40 Days for Life
Print this two sided 40-days-for-life-handout attach a LifeSaver if you wish. Pass them out to create awareness and encourage participation in the next campaign.
The next coordinated 40 Days for Life campaign from September 23 — November 1.
Why 40 Days?
God has used the period of 40 days throughout history to bring about major transformations: Noah-40 days of rain; Moses-transformed by 40 days on Mt. Sinai; David-transformed by Goliath’s 40 days of challenge; Elija-transformed when God gave him 40 day of strength from one meal and of course Jesus-transformed the world following His 40 days in the desert.
40 Days for Life is a focused pro-life campaign with a vision to access God’s power through prayer, fasting and peaceful vigil to end abortion in America.
The mission of the campaign is to bring together the Body of Christ in a spirit of unity during a focused 40 day campaign of prayer, fasting and peaceful activism, with the purpose of repentance, to seek God’s favor to turn hearts and minds from a culture of death to a CULTURE OF LIFE, thus bringing an end to abortion in America.
Before getting involved with the 40 Days for Life campaign, please remember that prayer and fasting are the foundation. If there is no abortion facility in your town, praise God!
But wherever you are or whatever you’re doing, you can pray to end abortion.
Prayer and fasting:
Christ told us that some demons can only be driven out by prayer and fasting. The two go hand in hand. Prayer keeps us rooted in the fact that it is our desire to carry out God’s will. Fasting is a sacrifice that helps us reach beyond our own limitations with God’s help. Fasting is not a Christian diet; it is a form of physical prayer. You can fast from food, TV, alcohol … anything that separates you from God.
Constant vigil:
The most visible component of 40 Days for Life is a constant prayer vigil outside a place where children are aborted. It is the hope that the vigil can be maintained 24 hours a day, seven days a week. It is a prayerful witness to the clinic’s patients and employees, and to the entire community, that evil is in our midst and that with God’s help, it will be defeated.
Community outreach:
During 40 Days for Life, the pro-life message is proactively taken to the community through focused, grassroots educational efforts. People are given the opportunity to visibly show their support for 40 Days for Life. A door-to-door petition and education drive reaches out. Informational flyers raise awareness about abortion. This outreach can include church involvement, media contact and campus outreach.
BE A LIVE SAVER…..JOIN 40 DAYS FOR LIFE
NUDCCW Reverence Life Coordinator
Judy Haag