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by Jaimee Singh
Love Australia Executive — Media and Young Lifers

For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son,
that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.
~ John 3:16 (NIV)

For God so loved. We really could end it there. That sums up the pro-life movement and our entire existence.

I don’t know whether you’ve ever watched The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy? The story goes that all of these lost creatures are scrambling around the galaxy to find the ‘The answer to life, the universe and everything’. At the conclusion it is finally found that the answer, the meaning of life, is ‘42’.

A conclusion man without God can come up with as a ‘lost creature’; you can fill in the blank of 42 with any subjective reality of what the meaning of it all is: power, money, fame, etc.

However, in the always-remaining, culture-defying objective truth of the Gospel, meaning is found in those few precious, all-sacrificial words in John 3:16, ‘For God so loved’. That is why we LOVE babies in the womb, that is why we LOVE their mothers and their fathers, and even the ones whose sin resulted in their existence.

That is why we LOVE the unloving pro-choicer, that is why we LOVE the one who has had the abortion or who encouraged it; that is why we LOVE the government official who voted against life.

Because we, too, were once lost creatures. But we were loved first, undeservedly, unashamedly and without fear. Because that same LOVE saved our eternal lives, we too can LOVE even the most lost of creatures.

Join with me in praying for these ‘lost creatures’ who don’t know the meaning of life, that don’t know God, but that He so loved that He gave His one and only Son for them.

Perhaps one person or a few come particularly to mind. Join me in praying for their salvation and that their lives will be transformed by this love that makes them a son or a daughter. That they too would know LOVE and that it would set them free.

Prayer

Lord, I pray for ___, that they would understand and receive Your love.
That they would be saved and delivered from every lie of the flesh, the world and the devil.
And that they would intimately know You, the Truth, and that You would set them free!
I love you Jesus; help them to love You too. Amen.

Worship

Further Prayer Points

• Pray that the Spirit of Truth goes forth to persuade and convince people that abortion is unthinkable in Australia.
• That Jesus’s body be in unity as one (John 17:21) and be in prayer and advocate for Life for the Unborn. That Jesus’s disciples be activated in their unique spheres of influence speaking for those who cannot speak for themselves.
• Pray that in all the upcoming elections that Australians will vote according to Life. That State and Federal political leaders who have stopped their parties from bringing forth any discussion or bills about abortion, repent and that this ban be lifted. That the Babies Born Alive (Human Rights — Children Born Alive Protection Bill 2021) tabled in the Australian Federal Parliament to be passed with no more delay, so that in every state and territory in Australia where babies have been born alive after a failed abortion, that they will receive proper medical care and legal protection.
• That every church be a trusted place of mercy and compassion — to discern and discover those who find themselves in an unplanned/crisis pregnancy. To be an effective House of Refuge for the unborn and their families. For Hubs of Love to be established in every city and town in the nation.
• That women in crisis phone the compassionate and confidential Pregnancy Help Australia or visit a life-affirming pregnancy centre — not go to a pro-abortion doctor or clinic for advice.
• We pray for every state and territory of Australia to arise in the cause of defending life in the womb from the tragedy of abortion and come together to walk for life. A blessing on the “Walk for Life Adelaide” on 8 February 2025 and “March for Life” Brisbane — date TBA, Mackay “March for the Babies” in October, “March for the Babies” Melbourne, Perth’s Rally for Life in May, and for all Territories and States to join in and hold a Walk for Life in their city/region.
• Pray for Love Adelaide’s Walk for Life 2025 on 8^th February from 10am-12pm to grow in momentum and fruitfulness. Pray for effective doors of favour to open, health and strength for the leaders, speakers and volunteers, for finances, safety and perfect weather.