Special
Pro Life prayers and requests to offer up to God.
Please continue to pray for these special requests each day of the month.
Day 1
Praise God for the gift of your life and for His plan for your life since
before you were born. "You created my inmost being, you knit me
together in my mother's womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and
wonderfully made.... My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the
secret place... your eyes saw my unformed body. All the days ordained for me
were written in your book before one of them came to be." Psalm
139:13-16. "Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were
born I set you apart." Jeremiah 1:5.
Day 2
Pray for the preborn babies in your community who are in danger of being
aborted this month. "This is what the LORD says: Do what is just
and right. Rescue from the hands of the oppressor the one who has been robbed.
Do no wrong or violence to the alien, the fatherless or the widow, and do not
shed innocent blood in this place." Jeremiah 22:3.
Day 3
Pray for pregnant women in your community that their needs will be met and
that they will have the wisdom to choose life. "I have set
before you life and death, blessings and curses. Now choose life, so that you
and your children may live." Deuteronomy 30:19b.
Day 4
Pray for your church's effort to restore the right to life and for
your pastor and church leaders. "I have made you a watchman for
the house of Israel; so hear the word I speak and give them warning from
me.... if you do warn the wicked man and he does not turn from his wickedness
or from his evil ways, he will die for his sin, but you will have saved
yourself." Ezekiel 3:17, 19.
Day 5
Pray for abortionists that they will come under conviction of their sin and be
saved to take lives no more. "The Lord is not slow in keeping
his promise, as some understand slowness. He is patient with you, not wanting
anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance." 2 Peter 3:9.
Day 6
Pray for the closing of the abortion centers in your community and nationwide.
"Arise LORD! Lift up your hand O God. Do not forget the helpless... The
victim commits himself to you; you are the helper of the fatherless. Break the
arm of the wicked and evil man; call him to account for his wickedness that
would not be found out... You hear, O LORD, the desire of the afflicted...
defending the fatherless and the oppressed, in order that man, who is of the
earth, may terrify no more." Psalm 10:12-18
Day 7
Pray for those in groups like Planned Parenthood that promote abortion.
"Do not... encroach on fields of the fatherless, for their Defender is
strong. He will take up their case against you." Proverbs 23:10-11
Day 8
Pray for strength to speak out about abortion. "You are the salt of the
earth... You are the light of the world." Matthew 5:13-14
Day 9
Pray for Christians in government that they will speak in defense of
the defenseless. "Do not think that because you are in the
king's house you alone of all the Jews will escape. For if you remain silent
at this time, relief and deliverance... will arise from another place, but you
and your father's house will perish. And who knows but that you have come to
royal position for such a time as this?" Esther 4:13-14
Day 10
Pray for the President and Vice-President "I urge, then, first
of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for
everyone--for kings and all those in authority, that we may live peaceful and
quiet lives in all godliness and holiness." ! Timothy 2:1-2
Day 11
Pray for the Supreme Court, that they will seek the LORD'S wisdom and submit
to His authority. "For there is no authority except that which
God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by
God." Romans 13:1b It is not good to be partial to the wicked or to
deprive the innocent of justice." Proverbs 18:5
Day 12
Pray for your Congressman, Senators, and all of Congress. "When
the righteous thrive, the people rejoice; when the wicked rule, the people
groan." Proverbs 29:2
Day 13
Pray for the Governor, Lieutenant Governor and the state legislature.
"Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD." Psalm 33:12a
Day 14
Pray for a nationwide revival and forgiveness of our land for acceptance of
abortions. "Let us examine our ways and test them, and let us
return to the LORD." Lamentation 3:40. "Righteous exalts a nation,
but sin is a disgrace to any people." Proverbs 14:34. "Acquitting
the guilty and condemning the innocent--the LORD detests them both."
Proverbs 17:15
Day 15
Pray for those who have "burned out" and left the battle to defend
the right to life. "Let us not become weary in doing good, for
at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up."
Galatians 6:9. "Commit, your way to the LORD, trust in Him and He will do
this: He will make your righteousness shine like the dawn, the justice of your
cause like the noonday sun." Psalm 37:5-6.
Day 16
Pray for those with serious illness who might be tempted to ask for
euthanasia. "I have come that they may have life, and that they
have it more abundantly." John 10:10b
Day 17
Pray for couples who cannot have children and long to adopt a child.
"In bitterness of soul Hannah wept much and prayed to the LORD. And she
made a vow, saying, "O LORD Almighty, IF you will only look upon your
servant's misery and remember me and not forget your servant, but give her a
son, then I will give him to the LORD for all the days of his life." 1
Samuel 1:10-11
Day 18
Pray for teens in your church and community that they will live a life of
sexual purity, saving sex for marriage. "Flee the evil desire of
youth, and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace." 2 Timothy 2:22
Day 19
Pray for women who have had abortions to find salvation and emotional
restoration. "A voice is heard in Ramah, weeping and great
mourning, Rachel weeping for her children and refusing to be comforted,
because they are no more." Matthew 2:18
Day 20
Pray for pro-life crisis pregnancy centers that help women in need choose
life. "Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did it to one
of the least of these My brethren, you did it to Me." Matthew 25:40b.
Day 21
Pray for pro-life organizations that face trials combating the abortion
industry each day. "In this world you will have trouble. But
take heart! I have overcome the world." John 16:33b.
Day 22
Pray for the media that their eyes will be opened and they will inform the
public truthful on abortion. "A truthful witness saves lives,
but a false witness is deceitful." Proverbs 14:25. "My people are
destroyed from lack of knowledge." Hosea 4:6a
Day 23
Pray for your family that they will live a life pleasing to God and uphold the
sanctity of human life. "...then choose for yourselves this day
whom you will serve... But as for me and my household, we will serve the
LORD." Joshua 24:15
Day 24
Pray for struggling single mothers. "A father to the fatherless,
a defender of widows, is God in his hold dwelling." Psalm 68:5
Day 25
Pray for an overturn of Roe v. Wade, which legalized abortion on demand.
"Can a corrupt throne be allied with you--one that brings misery by its
decrees? They band together against the righteous and condemn the innocent to
death. But the LORD has become my fortress... He will repay them for their
sins and destroy them for their wickedness: The LORD, our God will destroy
them." Psalm 94:20:23.
Day 26
Pray for a nationwide return to sexually-moral lifestyles. "do
not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows."
Galatians 6:7.
Day 27
Pray for Christian doctors that they will expose the truth about abortion. "For
you were once darkness, but now you are light in the LORD. Live as children of
the light. Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather
expose them." Ephesians 5:8,11.
Day 28
Pray for parents grieving over their sons' and daughters' abortion of their
grandchildren. "A wise son brings joy to his father, but a
foolish son grief to his mother." Proverbs 10:1
Day 29
Pray for women who suffer physical health problems because they had abortions.
"And the prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well; the Lord
will raise him up. IF he has sinned, he will be forgiven... The prayer of a
righteous man is powerful and effective." James 5:15-16.
Day 30
Pray for fathers mourning the death of their aborted children.
"The king was shaken. He went up to the room over the gateway and wept.
As he went, he said: O my son Absalom! My son, my son Absalom! IF only I had
died instead of you--O Absalom, my son, my son!" 2 Samuel 18:33.
Day 31
Praise God for answering your prayers to save parents and children from
abortion! "Jesus replied, "I tell you the truth, if you
have faith and do not doubt... you can say to this mountain: Go throw yourself
into the sea; and it will be done. If you believe, you will receive whatever
you ask for in prayer." Matthew 21:21-22.
Please pray following this prayer calendar in the hope that it will bring
about the restoration of legal protection and social respect for all innocent
human life. You may also wish to pick one or two of the items on the list that
are of special importance to you personally or that God lays upon your heart
to lift up in especially fervent prayer, and dedicate those days to fasting as
well as prayer for the LORD'S intervention.
Thank You,
Champaign County Right to Life
220 Scioto Street
Urbana, OH 43078
937-653-6745

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