I have received several texts from women I work with the past few days. These moms all have something in common. They met our Cities4Life teams on their way in to the abortion center with the intent to kill their baby. Instead, they chose life, and all of them came to submit their lives to Jesus. Here are their texts:
Another mom who preferred I not post her photo told me, “I am the happiest I have ever been in my life.” Her son is now three years old and she called me yesterday to tell me she was helping another woman in hard circumstances because “I remembered how you all helped me.”
Yesterday, a car pulled over to the curb while our Cities4Life team was on the sidewalk. The driver told me her sister was here for an abortion. I went to the passenger side to offer our help and resources. The woman was conflicted, but quickly agreed she would like to see her baby on the ultrasound. While I was talking to her, a woman with the water department came over. I had shared a little of the Gospel with her earlier, when I was alone on the sidewalk and she and her partner were fixing a leak. She had said she was a follower of Jesus and she was against abortion. She recognized the woman I was talking to! Small world God was making even more small at that moment! Then a car roared down the street and parked behind the one of the abortion minded woman. A man leaped out and came to the woman.
“What are you doing here???”he said, “We ain’t no baby killers!” He turned out to be the woman’s brother.
I was able to share the Gospel while we waited for our partner ministry RV from Help Monroe Pregnancy Center to arrive with the nurse and mobile ultrasound unit. The two sisters listened intently while I emphasized that claiming Jesus as Lord cannot be just words. Jesus Himself warns us that “if you love me, you will obey be.” They both claimed they knew Jesus as Lord, but admitted their lifestyle did not reflect that.
“I will challenge you then to consider deeply what you have said and what Jesus says. Is He Lord if you willingly disregard what He says?”
In the end, the woman was not pregnant, but the encounter with our Cities4Life team was no accident. God always knows and always sees what His children must hear. Praise Him for using us to advance the glory of His Kingdom.
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2 Corinthians 12:9
But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
Joshua 1:9
Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.”
Beautiful! Thank you for the work you do! God bless you and the minsitry.
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