Do you want to know the key to stopping abortion in our country???
You bring healing and hope to those who have experienced abortion in their past. With roughly 25% of your congregation having experienced abortion, there is an enormous need for the church to have a concentrated Biblical approach to provide after-abortion healing.
The topic of abortion tends to be labeled as a political one thereby relegating it to the debate platform. Yet in reality, it’s a spiritual issue and the answer lies in the Bride of Christ, the Church. We have the answer to the pain, guilt and regret that follows many after their abortion. Psalm 107 beautifully describes the goodness of our God and His desire to bring healing and wholeness to all who draw near to Him. There is immense power in the story of those who have been redeemed.
Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love endures forever. Let the redeemed of the Lord tell their story—those he redeemed from the hand of the foe, those he gathered from the lands, from east and west, from north and south. Some wandered in desert wastelands, finding no way to a city where they could settle. They were hungry and thirsty, and their lives ebbed away. Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble, and he delivered them from their distress. He led them by a straight way to a city where they could settle. Let them give thanks to the Lord for his unfailing love and his wonderful deeds for mankind, for he satisfies the thirsty and fills the hungry with good things. Some sat in darkness, in utter darkness, prisoners suffering in iron chains, because they rebelled against God’s commands and despised the plans of the Most High. So he subjected them to bitter labor; they stumbled, and there was no one to help. Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble, and he saved them from their distress. He brought them out of darkness, the utter darkness, and broke away their chains. Let them give thanks to the Lord for his unfailing love and his wonderful deeds for mankind, for he breaks down gates of bronze and cuts through bars of iron. Some became fools through their rebellious ways and suffered affliction because of their iniquities. They loathed all food and drew near the gates of death. Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble, and he saved them from their distress. He sent out his word and healed them; he rescued them from the grave. Let them give thanks to the Lord for his unfailing love and his wonderful deeds for mankind. Let them sacrifice thank offerings and tell of his works with songs of joy.
-Psalm 107:1-22
As the Church, are we giving those who God has healed from their past abortions an opportunity to share their story of His goodness? Theirs is a story that no one can dismiss. It will probably be your most powerful tool to usher in revival as Revelation 12:10-11 is lived out. The accuser of those who have experienced abortion is defeated by the “blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony.”
If someone in your congregation is silently contemplating an abortion, the testimony of one who has gone before them will offer a powerful influence to their decision. It will provide them a unique perspective that cannot be refuted. Abortion in our country will become unthinkable as we, “Let the redeemed of the Lord tell their story (Psalm 107:2)”
