23rd Sept 2023 - Prayer and Fasting for the Unborn: Day Twenty One Following our King

“But thanks be to God, Who in Christ always leads us in triumph [as trophies of Christ’s victory] and through us spreads and makes evident the fragrance of the knowledge of God everywhere,” 2 Corinthians 2:14 AMPC

Worship

Devotion

Bible Reading: Isaiah 6, Revelation 12:11, Corinthians 2:15-16

Today we stand together in Sydney where we follow our triumphant King Jesus Christ who has gone before us - we are ambassadors of Christ Jesus, Yeshua and His Kingdom.

Isaiah 6 says: Isaiah saw the Lord in His majestic splendour and the train of His robe filled the temple. Isaiah knew this scene was extremely significant. In those days when the triumphant king returned from battle, he would cut a piece off the robe of the conquered king, and he would add it to his own train to signify his conquest. The fact that the train of Jesus’s robe filled all the space – the entire temple, brings the powerful revelation that the ascended Christ has conquered every enemy. Jesus our King is revealing to the darkness over New South Wales and Australia, that we are his …He has conquered our hearts and now each of us carries the fragrance of life, eternal life wherever we go!

As we gather today, those coming to the Walk for Life 2023 in Sydney or those further away praying with us in Spirit, we are all His spotless, blameless bride.

We come to be His hands, to gather the children to Him, to be His feet to crush the enemy that came to “kill, steal and destroy.” We come to be His Ekklesia to govern with His justice and righteousness - we come as His redeemed, we are those spoken of in Revelation 12:11 “They (the saints) overcome him (Satan) by the blood of the Lamb and the word of their testimony; they did not love their lives so much as to shrink from death”

We carry in our hearts the hope that 2023 is the year the Church arises to rescue the unborn. That there be significant shifts in our culture, to love and rescue both babies and parents of unplanned pregnancies, to raise up adoptions into Christ centred homes. That we, the church, would be those who are the Houses of Refuge where even the unsaved know they can run to in their time of need.

We thank God for His saving grace that we are fragrant to Him… Our lives are a Christ-like fragrance rising up to God. But this fragrance is perceived differently by those who are being saved and by those who are perishing. 16 To those who are perishing, we are a dreadful smell of death and doom. But to those who are being saved, we are a life-giving perfume. And who is adequate for such a task as this? 2 Corinthians 2:15-16 NLT

Prayer

Heavenly Father, we thank you for the saints gathering today in Sydney for the Love Sydney Walk for Life 2023. May those present at the walk and those who have been praying all around Australia be filled with your glorious presence, carrying, and releasing the fragrance of Christ everywhere.

We welcome you Holy Spirit to flow through your people today revealing your Son Jesus Christ to those on earth and to those demonic powers trying to maintain the high altars of blood sacrifice over Australia. Lord, you said I will contend with those who contend with you, and all your children I will save.(Isaiah 49:25) Lord in your mercy and justice save all our children from the abominations of the shedding of innocent blood. Thank you for your victorious triumphant procession of the redeemed, wearing white today - your Body of whom you are the Head.

Lord this peaceful gathering is about your justice for the unborn and your mercy over those involved in the horror of abortion – it is also about the consequences of this sin over our nation. Lord, thank you for your sacrifice on the cross where your body was broken to make a way to the Father, for all humanity, and your blood poured out crying Mercy and forgiveness. Lord, may 2023 be a year where Your Church, the Ekklesia, govern over Australia in such a way that effective change is established and deliverance from the practice of abortion comes forth. In your powerful redeeming name we pray Lord Jesus, Amen.

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Prayer Points:

• For Life to be highly valued and the Spirit of Truth to invade peoples thinking when faced with an unplanned pregnancy.

• For people to wake up and feel strengthened in zeal to go to the Love Sydney Walk For Life 2023. All transport be safe and the whole event carry the presence of the Lord His love, peace and zeal for every life to be lived to the full.

• A spirit of repentance and the Spirit of Truth to flood Sydney and go out across the nation for babies in utero to be given life and abortion no longer an option.

• We repent and grieve over the decision of the WA Upper House who voted 23 to 9 to not give treatment to Australian babies born alive from failed abortions. Ask the Lord for truth to convict our nation and her leaders to turn from our wicked ways. Pray that every life be treated with value and dignity and that we do whatever we can for the least of these as if we were doing it for Jesus.

• For Love Sydney’s Walk for Life 2023, perfect weather, good crowds, safety for all, for seed to be sown and God’s connections for the pro-life movement to flourish across the nation. May it be a wonderful gathering of God’s people to be in oneness with each other and hear God’s heart for the unborn.

• 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 *new location near Park St, HYDE PARK. “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 7th 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.

These prayer pages are compiled for Love Australia by Sydney Pastors and the Love Australia Prayer Coordinator.

Thank you for joining in prayer for those who have no voice!

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