<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" ><channel><title>40 Days For Life Pensacola &#187; News</title> <atom:link href="http://40daysforlifepensacola.com/category/news/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://40daysforlifepensacola.com</link> <description>Peaceful, Public Prayer To End Abortion</description> <lastBuildDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:13:46 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3</generator> <atom:link rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com"/><atom:link rel="hub" href="http://superfeedr.com/hubbub"/> <item><title>AMS of Pensacola Shuts Down!!!!</title><link>http://40daysforlifepensacola.com/2011/08/ams-of-pensacola-shuts-down/</link> <comments>http://40daysforlifepensacola.com/2011/08/ams-of-pensacola-shuts-down/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2011 23:11:48 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>40 Days For Life Pensacola</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[2011 CC 002472]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Abortion Facility Closing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Civil Suit]]></category> <category><![CDATA[David Morgan]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Dione Pro]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Lawsuit]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://40daysforlifepensacola.com/?p=1395</guid> <description><![CDATA[&#160; After two 40 Days for Life campaigns, AMS of Pensacola has closed its doors! An answer to our prayers! Thank you Jesus! The landowners have repossessed from AMS the property at: 6115 Village Oaks DrivePensacola, Florida 32504 And it is currently in the possession of the Escambia County Sheriff&#8217;s Office AMS of Pensacola&#8217;s official [...]]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><div id="attachment_1387" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 257px"><a href="http://40daysforlifepensacola.com/wp-content/uploads/100_5092_cropped2.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-1387 " title="so_notice" src="http://40daysforlifepensacola.com/wp-content/uploads/100_5092_cropped2-247x300.jpg" alt="Notice of Possession" width="247" height="300" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Escambia County Sheriff&#39;s Office<br/>Notice of Possession<br/>(click for larger view)</p></div>&nbsp;<br /><h2>After two 40 Days for Life campaigns, AMS of Pensacola has closed its doors!</h2><p>An answer to our prayers!  Thank you Jesus!</p><p>The landowners have repossessed from AMS the property at:</p><p>6115 Village Oaks Drive<br/>Pensacola, Florida 32504</p><p>And it is currently in the possession of the Escambia County Sheriff&#8217;s Office</p><p>AMS of Pensacola&#8217;s official website &#8211; <a href="http://amsofpensacola.com/" target="_blank" class="extlink">http://amsofpensacola.com/</a> &#8211; is also down at the moment.</p><p><a href="http://www.lifenews.com/2011/08/22/abortion-business-in-pensacola-florida-shuts-down/" title="Abortion Business in Pensacola, Florida Shuts Down" target="_blank" class="extlink">Read the LifeNews story here</a></p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://40daysforlifepensacola.com/2011/08/ams-of-pensacola-shuts-down/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>BREAKING NEWS:  AMS of Pensacola Abortion Facility SHUTDOWN!!!</title><link>http://40daysforlifepensacola.com/2011/08/breaking-news-pensacola-abortion-facility-shutdown/</link> <comments>http://40daysforlifepensacola.com/2011/08/breaking-news-pensacola-abortion-facility-shutdown/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 19 Aug 2011 13:14:26 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>40 Days For Life Pensacola</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Abortion Facility Closing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[AMS]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Escambia County]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sheriff's Office]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://40daysforlifepensacola.com/?p=1380</guid> <description><![CDATA[AMS of Pensacola has been shut down! More information to come on this breaking story&#8230;]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<h2>AMS of Pensacola has been shut down!</h2><p>More information to come on this breaking story&#8230;</p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://40daysforlifepensacola.com/2011/08/breaking-news-pensacola-abortion-facility-shutdown/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>5</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Gov. Scott Signs Historic Pro-Life Bills!</title><link>http://40daysforlifepensacola.com/2011/08/gov-scott-signs-historic-pro-life-bills/</link> <comments>http://40daysforlifepensacola.com/2011/08/gov-scott-signs-historic-pro-life-bills/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 04 Aug 2011 16:40:17 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>40 Days For Life Pensacola</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Bill]]></category> <category><![CDATA[CS/HJR 1179]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Florida Baptist Convention]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Florida Catholic Conference]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Florida Family Policy Council]]></category> <category><![CDATA[HB 1247]]></category> <category><![CDATA[HB 501]]></category> <category><![CDATA[HB 97]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Rick Scott]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Tallahassee]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://40daysforlifepensacola.com/?p=1362</guid> <description><![CDATA[Gov. Scott Signs Historic Pro-Life Bills Tallahassee, Florida – Over the weekend on Saturday, July 30, 2011, Florida Governor Rick Scott signed a package of four pro-life bills at a ceremony in the library of the Governor&#8217;s Mansion, marking the culmination of one of the most successful legislative sessions the pro-life movement in Florida&#8217;s history. [...]]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p align="center"><strong>Gov. Scott Signs Historic Pro-Life Bills</strong></p><p><strong><img src="http://40daysforlifepensacola.com/wp-content/uploads/dsc_1621.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="199" align="left" hspace="10" style="margin:1px 8px;" />Tallahassee, Florida – </strong>Over the weekend on Saturday, July 30, 2011, Florida Governor Rick Scott signed a package of four pro-life bills at a ceremony in the library of the Governor&#8217;s Mansion, marking the culmination of one of the most successful legislative sessions the pro-life movement in Florida&#8217;s history.</p><p>Governor Scott was joined at the ceremony by the legislative bill sponsors and representatives from the Florida Family Policy Council, the Florida Baptist Convention and the Florida Catholic Conference.  Legislators present included (pictured left to right) State Representatives Dennis Baxley, Rachel Burgin, Larry Ahern, Keith Perry, Mat Gaetz, Kelli Stargel and Elizabeth Porter.</p><p>“We are grateful to have a governor that understands that being pro-life is more than just campaign rhetoric,” said John Stemberger, President of the Florida Family Policy Council. “By his actions today, Governor Rick Scott has proven himself to be a defender of life. How we treat the weakest and most vulnerable members of society says a lot about how civilized we  are a people.<img src="http://40daysforlifepensacola.com/wp-content/uploads/dsc_1631.jpg" alt="" width="400" height="265" align="right" hspace="10" vspace="10" style="margin:2px 8px;" /> These laws provide further protection for ‘the least of these’ in our state and Governor Scott is to be commended.”  John Stemberger’s wife Olivia and his two sons attended the event as well.</p><p>“This event today is the culmination of years of work by countless pro-life members and advocates,” said Bill Warren, Policy Director of the Florida Family Policy Council.  “We applaud their commitment to this cause and commend the hard work of this group of bill sponsors.”</p><p><strong>The four bills require mothers to view an ultrasound prior to an abortion, ensure that funds collected from the sale of Choose Life license plates are quickly and efficiently distributed throughout the state, prevent the public funding of abortion and ensure that parents are informed when their minor children are pursuing an abortion.</strong></p><p>The bills signed in the ceremony were HB 501, CS/HJR 1179, HB 97 and HB 1247.</p><p>Written by: <a href="http://flfamily.org/" title="Florida Family Policy Council" target="_blank" class="extlink">Florida Family Policy Council</a></p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://40daysforlifepensacola.com/2011/08/gov-scott-signs-historic-pro-life-bills/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>New Abortion Clinic in Pensacola at 9th Avenue Site :(</title><link>http://40daysforlifepensacola.com/2010/07/new-abortion-clinic-in-pensacola-at-9th-avenue-site/</link> <comments>http://40daysforlifepensacola.com/2010/07/new-abortion-clinic-in-pensacola-at-9th-avenue-site/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2010 01:02:23 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>40 Days For Life Pensacola</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[9th Avenue]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Abortion]]></category> <category><![CDATA[American Family Planning]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Clinic]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Community Health Care Center]]></category> <category><![CDATA[New]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Pensacola]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://40daysforlifepensacola.com/?p=667</guid> <description><![CDATA[Community Health Care Center of Pensacola is now American Family Planning. We praise God for the 9 months lives were saved with the closing of the Community Health Care Center of Pensacola. Thank you God for allowing us to witness a miracle. We must praise God in all things! Let us ask God to send [...]]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Community Health Care Center of Pensacola is now American Family Planning.</p><p>We praise God for the 9 months lives were saved with the closing of the Community Health Care Center of Pensacola.  Thank you God for allowing us to witness a miracle.  We must praise God in all things!</p><p>Let us ask God to send out laborers for his harvest as we peacefully stand vigil in prayer for LIFE in Pensacola.</p><p><a href="http://ahcaxnet.fdhc.state.fl.us/dm_web/(S(lceb4y45vhr3ccix1tunlo45))/doc_display.aspx?objectid=2252234" target="_blank" class="extlink">http://ahcaxnet.fdhc.state.fl.us/dm_web/(S(lceb4y45vhr3ccix1tunlo45))/doc_display.aspx?objectid=2252234</a></p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://40daysforlifepensacola.com/2010/07/new-abortion-clinic-in-pensacola-at-9th-avenue-site/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>BLOODMONEY!  You&#8217;ve GOT to watch this!</title><link>http://40daysforlifepensacola.com/2010/04/bloodmoney-youve-got-to-watch-this/</link> <comments>http://40daysforlifepensacola.com/2010/04/bloodmoney-youve-got-to-watch-this/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 18:40:00 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>40 Days For Life Pensacola</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Videos]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Abortion]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Blood Money]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Movies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Trailer]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://40daysforlifepensacola.com/?p=634</guid> <description><![CDATA[]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://40daysforlifepensacola.com/2010/04/bloodmoney-youve-got-to-watch-this/"><em>Click here to view the embedded video.</em></a></p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://40daysforlifepensacola.com/2010/04/bloodmoney-youve-got-to-watch-this/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>NARAL President: Pro-Aborts Aging, Pro-Lifers More Active</title><link>http://40daysforlifepensacola.com/2010/04/naral-president-pro-aborts-aging-pro-lifers-more-active/</link> <comments>http://40daysforlifepensacola.com/2010/04/naral-president-pro-aborts-aging-pro-lifers-more-active/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 01:02:45 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>40 Days For Life Pensacola</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Abortion]]></category> <category><![CDATA[NARAL]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Pro-life]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Bulletin]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://40daysforlifepensacola.com/?p=630</guid> <description><![CDATA[The Bulletin &#8211; Keenan:  Pro-Life Movement Attracting Young, Zealous NARAL President: Pro-Aborts Aging, Pro-Lifers More Active By Kathleen Gilbert Sunday, April 25, 2010 Washington — The pro-life movement in America is growing in leaps and bounds, attracting young, zealous women to defend the unborn in droves — a fact that even the president of NARAL [...]]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<h2><a href="http://www.thebulletin.us/articles/2010/04/25/top_stories/doc4bd4517aabbc0545965165.txt" title="The Bulletin - Keenan:  Pro-Life Movement Attracting Young, Zealous" class="extlink">The Bulletin &#8211; Keenan:  Pro-Life Movement Attracting Young, Zealous</a></h2><blockquote><p>NARAL President: Pro-Aborts Aging, Pro-Lifers More Active<br /> By Kathleen Gilbert<br /> Sunday, April 25, 2010<br /> Washington — The pro-life movement in America is growing in leaps and bounds, attracting young, zealous women to defend the unborn in droves — a fact that even the president of NARAL has now admitted.</p><p>NARAL’s Nancy Keenan told Newsweek last week that she considers herself a member of the “postmenopausal militia” — a phrase that captures the situation of pro-abortion leaders who are aging across the board, including the leadership of Planned Parenthood, and the National Organization for Women.</p><p>Newsweek’s Sarah Kliff notes that “these leaders will retire in a decade or so.”</p><p>Keenan also remarked on the enormity of this year’s March for Life in Washington, D.C., and, according to Newsweek, is troubled that such passion has faded among the youth on her side of the movement.</p><p>“I just thought, my gosh, they are so young,” Keenan said about stumbling on this year’s March for Life in Washington. “There are so many of them, and they are so young.”</p><p>While March for Life estimates it drew 400,000 pro-lifers to Washington for this year’s March, Planned Parenthood’s “Stop Stupak” rally in December only drew about 1,300 attendees.</p><p>In addition, Newsweek revealed that NARAL’s own research on American youth shows more reason for Keenan to worry: a survey conducted by the group found that, while 51 percent of pro-life voters under 30 considered abortion a “very important” voting issue, only 26 percent of abortion supporters in the same demographic felt similarly.</p><p>“Keenan is right to be worried,” commented Wendy Wright, president of Concerned Women for America, to LifeSiteNews.com (LSN) this week.</p><p>“As more evidence proves the humanity of unborn babies and pain that abortion causes mothers and babies, more people will be pro-life,” Wright said, adding that “pro-abortionists motivate by anger; pro-lifers are motivated by love” &#8211; a fact that appeals “especially to a generation that is desperate for the bonds of family.”</p><p>Kristan Hawkins of Students for Life of America told LSN that the fears expressed by the pro-abortion giant are playing out visibly on college campuses, where she says pro-life groups are routinely more vigorous and longer-lasting than pro-abortion groups.</p><p>“That’s exactly what we see every day on college campuses,” said Hawkins. “We’ll have pro-choice groups that spring up in reaction to the pro-life groups that are started on campus and those groups, they last maybe a year. The only purpose they serve is to be reactionary towards our pro-life students.”</p><p>Hawkins noted that groups such as Planned Parenthood, NARAL, and the Feminist Majority Network struggle to maintain campus chapters. “They all are incredibly well-funded, have a lot more money than Students for Life of America, yet none of them can [keep] active groups,” she said.</p><p>“More and more, this generation treats abortion as a fundamental human rights violation,” said Hawkins.</p><p>Katie Walker, Communications Director of the American Life League, has already made several appearances on television news shows as a spokesperson for the pro-life cause – and she only recently turned 24.</p><p>“Nancy Keenan and her aging ‘postmenopausal militia’ should be shaking in their combat boots,” Walker told LSN. “Poll after poll has confirmed what the pro-life movement has known for a long time – young people are pro-life – young women especially are pro-life.</p><p>“Despite the pro-abortion movement’s stranglehold on the entertainment media, our educational institutions, our laws – they’re selling an unsustainable bill of goods.  They’re asking us to deny our womanhood and our femininity in exchange for a selfish me-first philosophy that has led too many of our friends, too many of our mothers to pain and suffering in the aftermath of their abortions, their divorces, their joyless corporate climb.”</p><p>Young women, said Walker, “aren’t looking at the Nancy Keenans of the world and thinking – ‘I want to be just like her some day.’” “They’re looking at the joy that comes with selflessly embracing life and human rights and dignity,” she said.</p><p>“As Alice Von Hildebrand says – every woman whether single or married is called to be a mother in some way. Most young women I know, myself included, are looking at the joy on the faces of the young mothers in our lives and thinking – ‘I want to be just like THAT some day.’</p></blockquote> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://40daysforlifepensacola.com/2010/04/naral-president-pro-aborts-aging-pro-lifers-more-active/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Remember This Prayer Request from March 10?  Miraculous Update!</title><link>http://40daysforlifepensacola.com/2010/04/remember-this-prayer-request-from-march-10-miraculous-update/</link> <comments>http://40daysforlifepensacola.com/2010/04/remember-this-prayer-request-from-march-10-miraculous-update/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 13 Apr 2010 05:19:46 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>40 Days For Life Pensacola</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Prayer]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Miracle]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Power of Prayer]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Prayer Request]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://40daysforlifepensacola.com/?p=625</guid> <description><![CDATA[Remember this message? Urgent Prayer Request! Public School Student Threatening Abortion&#8230;&#8230;&#8230; We just received this e-mail this evening.  Please pray for this school teacher and her student. Urgent call to prayer! I am a public school teacher. I have a student who has informed me she is planning on having an abortion. She has a [...]]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Remember this message?</p><blockquote><p>Urgent Prayer Request! Public School Student Threatening Abortion&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;</p><p>We just received this e-mail this evening.  Please pray for this school  teacher<br /> and her student.</p><p>Urgent call to prayer! I am a public school teacher. I have a student  who has<br /> informed me she is planning on having an abortion. She has a church  background.<br /> Please pray for the Lord to touch her heart, and change her mind. She is  a<br /> minor, but says she is old enough to make the decision herself without  parental<br /> consent. This makes me furious.  Everyone, please pray and fast the next few days for this young woman.</p></blockquote><p><span style="color: #000080;text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Here is the Update:</strong></span><br /> <span id="more-625"></span><br /><blockquote>I sent  an urgent prayer request a few weeks ago concerning a young  pregnant girl who is one of my students. As a public high school  teacher, I am limited to what I can say. I sent out a prayer request to  you, asked Christian colleagues and family to pray, and spoke with this  young lady several times. Upon our return from Spring Break, she  informed me that she heard the heartbeat as she gave me her excuse note  for being absent. I was elated when she confirmed she was NOT going to  abort. I firmly believe this is a direct result of prayer by so many  people. Thank you!!!!!!!!!! Please spread the word!</p></blockquote><p>Wow!  Thank you, Jesus!  Thank you to everyone who prayed for this young woman!  Thank you to everyone who participated in 40 Days for Life this past spring!  Thank you for your support!  God Bless you all!</p><p><strong>This brings the total number of &#8220;known&#8221; lives saved during Pensacola&#8217;s 40 Days for Life Spring 2010 Campaign to twenty-three (23)!</strong></p><p>We also want to update you on the progress of the young woman we have helped since the first weekend of 40 Days for Life.  She is the young woman we were taking financial donations for.  We just found out she is going to have a baby boy!  She is doing well.  Please continue to pray for her!</p><p>Thank you, God, for allowing us to witness your miracles!</p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://40daysforlifepensacola.com/2010/04/remember-this-prayer-request-from-march-10-miraculous-update/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>ALERT!  Abortions in Pensacola Palm Sunday</title><link>http://40daysforlifepensacola.com/2010/03/alert-abortions-in-pensacola-palm-sunday/</link> <comments>http://40daysforlifepensacola.com/2010/03/alert-abortions-in-pensacola-palm-sunday/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 28 Mar 2010 11:29:07 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>40 Days For Life Pensacola</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Alerts]]></category> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Abortion]]></category> <category><![CDATA[AMS]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Palm Sunday]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Pensacola]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://40daysforlifepensacola.com/?p=621</guid> <description><![CDATA[We just received word that AMS of Pensacola is destroying lives today, (Sunday, March 28th), Palm Sunday.  Your peaceful, prayerful presence is needed!]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We just received word that AMS of Pensacola is destroying lives today, (Sunday, March 28th), Palm Sunday.  Your peaceful, prayerful presence is needed!</p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://40daysforlifepensacola.com/2010/03/alert-abortions-in-pensacola-palm-sunday/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Today, March 20th:  Prayer Vigil Participants Needed</title><link>http://40daysforlifepensacola.com/2010/03/today-march-20th-prayer-vigil-participants-needed/</link> <comments>http://40daysforlifepensacola.com/2010/03/today-march-20th-prayer-vigil-participants-needed/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 11:21:17 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>40 Days For Life Pensacola</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Abortion]]></category> <category><![CDATA[AMS]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Pensacola]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://40daysforlifepensacola.com/?p=604</guid> <description><![CDATA[Abortions are taking place today, Saturday, March 20th in Pensacola!]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Abortions are taking place today, Saturday, March 20th in Pensacola!</p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://40daysforlifepensacola.com/2010/03/today-march-20th-prayer-vigil-participants-needed/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Day 30:  Guided by the Holy Spirit</title><link>http://40daysforlifepensacola.com/2010/03/day-30-guided-by-the-holy-spirit/</link> <comments>http://40daysforlifepensacola.com/2010/03/day-30-guided-by-the-holy-spirit/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:50:11 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>40 Days For Life Pensacola</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Abortion]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Pensacola]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://40daysforlifepensacola.com/?p=597</guid> <description><![CDATA[Last Saturday&#8217;s message dealt with the presence of children at 40 Days for Life prayer vigils, and how some people question the idea of having children pray outside the abortion centers. As always, the Holy Spirit has provided the final word: Bring the kids! Ernie and Mary Beth are the coordinators of 40 Days for [...]]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Last Saturday&#8217;s message dealt with the presence of<br /> children at 40 Days for Life prayer vigils, and how<br /> some people question the idea of having children pray<br /> outside the abortion centers. As always, the Holy<br /> Spirit has provided the final word: Bring the kids!</p><p>Ernie and Mary Beth are the coordinators of 40 Days<br /> for Life in Pensacola, Florida. And wherever you see<br /> Ernie and Mary Beth, you see their four children. And<br /> of course, they were at the abortion facility this<br /> past Saturday &#8212; the day that our e-mail message was<br /> about children praying at the vigils.</p><p>The first good sign on this very windy day in<br /> Pensacola was the fact that the abortion center&#8217;s<br /> parking lot was half empty. It&#8217;s usually jam-packed.<br /> So that means fewer abortion appointments.</p><p>Before the day was over, FIVE MOTHERS decided to<br /> reject abortion and spare their children!</p><p>In one instance, a group of women drove up in two cars.<br /> One got out, turned towards the vigil participants and<br /> asked, &#8220;Why do you have children out here?&#8221;</p><p>Ernie replied, &#8220;They are here praying for you and to<br /> remind everyone that children are a wonderful gift.&#8221;<br /> She stomped away.</p><p>Just a minute later, one of the women from this group<br /> drove away &#8212; very angry. The others from the first<br /> car came out the front door with a woman who had been<br /> inside the abortion facility.</p><p>Ernie said that&#8217;s another good sign. &#8220;Anyone that<br /> comes out the front door has NOT had an abortion.&#8221;</p><p>The same woman who questioned the presence of the<br /> children did so again: &#8220;Why don&#8217;t you get these kids<br /> away from here?&#8221;</p><p>Ernie answered, &#8220;We love you! We are here praying for<br /> you and your friends.&#8221;</p><p>As they drove out, the young woman who had left the<br /> abortion facility gave a big thumbs-up outside her<br /> open window. She had indeed chosen life!</p><p>&#8220;This spring, my four children, who have been with us<br /> every day during all four 40 Days for Life campaigns<br /> in Pensacola, have begun to understand the importance<br /> of prayer in front of the abortion facility,&#8221; Ernie<br /> said. &#8220;My two oldest &#8212; 8 and 6 &#8212; have really been<br /> praying a lot this spring with us.&#8221;</p><p>It was Ernie&#8217;s children that the angry woman was<br /> complaining about. And it&#8217;s no wonder. The children&#8217;s<br /> prayers may have made a world of difference to that<br /> young mother who left the abortion center, determined<br /> to let her own child live.</p><p>&#8220;I believe my children were used by the Holy Spirit to<br /> change this woman&#8217;s mind,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Children do have<br /> a tremendous impact on the mothers and fathers that<br /> enter abortion facilities. Thank you, God, for the<br /> wonderful gifts you have given me in my life &#8212; my<br /> wonderful children and wife. I am so proud of them all!&#8221;</p><p>Today&#8217;s devotional is from Rev. Clenard Childress of<br /> Life Education and Resources Network.</p><p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;</p><div id=":6y">&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<br /> DAY 30 INTENTION<br /> &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;</p><p>Let us pray that pastors may not be distracted from<br /> the priority of caring for human lives.</p><p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<br /> SCRIPTURE<br /> &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;</p><p>In those days, when the number of the disciples was<br /> multiplying, there arose a complaint against the<br /> Hebrews by the Hellenists, because their widows were<br /> neglected in the daily distribution.</p><p>&#8211; Acts 6:1</p><p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<br /> REFLECTION<br /> &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;</p><p>More folks learning left some yearning.</p><p>It is the dawning of a new day. There is much<br /> excitement in Jerusalem. Many who dedicated themselves<br /> to the faith became disciples (the word disciple means<br /> &#8220;learner&#8221;).</p><p>The unprecedented church growth was miraculous and<br /> undoubtedly brought much satisfaction to the new<br /> leadership. The apostles, however, were about to<br /> experience growing pains in their master plan of<br /> evangelism.</p><p>Projects that engage the community, especially those<br /> that are evangelistic in nature, are high on the list<br /> of priorities for every duty-bound pastor.</p><p>Church attendance is a constant concern for every<br /> pastor and often his or her worth is measured by it.<br /> Unfortunately, just as the original twelve pastors in<br /> Acts, they can be so focused on getting people in that<br /> they inadvertently end up pushing some people out.</p><p>Murmuring is a deplorable deterrent to a harmonious<br /> fellowship, yet God used it to get the disciples<br /> attention. Those that needed daily attention due to<br /> their age and social status were being neglected.</p><p>This neglect of the Hellenist widows during the daily<br /> distribution of food was causing undue grief and<br /> needed to be corrected by the leadership. By God&#8217;s<br /> grace the problem was dealt with, but the lesson<br /> remains.</p><p>And during these 40 days, let us pray that today&#8217;s<br /> church not make the same mistake of forgetting the<br /> contributions of our seniors, or the needs of the<br /> weakest among us, the unborn.</p><p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<br /> PRAYER<br /> &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;</p><p>Father, in the Church&#8217;s desire to engage our<br /> communities with the Gospel let her not disengage from<br /> those who need their care and company the most.</p><p>Let us gain wisdom from those who have gone before us<br /> and cherish their experiences and perspectives. Help<br /> us to appreciate every soul in the body of Christ and<br /> minister properly to everybody. 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