Saturday, August 1, 2020

#3094 (8/2) PRO-LIFE SAT: "The Pro-Life Choice This November Could Not be Any Clearer: President Donald Trump"

"THE PRO-LIFE CHOICE THIS NOVEMBER COULDN OT BE ANY CLEARER: PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP" - Micaiah Bilger, JUL 31, 2020   |https://www.lifenews.com/2020/07/31/the-pro-life-choice-this-november-could-not-be-any-clearer-president-donald-trump/ [AS I SEE IT: Even without being able to pass any pro-life legislation because of the pro-abortion Democratic  House, President Trump has done much more than any other president in recent history, probably including President Reagan. It is meaningless to say that YOU are "pro-life" and NOT vote for President Trump. - Stan]
    The contrast between President Donald Trump and Joe Biden on the abortion issue could not be sharper.
   One supports protections for unborn babies. The other supports abortion on demand and wants to force taxpayers to pay for it. 
   That’s why, for Mary Vought and many other Americans, “the pro-life choice this November could not be clearer.”

   In an opinion piece for Newsweek, Vought, the executive director of the Senate Conservatives Fund and a board member of Pro-Life Voices for Trump, explained why pro-life voters should support the Republican president.
   “Replacing Donald Trump with Joe Biden would do incalculable harm to the pro-life movement and to the millions of Americans yet born who are dependent on us to stand up for their most basic rights,” Vought wrote. She said the proposed 2020 Democratic Party platform supports more abortions, not fewer, and Biden does, too.
   Vought wrote: "The draft platform says “every woman should be able to access high-quality reproductive health care services, including safe and legal abortion.” The phrase “safe and legal abortion” echoes wording used by former President Bill Clinton—except that Clinton talked about keeping abortion “safe, legal and rare.” The omission of those critical last two words comes as no accident, as the Democrats have moved ever-leftward to support unlimited, taxpayer-funded abortion-on-demand.
   The platform proposal also supports codifying Roe v. Wade into federal law, which would make it more difficult for states to pass even minor, common-sense protections for unborn babies. It also calls for the end to the Hyde Amendment, which prohibits taxpayer-funded abortions in federal spending, and restored funding to the billion-dollar abortion chain Planned Parenthood.
   “At a time when the nation has focused on racial justice, Democrats’ support for the abortion industry shows particular cruelty toward African-Americans,” Vought continued, noting how African Americans have a disproportionately high number of abortions in the U.S. She pointed to New York City health statistics showing that more African American babies are aborted in the city than are born each year – “a truly sad and shocking indictment of our culture.”
   Yet Democrat leaders are pushing for policies that would lead to more unborn babies being aborted each year.

   “While Democrats want to expand this pro-abortion culture of death, President Trump has stood firmly for pro-life principles since taking office nearly four years ago,” Vought said. She said Trump has appointed pro-life judges to federal courts, and he has passed policies to defund Planned Parenthood and other abortion groups of Americans’ hard-earned tax dollars. He supports the Hyde Amendment and has promised to sign pro-life legislation to prohibit late-term abortions and protect newborns who survive abortions from infanticide, if they reach his desk.

   These are some of the reasons pro-lifers support Trump, but there are nearly 1 million more. Every year, nearly 1 million abortions are done in America. Each abortion represents a unique, living unborn child who deserved a right to life. Biden’s policies would expand this destruction and treat the killing of a precious unborn child as basic, “essential” health care. Trump, in contrast, believes unborn babies deserve to be protected under the law.

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"Pro-Abortion Joe Biden Launches Campaign to Dupe Christians Into Voting for Him"
 Micaiah Bilger,  JUL 31, 2020; https://www.lifenews.com/2020/07/31/pro-abortion-joe-biden-launches-campaign-to-dupe-christians-into-voting-for-him/


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PRAYER MATTERS:

"To clasp the hands in prayer is the beginning of an uprising against 
the disorder of the world Karl Barth
"Prayer is inviting God into a seemingly impossible situation and trusting/resting in His love and grace to accomplish His perfect will in His perfect time and for His greatest glory. Intercession is  one of the great privileges AND responsibilities for EVERY believer."- Stan
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“INTERCESSORS ARE THE RUDDER” – A WORD OF ENCOURAGEMENT - Wanda Alger, June 28th, 2017; https://www.getamericapraying.com/blog/I was recently given a word by my good friend, Bill Yount. His word greatly encouraged me as an intercessor. Working for Intercessors for America, I soon realized it was not just a word for me, but for all who have been praying for our nation, wondering if their prayers are truly making any difference. Bill told me, “I kept seeing you as a small rudder on a huge ship. Hidden, but giving guidance. Although it seemed slow it was turning the whole ship. Patience was needed to see the impact of your…ministry. I sense the Lord saying, ‘Don’t jump ship! I’ve made you the rudder!’ ” I was immediately touched in my spirit by this encouragement, knowing that our seemingly small place in prayer was having a great impact.
James 3:4 talks about the power of a small rudder to steer a large ship. In this scripture about the power of our tongue, consider the power of prophetic intercession! In the Forerunner Commentary on this verse we read, “…rudders manipulate the course of immense ocean vessels with a slight movement of a pilot’s hand. Since it is underwater and aft, the rudder of a ship does its work UNSEEN. A passenger is ignorant of its movements most of the time. Yet, when it is in proper working order, the rudder holds more power over the ship than the wind. The wind will blow, toss, even destroy the ship’s rigging, but the rudder guides the ship exactly where it directs.”
This is God’s promise to the intercessors in this hour of national turbulence. Don’t stop praying! Your prayers have great power to turn the ship! Continue praying, interceding, and discerning the workings and movements of the Holy Spirit, being faithful to God’s commands. As we come together to declare God’s faithfulness, this nation will, once again, head in the direction that God intends. Don’t give up and don’t give in. Regardless of the winds of adversity and the fires of the enemy, God’s people have a power that cannot be matched. Let us join in faith and continue to pray and speak of God’s faithfulness in order to bring God’s people and this nation into the fullness of God’s plans. Note this additional encouragement from God’s word:
Colossians 2:15 – “He disarmed the rulers and authorities and put them to open shame, by triumphing over them in him” (ESV). 
Psalm 33:8-11 – “Let all the earth fear the Lord; let all the people of the world revere him. For he spoke, and it came to be; he commanded, and it stood firm. The Lord foils the plans of the nations; He thwarts the purposes of the peoples. But the plans of the Lord stand firm forever, the purposes of his heart through all generations.” 
Wanda Alger, IFA Field Correspondent

PRAY FOR AMERICA: THANK GOD for His many blessings on America throughout it's history. May we then ask that AMERICA once again be a blessing TO GOD, by once again submitting to HIS will in our affairs - both personal and national - that He may truly "heal our land." (2 Chron. 7:14) Short of that, we should not be saying "God Bless America"but instead "God be merciful towards America!"
PRAY FOR OUR LEADERS 1) Pray for President Trump and his advisers, that they would select Godly leaders at the federal level who will be accountable to do an excellent job (or be fired!) ; that he would seek God's wisdom and be enabled to lead our country effectively in the years ahead; and 2) Pray our leaders at every level of government will Spirit-filled, leading us with Godly wisdom and integrity; that they will  only pass legislation and enact policies that will benefit Americans today as well as future generations and NOT do any lasting harm.
SUPREME COURT: PRAY that the justices will only hand down decisions that are Constitutionally sound and in the best interests of our country now and for future generations.

World-Wide Prayer Requests:

 PRAISE GOD for the continuing recent successes against ISIS! P
ray that coalition forces will be able to  fully destroy the leadership and infrastructure of ISIS.
*For believers in Syria and in this region as they navigate so much uncertainty. May they remain faithful to God through these most difficult times as He sustains them with peace and His Spirit's strength.
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Praying Through the Open Doors World Watch List for persecuted believers:https://www.opendoorsusa.org/take-action/pray/monthly-prayer-calendar/
LIBYA In order to support his mother and siblings, Romany, a 27-year-old Egyptian believer, moved to Libya after his father died. A deacon in his church, he was always smiling and had a strong faith. Tragically, Romany’s life was cut short when he was kidnapped -reportedly by the Islamist militia group Ansar al-Sharia—and then tortured and killed after he refused to renounce his faith in Jesus and convert to Islam. Christian converts and migrants are vulnerable in Libya, No. 4 on Open Doors’ World Watch List. Sometimes religious leaders incite violence against these groups.
August 1 - Pray for comfort and provision for Romany’s mother and siblings.
*Representative name or photo used to protect identity.

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