Good Shepherd Community Church

Big Idea:
Pray the Sanctity of Human Life!

a. He knows what I do, what I say, and even what I think.

b. This goes way beyond just knowing ABOUT me. He knows ME!

c. He knows me completely, and He understands me completely.

a. It is not just that there is no place that God is not, but that there is no place that God is not with ME!

b. Even in our dark places of fear, anxiety, or pain - God is with us!

a. A woman gets pregnant because God is at work in her womb. There are no unplanned pregnancies from God's perspective.

b. Jeremiah 1:5
“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations.”

c. God often chooses our worst moments to give us His best gifts.

a. Imprecatory Prayer - a prayer that asks God to punish the enemies of the person praying. It is a lament that expresses the pain of God’s people when they experience injustice and suffering.

b. Attacking human life is war AGAINST God.

i. While it is complicated, it is neither inconsistent nor impossible to both love and hate the human enemies of God at the same time.

ii. Our real enemies are not flesh and blood human beings, but Satan and his demons.

c. Loving human life is war FOR God.

i. Both human victims and victimizers need to be loved and rescued from evil.

ii. We must do all we can to protect and rescue the innocent and bring God's human enemies to repentance and faith.

d. Sanctity of Human Life Offering:

i. Garden of Hope Ministries
ii. First Image
iii. Obria Medical Clinic
iv. Sandy - Estacada Pregnancy Resource Centers

"Next Step" Takeaway: With God, with Others, on Mission:

Ask God to search you and lead you:
- What should you pray?
- What should you give?
- What should you do?