Conviction

Day 7

“The thief (Satan) cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.” John 10:10

We are in a spiritual battle for the lives of little ones and hearts of men. “For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.” Ephesians 6:12. God continues in this passage to tell us to put on the weapons of our warfare, “praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints.” Ephesians 6:18

“We simply must create in ourselves and in our people a wartime mentality. Otherwise the Biblical teaching about the urgency of prayer and the vigilance of prayer, the watching in prayer, and the perseverance in prayer, and the danger of abandoning prayer will make no sense and find no resonance in our hearts.” John Piper; Prayer, the Work of Missions

God is at work in Indianapolis in response to his people’s prayers. As I prayed for the conviction of sin for those who were working at the Planned Parenthood’s abortion mill yesterday, God reminded me of the woman who had come up to look at the Teens for Life display at the Back to School Fun Fair. As I began to explain the development of the child represented by the fetal models and she stopped me and said “Oh, I know it is a child at this stage (12 weeks). At 9 weeks I saw their little fingers and little legs and toes, because I worked at an abortion clinic and was in charge of checking to see if we got the entire baby out of the mother. I went home each night and could not sleep. You see I had had an abortion and I did not know. I had to quit I could not live with myself. “

We do not always get to see the answers to our prayers, but God allowed me to see an answer to mine. I have been praying for years for those who are doing these killings to be convicted of sin and to repent and find healing. God was gracious to show me His work and to encourage my prayers.

God also encouraged me yesterday with 10 people to pray with me at the 3:00 p.m. hour. It was a miracle because I was the only person signed up at that hour and none of my friends or church members had responded to my mass emails to join me. Monday evening I asked God to bring his faithful prayer warriors and by 3:15 p.m. God had brought 10 people to pray. A friend who had her work cancelled, a dear woman from Franklin who did not know where PP was located and asked the Lord to direct her, a young woman with baby and several others who just showed up and prayed. Almost all had never participated in the prayer vigil before. Praise God for rising up his faithful.

Cathy Price
Teens for Life of Indianapolis
Right to Life of Indianapolis