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Pray the word with David

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Platt is a resource from

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radical.net. Second Kings

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chapter 16 verse 3, but he

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walked in the way of the

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kings of Israel. He even

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burned his son as an

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offering according to the despicable

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practices of the nations

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whom the Lord drove out

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before the people of Israel.

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So this verse is talking

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about King Ahas who. continued

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this spiritual decline among

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God's people. But verse three

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here says he took things to a

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whole other level. He even

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burned his son as an

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offering. He sacrificed his son

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according to the despicable practices

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of the nations. And we

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read that and we think,

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I can't fathom that. Like

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someone sacrificing their son as

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an offering. Like how evil

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and wicked is that? And

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I want to be careful,

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this is not a one-to-one

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correlation at the same time.

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Let's realize we live, so for

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those who live in my

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country, United States, we live

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in a country where over

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one million children this

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year will have their lives

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taken from them in the

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womb of their mothers. will

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have their lives

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sacrificed on the

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altar of, well,

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so many different

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things, regardless, these

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children's lives will be

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sacrificed, and those

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one million children

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join approximately 72

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million other children

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in other countries

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around the world whose

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lives will be taken

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in. the womb this

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year alone. This

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is... rampant evil and

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wickedness and there's

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so much we could talk about

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here that contributes to this

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that we need to talk

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about that we need to

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address first and foremost

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as God's people whom God

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has called to do justice

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for children in the

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womb and the moms who carry

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them and the dads in the

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picture. Still work. and

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labor in so many different

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ways from so many

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different directions to love

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children in the womb and

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the moms who carry them

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and the dads in those

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pictures and so I just

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want to leave us to

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pray God have mercy on us

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for the evil and

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wickedness that we've become

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accustomed to in our

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world and that even

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some professing Christians advocate

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for God have mercy on

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us have mercy we pray

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on these children on their

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moms and dads and God

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please help us as your

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people to work for them

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to work for all of

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their good and to work

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to save lives and to

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support moms and dads and

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to share your love in

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this fallen evil world full

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of wickedness where so many

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children are so vulnerable and

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so many children whose lives

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are being taken every day.

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God have mercy and help

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us as your church, leaders

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in your church, as people

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in your church to lead

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the way in caring

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for vulnerable children and

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their moms and dads

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so that abortion becomes

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unthinkable. in our countries. God, we

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pray for that. Help us to.

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live work toward that end

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to do foster care and adopt

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and to come alongside alongside birth

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parents pray you to help

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us to do all your calling

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all to do in this

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time and this place in

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which we're living place Jesus living.

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pray in Jesus name we pray. Amen.