“I call heaven and earth as witnesses today against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing; therefore choose life, that both you and your descendants may live…”  Deuteronomy 30:19

 Your life has been first ordained by God before the foundations of the world. So has your unborn child’s life. Regardless of your personal situation, your unborn child is innocent on all counts. Your life might be eight kinds of hell right now, but how is that the fault of an innocent unborn child to have to die for your sins?

We have a Redeemer in Jesus Christ who was chosen before Creation was created to die for our sins that we might be saved if we believe on Him. Jesus was innocent on all counts; He died without sin…perfect. It took a perfect sacrifice to atone for our evil, sinful hearts. He is the Sacrifice, not your unborn child.

Killing your child will not change your life for the better, but I assure you, your life will change.

• Minor girls; through the public school system, Medicaid
• Women on Medicaid
• Women in the military
• Women in prison; federal, state, county
• Women in third-world countries
• Federal employees

We can change the laws, change the president, change the Supreme Court…but until you change the heart of man to understand that life begins at conception, abortion will always be an option to everyone at any point of gestation.

Share Jesus with the pre-abortive mother and save both lives.

Jesus is Life.

‘And the LORD said to Samuel, “Heed the voice of the people in all that they say to you; for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected Me, that I should not reign over them’ (ref: 1Samuel 8:7).

Israel demanded a king…demanded. God told Samuel that the people, His beloved Israel, have rejected Him, they would rather have a king to judge and rule them. It’s easy enough to understand, Israel didn’t want the condemnation of God any longer. They somehow thought they could outrun God by having a man rule them. God told the people through Samuel what would happen! It would be certain that Israel’s choice to have a man rule them would be a disaster. The people chose Saul; God chose David. Had Israel been patient they wouldn’t have had to deal with all the years of Saul. What the people didn’t realize is that those years wasted on Saul’s rule were actually a time of preparation for the King that God had chosen. The people of Israel had to be prepared for what God had for them. (ref: 1Samuel 8:7-22)

So much of our lives on this earth would have been spared of so much grief if we would have petitioned the Lord and waited for His answer. How many lives could have been spared if men and women understood what fruit their ‘choice’ would bear in the future? The people wanted Saul; he was the ungodly choice. God chose David because He knows what’s best for us. Sin is a decision made to either be equal to God or to totally reject Him.

Abortion is not a choice; it’s an abomination that was brought about because sinful men and women couldn’t stand the conviction of God – the obvious result of an ungodly relationship, an innocent child. But notice the end of the David and Saul story, God had MERCY on Israel to give them David as king. After so much rebellion from His chosen people He still loved them enough to give them the right choice, His choice. For all of my Post Abortive friends, know that He has Mercy and has forgiven you! He has a better decision/choice for you….Life, abundantly.

“Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it.  Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it.”*

Don’t have to be rich; in fact Jesus said ‘sell what you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me (Mat 19:21)’. That statement alone should not grieve you, it should relieve you. Finding out that there are no earthly goods needed is truly astonishing to the ‘rich’ man. ‘How can that be?’ the rich man wonders. While still on this earth, all that is needed is your faith, prayer and well shod feet; ‘Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature (Mark 16:15)’. If money comes, then I assure you He has a mission for it before it ever touches your hands.

Jesus made the way to Him so easy. Life is precious to Him; every unborn child that will succumb to abortion, children gunned down at school, inmates on death row, murderers – everyone. ‘If you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved (Rom 10:9)’.

The narrow gate is not so hard to go through. Bring nothing, He has everything. Do you hurt? He heals. Are you poor? He has a mansion for you. Are you hungry? You will never hunger or thirst again.

What could you possibly have that he wants? Faith alone.

*Matthew 7:13-14

Sometimes I’m so discouraged…so discouraged that I find myself in intercessory prayer for those that lost and those that don’t care. God gives me the solace that nothing else can.

Through many years of off and on alcohol abuse – a way I thought I could cope – I believed (or secretly hoped) the lie that there was never a baby. As I research the phenomenon of Life, I reel at the fact that at least half of this world still believes that Life does not begin at conception. How can that happen while doctors implant embryos into barren women? It’s only a baby when it suits you or when you pay for it?

There is not a day that goes by that I don’t think about a child lost. I am certainly not alone. The Bible speaks of how Jesus came that we may have abundant Life*, not Life stolen from us. He healed all and raised the dead…how can anyone justify the death of an unborn child when Jesus Himself gave the commandment to love one another**?

Beloved, I wish the unbeliever Life; I pray salvation for all that tarry. Life is more important than what is not sanctified by God. The world is not your Comforter; it is your certain death.

The concept of Life comes with the knowledge of the One that died for YOU.

*John 10:10, **1John 3:23

“For the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh but have divine power to destroy strongholds.”*

 The cycle of sin is constant, repetitive and if you keep an eye out, you’ll notice it the minute the devil takes his aim toward you. But there are some things that WE hold onto thinking that we need to be reminded of our filthy past in order to be considered a good Christian. I agree that we should remember where we came from to learn from it, but we aren’t bound to servitude because of it. That is not of God.

Strongholds are meant to keep us in bondage to the devil and disguise itself and some kind of penance that we have to live with. Nothing can be further from the truth. The Post Abortive Woman deals with the stranglehold of the devil who means to keep us from healing and being an effective child of God.

Strongholds are not necessarily particular sins; some think that it’s alcohol, drugs – things like that, but it’s much deeper. As a child of God, we deal with self-condemnation, fear and lack of Faith. We are over the tangible sins of our past, now we have to deal with what the devil fears most: Being and effective Christian. And with that, he will keep us in a stronghold like Fort Knox.

Think of a stronghold as being in a dark, damp prison with no possibility of parole. The Post Abortive Woman keeps herself there scared to death to try to be a better woman of God because of the self condemnation that she heaps upon herself. And then when fear strikes, we lose our Faith. God has never given us the spirit of fear, ever. He is our Defender, Comforter, our Resource; not some pharisaical finger pointer every time you stumble. Remember to consider the source of your discomfort.

But Praise be to God! “The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.”**

*2 Corinthians 10:4 (ESV); **2 Corinthians 15:56-57 (ESV)

The Health Care Freedom Act is considered in states as either a bill or a state constitutional amendment – effectively prohibiting the enactment of any new government-run healthcare programs within the state.

At least 29 states are enacting such a law or a close facsimile of. As well, there 20 states on board with the newly adopted ultrasound law(s) with many more states to follow. States are also considering legislation of ‘personhood’ which will give the unborn child ‘life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness’ instead of impending death. The Tenth Amendment provides that ‘The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.’

It’s about time our votes count.

With all the recent brouhaha regarding the new Arizona immigration law, we see how a single state can pick up the ball and run with getting done what needs to be done, and not in ‘DC time’….”We in Arizona have been more than patient waiting for Washington to act,” Gov. Jan Brewer said after signing the law. “But decades of inaction and misguided policy have created a dangerous and unacceptable situation.”

One voter at a time…one state at a time.

We are trying to ‘form a more perfect union’, not secede from it. However, in order to keep utter chaos from erupting from what seems to be a socialistic plan from the progressive left, we as Americans have to take a moment and study our Constitution and make a concerted effort to keep our country and our states FREE as it was intended by our founding fathers.

We can change the face of abortion ‘one baby at a time, one mom at a time, one heart at a time’

‘Your people shall be my people, and your God my God.’*

There was a famine in the land of Judah, the Bible says. But instead of trusting God, Elimelech and Naomi took their sons and went to Moab (now part of Jordan). The origin of the Moabites came from the incestuous coming together of Lot with his eldest daughter, who bore him a son named Moab. Moab is a place of idolatry, sin and arrogance.

Can there be anything good that comes from Moab?

While in Moab, the sons of Naomi took wives, Ruth and Orpah, who were native to Moab. However, while still in there, Naomi’s sons and husband died. Naomi wanted to go back to her homeland of Judah and told Ruth and Orpah to go back to their own mothers – to stay in idolatrous Moab. Orpah went back; Ruth went on to Judah with Naomi. Ruth forsook her idols and trusted God…but she still needed a Redeemer.

We don’t know much of what went on in Moab with Ruth and Orpah. It was a pagan society. The Bible doesn’t expound much on the exploits of these women but we do know it couldn’t have been Godly.

Every day, we are faced with believing God or the world. As sinners, we need redemption. When Ruth chose God, she needed to repent and be forgiven. As I said earlier, we don’t know what happened in Moab – it was the choice of the Holy Spirit to not disclose it.

But can there be anything good that comes from Moab?

YES – good can come from Moab. Ruth came from a terrible place and found Redemption. Boaz showed favor to Ruth, rescued her – he was her kinsman-redeemer. Boaz would later marry Ruth and through the bloodline of these two people would be our coming Redeemer: Jesus. You see, God is in everything. When most people read the Book of Ruth, they see a simple love story but there is nothing simple about it. Our Savior would come from them!

Yes, God is in everything. Even in Moab.

*Ruth 1:16 (ESV)

I will rejoice in Jerusalem and be glad in my people; no more shall be heard in it the sound of weeping and the cry of distress. No more shall there be in it an infant who lives but a few days, or an old man who does not fill out his days, for the young man shall die a hundred years old, and the sinner a hundred years old shall be accursed.*

The Holy Spirit told this basic truth of Salvation to Isaiah regarding the New Jerusalem in the 1000 year reign here on Earth. I am no Bible scholar but I am still so surprised at the millions of Christians that do not understand End Times, nor do they want to. What I truly love about the Book of Isaiah is that if you have a rough time understanding Revelation, just read Isaiah. Not only is it readable but the Holy Spirit used very basic examples and truths – parables – that we may understand.

A basic truth told in this scripture is that a baby will see heaven before a hundred year old sinner will regardless of how wise he/she is. Why? Because the old sinner had a chance to repent and accept Jesus as Savior, the baby did not. Worldwide there are about 42 million abortions per year. That means since the Roe v. Wade decision 36 years ago, at least 1.5 BILLION children have died due to abortion.

The Post Abortive Woman does not have to weep any longer; her child is in Heaven rejoicing while we mourn on Earth. What I want the Post Abortive Woman to know is that she can see her child again if only she’d accept Jesus.

God foreknew that this holocaust would happen; He gave us a way out – to choose not to abort. But knowing we would, He gave us ‘beauty for ashes and the oil of JOY for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he might be glorified’.**

*Isaiah 65:19-20 (ESV), **Isaiah 61:3 (KJV)

“For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.”*

I know as an activist that abortion will probably be a fact of life today and in the future, considering the current administration and the so-called health reform on the table.

So, what are we supposed to do?

We have to work on the hearts of the moms out there that are pregnant and considering abortion. This is why street ministry and the internet works.

When I was driving to work one day I saw someone that seemed to be pacing back and forth in front of a small office building here in Baton Rouge. The next day he was there again, pacing back and forth in front of the same building. Finally I saw him again a couple of days later but this time I saw what he was holding up while he was pacing…it was a crucifix of Christ on the Cross. Suddenly I knew exactly what he was doing; he was there to talk to women and girls before they went in that building to get an abortion. What was really sad is that he was there all by himself.

The reality of what these women are contemplating hasn’t become real until someone tells them so. I know that sounds very elementary, but honestly it’s true. The only reality these women know at the time is keeping their boyfriend, staying in school, fitting into their clothes, keeping their parents from finding out, on and on and on. They truly have no idea a living human being is inside of their body.

Street ministry, peaceful protests and informational websites does a lot to bring the reality that a child is about to lose its life if the mom decides to abort.

We need to see the reality of abortion; the slain children of this grotesque act need to be heard so the next child will have a chance at the life it was ordained to have.

So the next time you wanna just hang it up and throw in the towel because you think the deck is stacked against the scourge of abortion, remember that every unborn human being is counting on activists like you and me to tell their mom to not murder them…because no one else will.

- one baby at a time, one mom at a time, one heart at a time-

*Jeremiah 29:11, ESV