jus·tice
2. rightfulness or lawfulness, as of a claim or title; justness of ground or reason: to complain with justice.
3. the moral principle determining just conduct.
Whats your burn for justice?
How do you operate everyday while millions of girls and boys are being trafficked throughout the world for sex?
Whats your burn for justice?
How do you operate everyday while millions of girls and boys are being trafficked throughout the world for sex?
How do you get by moment to moment knowing that every second another baby is being put to death even before its had a chance to see?
PRAY!
It's crazy, no, more like unthinkable...that about two years ago I agreed that abortion should be an option. I didn't think that any woman should have the option; but only those who were raped or too young to handle the responsibility of having a child. Both horrible situations. None the less, I see now that both of those are just rationalizations for the murder of an innocent God-given life. There is no middle ground when it comes to murder.
As my relationship with the Lord grew deeper, as did my heart for justice. Thankfully, as grows our relationship with the Lord, often times our rationalizations disappear. As the Lord dismantles our rationalizations, he develops in us clarity. With clarity comes rational thoughts, and rational thoughts teamed with the Holy Spirit produce righteousness. Since we serve a God who cries out for justice amongst His people, this righteous thinking produced in me a heart that began to yearn for justice. . I began to pray for more... I began to pray that God would give me the burden for which he feels when we allow abortion to happen. I wanted the eyes for which he sees His children who abort their unborn.
Without the emotion and hurt for the causes before me, my cry against the unjust of the world would be nothing but empty words. Furthermore, my actions would be fruitless. My cry needed the power of a God who desires to set captives free. Furthermore, it isn't for vain that I desire to see justice prevail, but its that Christ lives in me, and I cant serve a righteous God and not have a heart for righteousness and justice to be brought forth while my heart is consumed by Him. It's just not possible. To glorify God is to preserve and honor His heart, His ways, and to be one who speaks with His voice.
Two years later here I am, president of the Tacoma Bound4Life chapter. For those unfamiliar with Bound4Life, here is a brief description:
After 50 days of round-the-clock corporate prayer and fasting before the 2004 elections, a group of prayer warriors, young and old alike, packed up their sleeping bags and headed to Washington, DC, filled with purpose and confidence that prayer could change the course of a nation. Their goal: the ending of abortion and the spread of revival.
In a dream during an extended fast, one of them had seen the image of their mouths covered by tape inscribed with the single word LIFE. For 31 days they stood at the United States Supreme Court in silent prayer with Life Tape. In their silence they identified with the silence of the preborn who have no voice to defend themselves. Their prayers rose day after day to the court that’s higher than the highest court in the land. At that time it was 31 days of prayer for 31 years of legalized abortion in America (Ez 4:4-8). What was birthed during those days of intercession has continued to impact the entire nation, as well as other nations.
It’s clear is that God is looking for people to “stand in the gap” because of the holocaust of abortion (Ez 22:30). It must be a committed, ongoing stand with the intention to remain until justice is released. If you go to the Supreme Court today, you’ll find a company still there. Through rain, blizzards and scorching heat they have never abandoned this “silent siege” against the ideology of abortion—against the political agendas—against the spiritual power structures that prop up the abortion industry (Ez 4:1-3). They are there until the Judges reverse the decree of death.
It’s spreading. What started in DC has now become a movement.
Bound4LIFE is a grassroots prayer mobilization movement targeting the ending of abortion, the increase of adoptions and the reformation of government and society through spiritual awakening. Our mission is to mobilize a massive surge of prayer through:
The media has taken hold of this image and spread it everywhere. It has quickly become a phenomenon that catches the eyes and hearts of the world.
In our silence, we intercede on behalf of our nation and cry out to God for mercy. It is a silence that speaks louder than words as it is also a prophetic statement to all who see it. We’re building up this wall of intercession. You can be a part of this movement now right where you live.
Prayer can change lives, prayer can alter hearts (it did mine), and prayer can change history and overcome passivity within governments. It is my prayer that you begin to cry to God for a burden for the unborn, for the pregnant woman thinking about abortion, for the physicians who perform abortions, and for our government who stands by while it happens. That's all it takes to be a part of the solution- a prayer.
PRAY!
It's crazy, no, more like unthinkable...that about two years ago I agreed that abortion should be an option. I didn't think that any woman should have the option; but only those who were raped or too young to handle the responsibility of having a child. Both horrible situations. None the less, I see now that both of those are just rationalizations for the murder of an innocent God-given life. There is no middle ground when it comes to murder.
As my relationship with the Lord grew deeper, as did my heart for justice. Thankfully, as grows our relationship with the Lord, often times our rationalizations disappear. As the Lord dismantles our rationalizations, he develops in us clarity. With clarity comes rational thoughts, and rational thoughts teamed with the Holy Spirit produce righteousness. Since we serve a God who cries out for justice amongst His people, this righteous thinking produced in me a heart that began to yearn for justice. . I began to pray for more... I began to pray that God would give me the burden for which he feels when we allow abortion to happen. I wanted the eyes for which he sees His children who abort their unborn.
Without the emotion and hurt for the causes before me, my cry against the unjust of the world would be nothing but empty words. Furthermore, my actions would be fruitless. My cry needed the power of a God who desires to set captives free. Furthermore, it isn't for vain that I desire to see justice prevail, but its that Christ lives in me, and I cant serve a righteous God and not have a heart for righteousness and justice to be brought forth while my heart is consumed by Him. It's just not possible. To glorify God is to preserve and honor His heart, His ways, and to be one who speaks with His voice.
Two years later here I am, president of the Tacoma Bound4Life chapter. For those unfamiliar with Bound4Life, here is a brief description:
After 50 days of round-the-clock corporate prayer and fasting before the 2004 elections, a group of prayer warriors, young and old alike, packed up their sleeping bags and headed to Washington, DC, filled with purpose and confidence that prayer could change the course of a nation. Their goal: the ending of abortion and the spread of revival.
In a dream during an extended fast, one of them had seen the image of their mouths covered by tape inscribed with the single word LIFE. For 31 days they stood at the United States Supreme Court in silent prayer with Life Tape. In their silence they identified with the silence of the preborn who have no voice to defend themselves. Their prayers rose day after day to the court that’s higher than the highest court in the land. At that time it was 31 days of prayer for 31 years of legalized abortion in America (Ez 4:4-8). What was birthed during those days of intercession has continued to impact the entire nation, as well as other nations.
It’s clear is that God is looking for people to “stand in the gap” because of the holocaust of abortion (Ez 22:30). It must be a committed, ongoing stand with the intention to remain until justice is released. If you go to the Supreme Court today, you’ll find a company still there. Through rain, blizzards and scorching heat they have never abandoned this “silent siege” against the ideology of abortion—against the political agendas—against the spiritual power structures that prop up the abortion industry (Ez 4:1-3). They are there until the Judges reverse the decree of death.
It’s spreading. What started in DC has now become a movement.
Bound4LIFE is a grassroots prayer mobilization movement targeting the ending of abortion, the increase of adoptions and the reformation of government and society through spiritual awakening. Our mission is to mobilize a massive surge of prayer through:
- Public stands of silent prayer wearing Life Tape in front of courthouses and abortion facilities around the nation.
- Millions of Christians wearing a red wristband engraved with the word LIFE. Wearing the Life Band is a covenant to PRAY, VOTE & OBEY.
The media has taken hold of this image and spread it everywhere. It has quickly become a phenomenon that catches the eyes and hearts of the world.
In our silence, we intercede on behalf of our nation and cry out to God for mercy. It is a silence that speaks louder than words as it is also a prophetic statement to all who see it. We’re building up this wall of intercession. You can be a part of this movement now right where you live.
Prayer can change lives, prayer can alter hearts (it did mine), and prayer can change history and overcome passivity within governments. It is my prayer that you begin to cry to God for a burden for the unborn, for the pregnant woman thinking about abortion, for the physicians who perform abortions, and for our government who stands by while it happens. That's all it takes to be a part of the solution- a prayer.
