Posts with the category “40-days-for-life-devotionals-2022”

Day 39: The End of Abortion
April 9th, 2022
Right now in the United States almost a million precious children are aborted every year.  That’s about 3000 babies lost every single day.  It is by far the leading cause of death in our country.But i...  Read More
by Pastor Kenton Rahn
DAY 38: Stories from the Sidewalk
April 8th, 2022
Abortion is a painful and emotionally draining issue.  So I’m thankful you’ve been praying with me for the past 38 days.  And I figure you’re ready for some good news… Thanks to the prayers and effort...  Read More
by Pastor Kenton Rahn
DAY 37: The Other Half of the Equation
April 7th, 2022
Stephen Arterburn – author and founder of New Life Ministries – went to college to get a Christian education, but what happened is that he got a girl pregnant – and pressured her to have an abortion. ...  Read More
by Pastor Kenton Rahn
DAY 36: Healing After Abortion
April 6th, 2022
After getting an abortion women sometimes report feeling a sense of relief.  But as that momentary surge of relief fades, they can’t escape feeling somehow they have been permanently changed.  In the ...  Read More
by Pastor Kenton Rahn
Day 35: Imago Dei
April 5th, 2022
In the Book of Revelation, the Satanic beast from the sea has seven blasphemous names on its heads (Revelation 13:1).  Its chief ambition is to blaspheme the holy name of God, and one way Satan accomp...  Read More
by Pastor Kenton Rahn
DAY 34: Be Watchful in Your Prayers
April 4th, 2022
1 Peter 4:7 says: “But the end of all things is at hand; therefore be serious and watchful in your prayers.”What does it mean to be watchful in your prayers?  I think it means to be attentive to what ...  Read More
by Pastor Kenton Rahn
DAY 33: Choose Life
April 3rd, 2022
A while back at the Planned Parenthood on Fulton Street, a man walked up to one of the Sidewalk Advocates from Right to Life and told her this story.He explained that as a young man he took his girlfr...  Read More
by Pastor Kenton Rahn
DAY 32: Don't Be Like Jonah
April 2nd, 2022
But the Lord said, "You have had pity on the plant for which you have not labored, nor made it grow, which came up in the night and perished in the night. And should I not pity Nineveh, that great cit...  Read More
by Pastor Kenton Rahn
DAY 31: The Adoption Option
April 1st, 2022
Today I’d like to share this wonderful testimony written by one of our former Pastors, Charles Specht, on the subject of adoption…“My wife Kathy and I have five of the most wonderful children in the w...  Read More
by Pastor Kenton Rahn
DAY 30: Encouragement Time
March 31st, 2022
Dear readers, our 40 Days for Life campaign is coming to an end quickly!For the past several weeks I’ve been writing and sending out this daily prayer devotional.  Today I would like to ask you to wri...  Read More
by Pastor Kenton Rahn
DAY 29: The Po-Life Generation
March 30th, 2022
“We will not hide them from their children, but tell to the coming generation the glorious deeds of the Lord, and his might, and the wonders that he has done. He established a testimony in Jacob and a...  Read More
by Pastor Kenton Rahn
DAY 28: I Get to be the One
March 29th, 2022
As I sit here writing this devotion, I hear my daughter singing and playing out in the backyard.  I can’t imagine a world without the sound of her voice, without the chance to give her a hug and be he...  Read More
by Pastor Kenton Rahn
DAY 27: Who is Margaret Sanger?
March 28th, 2022
Margaret Sanger (1879-1966) was a controversial political activist, writer, sex educator and nurse who pioneered the women’s reproductive rights movement in the United States.In 1916, she opened the w...  Read More
by Pastor Kenton Rahn
DAY 26: Protect the Innocent
March 27th, 2022
Throughout Scripture God upholds his commitment to protect the weak and fight for the innocent.  Today, meditate on these verses in which God directs his covenant people to maintain the same cause and...  Read More
by Pastor Kenton Rahn
DAY 25: Window to the Womb
March 26th, 2022
Window to the WombFor almost three decades, ultrasound technology has provided parents with a miraculous window to the womb. This common diagnostic technique uses harmless sound waves, sent by a hand-...  Read More
by Pastor Kenton Rahn
DAY 24: Unplanned
March 25th, 2022
When I saw the movie Unplanned, it changed my life.  Ever since I became a Christian I have been passionate about speaking up for the unborn.  I even spent three years working at a Pregnancy Resource ...  Read More
by Pastor Kenton Rahn
DAY 23: The Holy Family
March 24th, 2022
Matthew 1:18-19 – “This is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about: His mother Mary was pledged in marriage to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be with child through the Holy S...  Read More
by Pastor Kenton Rahn
DAY 22: For the Sake of Ten
March 23rd, 2022
After Lot went to live in the city of Sodom, the LORD appeared to Abraham in physical form (Genesis 18:1).  In verse 20, the LORD said: “Because the outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great and thei...  Read More
by Pastor Kenton Rahn
DAY 21: Why Marriage is the Key to Ending Abortion
March 22nd, 2022
You might ask, “What does marriage have to do with the problem of abortion?”  My answer: “Just about everything.”For starters, did you know 85% of abortions take place among unmarried women?  Often un...  Read More
by Pastor Kenton Rahn
DAY 20: California Family Council
March 21st, 2022
California Family Council is a wonderful organization that analyzes legislation pertaining to the protection of life, strengthening family bonds, and upholding religious liberty in California.  Their ...  Read More
by Pastor Kenton Rahn
DAY 19: The Prevailing Power of Prayer
March 20th, 2022
After God led the Israelites out of Egypt supernaturally and brought them to the edge of the Promised Land, they let fear cloud their judgment.  In Numbers chapter 14 we learn that the people threaten...  Read More
by Pastor Kenton Rahn
DAY 18: The Sin of Silence
March 19th, 2022
Dietrich Bonhoeffer was a Lutheran pastor in Germany during World War II, known for his vocal opposition to the Nazi party and their genocidal persecution of the Jews.  He was arrested by the Gestapo ...  Read More
by Pastor Kenton Rahn
DAY 17: Reasons Pastors Don't Preach on Abortion
March 18th, 2022
For decades evangelical pastors have wrestled with how to, when to, and whether to preach against abortion.  Surveys show the vast majority of pastors rarely – if ever – preach on the subject, and her...  Read More
by Pastor Kenton Rahn
DAY 16: Planned Parenthood
March 17th, 2022
A while back I heard that a beautiful new high school was built in Madera that includes a Planned Parenthood clinic right inside!  This is just the organization’s latest attempt to infuse its values i...  Read More
by Pastor Kenton Rahn
DAY 15: Created for a Purpose
March 16th, 2022
A professor in a world-acclaimed medical school once posed this medical situation – and ethical problem – to his students: “Let me give you a family history,” he began.  “Suppose that a father has syp...  Read More
by Pastor Kenton Rahn
DAY 14: Lights in the Darkness
March 15th, 2022
When I graduated from seminary back in 2005, I planned on heading to the mission field overseas.  I did end up on the mission field, but it was not the one I had in mind.  God sent me to Santa Cruz wh...  Read More
by Pastor Kenton Rahn
DAY 13: Our Real Enemy
March 14th, 2022
In Grand Rapids Michigan, there is a building on 72 Ransom Avenue with a very unusual history.  For a hundred years it was a church.  Then it was sold and converted into the largest abortion center in...  Read More
by Pastor Kenton Rahn
DAY 12: Amazing Grace
March 13th, 2022
Psalm 103:8-12 – “The Lord is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in love. He will not always accuse, nor will he harbor his anger forever; he does not treat us as our sins deserve or...  Read More
by Pastor Kenton Rahn
DAY 11: The Core Issue
March 12th, 2022
“For this is the will of God, your sanctification; that is, that you abstain from sexual immorality...” (1 Thessalonians 4:3).Fundamentally, much of the battle for the lives of unwanted babies is also...  Read More
by Pastor Jim Cecy
DAY 10: The State of the State of California
March 11th, 2022
True or False?  In the State of California…A woman can obtain an abortion at any time during her pregnancy if it is deemed necessary to protect her mental health.Abortions are publicly funded by taxpa...  Read More
by Pastor Kenton Rahn
DAY 9: Blood Guilt
March 10th, 2022
One of the key principles of justice in the Old Testament is the concept of blood guilt. This occurs when the life of an innocent person is taken but the perpetrator goes free.In such cases God - whos...  Read More
by Pastor Kenton Rahn
DAY 8: The Most Important Thing
March 9th, 2022
In Colossians 1:28, the apostle Paul declared: “Him we proclaim, warning everyone and teaching everyone with all wisdom, that we may present everyone mature in Christ.”This verse reveals Paul’s priori...  Read More
by Pastor Kenton Rahn
DAY 7: Why Do People Get an Abortion?
March 8th, 2022
In 2004, the Guttmacher Institute anonymously surveyed 1209 post-abortive women from 9 different abortion clinics across the country.  Of the women surveyed, 957 provided a main reason for having an a...  Read More
by Pastor Kenton Rahn
DAY 6: Compassion or Condemnation?
March 7th, 2022
I’ll be honest with you.  When I think about abortion I get mad.  When I think about people like Dr. Ulrich Klopfer who performed over 50,000 abortions during his career and kept the remains of 2246 a...  Read More
by Pastor Kenton Rahn
DAY 5: The Road to Revival
March 6th, 2022
2 Chronicles 7:13-14 – “When I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or command the locust to devour the land, or send pestilence among my people, if my people who are called by my name humble...  Read More
by Pastor Kenton Rahn
DAY 4: The Miracle of Life
March 5th, 2022
Did you know a few years ago scientists at Northwestern University discovered a spark of life that takes place at the moment of conception?  The researchers filmed a bright flash of light at the exact...  Read More
by Pastor Kenton Rahn
DAY 3: Stories from the Sidewalk
March 4th, 2022
Today volunteers in 588 cities are showing up to pray in front of abortion facilities around the globe.  These courageous volunteers have been described as “the last sign of hope for the mother and ba...  Read More
by Pastor Kenton Rahn
DAY 2: This is Personal
March 3rd, 2022
David Arabie looked down at his father Julius, lying in the hospital bed.  It was just a matter of days now before the cancer ran its course.  “Dad,” he choked out, “I want to thank you for everything...  Read More
by Pastor Kenton Rahn
DAY 1: What Difference Does Prayer Make?
March 2nd, 2022
Today marks the beginning of the largest 40 Days For Life spring campaign ever!  Thousands of people in 588 cities worldwide will be praying, including you!  But what do we hope to accomplish?  Aborti...  Read More
by Pastor Kenton Rahn
40 Days for Life begins ...
January 28th, 2022
Prayer Devotionals for the Spring 2022 campaign of 40 Days for Life will begin on March 2. Please come back soon. And thank you for praying with us!......  Read More
by Pastor Kenton Rahn