5th Sept 2023 - Prayer and Fasting for the Unborn: Day Three Beauty instead of Ashes
- Love Australia
- Aug 28, 2023
- 4 min read
Updated: Sep 4, 2023
… to provide for those who grieve in Zion— to bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of joy instead of mourning, and a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair. They will be called oaks of righteousness, a planting of the LORD for the display of his splendour. Isaiah 61:3

Worship
Devotion
Bible Reading: Isaiah 61:3
Our God is a God of wonderful love – a transforming love, an everlasting love, a realistic love, a saving love, a costly love. This is why ashes are transformed to a crown of beauty, mourning is replaced by joy and a spirit of despair becomes a garment of praise.
When we lived in a smaller town, we were fostering new-born babies - from the birth in the local hospital to the time for adoption. Our own three children all helped during the three week or so. It was extremely rewarding time of giving for us all, especially when the adopting parents came to meet and claim their first, long awaited child.
But we were very busy packing up everything to move interstate and we had let the government agency know that we could no longer take any more babies. But the spokesperson for the agency was very insistent that we take on just one more little girl. She had sores all over her from a virus that she had caught in the hospital. My wife relented and began to treat the sores. At the end of the third week, who should come to our door but the mother of the little girl? The wonderful love of God had transformed her heart and the treatment at our home had meant the sores were all gone – beauty for ashes!
Prayer
Lord God, may we all today know more and more of your wonderful love, bringing transformation in all we do, say and think. Use the Walk for Life Sydney in a powerful way to do this. In your name we pray, Jesus Amen
Prayer Points:
The churches and believers in Sydney to have their hearts listening to Gods heart for those who need help to become parents or to raise another child. Let there be a rising up of Kingdom couples to be the welcoming arms of Jesus for babies.
Many to gather September 23rd at the Love Sydney – Walk for Life 2023. That as we stand for life as one we are of one accord and reveal Jesus to the powers of darkness.
Those on the frontline preparing for the Love Sydney Walk for Life 2023 2pm in Hyde Park near the Archibald Fountain, the leaders, volunteers, and guest speakers. For good working sound systems, technicians, security, parking, great weather and more people have all obstacles removed to be able to awaken and come out to stand for life.
Success for media coverage, for the word to spread to all the righteous.
Protection for everyone in the pro-life movement – all to be hidden and effective! Psalm 91
We pray for every state and territory of Australia to come together to stand for life! For hearts to be awakened and every Christian to rally to rescue the unborn as the church rises up to Walk for Life Sydney 23rd Sept 2023 “Walk for Life Adelaide” 10th Feb 2024 and “March for Life” Brisbane - date TBA, Mackay “March for the Babies” October, “March for the Babies” Saturday 3rd Oct 2023 Treasury Gardens to the Melbourne Parliament, Melbourne. Pray for every Territory and State in our Nation to join in and hold rallies and walks for life in their cities.
These current Pro-Life Issues before Parliaments:
· Pray that abortion will not increase in Australia. The ACT Government has announced it will provide free abortions from mid 2023.
As Medicare sadly already cover the costs for all Australian women having abortions this is likely to be for overseas students, those on work visas and those here on holiday having abortions paid from Australian taxes.
This is currently being debated in the Upper House in Western Australia - their Abortion Legislation Reform Bill 2023 has been labelled by some as the most radical abortion law in the world. Pray they include the 4 clauses from the South Australian Termination of Pregnancy Act 2021.
· Pray that The Human Rights (Children Born Alive Protection) Bill 2022 be passed speedily in 2023. This Bill will protect babies who are currently, in most States of Australia, being left to die after a failed abortion. This protection for such babies is currently law in NSW (2019) and SA (2021) as amendments to the state Termination of Pregnancy Acts. This Federal Bill, if passed, will make this legislation National. Pray for protection for the three Federal Senators Alex Antic (Liberal Party) Matthew Canavan (National Party) and Ralph Babet (United Australia Party) who presented this Bill 30/11/2022.