2012 Prayer Intentions - 4. End to Abortion

"Manas'seh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem....And he did what was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to the abominable practices of the nations whom the LORD drove out before the people of Israel....And he burned his son as an offering, and practiced soothsaying and augury, and dealt with mediums and with wizards. He did much evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking him to anger." - 2 Kgs 21:1a, 2, 6

This January 22 marks the 39th anniversary of the Supreme Court decision whereby life was determined no longer to be an "unalienable" right as described in the Declaration of Independence. In theological terms, one might compare the Roe v. Wade to the establishment of a blood cult, similar to that of the Gentile god Molech, to whom the wicked King Manas'seh and many others in Judah sacrificed their children in the valley of Hinnom (which Jesus calls "Gehenna" in the New Testament).

In the four decades since that decision, over 50 million Americans have been killed in the womb. It is my prayer for Wednesdays this year that we experience a reawakening of love for one another that leads us to end the barbaric and idolatrous practice of child sacrifice.