Tuesday, November 30, 2021

Praying for the Challenge to Roe (Tomorrow's Court Case)

Tomorrow (December 1, 2021), the Supreme Court is set to hear Dobbs vs. Jackson Health. This is a case that directly challenges Roe v. Wade and could overturn the law that a previous Supreme Court manufactured. Here are two things you can do.

Make time to pray (If you don't have time, maybe you can fast to make more time).

Pray for Lynn Fitch, the Mississippi attorney general who is arguing that there is no right in the constitution to end the life of an unborn baby. 

  • "Open your mouth for the mute, for the rights of all who are destitute. Open your mouth, judge righteously, defend the rights of the poor and needy" Proverbs 31:8-9 
  • A truthful witness saves lives, but one who breathes out lies is deceitful.Prov 14:25 
  • Whoever speaks the truth gives honest evidence, but a false witness utters deceit.Prov 12:17 
Pray that the opposing counsel would have their lies revealed and their desire for blood overcome
  •  Behold, the wicked man conceives evil and is pregnant with mischief and gives birth to lies. He makes a pit, digging it out, and falls into the hole that he has made.Psalm 7:14-16
  •  For you are not a God who delights in wickedness; evil may not dwell with you. The boastful shall not stand before your eyes; you hate all evildoers. You destroy those who speak lies; the Lord abhors the bloodthirsty and deceitful man.Psalm 5:4-6
  •  Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness,Is. 5:20
Pray that the Justices will seek to do what is just (preserve innocent life)
  • He will bring forth your righteousness as the light, and your justice as the noonday.Psalm 37:6 
  • Then you will understand righteousness and justice and equity, every good path,10 for wisdom will come into your heart, and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul; 11 discretion will watch over you, understanding will guard you, 12 delivering you from the way of evil,  from men of perverted speech, 13 who forsake the paths of uprightness to walk in the ways of darkness,14 who rejoice in doing evil and delight in the perverseness of evil, 15 men whose paths are crooked, and who are devious in their ways.Proverbs 2:9-15 

I encourage you to be ready to make the case for life 

People might be talking about the issue, and you should be ready to open your mouth for the voiceless and defenseless.  Here are some resources

Thinking about Things That are Above

 I preached this past Sunday on "Living in Light of the Resurrection — Setting Our Minds on Things Above." Since Jesus has been raised from the dead, heaven is not a wishful thought to help ease our pains. Rather, it is a reality to be cherished (which means we must think about it). 

Below are a couple of resources you might find helpful in cultivating a mind that is set on things above (They helped me in preparing).