." (John 13:34)
How do we do something we're incapable of doing? How do we love people who go against our <i>very</i> nature to Love?<br />
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To love like Jesus, we need to understand a simple truth: We cannot live the Christian life on our own. We need the Holy Spirit. And you understand the <i>real need </i>we have for Him in our lives, when out at an abortuary; or a Planned Parenthood where people know they send women off to other murder mills, to kill their children. Then to add to this, <i><b>this work</b></i>, this work of Abolition of Human abortion is really just for simple Christians, who want to love <i>all </i>their neighbors being led to the slaughter. Sooner or later, in the midst of our frustration (especially mine) we come to the
conclusion that we're doing something wrong. It's not working. Our
best efforts just don't cut it. <br />
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And this is where this comes in, John 15:5 "Apart from me you can do nothing." We can't love like Jesus on our own.
In fact, we can't do anything in the Christian life on our own.<br />
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All of us want to love like Jesus. We want to be generous,
forgiving, and compassionate enough to love people unconditionally. But
no matter how hard we try, it just doesn't work. Our humanness gets in
the way.
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Praise the LORD, for JESUS Christ, who convicts, changes and challenges us to Love as He loves. Gives us a love, that can help you focus on Jesus on the cruel Cross, while people insult and mock you; when they insult and mock you, they ultimately are mocking Jesus Christ.<i> Don't lose heart...</i>and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, <i>"Apart from me you can do nothing". </i> Jesus already experienced this mocking and is ready to forgive these people and make them His very own. Why should we respond with anything but Love, if the king of the Universe, didn't even respond like that on the Cross? <br />
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<span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}">Human beings have worth to God, because we are created in His Image. I am a creation of Almighty God and so are you. However, we are NOT worthy of Heaven, because there is none good and
we all fall short of God's perfect standard. There are NO worthless
human beings, just un-worthy ones. This goes for murderers to liars. I
am guilty of breaking all the Ten Commandments, whether in thought or
deed.<span class="text_exposed_show"> God loves us because we are
created in His Image. His Love and Wrath are balanced out at the cross
for His un-worthy and undeserving creation. Thank you, Jesus. Give me
Your Spirit to reach people with the message that they are not worthy,
but He is. That they are not worthless regardless who or what they have
done, because they are Image bearers, for Whom Christ died for.</span></span><br />
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<span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"><span class="text_exposed_show"><br /> <a href="http://youtu.be/IuFvhjEO0Ao">" He prayed for their forgiveness And bowed His battered head And no one knew the meaning Of the final words He Said.... They searched His face for anger For vengeance in his stare, Instead of eyes that burned with hate A look of love was there..."</a></span></span><a href="http://youtu.be/IuFvhjEO0Ao"><br /></a><span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"><span class="text_exposed_show"><a href="http://youtu.be/IuFvhjEO0Ao"><span class="text Matt-5-47" id="en-NKJV-23282"><span class="woj"></span></span></a><br /></span></span>“God sends no one away empty except those who are full of themselves.” -- D.L. Moody<br />
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<span class="text Matt-5-43"><sup class="versenum">Matthew 5: 43 </sup><span class="woj">“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor</span><sup class="footnote" value="[<a href="#fen-NKJV-23278g" title="See footnote g">g</a>]">[<a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+5&version=NKJV#fen-NKJV-23278g" title="See footnote g">g</a>]</sup> <span class="woj">and hate your enemy.’</span> </span> <span class="text Matt-5-44" id="en-NKJV-23279"><sup class="versenum">44 </sup><span class="woj">But
I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to
those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and
persecute you,</span><sup class="footnote" value="[<a href="#fen-NKJV-23279h" title="See footnote h">h</a>]">[<a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+5&version=NKJV#fen-NKJV-23279h" title="See footnote h">h</a>]</sup> </span> <span class="text Matt-5-45" id="en-NKJV-23280"><sup class="versenum">45 </sup><span class="woj">that
you may be sons of your Father in heaven; for He makes His sun rise on
the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.</span> </span> <span class="text Matt-5-46" id="en-NKJV-23281"><sup class="versenum">46 </sup><span class="woj">For if you love those who love you, what reward have you? Do not even the tax collectors do the same?</span> </span> <span class="text Matt-5-47" id="en-NKJV-23282"><sup class="versenum">47 </sup><span class="woj">And if you greet your brethren</span><sup class="footnote" value="[<a href="#fen-NKJV-23282i" title="See footnote i">i</a>]">[<a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+5&version=NKJV#fen-NKJV-23282i" title="See footnote i">i</a>]</sup><span class="woj"> only, what do you do more <i>than others?</i> Do not even the tax collectors</span><sup class="footnote" value="[<a href="#fen-NKJV-23282j" title="See footnote j">j</a>]">[<a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+5&version=NKJV#fen-NKJV-23282j" title="See footnote j">j</a>]</sup><span class="woj"> do so?</span></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00600777839164462836noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3482741093553349712.post-308342606250018622013-08-09T16:39:00.001-07:002013-08-10T12:06:28.960-07:00Standing in the Gap - August 8, 2013<br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Starting today I begin a part-time job caring for a 95-year-old woman, so my
time at the abortuary will be cut short on Thursdays from now on.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Since we were having car and scheduling
issues, I needed to take my husband to work and use his truck, allowing my
daughter to take my van to work.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My
husband starts work at 8am, so <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I decided
to head straight to the abortuary knowing I would be there by myself for at
least a half hour.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">It was 8:30 am when I arrived to see two women already standing
at the front door trying to get in.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As I
pulled up and parked on the street, they were walking back to their
vehicle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They kept looking at me,
wondering if I was one of the clinic workers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I picked up some of my items and walked towards where we set up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They approached me and the taller lady asked
if I knew what time the building opened.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I told her they wouldn’t be open for a while yet and asked why they were
here.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She told me that she was here to
get an abortion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When I asked her, “Why?",
she replied that she was 45 years old and had already had all the kids she
wants and wasn’t going to go through another pregnancy at her age.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was so sad.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Instead of seeing this as a blessing, a miracle from God, she only saw a
burden, something to be discarded to move on with her life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I continued to speak with her about other
options such as adoption and she became angry.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Just then one of the workers came speeding down the driveway honking her
horn and yelling at them for standing in the driveway.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They asked me who that was, so I let them
know that she is one of the wonderful workers who will be helping to kill her
baby.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As the worker approached, the women
told her why they were there and she took them to the front door.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I followed along speaking to them and
pleading with her for her baby’s life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They still could not get in the front door, so I had a captive audience
as I stood on the sidewalk a couple of feet away.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> The clinic worker told the ladies that I get paid to stand out there. Though I told her that it was untrue and that I was there on my own dime and time because I care about women and their children and want them to know the truth, she still did not believe me. </span>Finally, after several minutesof me pleading with the woman and her yelling at me, the worker
told them to go wait in the car so they wouldn’t have to listen to me any
more.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> This encounter reminded me of a woman named Kathy, whom I met in the church nursery when my first daughter was a baby. I was 28 having my first baby and she was 42 having her "surprise" second baby. I kept thinking about them and thinking how sad it would have been for Meredith to not have been born just because Kathy thought she was too old. We cheapen life for everyone when we decide some aren't worthy.</span></span></div>
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<o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;">After they left, I introduced myself to the worker and asked
her name.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She told me her name is
Anita and that she is a registered nurse
who helps prepare the women for the abortions and cares for them
afterwards.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I spoke to Anita about what
goes on in the abortuary and told her that she knows she is killing babies,
which she agreed was true; <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>so I asked
why she doesn’t get another job.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> She didn't answer but told me </span>she doesn’t agree with abortion, which I find hard to believe since she
works there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I asked how many are there
because they use it as birth control and she confessed that it is a very high
percentage.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She mentioned several come
for three or more abortions, which she thinks is terrible and should be limited.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She never mentioned rape but mentioned fetal
anomalies for which local doctors refer the women to Marty for abortions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I told her how sad that makes me that they
would not give the child a chance at life but kill the child for “what could
be.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She said it is easier when the
babies are first trimester but that she has seen a couple late term and they
were hard on her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> <span data-reactid=".r[26kqy].[1][4][1]{comment10200232510437987_4751294}.[0].[right].[0].[left].[0].[0].[0][2].[0].[3].[0].[3]"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">I also asked her if women seem relieved after the procedure because they have taken care of what they think is the problem in their circumstances. She said yes, that for a lot of them that is the immediate reaction. I reminded her though of the many who suffer depression, suicide attempts and PTSD from abortion. I told her of women I know who still regret and lament their abortions 20, 30, and 40 years later. She agreed those are very real problems long term. We had quite a bit of time to talk until the other worker unlocked the door and let her in.</span></span></span>When I persisted that
she should find another job where she wasn’t involved in killing, she said that
she has been very troubled at night recently. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We continued to talk for quite a while until
another clinic worker came from inside the building and unlocked the door. I
heard her say to Anita, “Was she bothering you?”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Anita replied, “No, she is very nice.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>May God use me to show Anita the truth of His
word and may she turn to him in repentance and faith and leave the murder mill.<br /><br /><em><strong>“But if a wicked person turns away from all his sins that he has committed and keeps all my statutes and does what is just and right, he shall surely live; he shall not die. None of the transgressions that he has committed shall be remembered against him; for the righteousness that he has done he shall live. Have I any pleasure in the death of the wicked, declares the Lord <span class="sc">God</span>, and not rather that he should turn from his way and live?" ~</strong></em><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><strong> Ezekiel 18:21-23 ESV</strong> </span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Pastor Dale arrived around 9 am and Jillian and her two children around 9:30 am. There were nine women who entered the killing place today…6
black, 3 white.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Only one took
information from me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eight were in
before I left and one entered later, but Jillian said she did not take
information.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><br />
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There was a very pregnant woman who entered with her backpack and pillow.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She had to be late second trimester or early
third.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I pleaded with her and her
friend, but they wouldn’t even look at me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The friend kept coming in and out and we continued to plead with her
that she would be a real friend and save her friend and the baby from this
horror, but she wouldn’t listen at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><br />
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One lady pulled up in front of the door and started swearing and screaming at
Jillian and Pastor Dale.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She walked the
younger woman in and then came back swearing and shouting and telling us how we
were going to hell for judging. Through the expletives she told us she goes to church
every Sunday and she is forgiven and we are the ones in danger of hell.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She continued screaming at us for a while and
screamed all the way as she drove away.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>How many people who consider themselves Christian are in real danger of
hell themselves as they live with the idea that they can live however they want
on earth as long as they go to church or prayed some prayer?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Judge
not” is the mantra of those who love their sin and don’t want to be confronted
abut them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Do they not know that they are
being warned of the judgment and wrath to come for those who practice such
deeds of darkness as murder of the innocent? <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are so many tares among the wheat.<br />
<br />Finally, I see that God’s hand was in all of this.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Having to arrange cars, schedules, and cut my
time short was annoying to me; but I see that God allowed all those things to
get me there early to speak to those two women and, ultimately, to Anita.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Please
pray for Anita.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Pray that God would
continue to trouble her with the sin she is committing against those precious
babies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Pray that her eyes would be
opened to the little bodies being ripped apart and her heart softened to the
silent cries.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Pray that she would repent
and believe and leave that hellish place. Pray that, if God is willing, He
would use me to continue to speak his truths to Anita and, hopefully, see her
salvation.<br /><span class="note"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span></span></span></div>
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There are a couple weeks that I did not write about my experiences.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I couldn’t.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Life was too overwhelming.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I may
get back to it, or not; but on a good and happy note, Pastor Dale reported that
last week when I couldn’t be there that a woman who was about to abort looked
at his pictures of the aborted babies and said she couldn’t go through with
it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He found out she was going to have
twins.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She changed her mind and decided
to keep the babies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Two precious little
lives saved and a mother saved from a lifetime of pain and regret. Praise God!!!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><br />
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Thank you for your faithful prayers and support.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>May God get the glory. <br />
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Standing in the gap,<br />
Laura</span><br />
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<li class="first">Rescue the perishing, care for the dying,<br />Snatch them in pity from sin and the grave;<br />Weep o’er the erring one, lift up the fallen,<br />Tell them of Jesus, the mighty to save. <br />
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<li>Down in the human heart, crushed by the tempter,<br />Feelings lie buried that grace can restore;<br />Touched by a loving heart, wakened by kindness,<br />Chords that were broken will vibrate once more.</li>
<li>Rescue the perishing, duty demands it;<br />Strength for thy labor the Lord will provide;<br />Back to the narrow way patiently win them;<br />Tell the poor wand’rer a Savior has died.<br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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I arrived this morning shortly after 9am and began setting up. Today I was again holding the "I know 44 Families Ready to Adopt You Baby" sign. There were already two workers' cars in the parking lot. Shortly after, Pastor Dale arrived to set up his signs. <br />
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The first clients arrived within a few minutes. Pastor Dale told me to approach the woman. I approached her with the information and told her that she did not have to go in there. She took the information from me but went in anyway. :( Another car pulled in and the two women wouldn't speak to us or take information. Jillian and her children, Hannah and Mike arrived a few minutes later.<br />
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Two women approached us but would not speak to us or take any information. They seemed to be taking the whole thing very lightly and went in to the building while Jillian pleaded with them to change their minds.<br />
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A couple pulled up in front of the building. They sat in the car laughing for a bit. The woman got out and Jillian tried to talk with her and give her information but she wouldn't listen or take the information and walked in. The man drove away. As he did, Pastor Dale told him that real men protect women and children they don't lead them to destruction.<br />
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The two women who would not speak to us came back out. We tried to speak with them and give them the pre-abortion packet, but again they refused. The driver could not find her keys, so as they stood there while she fumbles through her purse, Jillian read scripture and developmental facts of the baby growing in the womb. Finally, she found her keys and they got in and drove away. They would come back later and again refuse to speak with us.<br />
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Jillian and Pastor Dale called out to two of the black workers as they were walking in and reminded them that abortion kills more blacks than anything else, that it is the ultimate black-on-black crime. One of the workers said, "Yes, I know but we kill white and hispanic babies as well." Jillian said, "So you know you are killing?" They continued in to the building.<br />
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Another woman came in and I asked her if she knew that they kill babies here? She said, "Yes. That's what I am here for." I pleaded with her not to go in, but she continued in. I continued to speak to her until I saw her get on the elevator. <br />
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One of the workers pulled in and a client with two others also pulled in shortly after. The three people who got out of the car started to walk towards us, but the abortion worker called to them to go in the back door with her. Jillian pleaded with them not to go in, and the abortion-minded mother said, "Are you going to care for this baby once I have it?" Jillian assured her she would or would help her find someone to adopt the baby if she would give the baby life. The woman turned her back and continued to go in. </div>
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<strong><em>"Rescue those who are being taken away to death; hold back those who are stumbling to the slaughter." </em>~Proverbs 24:11</strong><br />
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A young women pulled up with a man. The man remained in the car and I approached her with the pre-abortion packet as she walked up to the clinie. I asked her what she was here for. She said she had an unplanned pregnancy. I pointed to Hannah and her sign saying that "15 years ago she was an unplanned pregnancy," and explained about Jillian's situation at the time of being single, pregnant and homeless. She was very interested and kept looking at the two of them. I told her she didn't have to go through with it and asked how far along she was. She said, "Eight weeks." I showed her the information on fetal development at 8 weeks and explained that God already knows her baby in the womb. I asked her name and she told me, Keisha. I gave her information about the abortion procedure and the risks of abortion. I explained that there were other options such as adoption and that if she would not go in I would take her to Alternaterm where they would help her and she would not have to kill her baby. I asked her why she was getting the abortion. She said her boyfriend told her to have it. I explained that he was not able to tell her to kill her baby and asked his reasoning for insisting on the abortion. She said he already has kids of his own and doesn't want more, so I said, "So he tells you that you have to kill your baby?" I asked her if she wanted the abortion. She became agitated and again I told her she did not have to do it that I would take her to the pregnancy center. I asked her if she knew Jesus and she said, "Kind of." I began to share with her but she started towards the building. Pastor Dale gave me a brochure about the black genocide and I explained Margaret Sanger's racist ideas. I pleaded with her not to go in and explained that abortion was final and that adoption would give her the option of finding her child again some day, while abortion would mean she had killed her child and would never see him/her again. She looked thoughtfully at me, so I asked if she would at least take the information and look at it and please change her mind. She went in the building and I continued to speak to her through the door until she disappeared on to the elevator. I talked with her for 8-10 minutes and I really hoped and prayed she would take our offer of help and have mercy on her baby. We prayed for her and Jillian put on the microphone and amplifier and spoke scripture to her in front of the building. She put out a plea on Facebook for prayer. We hoped that she would come out. Jillian also spoke to the driver waiting for her in the car. She spoke scripture and reminded him that he was guilty of murder as well, just as the driver of a car in a bank robbery is also guilty of robbery. Keisha didn't come out by the time we left, but we continued to hope and pray and cry. Later we would learn from a family that arrived after we left that she did go through with the abortion. Please pray for Keisha that she will repent of her sins and believe in Jesus.</div>
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<strong><em><br /><br />"There are six things which the LORD hates, Yes, seven which are an abomination
to Him: Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, And hands that shed innocent blood, heart that devises wicked plans, Feet that run rapidly to evil, A false witness who utters lies, And one who spreads strife among brothers."</em></strong> <strong>~Proverbs 6:16-19</strong></div>
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Marty, the abortionist pulled in and, did his usually smug smile and giving us the finger. I called out to him, but he always pulls around back and hides from us and enters through the back door. I can't help but think how hard his heart must be and wonder if there is any hope for him, yet I know there is hope for the worst sinner who repents and believes. I have to remember Saul, who was a persecutor and murderer of Christians, and how he repented and believed and was redeemed to become the apostle Paul.<br />
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All in all there were eight women today who came to have their babies murdered, 6 black and 2 white. As I reflect on what happened, it is apparent that information is not the problem, it is hard hearts. I really thought Keisha may change her mind, but in the end, even with the offers of help, she had made up her mind to kill her child. It wasn't about lack of help or information, it was about a hard heart towards the things of God and towards her own child. Please pray for these women. God can soften their hearts and open their eyes to the reality of what they have done. We would pray they would come to repentance and forgiveness through the Lord Jesus Christ. <br />
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Pastor Dale mentioned that Marty's clinic in Toledo had been investigated and shut down recently and that Marty told him yesterday that he is selling this building. We don't know if that means he is going out of business or changing locations. We hope it is a "going out of business" sale. There were only 8 clients today, and while that is 8 too many, it is way less than his murder business used to have on a daily basis according to Pastor Dale who has been standing in front of this murder mill for 20 years. Please pray that his reign of terror is coming to an end. Unfortunately, there is another abortion mill only three buildings down from Marty's and is the busiest in the State. Please continue to pray with us that God would bring an end to these evils.<br />
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Standing in the gap,<br />
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Laura<br />
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Rescue the perishing, care for the dying,<br />
Snatch them in pity from sin and the grave;<br />
Weep o’er the erring one, lift up the fallen,<br />
Tell them of Jesus, the mighty to save. </div>
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Though they are slighting Him, still He is waiting,<br />
Waiting the penitent child to receive;<br />
Plead with them earnestly, plead with them gently;<br />
He will forgive if they only believe.</div>
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Down in the human heart, crushed by the tempter,<br />
Feelings lie buried that grace can restore;<br />
Touched by a loving heart, wakened by kindness,<br />
Chords that were broken will vibrate once more.</div>
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Rescue the perishing, duty demands it;<br />
Strength for thy labor the Lord will provide;<br />
Back to the narrow way patiently win them;<br />
Tell the poor wand’rer a Savior has died.<br />
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;"><em><strong>"Their feet run to evil, And they hasten to shed innocent blood; Their thoughts
are thoughts of iniquity, Devastation and destruction are in their highways." ~</strong></em> Isaiah 59:7</span></span></div>
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I haven’t been to this abortion mill in Akron for several weeks as I have been
focusing more on mills in my city; but today was planning to go to meet Vanessa
to get some items from her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When I
arrived no one was there so I got my ministry materials together and headed
across the street to the abortion mill.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><br />
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As I stood there, I wondered why God had me there today by myself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Michael, the security guard came out and
looked at what I was doing and tried to look intimidating.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There was nothing to fear as I am not breaking any laws and God is my
strength.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I prayed God would give me
peace and the words to say. <br />
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Loretta, a sweet, gentle older woman,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>showed up about a half hour later.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Judy, the abortion mill escort, arrived, put on her yellow vest and
walked up with Michael to see what Loretta and I were up to.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When she saw my sign that says, “I know 44
families ready to adopt your baby.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
are here to help.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She chortled, “OH
REALLY!!!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Well I know 144 families ready
to adopt!!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The only problem is families
only want blonde-haired, blue-eyed, white babies.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I told her that was not true as I know many
families who would love any child that came into their home and that I
personally have several friends who have adopted black, bi-racial, or special
needs children.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She cackled again and
said, “Oh, yeah, sure you do!”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I assured
her I was telling the truth but she continued to laugh and call me a liar.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: PMingLiU; mso-fareast-language: ZH-TW; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">I introduced myself to her and she told me that I
was a hateful bully.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I asked her how
she got that out of my sign that says, “I know families willing to adopt.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She said that I am bullying women, that I
will scream at people and act in hateful ways and block the driveway.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She obviously had some strange perception of
me as I had only been there twice before and had never done any of the things
she mentioned.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She also was just trying
to feel justified in abusing me as she said she had never seen me before.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><br />
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The first thing I asked her was why she was ok with killing babies in the
womb.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She said they weren’t killing
anything that there wasn’t anything there but a fetus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I asked her what a fetus is and she said, “Oh
for %&* sake, you know what’s in the womb, it’s a fetus, nothing more.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So I continued to probe her for what kind of
fetus it was, which species?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She
continued to tell me that it would be a baby once it was born but that when it
was a fetus it wasn’t a baby and wasn’t anything being killed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So I probed a bit further and asked her what
the fetus was before it was a fetus?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She
sighed and rolled her eyes and said, “There is nothing before a fetus!!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s always a fetus until birth; then it’s a
baby.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I explained to her that she was scientifically
incorrect, that “fetus” is only the terminology for a certain developmental
stage of a human being.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She said, “Ok,
if you’re so smart, what is it before it’s a fetus?”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It seemed like a losing battle at that
moment, so I informed her that science is very clear that there are stages
before fetus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She replied, “Oh, of
course, you’re so smart.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You KNOW
everything, Laura.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I assured her I
didn’t but that I understood the developmental stages of human beings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She began screaming obscenities at me and
telling me to “shut up.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She spoke to
Lauretta for a while about a different topic that Lauretta brought up… Agenda
21, and I was speaking to Michael and she said, “Can’t you ever shut up,
Laura?”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Hmm... guess my husband could
best answer that question. ;)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I informed
her I was speaking to Michael at that time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We talked some more and I explained what God says about murder and she
said, “Oh yeah, the bibldy babbldy bible…. It was written by men and not to be
believed.“<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I continued to share God’s
word with her and she continued to rage against it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I know it was the word of God not me she was
angry about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She told me I was
ridiculous and laughed and started to walk away.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: PMingLiU; mso-fareast-language: ZH-TW; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">By this time there were several pro-life people who had arrived and were
calling out to the women who were taking their children to slaughter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We were unable to hand out any information as
there is a long driveway that goes around the back of the building and that is
where all the clients enter and are “protected” from us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"><strong><em>“If you love those who love you, what benefit is that to you? For even sinners
love those who love them. And if you do good to those who do good to you, what benefit is that to you? For
even sinners do the same. But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return, and
your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, for he is kind
to the ungrateful and the evil. Be merciful, even as your Father is merciful."</em></strong> ~Luke 6:32-33, 35-37</span></div>
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Judy and Michael walked back towards us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I had been praying for Judy, as have Elaine and Rachelle for some time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We have been hoping for an open door to
really speak with her and for God to soften her heart.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is so easy to look at Judy and want to
hate her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is helping women kill
their babies, giving wrong medical information seemingly on purpose and
screaming obscenities at me and calling me a hateful bully; but all I could
think when I looked at her was that I was sorry for her for being so blind and
deceived.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I felt God impressing me to just listen to her
and see if I could get past the hard exterior.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: PMingLiU; mso-fareast-language: ZH-TW; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>As she walked towards the front of the building I asked her if she would
come over and talk to me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She rolled her
eyes, sighed and asked what I wanted.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
told her that I stood by what I said earlier but that if I had been been rude
to her personally, that I would ask her forgiveness.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Her eyes narrowed and she looked me up and
down and said, “Of course I forgive you.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I then asked her what she would like me to know about her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She said, “Nothing,” but then proceeded to
tell us that she was brought up in Catholic school and the Catholic
church.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She said a lot of interesting things that gave
me insight into who she is.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I also had a
chill run down my spine when she told me that a lot of the women (blacks) that she
counsels do not even know the names of their body parts or how they became
pregnant.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She said they already have ten
kids from ten different men and do we really want people like this
reproducing?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That took me right back to
Margaret Sanger and her thoughts on blacks, mentally ill, Jews, and assorted
other “undesirables” that she did not want reproducing and being a drain on
society.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She tried to say that she
works at the clinic to help women, because so often they are trapped by
irresponsible men who get them pregnant and walk out on them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I almost believe she is sincere in thinking
that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I just wish she would realize the evil
of killing a child is not the solution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>While we were discussing that, I mentioned that if people did things God’s
way and had respect for themselves and God’s laws and waited until marriage to
have sex there wouldn’t be as much need to cover up the sin of fornication with
the sin of murder.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She actually said she
supports abstinence as well as birth control.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Judy mentioned that she had been physically attacked by a pro-life woman
who happened to be there that day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I do
not know if that is true or not, but I told her if I saw her get attacked I
would have stepped in to stop that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Her
response was, “I may be 70 but I can take care of myself.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I told her no matter, I would have stepped
in to defend her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Judy and I talked at
length.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She said so much more but it
would take pages to recount the whole conversation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Please pray for Judy and pray that God will
draw her to Himself. <br />
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There were several women who went in to have their babies murdered today, but
unfortunately, as I mentioned earlier, we were unable to get any pre-abortion
packets to them because of the distance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Please pray for those women.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>God will
still redeem them if they repent and believe.<br /><br />Standing in the gap,<br /><br />Laura</span></div>
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Rescue the perishing, care for the dying,<br />
Snatch them in pity from sin and the grave;<br />
Weep o’er the erring one, lift up the fallen,<br />
Tell them of Jesus, the mighty to save. </div>
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<span class="refrain">Refrain:</span><br />
Rescue the perishing, care for the dying,<br />
Jesus is merciful, Jesus will save.</div>
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Though they are slighting Him, still He is waiting,<br />
Waiting the penitent child to receive;<br />
Plead with them earnestly, plead with them gently;<br />
He will forgive if they only believe.<br />
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Down in the human heart, crushed by the tempter,<br />
Feelings lie buried that grace can restore;<br />
Touched by a loving heart, wakened by kindness,<br />
Chords that were broken will vibrate once more.<br />
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Rescue the perishing, duty demands it;<br />
Strength for thy labor the Lord will provide;<br />
Back to the narrow way patiently win them;<br />
Tell the poor wand’rer a Savior has died.<br />
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<span class="refrain">Refrain:</span><br />
Rescue the perishing, care for the dying,<br />
Jesus is merciful, Jesus will save.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00600777839164462836noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3482741093553349712.post-44981958122015621522013-07-05T20:02:00.000-07:002016-08-20T11:01:55.159-07:00How Can We Not Care?<br />
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data-reactid=".r[5agec].[1]{comment531671093565576_1812541}.[2:0].[5:0:right].[4:1].[5:0:left].[2:1].[2:0].[2:0:2].[3:0].[4:3].[3:1].[4:0:0]" /><br data-reactid=".r[5agec].[1]{comment531671093565576_1812541}.[2:0].[5:0:right].[4:1].[5:0:left].[2:1].[2:0].[2:0:2].[3:0].[4:3].[3:1].[4:0:1]" /><span data-reactid=".r[5agec].[1]{comment531671093565576_1812541}.[2:0].[5:0:right].[4:1].[5:0:left].[2:1].[2:0].[2:0:2].[3:0].[4:3].[3:1].[4:0:2]">and we dare not say a peep.</span><br data-reactid=".r[5agec].[1]{comment531671093565576_1812541}.[2:0].[5:0:right].[4:1].[5:0:left].[2:1].[2:0].[2:0:2].[3:0].[4:3].[3:1].[4:0:3]" /><br data-reactid=".r[5agec].[1]{comment531671093565576_1812541}.[2:0].[5:0:right].[4:1].[5:0:left].[2:1].[2:0].[2:0:2].[3:0].[4:3].[3:1].[4:0:4]" /><span data-reactid=".r[5agec].[1]{comment531671093565576_1812541}.[2:0].[5:0:right].[4:1].[5:0:left].[2:1].[2:0].[2:0:2].[3:0].[4:3].[3:1].[4:0:5]">I might offend someone,</span><br data-reactid=".r[5agec].[1]{comment531671093565576_1812541}.[2:0].[5:0:right].[4:1].[5:0:left].[2:1].[2:0].[2:0:2].[3:0].[4:3].[3:1].[4:0:6]" /><br data-reactid=".r[5agec].[1]{comment531671093565576_1812541}.[2:0].[5:0:right].[4:1].[5:0:left].[2:1].[2:0].[2:0:2].[3:0].[4:3].[3:1].[4:0:7]" /><span data-reactid=".r[5agec].[1]{comment531671093565576_1812541}.[2:0].[5:0:right].[4:1].[5:0:left].[2:1].[2:0].[2:0:2].[3:0].[4:3].[3:1].[4:0:8]">and I cannot speak on political things.</span><br data-reactid=".r[5agec].[1]{comment531671093565576_1812541}.[2:0].[5:0:right].[4:1].[5:0:left].[2:1].[2:0].[2:0:2].[3:0].[4:3].[3:1].[4:0:9]" /><br data-reactid=".r[5agec].[1]{comment531671093565576_1812541}.[2:0].[5:0:right].[4:1].[5:0:left].[2:1].[2:0].[2:0:2].[3:0].[4:3].[3:1].[4:0:10]" /><span data-reactid=".r[5agec].[1]{comment531671093565576_1812541}.[2:0].[5:0:right].[4:1].[5:0:left].[2:1].[2:0].[2:0:2].[3:0].[4:3].[3:1].[4:0:11]">But I ask you here and now,</span><br data-reactid=".r[5agec].[1]{comment531671093565576_1812541}.[2:0].[5:0:right].[4:1].[5:0:left].[2:1].[2:0].[2:0:2].[3:0].[4:3].[3:1].[4:0:12]" /><br data-reactid=".r[5agec].[1]{comment531671093565576_1812541}.[2:0].[5:0:right].[4:1].[5:0:left].[2:1].[2:0].[2:0:2].[3:0].[4:3].[3:1].[4:0:13]" /><span data-reactid=".r[5agec].[1]{comment531671093565576_1812541}.[2:0].[5:0:right].[4:1].[5:0:left].[2:1].[2:0].[2:0:2].[3:0].[4:3].[3:1].[4:0:14]">If Jesus were here would he be silent?</span><br data-reactid=".r[5agec].[1]{comment531671093565576_1812541}.[2:0].[5:0:right].[4:1].[5:0:left].[2:1].[2:0].[2:0:2].[3:0].[4:3].[3:1].[4:0:15]" /><br data-reactid=".r[5agec].[1]{comment531671093565576_1812541}.[2:0].[5:0:right].[4:1].[5:0:left].[2:1].[2:0].[2:0:2].[3:0].[4:3].[3:1].[4:0:16]" /><span data-reactid=".r[5agec].[1]{comment531671093565576_1812541}.[2:0].[5:0:right].[4:1].[5:0:left].[2:1].[2:0].[2:0:2].[3:0].[4:3].[3:1].[4:0:17]">Would HE not say a Word?</span><br data-reactid=".r[5agec].[1]{comment531671093565576_1812541}.[2:0].[5:0:right].[4:1].[5:0:left].[2:1].[2:0].[2:0:2].[3:0].[4:3].[3:1].[4:0:18]" /><br data-reactid=".r[5agec].[1]{comment531671093565576_1812541}.[2:0].[5:0:right].[4:1].[5:0:left].[2:1].[2:0].[2:0:2].[3:0].[4:3].[3:1].[4:0:19]" /><span data-reactid=".r[5agec].[1]{comment531671093565576_1812541}.[2:0].[5:0:right].[4:1].[5:0:left].[2:1].[2:0].[2:0:2].[3:0].[4:3].[3:1].[4:0:20]">Babies' blood is on our hands, O, Church.</span><br data-reactid=".r[5agec].[1]{comment531671093565576_1812541}.[2:0].[5:0:right].[4:1].[5:0:left].[2:1].[2:0].[2:0:2].[3:0].[4:3].[3:1].[4:0:21]" /><br data-reactid=".r[5agec].[1]{comment531671093565576_1812541}.[2:0].[5:0:right].[4:1].[5:0:left].[2:1].[2:0].[2:0:2].[3:0].[4:3].[3:1].[4:0:22]" /><span data-reactid=".r[5agec].[1]{comment531671093565576_1812541}.[2:0].[5:0:right].[4:1].[5:0:left].[2:1].[2:0].[2:0:2].[3:0].[4:3].[3:1].[4:0:23]">You close your eyes, and sing your songs,</span><br data-reactid=".r[5agec].[1]{comment531671093565576_1812541}.[2:0].[5:0:right].[4:1].[5:0:left].[2:1].[2:0].[2:0:2].[3:0].[4:3].[3:1].[4:0:24]" /><br data-reactid=".r[5agec].[1]{comment531671093565576_1812541}.[2:0].[5:0:right].[4:1].[5:0:left].[2:1].[2:0].[2:0:2].[3:0].[4:3].[3:1].[4:0:25]" /><span data-reactid=".r[5agec].[1]{comment531671093565576_1812541}.[2:0].[5:0:right].[4:1].[5:0:left].[2:1].[2:0].[2:0:2].[3:0].[4:3].[3:1].[4:0:26]">How cold and hardened is your heart,</span><br data-reactid=".r[5agec].[1]{comment531671093565576_1812541}.[2:0].[5:0:right].[4:1].[5:0:left].[2:1].[2:0].[2:0:2].[3:0].[4:3].[3:1].[4:0:27]" /><br data-reactid=".r[5agec].[1]{comment531671093565576_1812541}.[2:0].[5:0:right].[4:1].[5:0:left].[2:1].[2:0].[2:0:2].[3:0].[4:3].[3:1].[4:0:28]" /><span data-reactid=".r[5agec].[1]{comment531671093565576_1812541}.[2:0].[5:0:right].[4:1].[5:0:left].[2:1].[2:0].[2:0:2].[3:0].[4:3].[3:1].[4:0:29]">that you cannot speak a word?</span><br data-reactid=".r[5agec].[1]{comment531671093565576_1812541}.[2:0].[5:0:right].[4:1].[5:0:left].[2:1].[2:0].[2:0:2].[3:0].[4:3].[3:1].[4:0:30]" /><br data-reactid=".r[5agec].[1]{comment531671093565576_1812541}.[2:0].[5:0:right].[4:1].[5:0:left].[2:1].[2:0].[2:0:2].[3:0].[4:3].[3:1].[4:0:31]" /><span data-reactid=".r[5agec].[1]{comment531671093565576_1812541}.[2:0].[5:0:right].[4:1].[5:0:left].[2:1].[2:0].[2:0:2].[3:0].[4:3].[3:1].[4:0:32]">You speak on non-essential things,</span><br data-reactid=".r[5agec].[1]{comment531671093565576_1812541}.[2:0].[5:0:right].[4:1].[5:0:left].[2:1].[2:0].[2:0:2].[3:0].[4:3].[3:1].[4:0:33]" /><br data-reactid=".r[5agec].[1]{comment531671093565576_1812541}.[2:0].[5:0:right].[4:1].[5:0:left].[2:1].[2:0].[2:0:2].[3:0].[4:3].[3:1].[4:0:34]" /><span data-reactid=".r[5agec].[1]{comment531671093565576_1812541}.[2:0].[5:0:right].[4:1].[5:0:left].[2:1].[2:0].[2:0:2].[3:0].[4:3].[3:1].[4:0:35]">like purses, shoes and clothes.</span><br data-reactid=".r[5agec].[1]{comment531671093565576_1812541}.[2:0].[5:0:right].[4:1].[5:0:left].[2:1].[2:0].[2:0:2].[3:0].[4:3].[3:1].[4:0:36]" /><br data-reactid=".r[5agec].[1]{comment531671093565576_1812541}.[2:0].[5:0:right].[4:1].[5:0:left].[2:1].[2:0].[2:0:2].[3:0].[4:3].[3:1].[4:0:37]" /><span data-reactid=".r[5agec].[1]{comment531671093565576_1812541}.[2:0].[5:0:right].[4:1].[5:0:left].[2:1].[2:0].[2:0:2].[3:0].[4:3].[3:1].[4:0:38]">These material things they have you heart and mind,</span><br data-reactid=".r[5agec].[1]{comment531671093565576_1812541}.[2:0].[5:0:right].[4:1].[5:0:left].[2:1].[2:0].[2:0:2].[3:0].[4:3].[3:1].[4:0:39]" /><br data-reactid=".r[5agec].[1]{comment531671093565576_1812541}.[2:0].[5:0:right].[4:1].[5:0:left].[2:1].[2:0].[2:0:2].[3:0].[4:3].[3:1].[4:0:40]" /><span data-reactid=".r[5agec].[1]{comment531671093565576_1812541}.[2:0].[5:0:right].[4:1].[5:0:left].[2:1].[2:0].[2:0:2].[3:0].[4:3].[3:1].[4:0:41]">yet you will not give our children one precious dime of time.</span><br data-reactid=".r[5agec].[1]{comment531671093565576_1812541}.[2:0].[5:0:right].[4:1].[5:0:left].[2:1].[2:0].[2:0:2].[3:0].[4:3].[3:1].[4:0:42]" /><br data-reactid=".r[5agec].[1]{comment531671093565576_1812541}.[2:0].[5:0:right].[4:1].[5:0:left].[2:1].[2:0].[2:0:2].[3:0].[4:3].[3:1].[4:0:43]" /><span data-reactid=".r[5agec].[1]{comment531671093565576_1812541}.[2:0].[5:0:right].[4:1].[5:0:left].[2:1].[2:0].[2:0:2].[3:0].[4:3].[3:1].[4:0:44]">You care about your children,</span><br data-reactid=".r[5agec].[1]{comment531671093565576_1812541}.[2:0].[5:0:right].[4:1].[5:0:left].[2:1].[2:0].[2:0:2].[3:0].[4:3].[3:1].[4:0:45]" /><br data-reactid=".r[5agec].[1]{comment531671093565576_1812541}.[2:0].[5:0:right].[4:1].[5:0:left].[2:1].[2:0].[2:0:2].[3:0].[4:3].[3:1].[4:0:46]" /><span data-reactid=".r[5agec].[1]{comment531671093565576_1812541}.[2:0].[5:0:right].[4:1].[5:0:left].[2:1].[2:0].[2:0:2].[3:0].[4:3].[3:1].[4:0:47]">and "happy little things,"</span><br data-reactid=".r[5agec].[1]{comment531671093565576_1812541}.[2:0].[5:0:right].[4:1].[5:0:left].[2:1].[2:0].[2:0:2].[3:0].[4:3].[3:1].[4:0:48]" /><br data-reactid=".r[5agec].[1]{comment531671093565576_1812541}.[2:0].[5:0:right].[4:1].[5:0:left].[2:1].[2:0].[2:0:2].[3:0].[4:3].[3:1].[4:0:49]" /><span data-reactid=".r[5agec].[1]{comment531671093565576_1812541}.[2:0].[5:0:right].[4:1].[5:0:left].[2:1].[2:0].[2:0:2].[3:0].[4:3].[3:1].[4:0:50]">I really have to wonder how many children have to die,</span><br data-reactid=".r[5agec].[1]{comment531671093565576_1812541}.[2:0].[5:0:right].[4:1].[5:0:left].[2:1].[2:0].[2:0:2].[3:0].[4:3].[3:1].[4:0:51]" /><br data-reactid=".r[5agec].[1]{comment531671093565576_1812541}.[2:0].[5:0:right].[4:1].[5:0:left].[2:1].[2:0].[2:0:2].[3:0].[4:3].[3:1].[4:0:52]" /><span data-reactid=".r[5agec].[1]{comment531671093565576_1812541}.[2:0].[5:0:right].[4:1].[5:0:left].[2:1].[2:0].[2:0:2].[3:0].[4:3].[3:1].[4:0:53]">before the Church of Christ will rise.</span><br data-reactid=".r[5agec].[1]{comment531671093565576_1812541}.[2:0].[5:0:right].[4:1].[5:0:left].[2:1].[2:0].[2:0:2].[3:0].[4:3].[3:1].[4:0:54]" /><br data-reactid=".r[5agec].[1]{comment531671093565576_1812541}.[2:0].[5:0:right].[4:1].[5:0:left].[2:1].[2:0].[2:0:2].[3:0].[4:3].[3:1].[4:0:55]" /><span data-reactid=".r[5agec].[1]{comment531671093565576_1812541}.[2:0].[5:0:right].[4:1].[5:0:left].[2:1].[2:0].[2:0:2].[3:0].[4:3].[3:1].[4:0:56]">If a massacre went on,</span><br data-reactid=".r[5agec].[1]{comment531671093565576_1812541}.[2:0].[5:0:right].[4:1].[5:0:left].[2:1].[2:0].[2:0:2].[3:0].[4:3].[3:1].[4:0:57]" /><br data-reactid=".r[5agec].[1]{comment531671093565576_1812541}.[2:0].[5:0:right].[4:1].[5:0:left].[2:1].[2:0].[2:0:2].[3:0].[4:3].[3:1].[4:0:58]" /><span data-reactid=".r[5agec].[1]{comment531671093565576_1812541}.[2:0].[5:0:right].[4:1].[5:0:left].[2:1].[2:0].[2:0:2].[3:0].[4:3].[3:1].[4:0:59]">would you still sing your happy songs,</span><br data-reactid=".r[5agec].[1]{comment531671093565576_1812541}.[2:0].[5:0:right].[4:1].[5:0:left].[2:1].[2:0].[2:0:2].[3:0].[4:3].[3:1].[4:0:60]" /><br data-reactid=".r[5agec].[1]{comment531671093565576_1812541}.[2:0].[5:0:right].[4:1].[5:0:left].[2:1].[2:0].[2:0:2].[3:0].[4:3].[3:1].[4:0:61]" /><span data-reactid=".r[5agec].[1]{comment531671093565576_1812541}.[2:0].[5:0:right].[4:1].[5:0:left].[2:1].[2:0].[2:0:2].[3:0].[4:3].[3:1].[4:0:62]">if babies were aborted right BEFORE your eyes?</span><br data-reactid=".r[5agec].[1]{comment531671093565576_1812541}.[2:0].[5:0:right].[4:1].[5:0:left].[2:1].[2:0].[2:0:2].[3:0].[4:3].[3:1].[4:0:63]" /><br data-reactid=".r[5agec].[1]{comment531671093565576_1812541}.[2:0].[5:0:right].[4:1].[5:0:left].[2:1].[2:0].[2:0:2].[3:0].[4:3].[3:1].[4:0:64]" /><span data-reactid=".r[5agec].[1]{comment531671093565576_1812541}.[2:0].[5:0:right].[4:1].[5:0:left].[2:1].[2:0].[2:0:2].[3:0].[4:3].[3:1].[4:0:65]">Well, Christian, abortion goes on behind closed doors,</span><br data-reactid=".r[5agec].[1]{comment531671093565576_1812541}.[2:0].[5:0:right].[4:1].[5:0:left].[2:1].[2:0].[2:0:2].[3:0].[4:3].[3:1].[4:0:66]" /><br data-reactid=".r[5agec].[1]{comment531671093565576_1812541}.[2:0].[5:0:right].[4:1].[5:0:left].[2:1].[2:0].[2:0:2].[3:0].[4:3].[3:1].[4:0:67]" /><span data-reactid=".r[5agec].[1]{comment531671093565576_1812541}.[2:0].[5:0:right].[4:1].[5:0:left].[2:1].[2:0].[2:0:2].[3:0].[4:3].[3:1].[4:0:68]">but what excuse is that?</span><br data-reactid=".r[5agec].[1]{comment531671093565576_1812541}.[2:0].[5:0:right].[4:1].[5:0:left].[2:1].[2:0].[2:0:2].[3:0].[4:3].[3:1].[4:0:69]" /><br data-reactid=".r[5agec].[1]{comment531671093565576_1812541}.[2:0].[5:0:right].[4:1].[5:0:left].[2:1].[2:0].[2:0:2].[3:0].[4:3].[3:1].[4:0:70]" /><span data-reactid=".r[5agec].[1]{comment531671093565576_1812541}.[2:0].[5:0:right].[4:1].[5:0:left].[2:1].[2:0].[2:0:2].[3:0].[4:3].[3:1].[4:0:71]">When you stand before the Lord one day,</span><br data-reactid=".r[5agec].[1]{comment531671093565576_1812541}.[2:0].[5:0:right].[4:1].[5:0:left].[2:1].[2:0].[2:0:2].[3:0].[4:3].[3:1].[4:0:72]" /><br data-reactid=".r[5agec].[1]{comment531671093565576_1812541}.[2:0].[5:0:right].[4:1].[5:0:left].[2:1].[2:0].[2:0:2].[3:0].[4:3].[3:1].[4:0:73]" /><span data-reactid=".r[5agec].[1]{comment531671093565576_1812541}.[2:0].[5:0:right].[4:1].[5:0:left].[2:1].[2:0].[2:0:2].[3:0].[4:3].[3:1].[4:0:74]">will he say, "well that is that"?</span><br data-reactid=".r[5agec].[1]{comment531671093565576_1812541}.[2:0].[5:0:right].[4:1].[5:0:left].[2:1].[2:0].[2:0:2].[3:0].[4:3].[3:1].[4:0:75]" /><br data-reactid=".r[5agec].[1]{comment531671093565576_1812541}.[2:0].[5:0:right].[4:1].[5:0:left].[2:1].[2:0].[2:0:2].[3:0].[4:3].[3:1].[4:0:76]" /><span data-reactid=".r[5agec].[1]{comment531671093565576_1812541}.[2:0].[5:0:right].[4:1].[5:0:left].[2:1].[2:0].[2:0:2].[3:0].[4:3].[3:1].[4:0:77]">We spend our mind, on unimportant things,</span><br data-reactid=".r[5agec].[1]{comment531671093565576_1812541}.[2:0].[5:0:right].[4:1].[5:0:left].[2:1].[2:0].[2:0:2].[3:0].[4:3].[3:1].[4:0:78]" /><br data-reactid=".r[5agec].[1]{comment531671093565576_1812541}.[2:0].[5:0:right].[4:1].[5:0:left].[2:1].[2:0].[2:0:2].[3:0].[4:3].[3:1].[4:0:79]" /><span data-reactid=".r[5agec].[1]{comment531671093565576_1812541}.[2:0].[5:0:right].[4:1].[5:0:left].[2:1].[2:0].[2:0:2].[3:0].[4:3].[3:1].[4:0:80]">material things that rot;</span><br data-reactid=".r[5agec].[1]{comment531671093565576_1812541}.[2:0].[5:0:right].[4:1].[5:0:left].[2:1].[2:0].[2:0:2].[3:0].[4:3].[3:1].[4:0:81]" /><br data-reactid=".r[5agec].[1]{comment531671093565576_1812541}.[2:0].[5:0:right].[4:1].[5:0:left].[2:1].[2:0].[2:0:2].[3:0].[4:3].[3:1].[4:0:82]" /><span data-reactid=".r[5agec].[1]{comment531671093565576_1812541}.[2:0].[5:0:right].[4:1].[5:0:left].[2:1].[2:0].[2:0:2].[3:0].[4:3].[3:1].[4:0:83]">while a massacre continues on,</span><br data-reactid=".r[5agec].[1]{comment531671093565576_1812541}.[2:0].[5:0:right].[4:1].[5:0:left].[2:1].[2:0].[2:0:2].[3:0].[4:3].[3:1].[4:0:84]" /><br data-reactid=".r[5agec].[1]{comment531671093565576_1812541}.[2:0].[5:0:right].[4:1].[5:0:left].[2:1].[2:0].[2:0:2].[3:0].[4:3].[3:1].[4:0:85]" /><span data-reactid=".r[5agec].[1]{comment531671093565576_1812541}.[2:0].[5:0:right].[4:1].[5:0:left].[2:1].[2:0].[2:0:2].[3:0].[4:3].[3:1].[4:0:86]">two children a minute that's what.</span><br data-reactid=".r[5agec].[1]{comment531671093565576_1812541}.[2:0].[5:0:right].[4:1].[5:0:left].[2:1].[2:0].[2:0:2].[3:0].[4:3].[3:1].[4:0:87]" /><br data-reactid=".r[5agec].[1]{comment531671093565576_1812541}.[2:0].[5:0:right].[4:1].[5:0:left].[2:1].[2:0].[2:0:2].[3:0].[4:3].[3:1].[4:0:88]" /><span data-reactid=".r[5agec].[1]{comment531671093565576_1812541}.[2:0].[5:0:right].[4:1].[5:0:left].[2:1].[2:0].[2:0:2].[3:0].[4:3].[3:1].[4:0:89]">Would Jesus approve of this, O Church?</span><br data-reactid=".r[5agec].[1]{comment531671093565576_1812541}.[2:0].[5:0:right].[4:1].[5:0:left].[2:1].[2:0].[2:0:2].[3:0].[4:3].[3:1].[4:0:90]" /><br data-reactid=".r[5agec].[1]{comment531671093565576_1812541}.[2:0].[5:0:right].[4:1].[5:0:left].[2:1].[2:0].[2:0:2].[3:0].[4:3].[3:1].[4:0:91]" /><span data-reactid=".r[5agec].[1]{comment531671093565576_1812541}.[2:0].[5:0:right].[4:1].[5:0:left].[2:1].[2:0].[2:0:2].[3:0].[4:3].[3:1].[4:0:92]">A man was at the side of the road,</span><br data-reactid=".r[5agec].[1]{comment531671093565576_1812541}.[2:0].[5:0:right].[4:1].[5:0:left].[2:1].[2:0].[2:0:2].[3:0].[4:3].[3:1].[4:0:93]" /><br data-reactid=".r[5agec].[1]{comment531671093565576_1812541}.[2:0].[5:0:right].[4:1].[5:0:left].[2:1].[2:0].[2:0:2].[3:0].[4:3].[3:1].[4:0:94]" /><span data-reactid=".r[5agec].[1]{comment531671093565576_1812541}.[2:0].[5:0:right].[4:1].[5:0:left].[2:1].[2:0].[2:0:2].[3:0].[4:3].[3:1].[4:0:95]">badly beaten and robbed,</span><br data-reactid=".r[5agec].[1]{comment531671093565576_1812541}.[2:0].[5:0:right].[4:1].[5:0:left].[2:1].[2:0].[2:0:2].[3:0].[4:3].[3:1].[4:0:96]" /><br data-reactid=".r[5agec].[1]{comment531671093565576_1812541}.[2:0].[5:0:right].[4:1].[5:0:left].[2:1].[2:0].[2:0:2].[3:0].[4:3].[3:1].[4:0:97]" /><span data-reactid=".r[5agec].[1]{comment531671093565576_1812541}.[2:0].[5:0:right].[4:1].[5:0:left].[2:1].[2:0].[2:0:2].[3:0].[4:3].[3:1].[4:0:98]">Two men passed him by that day,</span><br data-reactid=".r[5agec].[1]{comment531671093565576_1812541}.[2:0].[5:0:right].[4:1].[5:0:left].[2:1].[2:0].[2:0:2].[3:0].[4:3].[3:1].[4:0:99]" /><br data-reactid=".r[5agec].[1]{comment531671093565576_1812541}.[2:0].[5:0:right].[4:1].[5:0:left].[2:1].[2:0].[2:0:2].[3:0].[4:3].[3:1].[4:0:100]" /><span data-reactid=".r[5agec].[1]{comment531671093565576_1812541}.[2:0].[5:0:right].[4:1].[5:0:left].[2:1].[2:0].[2:0:2].[3:0].[4:3].[3:1].[4:0:101]">but finally one man stopped.</span><br data-reactid=".r[5agec].[1]{comment531671093565576_1812541}.[2:0].[5:0:right].[4:1].[5:0:left].[2:1].[2:0].[2:0:2].[3:0].[4:3].[3:1].[4:0:102]" /><br data-reactid=".r[5agec].[1]{comment531671093565576_1812541}.[2:0].[5:0:right].[4:1].[5:0:left].[2:1].[2:0].[2:0:2].[3:0].[4:3].[3:1].[4:0:103]" /><span data-reactid=".r[5agec].[1]{comment531671093565576_1812541}.[2:0].[5:0:right].[4:1].[5:0:left].[2:1].[2:0].[2:0:2].[3:0].[4:3].[3:1].[4:0:104]">We call this man the "Good Samaritan"</span><br data-reactid=".r[5agec].[1]{comment531671093565576_1812541}.[2:0].[5:0:right].[4:1].[5:0:left].[2:1].[2:0].[2:0:2].[3:0].[4:3].[3:1].[4:0:105]" /><br data-reactid=".r[5agec].[1]{comment531671093565576_1812541}.[2:0].[5:0:right].[4:1].[5:0:left].[2:1].[2:0].[2:0:2].[3:0].[4:3].[3:1].[4:0:106]" /><span data-reactid=".r[5agec].[1]{comment531671093565576_1812541}.[2:0].[5:0:right].[4:1].[5:0:left].[2:1].[2:0].[2:0:2].[3:0].[4:3].[3:1].[4:0:107]">and admire him a lot.</span><br data-reactid=".r[5agec].[1]{comment531671093565576_1812541}.[2:0].[5:0:right].[4:1].[5:0:left].[2:1].[2:0].[2:0:2].[3:0].[4:3].[3:1].[4:0:108]" /><br data-reactid=".r[5agec].[1]{comment531671093565576_1812541}.[2:0].[5:0:right].[4:1].[5:0:left].[2:1].[2:0].[2:0:2].[3:0].[4:3].[3:1].[4:0:109]" /><span data-reactid=".r[5agec].[1]{comment531671093565576_1812541}.[2:0].[5:0:right].[4:1].[5:0:left].[2:1].[2:0].[2:0:2].[3:0].[4:3].[3:1].[4:0:110]">This man had pitty on that poor, poor man,</span><br data-reactid=".r[5agec].[1]{comment531671093565576_1812541}.[2:0].[5:0:right].[4:1].[5:0:left].[2:1].[2:0].[2:0:2].[3:0].[4:3].[3:1].[4:0:111]" /><br data-reactid=".r[5agec].[1]{comment531671093565576_1812541}.[2:0].[5:0:right].[4:1].[5:0:left].[2:1].[2:0].[2:0:2].[3:0].[4:3].[3:1].[4:0:112]" /><span data-reactid=".r[5agec].[1]{comment531671093565576_1812541}.[2:0].[5:0:right].[4:1].[5:0:left].[2:1].[2:0].[2:0:2].[3:0].[4:3].[3:1].[4:0:113]">and acted like a Christian you know?</span><br data-reactid=".r[5agec].[1]{comment531671093565576_1812541}.[2:0].[5:0:right].[4:1].[5:0:left].[2:1].[2:0].[2:0:2].[3:0].[4:3].[3:1].[4:0:114]" /><br data-reactid=".r[5agec].[1]{comment531671093565576_1812541}.[2:0].[5:0:right].[4:1].[5:0:left].[2:1].[2:0].[2:0:2].[3:0].[4:3].[3:1].[4:0:115]" /><span data-reactid=".r[5agec].[1]{comment531671093565576_1812541}.[2:0].[5:0:right].[4:1].[5:0:left].[2:1].[2:0].[2:0:2].[3:0].[4:3].[3:1].[4:0:116]">What more can one person say?</span><br data-reactid=".r[5agec].[1]{comment531671093565576_1812541}.[2:0].[5:0:right].[4:1].[5:0:left].[2:1].[2:0].[2:0:2].[3:0].[4:3].[3:1].[4:0:117]" /><br data-reactid=".r[5agec].[1]{comment531671093565576_1812541}.[2:0].[5:0:right].[4:1].[5:0:left].[2:1].[2:0].[2:0:2].[3:0].[4:3].[3:1].[4:0:118]" /><span data-reactid=".r[5agec].[1]{comment531671093565576_1812541}.[2:0].[5:0:right].[4:1].[5:0:left].[2:1].[2:0].[2:0:2].[3:0].[4:3].[3:1].[4:0:119]">What good are we, O Church of God,</span><br data-reactid=".r[5agec].[1]{comment531671093565576_1812541}.[2:0].[5:0:right].[4:1].[5:0:left].[2:1].[2:0].[2:0:2].[3:0].[4:3].[3:1].[4:0:120]" /><br data-reactid=".r[5agec].[1]{comment531671093565576_1812541}.[2:0].[5:0:right].[4:1].[5:0:left].[2:1].[2:0].[2:0:2].[3:0].[4:3].[3:1].[4:0:121]" /><span data-reactid=".r[5agec].[1]{comment531671093565576_1812541}.[2:0].[5:0:right].[4:1].[5:0:left].[2:1].[2:0].[2:0:2].[3:0].[4:3].[3:1].[4:0:122]">if we claim the name of Christ,</span><br data-reactid=".r[5agec].[1]{comment531671093565576_1812541}.[2:0].[5:0:right].[4:1].[5:0:left].[2:1].[2:0].[2:0:2].[3:0].[4:3].[3:1].[4:0:123]" /><br data-reactid=".r[5agec].[1]{comment531671093565576_1812541}.[2:0].[5:0:right].[4:1].[5:0:left].[2:1].[2:0].[2:0:2].[3:0].[4:3].[3:1].[4:0:124]" /><span data-reactid=".r[5agec].[1]{comment531671093565576_1812541}.[2:0].[5:0:right].[4:1].[5:0:left].[2:1].[2:0].[2:0:2].[3:0].[4:3].[3:1].[4:0:125]">and do NOT the things He said?</span><br data-reactid=".r[5agec].[1]{comment531671093565576_1812541}.[2:0].[5:0:right].[4:1].[5:0:left].[2:1].[2:0].[2:0:2].[3:0].[4:3].[3:1].[4:0:126]" /><br data-reactid=".r[5agec].[1]{comment531671093565576_1812541}.[2:0].[5:0:right].[4:1].[5:0:left].[2:1].[2:0].[2:0:2].[3:0].[4:3].[3:1].[4:0:127]" /><span data-reactid=".r[5agec].[1]{comment531671093565576_1812541}.[2:0].[5:0:right].[4:1].[5:0:left].[2:1].[2:0].[2:0:2].[3:0].[4:3].[3:1].[4:0:128]">What good are those,</span><br data-reactid=".r[5agec].[1]{comment531671093565576_1812541}.[2:0].[5:0:right].[4:1].[5:0:left].[2:1].[2:0].[2:0:2].[3:0].[4:3].[3:1].[4:0:129]" /><br data-reactid=".r[5agec].[1]{comment531671093565576_1812541}.[2:0].[5:0:right].[4:1].[5:0:left].[2:1].[2:0].[2:0:2].[3:0].[4:3].[3:1].[4:0:130]" /><span data-reactid=".r[5agec].[1]{comment531671093565576_1812541}.[2:0].[5:0:right].[4:1].[5:0:left].[2:1].[2:0].[2:0:2].[3:0].[4:3].[3:1].[4:0:131]">who "bear His name," yet care not for the "least of these"?</span><br data-reactid=".r[5agec].[1]{comment531671093565576_1812541}.[2:0].[5:0:right].[4:1].[5:0:left].[2:1].[2:0].[2:0:2].[3:0].[4:3].[3:1].[4:0:132]" /><br data-reactid=".r[5agec].[1]{comment531671093565576_1812541}.[2:0].[5:0:right].[4:1].[5:0:left].[2:1].[2:0].[2:0:2].[3:0].[4:3].[3:1].[4:0:133]" /><span data-reactid=".r[5agec].[1]{comment531671093565576_1812541}.[2:0].[5:0:right].[4:1].[5:0:left].[2:1].[2:0].[2:0:2].[3:0].[4:3].[3:1].[4:0:134]">If Jesus were here, what would He say to you and me?</span><br data-reactid=".r[5agec].[1]{comment531671093565576_1812541}.[2:0].[5:0:right].[4:1].[5:0:left].[2:1].[2:0].[2:0:2].[3:0].[4:3].[3:1].[4:0:135]" /><br data-reactid=".r[5agec].[1]{comment531671093565576_1812541}.[2:0].[5:0:right].[4:1].[5:0:left].[2:1].[2:0].[2:0:2].[3:0].[4:3].[3:1].[4:0:136]" /><span data-reactid=".r[5agec].[1]{comment531671093565576_1812541}.[2:0].[5:0:right].[4:1].[5:0:left].[2:1].[2:0].[2:0:2].[3:0].[4:3].[3:1].[4:0:137]">Rise up, O Church of God,</span><br data-reactid=".r[5agec].[1]{comment531671093565576_1812541}.[2:0].[5:0:right].[4:1].[5:0:left].[2:1].[2:0].[2:0:2].[3:0].[4:3].[3:1].[4:0:138]" /><br data-reactid=".r[5agec].[1]{comment531671093565576_1812541}.[2:0].[5:0:right].[4:1].[5:0:left].[2:1].[2:0].[2:0:2].[3:0].[4:3].[3:1].[4:0:139]" /><span data-reactid=".r[5agec].[1]{comment531671093565576_1812541}.[2:0].[5:0:right].[4:1].[5:0:left].[2:1].[2:0].[2:0:2].[3:0].[4:3].[3:1].[4:0:140]">blood is on our hands.</span><br data-reactid=".r[5agec].[1]{comment531671093565576_1812541}.[2:0].[5:0:right].[4:1].[5:0:left].[2:1].[2:0].[2:0:2].[3:0].[4:3].[3:1].[4:0:141]" /><br data-reactid=".r[5agec].[1]{comment531671093565576_1812541}.[2:0].[5:0:right].[4:1].[5:0:left].[2:1].[2:0].[2:0:2].[3:0].[4:3].[3:1].[4:0:142]" /><span data-reactid=".r[5agec].[1]{comment531671093565576_1812541}.[2:0].[5:0:right].[4:1].[5:0:left].[2:1].[2:0].[2:0:2].[3:0].[4:3].[3:1].[4:0:143]">How can we not care?</span><br data-reactid=".r[5agec].[1]{comment531671093565576_1812541}.[2:0].[5:0:right].[4:1].[5:0:left].[2:1].[2:0].[2:0:2].[3:0].[4:3].[3:1].[4:0:144]" /><br data-reactid=".r[5agec].[1]{comment531671093565576_1812541}.[2:0].[5:0:right].[4:1].[5:0:left].[2:1].[2:0].[2:0:2].[3:0].[4:3].[3:1].[4:0:145]" /><span data-reactid=".r[5agec].[1]{comment531671093565576_1812541}.[2:0].[5:0:right].[4:1].[5:0:left].[2:1].[2:0].[2:0:2].[3:0].[4:3].[3:1].[4:0:146]">Children's blood is everywhere.</span><br data-reactid=".r[5agec].[1]{comment531671093565576_1812541}.[2:0].[5:0:right].[4:1].[5:0:left].[2:1].[2:0].[2:0:2].[3:0].[4:3].[3:1].[4:0:147]" /><br data-reactid=".r[5agec].[1]{comment531671093565576_1812541}.[2:0].[5:0:right].[4:1].[5:0:left].[2:1].[2:0].[2:0:2].[3:0].[4:3].[3:1].[4:0:148]" /><span data-reactid=".r[5agec].[1]{comment531671093565576_1812541}.[2:0].[5:0:right].[4:1].[5:0:left].[2:1].[2:0].[2:0:2].[3:0].[4:3].[3:1].[4:0:149]">Now do not get me wrong,</span><br data-reactid=".r[5agec].[1]{comment531671093565576_1812541}.[2:0].[5:0:right].[4:1].[5:0:left].[2:1].[2:0].[2:0:2].[3:0].[4:3].[3:1].[4:0:150]" /><br data-reactid=".r[5agec].[1]{comment531671093565576_1812541}.[2:0].[5:0:right].[4:1].[5:0:left].[2:1].[2:0].[2:0:2].[3:0].[4:3].[3:1].[4:0:151]" /><span data-reactid=".r[5agec].[1]{comment531671093565576_1812541}.[2:0].[5:0:right].[4:1].[5:0:left].[2:1].[2:0].[2:0:2].[3:0].[4:3].[3:1].[4:0:152]">I have been guilty as the rest,</span><br data-reactid=".r[5agec].[1]{comment531671093565576_1812541}.[2:0].[5:0:right].[4:1].[5:0:left].[2:1].[2:0].[2:0:2].[3:0].[4:3].[3:1].[4:0:153]" /><br data-reactid=".r[5agec].[1]{comment531671093565576_1812541}.[2:0].[5:0:right].[4:1].[5:0:left].[2:1].[2:0].[2:0:2].[3:0].[4:3].[3:1].[4:0:154]" /><span data-reactid=".r[5agec].[1]{comment531671093565576_1812541}.[2:0].[5:0:right].[4:1].[5:0:left].[2:1].[2:0].[2:0:2].[3:0].[4:3].[3:1].[4:0:155]">I just think it's time we stop acting like these children do not 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Planned Parenthood - Bedford</div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: PMingLiU; mso-fareast-language: ZH-TW; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"><strong><em>"Their feet are swift to shed blood: Destruction and misery are in their ways..."</em></strong></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: PMingLiU; mso-fareast-language: ZH-TW; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"> ~Romans 3:15-16</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: PMingLiU; mso-fareast-language: ZH-TW; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: PMingLiU; mso-fareast-language: ZH-TW; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Today was another day in
front of the Planned Parenthood in Bedford.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It was a sunny, warm day and after last week’s constant parade of cars,
I didn’t know what to expect; but prayed that God would move in hearts and
minds.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There were several praying for
us as well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am so blessed by those who
partner with us in prayer.<br />
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I arrived just before Jillian and her children and we headed over to take our
places in front of the abortion mill.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Jillian had her mic/amp unit today, so she was able to speak to the mothers
without having to shout.<br />
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There were already 20-30 workers at the facility when we arrived and clients started
arriving soon after.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Since most of the
employees park up front, the clients pull around to the back and go in the back
door.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is frustrating to not be able
to share the pre-abortion packets with them, but I know they heard Jillian
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A father and son showed up, whom I had never met before, and shortly after
Pastor Sanders and his crew showed up, so there were 12 of us there today.<br />
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that she is employed by Planned Parenthood to “protect” women from us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m not really sure how that works, since we
are just trying to give women information and share the gospel with them so
that they will not make the terrible mistake of killing their babies and regretting it later. We are there to offer the hope of Jesus, which is the same for all people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I asked Linda, if she didn’t see the hypocrisy in “protecting” women
from us, while taking them in to the person who would murder their babies and
cause them harm?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She wouldn’t respond,
but sat out front like she was doing some sacred work.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was so disheartening.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Jillian was able to share the gospel with
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Most cars pulled in quickly and we were not able to give them information.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We offered information to them as they were pulling out, but none of them accepted that either.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A woman walking by, asked us for information, so we gave her a pre-abortion pack to share with women she knows.<br />
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An SUV with two women pulled in and pulled around toward the back. They could see me and my sign about adoption. I called to them that I had information and that she didn't have to go inside. The driver stuck her middle finger out the window and kept it there while I asked them to reconsider. She finally rolled up the window. I'm not sure if the other woman got out because she drove around the back of the building and I couldn't see them any more. <br />
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Another car pulled up and a very pregnant woman got out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Jillian told her that she did not have to go in there, that there was help for her and her baby, but to no avail. This killing place supposedly only does abortions to 15 weeks, but she had to be way beyond that, so we don't know if they killed the child here or will send her to Marty's place on Shaker Blvd. where he performs late-term abortions. That is one of the other mills where we minister.<br />
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One woman who had gone in and come out by herself, talked to
me as she was pulling out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She said that
the women inside were scared of us and we should find a better way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I asked her how that was possible as I had
offered information and to talk to anyone pulling in.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I explained they are afraid of us because of
the lies told to them by Planned Parenthood and by their own guilt because there was no one
outside doing anything but praying, offering information and quoting
scripture.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She said she was “pro-life,”
so I told her that she needed to be out here helping to protect women from the
evils of the killing place.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><br />
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Jillian was sharing the disgusting things that Margaret Sanger said about blacks and Jews and a young guy in his twenties was pulling out with his girlfriend and said he agreed with that. We couldn't believe he said that and it really riled up the black men standing with us pleading for babies lives. It made me incredibly sad to know that people think this way. It is another reminder of sin and how people degrade and dehumanize others, especially at an abortion mill. <br />
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We were able to hand out tracts to several passing by as well as a few of the men had longer conversations and shared the gospel with a few people. Several people honked and waved in support when driving by and a few people said they would be back to stand with us. I don't know if that will happen, but they were informed about the truth of abortion.</div>
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Just before we leave each time one of the men leads a prayer over the abortion mill. As we were leaving, Linda was putting away her chair in her car, which was
parked right up against the fence in the front.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I asked her to please have compassion on the babies and their mothers,
but she wouldn’t even make eye contact with me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I pleaded with her to not take part in this evil.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She walked around the back of the building
and we left.<br />
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I was struck by how many looked at our signs today, mine in particular about
knowing 44 families ready to adopt a baby and offering help, and either
completely ignored them or flipped me off or yelled at me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are the people who are “afraid of us.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was a sad day as I reflected on the joy I
feel celebrating my precious niece’s birthday, while thinking about how many
children will never have a birth-day because their mothers had them murdered
today. :’( <br />
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Please continue to pray for all involved in the evil of abortion. If you have had an abortion or participated in one, please know there is hope, healing and forgiveness for all who repent of their sins and believe in Jesus.<br />
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Standing in the gap,<br />
Laura<br />
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Rescue the perishing, care for the dying,<br />
Snatch them in pity from sin and the grave;<br />
Weep o’er the erring one, lift up the fallen,<br />
Tell them of Jesus, the mighty to save. </div>
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Though they are slighting Him, still He is waiting,<br />
Waiting the penitent child to receive;<br />
Plead with them earnestly, plead with them gently;<br />
He will forgive if they only believe.<br />
Down in the human heart, crushed by the tempter,<br />
Feelings lie buried that grace can restore;<br />
Touched by a loving heart, wakened by kindness,<br />
Chords that were broken will vibrate once more.<br />
Rescue the perishing, duty demands it;<br />
Strength for thy labor the Lord will provide;<br />
Back to the narrow way patiently win them;<br />
Tell the poor wand’rer a Savior has died.<br />
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Drew, Esther and I arrived at the abortuary at 9:30 am.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Pastor Dale was already there and one of the
workers was there as was a client.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Dale
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Jillian and Hannah arrived.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Jillian had
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front of the clinic sharing God’s word and human development/abortion
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A couple more workers arrived as did Marty, the abortionist, which was earlier
than usual.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He stopped to tell Jillian
there was a bubble law and she was not allowed to block the entrance to the clinic,
which there isn’t in Ohio and she wasn’t anyway.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As he pulled in the drive he gave us his
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Another car pulled in; and as the ladies were entering we tried to give them
information and tell them we knew people who would adopt an unwanted
child.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They looked at the posters for a
minute and kept walking.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Jillian pleaded
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The first lady, who had brought her daughter, came out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Jillian handed her a “First 9 Months” book
and she sat in the car and read it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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began speaking to her with the amp unit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
The woman</span> was becoming visibly upset and was shaking her head and
raising her voice to someone on the phone.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> Eventually she drove away. </span>Jillian
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On a bright note, Pastor Dale said that the last people in last Thursday, came
out shortly after we left at Noon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was
a woman and man that had come in separate cars.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We had given them information, but they went in anyway.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Dale said they were not in long enough to
have seen Marty and they came out the front door, while those who have
abortions exit through the back.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He said
the two hugged in the parking lot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
man drove away and the woman got in her car.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Dale offered her more info and said, “I hope you don’t come back here.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She took the info, smiled at him and drove
away.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps a save!!!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Praying she does not return.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Please continue to pray that this evil will be abolished and please get involved. Pray that Marty and his staff will REPENT of their evil deeds and believe in Jesus. Pray for those who led their children to slaughter today that God would work in their hearts and bring them to repentance, faith and forgiveness. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /><em>For “everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.” How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him uof whom they have never heard?And how are they to hear without someone preaching? <span class="verse-num" id="v45010015-1">15 </span></em><a alt="esv_01" class="va" href="http://www.blogger.com/null" rel="v45010015"></a><em>And how are they to preach unless they are sent? As it is written, “How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the good news!” <span class="verse-num" id="v45010016-1">16 </span></em><a alt="esv_01" class="va" href="http://www.blogger.com/null" rel="v45010016"></a><em>But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Isaiah says, “Lord, who has believed what he has heard from us?” <span class="verse-num" id="v45010017-1">17 </span></em><a alt="esv_01" class="va" href="http://www.blogger.com/null" rel="v45010017"></a><em>So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ. ~</em>Romans 10:13-17</span></div>
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Rescue the perishing, care for the dying,</div>
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Snatch them in pity from sin and the grave;</div>
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Weep o’er the erring one, lift up the fallen,</div>
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Tell them of Jesus, the mighty to save.</div>
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Rescue the perishing, care for the dying,<br />
Jesus is merciful, Jesus will save.</div>
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Though they are slighting Him, still He is waiting,</div>
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Waiting the penitent child to receive;</div>
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Plead with them earnestly, plead with them gently;</div>
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He will forgive if they only believe.</div>
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Down in the human heart, crushed by the tempter,</div>
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Feelings lie buried that grace can restore;</div>
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Touched by a loving heart, wakened by kindness,</div>
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Chords that were broken will vibrate once more.<br />
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Rescue the perishing, duty demands it;<br />
Strength for thy labor the Lord will provide;<br />
Back to the narrow way patiently win them;<br />
Tell the poor wand’rer a Savior has died.<br />
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Rescue the perishing, care for the dying,<br />
Jesus is merciful, Jesus will save.</div>
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Big storms were forecasted today as I headed out to the abortion mill in
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sprinkle a bit as I arrived, but then stopped.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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continued praying as I had been on the drive over.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There were many cars in the parking lot when
we arrived; some were workers and some clients.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>As the first cars pulled in they continued to the back of the parking
lot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was frustrating to not be able
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<em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Pure and undefiled religion in the sight of our God and Father is this: to visit
orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself unstained by the
world.</span></em> ~James 1:27<br />
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Bob, the lawyer, showed up; and as we
continued to watch cars pull in and pull to the back, Jillian’s daughter (15
years old) said, “Let’s go around the back.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That meant going down the driveway of the apartment complex that sits behind
the Planned Parenthood.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Bob, Hannah and
I went behind and tried to give pre-abortion packets to the women
entering.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>None of them would talk to us,
but a woman who came out to smoke started yelling at us and telling us that sex
was good and that we shouldn’t be ashamed of sex and that we should focus on
birth control for women so they didn’t end up here for abortions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I agreed with her that sex is good because
God created it to be good and explained that if women respected themselves and did
what God says and had sex within the bounds of marriage they wouldn’t need to
come here for abortions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> She threw her cigarette on the ground and went back in. We tried to give pre-abortion packets to others who were arriving, but most could not find a space and just drove out of the parking lot.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Shortly after, a worker from PP came out and told us we had to get off the
property.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: PMingLiU; mso-fareast-language: ZH-TW; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I told her we were not on PP property and just
wanted to give info. She said we could not be on that property and she was
calling the police. I told her that if the owner of the building came out and
told us to get off the property, I would, but that she had no authority to tell
me to leave; and that if they would quit killing babies I wouldn’t have to be
there at all. She said again she was calling the police. She obviously called the property manager because shortly after she went back in, a man from
the apartments on a golf cart came driving up and said we couldn’t be there. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Bob told
him he was a lawyer representing us and we talked to him for a while and found
out his name is Rich Blessing. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Crazy,
right? <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Bob asked him if he was pro-life and he said
he wouldn’t answer <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and asked us to
leave, so we did.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just as we were walking back down the driveway
to the get to the sidewalk again Jillian came and said the police had just
pulled in and were circling the parking lot. I'm not sure what they could have
done as I was never on PP property and left the other when asked. I wasn’t
worried. The sad thing is several police kept driving up and down the road and
two sat at opposite ends of the road and watched us. We were not doing anything
illegal, so again wasn’t concerned. I just found it really sad that they are
worried about us giving out information to women and sharing the gospel with
them, but not concerned that the people inside are murdering children. What a
totally upside down world we live in.</span></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> God, help us. </span></div>
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We handed out tracts to many people walking past and, at one point, a man named Lamar
stopped to voice his disapproval of the posters of aborted babies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was getting a little heated talking to one of the other men; so I walked
over and introduced myself. I told him I overheard what he was saying and that I am totally disgusted
by the pictures of aborted babies and that they make me feel sick and I cry
knowing that this is happening in the building behind ust and that people need to know.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He said he understands but that
he didn’t want to have to see them and explain to his kids about stuff like
this.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I explained to him that I didn’t
want my kids to see pictures like this either or to have to explain that people
think it’s ok to murder babies, but that is the sad reality of our
culture.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I told him that God says we are
not to kill and asked him if he would have been upset at the abolitionists that
showed what was happening to slaves or those who exposed the horrors of the
Nazis by showing pictures of what happened in concentration camps.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He didn’t really know what to say to
that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He continued to be distressed by
the pictures and I assured him I am distressed by them as well, but until they
stop murdering babies inside that building the pictures are necessary to show people
the truth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He said he was pro-life and
appreciated what we were trying to do though he didn’t agree with the
pictures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He wouldn’t let me give him a
tract, but please pray for Lamar.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He is
another “pro-life” person who doesn’t want to be confronted by the truth of
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A lady walked down the driveway of PP towards us and crossed in front of us on
the sidewalk.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She was middle-aged and
stopped to look at our signs and said, “You got any information I can have?”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I said, “Yes, Maam, I surely do,” and gave
her the pre-abortion packet that includes many good resources on human
development, abortion, adoption and the gospel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Jillian and I were in shock.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’ve never had anyone ASK us for
information!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That made me smile. </span><span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: PMingLiU; mso-fareast-language: ZH-TW; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Another lady walking down the street stopped to talk to one of the men and he
was giving her a gospel tract and speaking with her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She gave a big thumbs up for what we were doing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I introduced myself and asked her for her
name and if I could take a picture of her smiling and giving thumbs-up since
most people are yelling at us and being unkind.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She was so sweet and was concerned about how she looked, but I assured
her she looked beautiful and made me smile.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She was in a hurry to get somewhere but we had a quick discussion about
birth control and she said she didn’t know some of the facts we shared with
her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Please pray for Janice.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-wQahyB0Jt-lamee9LcM00y6IjM0ytZ9q4dxOcMIAwm54jzVt-uzamy_3KqQlAVE2Z2lp6vI5RAoTqzXo8jiXBm67qqK0Vrn1WjoUxAakUhKmlHeRfRoTcct9BIhbsDMQup37AuiHwNk/s1600/Laura's+pics+025.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-wQahyB0Jt-lamee9LcM00y6IjM0ytZ9q4dxOcMIAwm54jzVt-uzamy_3KqQlAVE2Z2lp6vI5RAoTqzXo8jiXBm67qqK0Vrn1WjoUxAakUhKmlHeRfRoTcct9BIhbsDMQup37AuiHwNk/s320/Laura's+pics+025.jpg" width="320" /></a><br />
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As I reflect on the day, I am overwhelmed by the number of cars that drove in,
which was 30-40.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I lost count
with the steady flow.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The parking lot was so full that cars were
leaving and looking for other places to park.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We tried to share God’s word and the pre-abortion packs with people but with
not much success.</span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: PMingLiU; mso-fareast-language: ZH-TW; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thank you so much for those of you who partner with us through prayers and resources. Your support means so much to us. We know the battle is the Lord's. <br /><br /><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>"Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of His might."</em></span> ~Ephesians 6:10</span><br /></span></span></div>
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<li class="first">Rescue the perishing, care for the dying,<br />Snatch them in pity from sin and the grave;<br />Weep o’er the erring one, lift up the fallen,<br />Tell them of Jesus, the mighty to save.<br /><br /> Rescue the perishing, care for the dying,<br />Jesus is merciful, Jesus will save.<br />
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<li>Though they are slighting Him, still He is waiting,<br />Waiting the penitent child to receive;<br />Plead with them earnestly, plead with them gently;<br />He will forgive if they only believe.</li>
<li>Down in the human heart, crushed by the tempter,<br />Feelings lie buried that grace can restore;<br />Touched by a loving heart, wakened by kindness,<br />Chords that were broken will vibrate once more.</li>
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Rescue the perishing, duty demands it;<br />
Strength for thy labor the Lord will provide;<br />
Back to the narrow way patiently win them;<br />
Tell the poor wand’rer a Savior has died.<br />
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Rescue the perishing, care for the dying,<br />
Jesus is merciful, Jesus will save.</div>
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Medical Center- Cleveland<br /><br /><br />
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I stopped in to Faith Wellness and Pregnancy Center (a ministry of Faith
Baptist Church) today to talk to the director of the clinic before heading to
the mill.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She wasn’t expecting me that
early, but was going to be gathering brochures for us to use at the mills,
since several CPC’s do not want to support what we are doing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She wasn’t there due to a meeting and I
ended up being a little later to the killing place than I intended.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When I arrived, Jillian, her daughter and Pastor
Dale were already there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Dale was
talking to a city worker whose crew was working to beautify the neighborhood,
including the abortion mill. </span></span><span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; font-family: Wingdings; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">L</span></span><span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Jillian was visibly upset.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here’s Jillian's account of what happened.</span></span></div>
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“Dale was talking to two ladies who were heading in to the killing place. The lady who was coming for the
abortion was getting in Dale's face and swearing as I was walking up to our tree where
we stand. He motioned me to come over and I asked to talk to them. They
listened as I said they would be making a mistake; but the abortion-minded mom went in
as I continued to talk to her friend. Her friend said she understood what an abortion was
as she has two children. I told her about a recent study showing that babies in
the womb feel pain five times the amount as we do. I explained that they would be
ripping off the child's arms and legs and that babies have been shown on
an ultrasound to be sucking their thumbs and then trying to move away from the
painful sucking instruments. I told her that if her friend was in a difficult
situation I could house her, help her get to a pregnancy center, or adopt the
baby myself. I gave her a packet of info and told her about my crisis
pregnancy situation when I was nineteen. She walked into the building to meet her
friend and I started to cry. Then, I began to weep uncontrollably and dropped
to the ground. I cried and prayed aloud: "Lord, God, help this baby,
please. Don't let my tears be in vain today. Please, God" Then, my
daughter, Hannah, came beside me and held me as I cried. We cried together for
about five minutes. Then Dale said the battle wasn't mine, but the Lord's and that I
shouldn't stress it so much.”<o:p></o:p></li>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">A
city service crew was working on the property as part of a city beautification
effort.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When I pulled up Dale had
the crew chief engaged asking him why they were beautifying the lot of an
abortionist for free.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The man owns three Mercedes, so he can certainly pay for upkeep on his property. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The crew continued to do their work and a
little later Jillian spoke to the crew chief.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He walked over and I said hello to him and introduced myself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He told me his name is Ozell.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He told me he knows Jesus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We spoke of repentance and faith in Christ
alone.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He told me he is a member of
Bethany Christian Church and said they have programs to try to help kids not end
up at the abortion mills, he but seemed reluctant to tell women that they should
not go in once they made the “choice.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He invited me to service and I told him I may
just show up some day. </span></span><span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; font-family: Wingdings; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span><span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: PMingLiU; mso-fareast-language: ZH-TW; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">A white van pulled in and Dale recognized that they
were here last week.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He said it is
either her appointment for the abortion or for the follow-up after
abortion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We tried to speak to her and
her companion but they wouldn’t talk to us.<br />
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More cars pulled in.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Each time we tried
to speak with the moms and their companions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We were able to give out pre-abortion packs to five people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One of the men who drove his friend took the
info.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He said he doesn’t agree with
abortion but supports his friend.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How
often we hear that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We explained that
the driver is as guilty of the abortion as is the driver of the get-away-car
in a bank robbery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><br />
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The abortionist pulled in driving one of his Mercedes and smiled and flipped us
off as always.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Pray for Marty.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He must be so hardened to smile and laugh and
kill babies. <br />
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Another woman who came back today said that she had the pre-abortion pack from last week,
but that she was here to have the “procedure”... aka murder her child.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was very sad that she was so matter-of-fact
about it after having been given the information and knowing fetal development
and that there were other options.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><br />
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The women that went in earlier, who had been swearing at Dale and talking with
Jillian, came out for a smoke.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As they
walked past us we asked them to talk to us and not go back in.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They stood by the car smoking and we kept
pleading with them not to go back in.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
offered to find them help and told them of Faith Baptist Wellness and Pregnancy
Center, which is about two miles from the mill. The pregnant woman said some things that were inaudible to us, but they
basically laughed and smoked and eventually went back in. A man joined them. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As they were entering the building, Jillian
called out to them one last time and the man smiled and did a little fist
pump.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><br />
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An older woman from the neighborhood named Jamie was walking by and stopped to
chat with us and was given a tract.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She
said she doesn’t believe in abortion but, “People gonna do what they gonna do.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Again, we hear that so often, but it doesn’t
make it right and doesn’t mean we shouldn’t try to stop them by sharing the
truth of abortion and God’s word with them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She seemed to want to take the
"personally prolife but won’t tell others it’s wrong" approach, which is
ludicrous.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can’t say, “I don’t
believe in murder, but I’m not going to tell someone else what to do.” <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Please pray for her, as she has been recovering
from illness and pray that she will repent and believe the gospel and come
out and speak up </span><span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: PMingLiU; mso-fareast-language: ZH-TW; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">for the pre-born.<br />
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When I left today, twelve women had gone in to murder their babies, 8 black and
4 white.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> <br /><br />Please pray for those who killed their babies today. They need to know Jesus and they need healing and forgiveness. Please consider how you can be involved in rescuing women and children from physical and spiritual death. <br /><br />Joyfully serving,</span></span><br />
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<li class="first">Rescue the perishing, care for the dying,<br />Snatch them in pity from sin and the grave;<br />Weep o’er the erring one, lift up the fallen,<br />Tell them of Jesus, the mighty to save. <br />
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<li>Though they are slighting Him, still He is waiting,<br />Waiting the penitent child to receive;<br />Plead with them earnestly, plead with them gently;<br />He will forgive if they only believe.</li>
<li>Down in the human heart, crushed by the tempter,<br />Feelings lie buried that grace can restore;<br />Touched by a loving heart, wakened by kindness,<br />Chords that were broken will vibrate once more.</li>
<li>Rescue the perishing, duty demands it;<br />Strength for thy labor the Lord will provide;<br />Back to the narrow way patiently win them;<br />Tell the poor wand’rer a Savior has died.<br /><br /><span class="refrain">Refrain:</span><br />Rescue the perishing, care for the dying,<br />Jesus is merciful, JESUS WILL SAVE!<br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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Today was my first time at an actual Planned Parenthood abortion mill located in Bedford.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is a behemoth and just gave me the chills.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s surrounded by an iron fence and just looks ominous. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><br />
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parking lot of a fast food restaurant.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Next to that is a gas station where a few city workers were getting in
and out of a large truck.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They greeted
me, so I took that as my cue to return the greeting with a million dollar tract
wrapped around a 180 card for each of them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They graciously accepted and thanked me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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We went across the street to the PP and waited for people to arrive.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The first car that pulled in pulled to the
back where it is difficult to reach out to them; so I went around the back and
tried to speak to them. Unfortunately I am just too slow, </span><span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: PMingLiU; mso-fareast-language: ZH-TW; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">not as
young as I used to be; so they made it in.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Unbeknownst to me another car had pulled in next to them and I spoke to
the man and gave him the information thinking they were the first car.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><br />
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One car with three people in it drove in to the parking lot and then turned around and left. </span><span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: PMingLiU; mso-fareast-language: ZH-TW; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span><span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: PMingLiU; mso-fareast-language: ZH-TW; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br />
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We were joined by several more abolitionists, twelve of us in all and continued to try to reach
out to abortion-minded moms.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was
difficult to get information to any, but Jillian and Sanny (pronounced like
Johnny) put on yellow vests and waved cars down at the drive way to try to give
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while Sanny<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>dropped a tract through the
open passenger window.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><br />
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While I was there, about ten women went in to the killing place.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Gospel tracts went out to several people
passing by. Before leaving, the group got together and prayed over the building that it would be shut down. Please pray along with us.<br /><br /><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
Please consider getting involved in speaking up for the pre-born and rescuing their mothers from a terrible decision. We are to care for widows and orphans in their distress. I can't think of anything more distressing than being taken to slaughter. If you think you can't do it, please pray and ask God to guide you. There was a time I didn't think I would know what to say or do; but there are many who can guide you, and I always pray that God will give me the words He wants me to say. <br /><br />Joyful in Jesus,<br /><br />Laura<br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
<br /><br /><strong>Rescue the Perishing</strong>- Francis J. Crosby</span></div>
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<li class="first">Rescue the perishing, care for the dying,<br />Snatch them in pity from sin and the grave;<br />Weep o’er the erring one, lift up the fallen,<br />Tell them of Jesus, the mighty to save.<br />
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<li class="refrain"><span class="refrain">Refrain:</span><br />Rescue the perishing, care for the dying,<br />Jesus is merciful, Jesus will save.</li>
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<li>Though they are slighting Him, still He is waiting,<br />Waiting the penitent child to receive;<br />Plead with them earnestly, plead with them gently;<br />He will forgive if they only believe.</li>
<li>Down in the human heart, crushed by the tempter,<br />Feelings lie buried that grace can restore;<br />Touched by a loving heart, wakened by kindness,<br />Chords that were broken will vibrate once more.</li>
<li>Rescue the perishing, duty demands it;<br />Strength for thy labor the Lord will provide;<br />Back to the narrow way patiently win them;<br />Tell the poor wand’rer a Savior has died.<br /><br /><span class="refrain">Refrain:</span><br />Rescue the perishing, care for the dying,<br />Jesus is merciful, Jesus will save.</li>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00600777839164462836noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3482741093553349712.post-74332450594393579692013-06-20T14:54:00.002-07:002013-06-22T06:24:32.603-07:00Standing in the Gap - June 13, 2013<span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: PMingLiU; mso-fareast-language: ZH-TW; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><strong></strong></span><br />
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Isaiah 55:11</h3>
<span class="text Isa-55-11" id="en-NASB-18752">So will My <sup class="crossreference" value="(<a href="#cen-NASB-18752A" title="See cross-reference A">A</a>)"></sup>word be which goes forth from My mouth;</span><br />
<span class="text Isa-55-11">It will <sup class="crossreference" value="(<a href="#cen-NASB-18752B" title="See cross-reference B">B</a>)"></sup>not return to Me empty,</span><br />
<span class="text Isa-55-11">Without <sup class="crossreference" value="(<a href="#cen-NASB-18752C" title="See cross-reference C">C</a>)"></sup>accomplishing what I desire,</span><br />
<span class="text Isa-55-11">And without succeeding <i>in the matter</i> for which I sent it.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: PMingLiU; mso-fareast-language: ZH-TW; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /> </span><br />
<span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: PMingLiU; mso-fareast-language: ZH-TW; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">There were five of us today pleading for babies' lives at the killing
place today. Thirteen women went in for abortions... 11 black and 2 white.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Statistically, blacks are aborted at three times the rate of whites; but today it was
more like five times!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> :(</span></span><br />
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One abortion-minded woman and her companion got out of the car. As I approached
them with information the pregnant woman put her fingers in her ears and
started saying, “I’m not going to listen to you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t want to hear it. Lalalalala.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I continued to try to speak with her and give
her information, but she kept repeating those phrases and wouldn’t even look at
me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Her companion listened as we walked
and took the info; but they went in and as far as I know they did not come out. I couldn't help but cry that she was so hard-hearted that she wouldn't even listen to what I had to say or take the pre-abortion pack and get all the facts. Dale reminded me that the battle is the Lord's; and while I know that, I can't help but cry.<br />
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Five women took information from us. The last one in and her companions took
information from us but still went in. A little while later they came out of
the clinic. Pastor Dale said, "I hope we don't see you back here."
She didn't say anything, but she smiled at him and left. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Pastor Dale said she wouldn't have had time
for any procedures since they are seen in the order they arrive. We are hoping
and praying that was a save. I guess <span style="font-family: inherit;">only th</span><span style="font-family: inherit;">e Lord knows, but we were there and
told </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">them the truth. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Several tracts were given to passersby. Please pray that God will use them to draw people to Himself.<br /><br />Joyful in Jesus,<br />Laura :)</span></div>
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<strong>Rescue the Perishing by Francis J. Crosby</strong></span><br />
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<li class="first">Rescue the perishing, care for the dying,<br />Snatch them in pity from sin and the grave;<br />Weep o’er the erring one, lift up the fallen,<br />Tell them of Jesus, the mighty to save. <br />
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Rescue the perishing, care for the dying,<br />
Jesus is merciful, Jesus will save.</div>
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<li>Though they are slighting Him, still He is waiting,<br />Waiting the penitent child to receive;<br />Plead with them earnestly, plead with them gently;<br />He will forgive if they only believe.</li>
<li>Down in the human heart, crushed by the tempter,<br />Feelings lie buried that grace can restore;<br />Touched by a loving heart, wakened by kindness,<br />Chords that were broken will vibrate once more.</li>
<li>Rescue the perishing, duty demands it;<br />Strength for thy labor the Lord will provide;<br />Back to the narrow way patiently win them;<br />Tell the poor wand’rer a Savior has died.</li>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00600777839164462836noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3482741093553349712.post-33920120492189995182013-06-07T18:53:00.000-07:002013-06-20T15:41:01.723-07:00Standing in the Gap - June 6, 2013<span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman;"><em>Rescue those who are being taken away to death; hold back those who are
stumbling to the slaughter. </em>~Proverbs 24:11 ESV</span></span></span><br />
<span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">It was a cold, rainy day for June; and due to heavier than usual traffic, I was
running very late to the abortuary.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Jillian,
her daughter and Pastor Dale were already there when I arrived and this is
Jillian’s account of what happened before I arrived.<br />
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“When I arrived, Dale said there were already about 3-4 women in there and the
abortionist was surprisingly early, as he was there before Dale. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He thinks maybe he was starting a partial
birth abortion process. <br />
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Two women arrived with a male driver. They got out swearing and yelling before
they even reached the sidewalk in front of the mill: "I don't even want to
@#*&^ hear it from you" <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>"Go
out and get a <bleeping> job" "Mind your <bleeping>
business" she said as Dale tried to ask her "What did the baby do to
deserve this?" Her friend (the lady who I talked to in the car) swore in
our faces as she asked Dale and me "How many &%^$<complete id="goog_2131234319">@! </complete>babies have we adopted?"
Dale tried to change the subject every time to about the abortion and I said
that my husband and I tried to adopt through the state and we waited 2 1/2
years with no child. She then said: "Why would this child want to sit in
the system for its whole life?" "What kind of life was that?" <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I told her that at least it would be better than
being dead; that I knew plenty of foster kids in the system that I had gone to
school with that were happy. Before I could even explain that a
"private" adoption would be easier and the child wouldn't have to be
in the system, she swore and went inside.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I eventually coaxed the driver of the two women to come out and talk. He
didn't want to at first cause he said he had a really bad headache from a
hangover and he was in his pajamas. I told him: "Oh, come on; it's in
style to wear your pj's in public these days, I see people at Wal-Mart all the
time." <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, he came over and I
handed him the pre-abortion packet. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I asked
him to take it to his friend. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He said he
tried to talk her out of it for three days. He said they were from Akron. When
I asked why he didn't just go to the mill there, he said the doctor there was a
butcher of a doctor. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Really? You went
from one butcher to the NEXT?! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Dale told
him that this abortionist was just as bad, just didn't have any lawsuits, yet. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Dale told him how he has seen women in
ambulances taken out. He didn't want to hear any more so went back to his car
to lie down. <br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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</span></span><span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Another
woman came in that I walked to the building. She raced faster than my umbrella
could go over her and refused to listen or take materials. Dale reached the
final woman of the day (outside of the workers), who had left two children in
the car while she went inside for over an hour and a half.”<br />
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This is where I come in.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I arrived and
shortly after more workers arrived. Then more mothers who were about to kill
their children.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Each time we would try
to speak with them, but they wouldn’t listen or take the pre-abortion packets. <br />
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Jillian and Pastor Dale relayed the story to me that I recounted for you
above.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The driver of the two women who
were swearing was sitting in the car and it looked like he may have been reading
the materials, so I tried to make eye contact with him and I prayed God would
prick his conscience.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He kept looking
over at me and nervously looking away.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Finally he laid his seat back.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><br />
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There was one car with a very small child in it and another person. We couldn't make out if the other person was an adult or child, but they were there with one of the women who went in early and were still there when I left almost two hours later. <br /><br />A taxi pulled up to pick up a women from the abortuary, so Jillian walked over and paid the driver to give the women
the information we had.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He said he
would, but then he called her back over and gave her the info and money back
saying that the ride had been cancelled.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Then he drove away.<br />
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Later the woman who had been swearing at Jillian and Pastor Dale came out of
the building looking very “out of it.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She had her head down trying to avoid us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We tried to talk to her as we thought she may
have been the one who aborted, but it wasn’t her it was the other friend who
was still inside.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She got in the car
with the man and they drove away.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They
came back later very different.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’re not
sure if they were high or had been drinking, or both, but they were laughing it
up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They went and parked in another part
of the parking lot, so Jillian walked down there and started sharing the God’s
word with them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> I joined her and prayed for them. </span>They tried to roll up
the window, but being smokers, that didn’t last long.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I know they heard what was being said because
every once in a while I would hear the woman repeating what Jillian said and
laughing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was so sad.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We prayed for them, but then it was time for
us to leave.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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</span></span><span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">From
the time the abortuary opened until we left at Noon, at least 10 women led
their babies to slaughter. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was a very
discouraging day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><br />
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One encouraging thing is that I was able to hand out tracts to people walking
by.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They all accepted them and I watched
as several of them read them as they were walking.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A lot
of people driving by honked in support, including two police officers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><br />
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As I was driving home, I was struck by the number of churches within a couple
miles of the abortuary, yet there were only seven of us there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> I passed by three Baptist churches that I counted, along with numerous other denominations that were within a two minute drive of the abortuary. I wonder how many are within a five mile area? 10 miles? 20 miles? It must be hundreds. Later today, I saw this post from Abolish Human Abortion, and I thought, "Sad and true." </span></span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: PMingLiU; mso-fareast-language: ZH-TW; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Please continue to pray and ask God how you can get involved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Can you go to an abortuary in your
neighborhood?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some people drive great
distances to minister.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you can’t, can
you contribute financially to help those of us who can?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We need materials for the pre-abortion
packets we give to mothers as well as gospel tracts, signs, and baby items for baby blessing bags when women choose life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> If you are interesting in joining us in this ministry, please let us know. We look forward to laboring with you. The fields are white for harvest but the laborers truly are few. Pray the Lord of the Harvest will send workers.</span></span></div>
<span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: PMingLiU; mso-fareast-language: ZH-TW; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span></span><br />
<span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: PMingLiU; mso-fareast-language: ZH-TW; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">Joyfully serving,<br />Laura <3</span></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00600777839164462836noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3482741093553349712.post-78816419602216427422013-06-01T13:34:00.001-07:002013-06-01T13:34:18.970-07:00"Loving the lost"<strong> </strong><br />
<strong> <u>Loving the lost</u></strong><br />
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<strong><em> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Do we love like Jesus does, without compromising Truth?</span></em></strong><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">My truthful answer, "<em>we could do better."</em></span><br />
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If you love the Lord and if you love others, as the greatest commandment of all tells us to do (Luke 10:27), you will also love the lost. It will be a natural by-product, produced only because of the Holy Spirit. <br />
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On 'loving the lost,' I have been focusing on Luke's gospel, chapter 16, verses 19-31 - specifically verse 28, in my recent studies. The tragic story of this rich man who lifted up his eyes in hell. There is a 'cry' within this chapter, that I believe more than just this rich man cried from hell.<br />
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We need to be reading God's Word, meditating on it, praying about it, else you will not hear this cry. If you're not opening yourself up to the means of hearing it, but apart from that, ultimately this hearing of the cry from hell is regulated and is equal, to your love as a Christian. It will be regulated by your love for the Lord. The more you love the Lord the more you will love the lost.<br />
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<span class="text Luke-16-19"><sup class="versenum">19 </sup><span class="woj">“There was a certain rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and fared sumptuously every day.</span> </span> <span class="text Luke-16-20" id="en-NKJV-25641"><sup class="versenum">20 </sup><span class="woj">But there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, full of sores, who was laid at his gate,</span> </span> <span class="text Luke-16-21" id="en-NKJV-25642"><sup class="versenum">21 </sup><span class="woj">desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell </span><span class="woj">from the rich man’s table. Moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.</span> </span> <span class="text Luke-16-22" id="en-NKJV-25643"><sup class="versenum">22 </sup><span class="woj">So it was that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s bosom. The rich man also died and was buried.</span> </span> <span class="text Luke-16-23" id="en-NKJV-25644"><sup class="versenum">23 </sup><span class="woj">And being in torments in Hades, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.</span></span><br />
<span class="text Luke-16-24" id="en-NKJV-25645"><sup class="versenum">24 </sup><span class="woj">“Then he cried and said, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.’</span> </span> <span class="text Luke-16-25" id="en-NKJV-25646"><sup class="versenum">25 </sup><span class="woj">But Abraham said, ‘Son, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things; but now he is comforted and you are tormented.</span> </span> <span class="text Luke-16-26" id="en-NKJV-25647"><sup class="versenum">26 </sup><span class="woj">And besides all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed, so that those who want to pass from here to you cannot, nor can those from there pass to us.’ </span></span><span class="text Luke-16-27" id="en-NKJV-25648"><sup class="versenum">27 </sup>“Then he said, <span class="woj">‘I beg you therefore, father, that you would <em>send</em> him to my father’s house,</span> </span> <span class="text Luke-16-28" id="en-NKJV-25649"><sup class="versenum">28 </sup><span class="woj">for I have five brothers, that he may testify to them, <em>lest</em> they also come to this place of torment.’</span> </span> <span class="text Luke-16-29" id="en-NKJV-25650"><sup class="versenum">29 </sup><span class="woj">Abraham said to him, ‘They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.’</span> </span> <span class="text Luke-16-30" id="en-NKJV-25651"><sup class="versenum">30 </sup><span class="woj">And he said, ‘No, father Abraham; but if one goes to them from the dead, they will repent.’</span> </span> <span class="text Luke-16-31" id="en-NKJV-25652"><sup class="versenum">31 </sup><span class="woj">But he said to him, ‘If they do not hear Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded though one rise from the dead."</span></span><br />
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I think about the word <em>'send</em><em>'</em>, the rich man in hell said to Abraham: 'Abraham, send Lazarus, send, send him to my brothers'. In verse 28 the second word that I notice is the word '<em>lest'</em>. The first word 'send' someone to my brothers, the second word 'lest' they come to this place of torment.<br />
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One thing I pray, is that the Holy Spirit would burn on my heart and your heart today those two words; for those two words, I believe, are the cry from hell from every unsaved person, who has ever ended up there, due to their rejection of the Lord Jesus Christ and their sins against a Holy God.<br />
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<strong><em> How do we love the lost like Jesus, without compromising Truth?</em></strong><br />
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<span class="text Matt-5-46" id="en-NKJV-23281"><sup class="versenum">Matthew 5:46" </sup><span class="woj">For if you love those who love you, what reward have you? Do not even the tax collectors do the same?"</span></span><br />
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<span class="text Matt-5-46"><span class="woj">It takes the Holy Spirit indwelling the believer, to be able to love those who hate you and would spit upon your face. And the simple fact is the world is going to hate you for speaking the Truth; if not, I would question if you are doing something wrong. Now do not get me wrong, we should <em>not</em> go out of our way, to intentionally offend, but <em>the </em>Truth <em>will</em> offend. Everywhere the apostle Paul went, there was either a revival or the people wanted to kill him. It takes the Holy Spirit, to be able to "love your neighbor as yourself" and honor God, with your thoughts and actions towards unbelievers. To love the lost, you need to love them with Christ's heart. Do we have any compassion? That compassion will outflow itself in what used to be called - 'travail' for souls, or 'agony'. An 'anguish' for souls. </span></span><br />
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<em>Do </em>j<span class="text Matt-5-46"><span class="woj">udge with righteous judgment (John 7:24) all while "speaking the truth in love." (Ephesians 4:15). People are already condemned to Hell, and while I cannot know the heart of people, we can examine their "fruits," and present the Law, to show them their need of the Savior Jesus (Galations 3:24).</span></span><br />
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Do <em>not</em> be hypocritical in your speech. Speak one way, and act another way.<br />
Matthew 7:4-5/<span class="text Matt-7-4" id="en-NKJV-23321"><sup class="versenum"> "</sup><span class="woj">Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me remove the speck from your eye’; and look, a plank <i>is</i> in your own eye?</span> </span> <span class="text Matt-7-5" id="en-NKJV-23322"><sup class="versenum">5 </sup><span class="woj">Hypocrite! First remove the plank from your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye."</span></span><br />
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<span class="text Matt-7-5"><span class="woj"><span class="text 1Pet-2-1" id="en-KJV-30401">1 Peter 2:1-3/ "Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings, </span><span class="text 1Pet-2-2" id="en-KJV-30402"><sup class="versenum">2 </sup>As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:</span><br />
<span class="text 1Pet-2-3" id="en-KJV-30403"><sup class="versenum">3 </sup>If so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious."</span></span><br />
<em></em></span><span class="text Matt-7-5"><span class="woj"><em>Any</em> form of name-calling is forbidden by God's Word. "Speak evil of no one" (Titus 3:2).</span></span><br />
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If we f<span class="text Matt-7-5"><span class="woj">ollow the pattern, after God's Word in just the few verses I have posted, we will Love the lost properly; not perfectly, but Christ will transform us to Love like HE does. To Love even those who hate us and hate the Truth.</span></span><br />
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<strong><em>"..it hated Me before it hated you."</em></strong><br />
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<span class="text Matt-5-46"><span class="woj"><span class="text John-15-18"><sup class="versenum">John 15:18-21 </sup><span class="woj">“If the world hates you, you know that it hated Me before <i>it hated</i> you.</span> </span> <span class="text John-15-19" id="en-NKJV-26719"><sup class="versenum">19 </sup><span class="woj">If you were of the world, the world would love its own. Yet because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.</span> </span> <span class="text John-15-20" id="en-NKJV-26720"><sup class="versenum">20 </sup><span class="woj">Remember the word that I said to you, ‘A servant is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted Me, they will also persecute you. If they kept My word, they will keep yours also.</span> </span> <span class="text John-15-21" id="en-NKJV-26721"><sup class="versenum">21 </sup><span class="woj">But all these things they will do to you for My name’s sake, because they do not know Him who sent Me."</span> </span></span></span><br />
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</span><span class="text Luke-18-10" id="en-NKJV-25699"><sup class="versenum">Luke 18:10-14/ </sup><span class="woj">“Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.</span> </span> <span class="text Luke-18-11" id="en-NKJV-25700"><sup class="versenum">11 </sup><span class="woj">The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, ‘God, I thank You that I am not like other men—extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this tax collector.</span> </span> <span class="text Luke-18-12" id="en-NKJV-25701"><sup class="versenum">12 </sup><span class="woj">I fast twice a week; I give tithes of all that I possess.’</span> </span> <span class="text Luke-18-13" id="en-NKJV-25702"><sup class="versenum">13 </sup><span class="woj">And the tax collector, standing afar off, would not so much as raise <i>his</i> eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me a sinner!’</span> </span> <span class="text Luke-18-14" id="en-NKJV-25703"><sup class="versenum">14 </sup><span class="woj">I tell you, this man went down to his house justified <i>rather</i> than the other; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.”</span></span><br />
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I have heard it said, <em>"If we truly have the Cross of Christ, engraved upon our heart, we will not be able to boast in how "wonderful" we are; only in Christ." </em> All other boasting is evil (James 4:16-17). Our heart should reflect that of Christ Jesus, such as in the example of tax collector and the sinner in Luke chapter 18. Who does God have mercy on? The one who humbles himself before God.<br />
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I have been recently grieved that we are not showing forth the heart of Christ to the lost. I know there are no perfect churches, there will never be a perfect Church.<br />
"If you ever find a perfect church, don’t let me join it, because it won’t be perfect anymore!" -unknown<br />
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"We don't believe in a feelings-based Christianity, may God deliver us from a feeling-less faith. Love is an action verb. Do we love the lost like Jesus?" -unknown<br />
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The battle today, for the Christian is the battle for the heart. Do you hear that cry from Hell? Is so, what are you going to do about it? <a href="http://wayofthemaster.com/">Learn how to present the Gospel Biblically, with Love and Mercy, 'The Way of the Master'.</a><br />
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<span class="text Jas-4-6" id="en-NKJV-30344"><sup class="versenum"> James 4:6 </sup>But He gives more grace. Therefore He says:</span><br />
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"Grace unmeasured, vast and free<br />
That knew me from eternity<br />
That called me out before my birth<br />
To bring You glory on this earth<br />
Grace amazing, pure and deep<br />
That saw me in my misery<br />
That took my curse and owned my blame<br />
So I could bear Your righteous name<br />
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Grace paid for my sins<br />
And brought me to life<br />
Grace clothes me with power<br />
To do what is right<br />
Grace will lead me to heaven<br />
Where I'll see Your face<br />
And never cease <br />
To thank You for Your grace<br />
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Grace abounding, strong and true<br />
That makes me long to be like You<br />
That turns me from my selfish pride<br />
To love the cross on which You died<br />
Grace unending all my days<br />
You'll give me strength to run this race<br />
And when my years on earth are through<br />
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I'm just a <a href="http://youtu.be/snjd291QmiE">Sinner Saved By Grace</a>. I'm no better than the "worst" person, on this planet. We're all under the same judgment, apart from Christ Jesus. Christians need to realize without God's Grace we aren't any "good." As Scripture proclaims, "there is none good, no not one." (Ro.3:10) We are just as filthy as everybody else. I'm not better then anybody else, but I'm infinitely better off. I am no longer under God's wrath, I am a child of God and nothing can separate me from the Love of the Father.<br />
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We should be as these two verses so wisely proclaims. James 1:26-27/"<span class="text Jas-1-26" id="en-NKJV-30293"><sup class="versenum"> </sup>If anyone among you<sup class="footnote" value="[<a href="#fen-NKJV-30293a" title="See footnote a">a</a>]">[</sup> thinks he is religious, and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this one’s religion <i>is</i> useless. </span> <span class="text Jas-1-27" id="en-NKJV-30294"><sup class="versenum">27 </sup>Pure and undefiled religion before God and the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their trouble, <i>and</i> to keep oneself unspotted from the world."</span><br />
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When Christians say they are "righteous" and "holy," it is true (2 Cor.5:21) they often forget to mention, it is <strong><em>only</em></strong> because of what Jesus did on the Cross and His blood. If it were not for Christ and His resurrection, we wouldn't be pure and good. I deserve hell, without Jesus' Blood covering my sins; the only thing that makes me "good" and "right," is HIS blood, not of what I do, lest I boast in myself (Eph.2:8-9). All glory belongs to Jesus Christ alone.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">May we long to imitate Christ,</span><br />
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Want to find out <a href="http://seekandsavethelost.com/how_to_be_saved/how_to_be_saved.html">How to be saved?</a></div>
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“If sinners be damned, at least let them leap to Hell over our dead bodies. And if they perish, let them perish with our arms wrapped about their knees, imploring them to stay. If Hell must be filled, let it be filled in the teeth of our exertions, and let not one go unwarned and unprayed for.” <br />
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Proverbs 11:30 "...he who wins souls is wise."<br />
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to Paul one night in a vision, “Do not be afraid, but go on speaking and do not
be silent.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></em></strong>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: PMingLiU; mso-fareast-language: ZH-TW; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">This verse was given to me this morning by a dear brother in Christ, Rapule, to
whom I was explaining my fear of going to the abortion mill; but being
compelled by God, knew He would give me strength to accomplish the task to which He had called me..<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This verse, along with the prayers of many
dear Facebook friends, brought me great comfort and boldness to stand in the
gap and speak God’s word. <br />
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My son, youngest daughter and I arrived to meet up with fellow abolitionists,
Pastor Dale, Jillian and her daughter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><br />
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As the clinic workers arrived, Pastor Dale spoke with them and told them there
was a better way and that they shouldn’t be killing black babies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One of the workers said, “We kill white
babies, too, and Hispanic and Chinese.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Though her comment was made in sarcasm, I was struck by the fact that
she KNOWS they are killing babies and she is ok with that.<br />
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Cars began pulling in, and at least one couple went around the back where we
could not speak to them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The others who
came walked past us to the front of the clinic.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Each time they did Pastor Dale
would speak to the women and try to give them info.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One woman who came with two other women did
take the info, but they went inside any way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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A man and woman pulled up in an SUV with small children.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She got out of the car and walked past us to
go into the clinic.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As Pastor Dale
approached her to speak with her and give her information, her escort came out
of the vehicle and asked us what he was saying to her. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Jillian and I explained that he was sharing
the truth about abortion and God’s word and that he wanted her to know there
were other options.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The man said he didn’t
think that anyone can make a choice for someone else.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Jillian and I explained fetal development that she was making a
choice of death for her baby and that Jillian had some information if he would
take it in to her, she may make the correct choice.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We found out his name is Shawn and hers is
Tonya.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They have three children
together, whom we could see in the SUV.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They are not together now and Tonya is now pregnant by another man, so
she chose to end this baby’s life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He
said that people have to make hard choices in life and Jillian gave him a
beautiful testimony from her life that I know moved him as it did me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Pastor Dale explained to Shawn that he was
also guilty of murder for driving her there, as the man who drives the get-a-way
car is also responsible for the bank robbery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Shawn told us he was raised in church.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That his grandma took him every week but that it’s too hard to follow
all the rules and no one can be that good.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We shared the gospel with him and had many good discussions with
him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was very respectful and really
listening, I could tell the Holy Spirit was pricking his conscience, yet he kept
saying he believed in God but would wait for judgment day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We warned him that it is appointed for man
once to die and then the judgment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Jillian
shared the law with him and asked what his fate would be on judgment day
according to the law.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He knew it would be
hell, but he still didn’t seem to fully comprehend.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I told him that God brought us together today
to share the gospel with him and warn him of the wrath to come for those who do
not believe, because neither Jillian nor I were going to go today and he wasn’t
planning on getting out of the car.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
told him God brought him there to hear the truth of His word so that he could
repent of his sins and believe in Jesus; because he KNOWS there is a God and we
will all be judged.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He knows the truth,
but he is suppressing it to live how he wants to live. Shawn actually made a
very astute observation about grace that I’m not sure many understand.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He said he can’t “play” with God and say he’s
going to live for God and then go on living and doing whatever he wants and
then say “Oh, I’m sorry God,” then keep repeating the cycle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I agreed with him that God knows our hearts and what he described is
not true repentance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There was so much more to our conversation,
but it’s impossible to recount it all here.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We spoke with him for quite a long time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Many scriptures were shared and a lot of good discussion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As he was leaving, we gave him a lot of
information and asked him to go home and read it and pray and ask God to show
him the truth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Jillian asked if she could pray for him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He said she could, so we closed our time with
him in prayer. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We made oen final plea to him
to take the information to Tonya or ask her to come out and speak with us but
he said he couldn’t do that and then he left with the kids.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Please pray for Shawn and for Tonya.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I still have hope that she left the killing
place, though she probably did not and hope that they will both repent and believe
in Jesus.<br />
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The abortionist, Martin Ruddock, pulled in in his Mercedes while Jillian and I
were talking with Shawn.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My daughter
said that he made a face at them and gave them the middle finger.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> Pastor Dale said that he helped pioneer the partial birth abortion procedure and that he does abortions up to 28 weeks, which is 7 months!!! They have had many conversations and run-ins over many years. </span>Please
pray for Martin and ask God to change his heart of stone to a heart of flesh
through repentance and belief in Jesus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Pray that his eyes will be opened and he will stop murdering babies and harming
their mothers.<br />
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After a couple hours, we were joined by dear sisters in Christ, Sandy and Jean,
who are older women with gentle, quiet spirits.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>What a blessing it was to see them standing up for life; and it was a
joy to talk with them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> They were encouraged to see the teens there. </span>We left shortly after and they continued to stand the
gap.<br />
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The day was sad in that we did not see any women change their minds so we know babies died today and women were scarred. Pastor
Dale said he has personally seen many change their minds and leave the killing
place, so that gives me hope. I am also hopeful because we know at least one man heard the Gospel today which is the power of God unto salvation for all who believe. <br />
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Thank you for those of you who partnered with us in prayer as I put out a last minute plea. Your prayers and support mean so much to us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We would love it if those of you in the area would join us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The harvest is plentiful but the laborers are
truly few.<br />
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In Christ,<br />
Laura</span><br />
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<li class="first">Rescue the perishing, care for the dying,<br />Snatch them in pity from sin and the grave;<br />Weep o’er the erring one, lift up the fallen,<br />Tell them of Jesus, the mighty to save<br /><br />Rescue the perishing, care for the dying,<br />Jesus is merciful, Jesus will save.</li>
<li class="first">Though they are slighting Him, still He is waiting,<br />Waiting the penitent child to receive;<br />Plead with them earnestly, plead with them gently;<br />He will forgive if they only believe.</li>
<li class="first">Down in the human heart, crushed by the tempter,<br />Feelings lie buried that grace can restore;<br />Touched by a loving heart, wakened by kindness,<br />Chords that were broken will vibrate once more.</li>
<li class="first">Rescue the perishing, duty demands it;<br />Strength for thy labor the Lord will provide;<br />Back to the narrow way patiently win them;<br />Tell the poor wand’rer a Savior has died.<br /><br /><span class="refrain"> </span>Rescue the perishing, care for the dying,<br /> Jesus is merciful, Jesus will save.</li>
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</span><br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00600777839164462836noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3482741093553349712.post-1850668970226437442013-05-13T11:14:00.001-07:002014-07-09T21:02:53.048-07:00"Do You Hate Me?"<blockquote class="tr_bq">
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<b><i>"Do you hate me?"</i></b></blockquote>
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Often times, over Facebook I will find a thread with those who are unsaved, to share the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ with them. Facebook is a <i>great</i> mission field, if you can't be out and about on the street due to health, or don't yet, feel comfortable face-to-face witnessing.<br />
I recommend sharing the Gospel over the internet, through various different means. Just plant a seed, the Lord will do the rest. (1 Cor. 3:6-8) Just share Bible verses! As it states in Hebrews 4:12<span class="text Heb-4-12" id="en-NKJV-30027"><sup class="versenum"> "</sup>For the word of God <i>is</i> living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart." </span><br />
<span class="text Heb-4-12">P</span><span class="text Heb-4-12">erhaps my favorite thing to call the Living Word of God is the "Sword of the Lord." (Judges 7:20) What thing of more importance is there? Ask the Lord to give you a heart for people, that Loves the lost like He does; ask the God of Love to fill you with Himself - you need not be a fluent speaker. I know I'm not! </span><br />
If you don't know what to say, there are many great resources, to help you out in the beginning of <a href="http://wayofthemaster.com/">how to Biblically present the Gospel</a>, to a lost and dying world. This world needs Jesus!<br />
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<b><i> "Do you hate me?"</i></b><br />
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I was recently holding a conversation with a lady who I will call, "Karen". She was rather bitter and hateful; it was obvious she hated the God of the Bible and at points was difficult to hold a conversation with due to the mockery and hatred that she put forth. After a while, the only thing worthwhile doing is telling these dear people to "Repent and trust in Christ." To respond to foolish<br />
arguments, will only pull you down to their level of foolishness. The Bible says,<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;"> "</span></sup>Do not answer a fool according to his folly l<span class="text Prov-26-4">est you also be like him. (</span>Proverbs 26:4) <br />
I was about to tell her I needed to go, and for reasons unknown to me, she told me she was a lesbian and then asked, "<i>Do you hate me? Christians are hypocrites!" </i>Her question came across as genuine and now I understood a bit more, why she was so hardened and hateful. I told her, " <i>No, 'Karen', I do not hate you. Christians are called to love people, to warn you about Hell, to you of the forgiveness found in the Lord Jesus Christ..."</i><br />
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I think 'Karen' was a bit shocked by my response, and must have been treated very poorly by Christians in the past. They have claimed the name of Christ, and yet did not imitate Him. How very sad. How do we expect the world to accept our message, if we do not "speak the Truth in love"? <br />
Christian, if you try and imitate Jesus Christ in your own strength, you will be a <a href="http://youtu.be/nPIOkdNL-QQ">miserable replica.</a> However, if you allow Jesus Christ to fill you with Himself, He will, and Jesus is very good at being God. You can't manifest enough Love on your own, to love those who hate you and spit upon your face; but God can! You can't keep your human pride from showing up and showing "partiality" to other people, but God can!<br />
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Often times hidden behind all that bitterness and hatred is a searching heart, such as in the case with 'Karen'. A person who is searching for someone to Love them. We are all people and after a while, of being treated wrong, by so-called Christians, you become bitter.We aren't called to accept people's actions, or sins, but we ARE called to Love people enough to tell them of Jesus and warn them of their sins. No one goes to Hell because they are homosexual, you end up in Hell for ALL your sins against a Holy God and ultimately rejecting the Lord Jesus Christ, as the only Savior. Christians are guilty of putting sins such as homosexuality on the "top-of-the-sin-list" when in reality sins such as homosexuality aren't even listed in the top six things the Lord hates! (Proverbs 6:16-19) Pride is number one! Don't you think we ought to pay attention to Scripture more? I'm not claiming to perfect, and I have a lot to work on. One thing I do know is that Scripture proclaims we are ALL sinners, that we all need Jesus, and the Lord puts forth a list of sins that we will have to give an account for; one of which is the sin of pride. <br />
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Christian, are you guilty of the sin of pride, by looking down on other peoples' sins? <br />
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If so, you need to repent and ask forgiveness. Continually examine yourself against God's Word, to be sure that you are in right relationship with God. Ask the Lord to give you a Love for people, regardless of what their sin may be. Point out sin, righteousness and warn of Judgment and the forgiveness offered in Jesus Christ alone, by faith alone.<br />
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<span class="text_exposed_show">Do we all not suffer from the same human condition called sin? It's just different levels of depravity - that's it. Period. We were ALL created for God's Glory, and are made in the Image of God.The only difference between others and myself, is I have been Justified though Christ Jesus. I have been "Redeemed from the power and penalty of sin." -- I am a former slave to my sin -- but thanks be to God, who gives us the victory in Christ Jesus our Lord! I AM NO better than anyone, I'm just justified. If you hate someone, God sees you as a murder. We all struggle with pride. The number one sin God hates is Pride - which is looking down on people - regardless of the sin. We need to examine ourselves, dear Christian, that we do not put ourself as having a "lofty-eye" towards the unsaved, or a respector of persons...why? Because God is not.<br /><br /><br /> Don't trust your heart, to tell you if you are in right relationship with God, and loving others. Your heart will deceive you. Jeremiah 17:9/ “The heart is deceitful above all things, And desperately wicked; Who can know it?<br /><br /> Acts 10:34-35/ Then Peter opened his mouth and said: “In truth I perceive that God shows no partiality. 35 But in every nation whoever fears Him and works righteousness is accepted by Him. <br /><br /> James 2:1-13/ My brethren, do not hold the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with partiality.<br />
2 For if there should come into your assembly a man with gold rings, in fine apparel, and there should also come in a poor man in filthy clothes,<br />
3 and you pay attention to the one wearing the fine clothes and say to him, “You sit here in a good place,” and say to the poor man, “You stand there,” or, “Sit here at my footstool,”<br />
4 have you not shown partiality among yourselves, and become judges with evil thoughts?<br />5 Listen, my beloved brethren: Has God not chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which He promised to those who love Him?<br />
6 But you have dishonored the poor man. Do not the rich oppress you and drag you into the courts? 7 Do they not blaspheme that noble name by which you are called?<br />8 If you really fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you do well; <br />
9 but if you show partiality, you commit sin, and are convicted by the law as transgressors. <br />
10 For whoever shall keep the whole law, and yet stumble in one point, he is guilty of all. <br />
11 For He who said, “Do not commit adultery,” also said, “Do not murder." Now if you do not commit adultery, but you do murder, you have become a transgressor of the law. <br />
12 So speak and so do as those who will be judged by the law of liberty. <br />
13 For judgment is without mercy to the one who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.<br />
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<b><i>"Do you hate me?"</i></b> words that will play in my heart and mind for a long time. It breaks my heart the way others have been treated, by Christians, who are called to Love people. We're all guilty of it. May someone warn me, if I slip into the sin of pride. Do you truly love the lost, dear Christian? Ask Jesus to help you.</span></span><br />
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<a href="http://youtu.be/rJXIugwiN7Q">This song speaks of not having a high-and-lofty look, or pride about how much better you are than other people. We all need Jesus. As Christians we are allowed to make a righteous judgment. Love the lost like Jesus does.</a><br />
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<i>"A good character is the best tombstone. Those who loved you and were helped by you will remember you when the forget-me-nots have withered. Carve you name on hearts, no on marble." </i><br />
<i>~Charles H. Spurgeon</i><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;">Luke 6:31-32 and 35,<i> “And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise. For if ye love them which love you, what thank have ye? for sinners also love those that love them. ...But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: </i><i><span style="font-size: small;"> </span><span style="font-family: Gill Sans MT; font-size: large;"><u>for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil</u></span><span style="color: red; font-family: Gill Sans MT; font-size: large;">.”</span></i></span></span><br />
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In the love of Christ,<br />
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Rachelle ~ Abolitionist ~ A//A<br />
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“Have you no wish for others to be saved? Then you're not saved yourself, be sure of that!” </div>
― <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2876959.Charles_H_Spurgeon">Charles H. Spurgeon</a> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00600777839164462836noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3482741093553349712.post-25880444818734616722013-05-12T20:20:00.001-07:002013-05-12T20:20:49.846-07:00Standing In The Gap - May 11, 2013 - Thank you to all who prayed for us. Here's and update of our time at the killing place.<br />
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The Day Before Mother’s Day :’(<br />
May 11, 2013<br />
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It was a cold, overcast day today and threatening to rain. Emily and I prayed and then headed to the killing place. When we arrived, we met fellow abolitionists, Rachelle, Elaine, Phil, and Charity and Ed, a kind older Catholic man wh<span class="text_exposed_show">o is there just about every Saturday. <br /><br /> We greeted everyone and took our places; and Phil prayed over us for God’s protection and for Him to soften hearts and put an end to this place.<br /><br /> The first cars pulled in. They didn’t stop; just drove down the driveway and around the back to where they would be ushered in by Judy, the “escort” and the security guard. Rachelle read scripture and called out to them to talk with us and spare the babies’ lives. Unfortunately there was no response.<br /><br /> Several cars pulled in and out to go to the dry cleaners in a building that shares the parking lot. One was an SUV with the license plate Acts 8:8. Ed pointed it out to me, so I pulled out the Bible and looked up the passage. It reads, “4 Now those who were scattered went about preaching the word. 5 Philip went down to the city1 of Samaria and proclaimed to them the Christ. 6 And the crowds with one accord paid attention to what was being said by Philip when they heard him and saw the signs that he did. 7 For unclean spirits, crying out with a loud voice, came out of many who had them, and many who were paralyzed or lame were healed. 8 So there was much joy in that city.” We engaged him about the verse and found out his name is Mark and he is from a church not far from the killing place called City of Joy and they had come out to the clinic at one point. He felt that he should speak to his church about being a presence there as it would be more effective to see people they know from the neighborhood in front of the clinic and might deter some. I hope Mark actually does speak to his church and that they come out.</span><span class="text_exposed_show"><span class="userContentSecondary fcg"> </span></span><br />
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<span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id=".reactRoot[1].[1][4][1]{comment464368256983935_3099522}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2]"><span class="UFICommentBody" id=".reactRoot[1].[1][4][1]{comment464368256983935_3099522}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0"><span id=".reactRoot[1].[1][4][1]{comment464368256983935_3099522}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[0]"><span id=".reactRoot[1].[1][4][1]{comment464368256983935_3099522}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[0].[0]">We were also joined by fellow abolitionists, a really adorable family: Jillian, Derrick and their children Hannah and Michael, as well as Dan, Linda, Patty and two lovely older Catholic ladies that are there faithfully, Lauretta and Betty. </span><br id=".reactRoot[1].[1][4][1]{comment464368256983935_3099522}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[0].[1]" /><br id=".reactRoot[1].[1][4][1]{comment464368256983935_3099522}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[0].[2]" /><span id=".reactRoot[1].[1][4][1]{comment464368256983935_3099522}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[0].[3]">The securi</span></span><span id=".reactRoot[1].[1][4][1]{comment464368256983935_3099522}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3]"><span id=".reactRoot[1].[1][4][1]{comment464368256983935_3099522}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0"><span id=".reactRoot[1].[1][4][1]{comment464368256983935_3099522}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[0]">ty guard and Judy tried to intimidate us and often came up to the front to listen in on what we were saying as we talked with people passing by. It was great because they don’t intimidate us and they got to hear the gospel as we were sharing it with others.</span><br id=".reactRoot[1].[1][4][1]{comment464368256983935_3099522}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[1]" /><br id=".reactRoot[1].[1][4][1]{comment464368256983935_3099522}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[2]" /><span id=".reactRoot[1].[1][4][1]{comment464368256983935_3099522}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[3]">One of those we shared with was a young man named, Amir. He was walking to the gas station with a gas can and I asked him if he knew what went on in the building. He said, “No.” When I explained it, his eyes widened and he listened as I told him about the horrors perpetrated on women. I asked him if he knows Jesus and he said that he did because his grandmother always took him to church. I went through the law and the gospel with him and he said he had repented and believed. We prayed with him and gave him tracts, 180 card, abortion info, etc… he thanked us and went on his way. Later he passed back by and said hello to us.</span><br id=".reactRoot[1].[1][4][1]{comment464368256983935_3099522}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[4]" /><br id=".reactRoot[1].[1][4][1]{comment464368256983935_3099522}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[5]" /><span id=".reactRoot[1].[1][4][1]{comment464368256983935_3099522}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[6]">We also spoke with a man named, Corinthian, who brought his best friend for an abortion. She was inside and we tried to convince him to bring her out to talk to us. Dan, Rachelle and I engaged him about fetal development from an embryology textbook. Dan showed him pictures of aborted babies, and Rachelle pleaded with. He said that he couldn’t change her mind, though he didn’t agree with her. He laid out a story about her having 3 kids and breaking up with her boyfriend. Then during the breakup she became pregnant by another man. She got back with her boyfriend but didn’t want him to know of the pregnancy, so she was aborting. We continued to plead with Corinthian to ask her not to cover up the pregnancy by murdering her baby. He said he would talk to her but didn’t come back. The security guard and Judy also were listening in on this conversation.</span><br id=".reactRoot[1].[1][4][1]{comment464368256983935_3099522}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[7]" /><br id=".reactRoot[1].[1][4][1]{comment464368256983935_3099522}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[8]" /><span id=".reactRoot[1].[1][4][1]{comment464368256983935_3099522}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[9]">Several more cars pulled in, one with a younger looking teen slumped down in the back seat; and Rachelle, Elaine, Dan and Jillian continued to call out to women to speak with us and spare their babies, but to no avail. We continued to engage people walking by and gave out tracts and drop cards. </span><br id=".reactRoot[1].[1][4][1]{comment464368256983935_3099522}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[10]" /><br id=".reactRoot[1].[1][4][1]{comment464368256983935_3099522}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[11]" /><span id=".reactRoot[1].[1][4][1]{comment464368256983935_3099522}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[12]">A man pulled in to the parking lot next to the building and got out and asked us why we are doing this and do we think it will make any difference? Dan, Rachelle and I engaged him and shared why we are doing what we are doing. It was a very interesting conversation. He said he does not agree with abortion, but would never stand out and try to persuade others not to do it because they are going to do what they are going to do. Dan, Rachelle and I continued to speak with him and found out he is a Jehovah’s Witness. We shared the law and the gospel with him and he continued to tell us we were wrong. Though the conversation was animated, as he was quite a character, it was respectful and we spoke with him for quite a while and he was presented with the truth of God’s word. We have him a lot of literature before he headed off. This conversation also drew the attention of the security guard and Judy. I believe they were looking for a reason to say we were harassing people, but we weren’t and they got to hear the gospel again.</span><br id=".reactRoot[1].[1][4][1]{comment464368256983935_3099522}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[13]" /><br id=".reactRoot[1].[1][4][1]{comment464368256983935_3099522}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[14]" /><span id=".reactRoot[1].[1][4][1]{comment464368256983935_3099522}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[15]">I lost count of how many cars came in that day, but it was an especially sad day with Mother’s Day being tomorrow. I was sad thinking how these women thought that by killing their children, they were no longer mothers. The reality is once you are a mother you are always a mother. They are now mothers of dead children. It was heartbreaking. Rachelle, Elaine, Emily and I left around 11:30am as we were very cold from being there close to 4 hours; and the others continued to stay and preach the gospel and plead for babies’ lives.</span><br id=".reactRoot[1].[1][4][1]{comment464368256983935_3099522}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[16]" /><span id=".reactRoot[1].[1][4][1]{comment464368256983935_3099522}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[17]"> Thank you so much to all of you who prayed. You were as much a part of the ministry today as we were; and we couldn’t do it without your prayers and the power of the Holy Spirit. Please keep praying for those we encountered today and for those I mentioned who are regularly at the killing place. There are so many killing places and so few who are willing to go. The field is white unto harvest but the laborers are truly few. </span><br id=".reactRoot[1].[1][4][1]{comment464368256983935_3099522}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[18]" /><br id=".reactRoot[1].[1][4][1]{comment464368256983935_3099522}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[19]" /><span id=".reactRoot[1].[1][4][1]{comment464368256983935_3099522}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[20]">Please consider how you can get involved in your area. We could also use your help with materials to distribute to women. One generous Facebook friend has ordered 60 Tiny Hands Books for us to give to the mothers. I can’t wait to receive them. Thank you for your generosity. There are many items we could use from tracts, 180 movies, AHA materials, baby blankets, hats, booties, items for the mothers and more. Please message me if you are willing to help.</span><br id=".reactRoot[1].[1][4][1]{comment464368256983935_3099522}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[21]" /><br id=".reactRoot[1].[1][4][1]{comment464368256983935_3099522}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[22]" /><span id=".reactRoot[1].[1][4][1]{comment464368256983935_3099522}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[23]">Rescue the perishing, care for the dying,</span><br id=".reactRoot[1].[1][4][1]{comment464368256983935_3099522}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[24]" /><span id=".reactRoot[1].[1][4][1]{comment464368256983935_3099522}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[25]">Snatch them in pity from sin and the grave;</span><br id=".reactRoot[1].[1][4][1]{comment464368256983935_3099522}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[26]" /><span id=".reactRoot[1].[1][4][1]{comment464368256983935_3099522}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[27]">Weep o’er the erring one, lift up the fallen,</span><br id=".reactRoot[1].[1][4][1]{comment464368256983935_3099522}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[28]" /><span id=".reactRoot[1].[1][4][1]{comment464368256983935_3099522}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[29]">Tell them of Jesus, the mighty to save. </span><br id=".reactRoot[1].[1][4][1]{comment464368256983935_3099522}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[30]" /><span id=".reactRoot[1].[1][4][1]{comment464368256983935_3099522}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[31]">Refrain:</span><br id=".reactRoot[1].[1][4][1]{comment464368256983935_3099522}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[32]" /><span id=".reactRoot[1].[1][4][1]{comment464368256983935_3099522}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[33]">Rescue the perishing, care for the dying,</span><br id=".reactRoot[1].[1][4][1]{comment464368256983935_3099522}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[34]" /><span id=".reactRoot[1].[1][4][1]{comment464368256983935_3099522}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[35]">Jesus is merciful, Jesus will save.</span><br id=".reactRoot[1].[1][4][1]{comment464368256983935_3099522}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[36]" /><span id=".reactRoot[1].[1][4][1]{comment464368256983935_3099522}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[37]">Though they are slighting Him, still He is waiting,</span><br id=".reactRoot[1].[1][4][1]{comment464368256983935_3099522}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[38]" /><span id=".reactRoot[1].[1][4][1]{comment464368256983935_3099522}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[39]">Waiting the penitent child to receive;</span><br id=".reactRoot[1].[1][4][1]{comment464368256983935_3099522}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[40]" /><span id=".reactRoot[1].[1][4][1]{comment464368256983935_3099522}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[41]">Plead with them earnestly, plead with them gently;</span><br id=".reactRoot[1].[1][4][1]{comment464368256983935_3099522}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[42]" /><span id=".reactRoot[1].[1][4][1]{comment464368256983935_3099522}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[43]">He will forgive if they only believe.</span><br id=".reactRoot[1].[1][4][1]{comment464368256983935_3099522}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[44]" /><span id=".reactRoot[1].[1][4][1]{comment464368256983935_3099522}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[45]">Down in the human heart, crushed by the tempter,</span><br id=".reactRoot[1].[1][4][1]{comment464368256983935_3099522}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[46]" /><span id=".reactRoot[1].[1][4][1]{comment464368256983935_3099522}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[47]">Feelings lie buried that grace can restore;</span><br id=".reactRoot[1].[1][4][1]{comment464368256983935_3099522}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[48]" /><span id=".reactRoot[1].[1][4][1]{comment464368256983935_3099522}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[49]">Touched by a loving heart, wakened by kindness,</span><br id=".reactRoot[1].[1][4][1]{comment464368256983935_3099522}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[50]" /><span id=".reactRoot[1].[1][4][1]{comment464368256983935_3099522}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[51]">Chords that were broken will vibrate once more.</span><br id=".reactRoot[1].[1][4][1]{comment464368256983935_3099522}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[52]" /><span id=".reactRoot[1].[1][4][1]{comment464368256983935_3099522}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[53]">Rescue the perishing, duty demands it;</span><br id=".reactRoot[1].[1][4][1]{comment464368256983935_3099522}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[54]" /><span id=".reactRoot[1].[1][4][1]{comment464368256983935_3099522}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[55]">Strength for thy labor the Lord will provide;</span><br id=".reactRoot[1].[1][4][1]{comment464368256983935_3099522}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[56]" /><span id=".reactRoot[1].[1][4][1]{comment464368256983935_3099522}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[57]">Back to the narrow way patiently win them;</span><br id=".reactRoot[1].[1][4][1]{comment464368256983935_3099522}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[58]" /><span id=".reactRoot[1].[1][4][1]{comment464368256983935_3099522}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[59]">Tell the poor wand’rer a Savior has died.</span><br id=".reactRoot[1].[1][4][1]{comment464368256983935_3099522}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[60]" /><span id=".reactRoot[1].[1][4][1]{comment464368256983935_3099522}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[61]">Rescue the perishing, care for the dying,</span><br />
<span id=".reactRoot[1].[1][4][1]{comment464368256983935_3099522}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[63]">Jesus is merciful, Jesus will save.<br />
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