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You suspected something wasn’t right, you missed a period, you feel nauseous…what else could it be? But it can’t be, you just started college, you have plans, you can’t disappoint your Dad, your Mom. Plus, your boyfriend is not ready to be an adult, much less be a father to a real child. The only alternative is abortion, yeah, that’s the answer, no more worries, no more turmoil…life can go on and your plans won’t be disrupted. It will be life as usual.

But you may fail to take into account a few important details:

1. You are pregnant—It sounds obvious but we sometimes forget to equate being pregnant with having a living, growing, baby inside of us. Life begins at conception. The heartbeat starts at 21-25 days. By 10 weeks the baby has fully formed little hands, fingers, feet and  toes. This may sound harsh, but your baby will die in the abortion procedure and you can’t undo abortion.
2. You have emotions—It’s not easy, no matter how strong and determined you are. And you may immediately begin to feel the emotion of losing your child. Some feel sadness or depression even before the abortion and some not until years later. Some even succumb to behaviors that will help them drown out and cover up the pain of the loss.
3. Will your relationships survive an abortion?—This decision can take a toll on your boyfriend, husband, and/or family. It will always be there in the background. If you keep it secret, will you have to hide it forever from friends and family? How does this affect your parents, the grandparents? They will have lost a grandchild.
4. The future—Many women are still reeling from the abortion they had years in the past. They suffer with guilt and shame and remorse. When you see women with babies, when you recall the day of the abortion, when you try to have another baby, will it be painful? And what impact will this have on future siblings? Will you tell them, and what will they feel about having lost a brother or sister to abortion? Many women lie on medical insurance forms, too embarrassed to admit they had an abortion.
5. Is it safe or are there any health risks? What if something unexpected happens? Will I be able to have children after this?  What do they actually do in the process of abortion?

Praying may be the last thing we do in our day or our week or our month. We have all kinds of reasons to shirk that responsibility. And yes, God’s word does tell us to pray. But because we may not see any results for our efforts, or not on our timetable anyway, we just tend to put prayer on the back shelf.

But what if you could see results in black and white: statistical, and personal life-changing results; would you commit to pray? Would you commit to pray for 40 days? I know of an opportunity to pray where you can know that God is going to answer, and that He has already answered in miraculous ways. It’s called 40 Days for Life.

The story of 40 Days for Life is an exciting one told by the founders, David Bereit, National Director, and Shawn Carney, Campaign Director in their new book, 40 Days for Life, Discover What God Has Done. They tell us incredible stories of answered prayers, and they share testimonials from those affected by and involved in this prayer organization. Since the beginning of the movement, David and Shawn have been on a ride that only God could orchestrate. They left behind lucrative careers and prospects for financial success in the business world to lead and direct a prayer campaign that would be anything but easy and comfortable.

Following God’s nudgings, the seeds of this prayer movement began with David and Shawn, and two others, falling to their knees in prayer. They were at the end of their rope financially and emotionally with an organization called Coalition for Life. They desperately needed God’s input and direction as to which way to go so that they could continue to affect the lives of those involved in abortion and the abortion industry.

From that one hour of intense prayer the concept of forty days of something was conceived. But forty days of what? After much thought and discussion came the idea of praying for 40 days, along with fasting, peaceful vigil, and community outreach. This turned into 40-day prayer campaigns held twice per year, and then eventually became an international prayer movement that has resulted in answered prayer on a God-sized level.

Since 2007, the year of the first nation-wide campaign, 6,749 babies have been saved from abortion as moms/dads changed their abortion decision to life, 76 abortion center workers have left their jobs to leave behind that legacy of death, and 27 abortion centers have closed their doors. That kind of momentous change is only by God’s faithfulness to His praying people.

So, we see that God can and does work for our good when we lift up our concerns to Him according to His will. He hates the destruction surrounding abortion even more than we do and our prayers will not fall to the ground unanswered.

You can start praying right now along with thousands around the country and internationally as the Spring 2013 campaign is in full swing: Feb 13 through March 24, 2013.

If you would like to find out more about the 40 Days for Life prayer campaign, go to: http://www.40daysforlife.com/.

 You can find David and Shawn’s book, 40 Days for Life: Discover What God Has Done, at http://premierecollectibles.com/40-days-for-life-discover-what-god-has-done/