Written by Chuck Swindoll, these encouraging devotional thoughts are published seven days per week.
Read 1 Thessalonians 4:1–3
Finally, dear brothers and sisters, we urge you in the name of the Lord Jesusto live in a way that pleases God, as we have taught you.You live this way already, and we encourage you to do so even more.For you remember what we taught you by the authority of the Lord Jesus.God’s will is for you to be holy, so stay away from all sexual sin.1 Thessalonians 4:1–3
Read Jeremiah 29:11
“For I know the plans I have for you,” says the LORD. “They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.”Jeremiah 29:11
May I offer some pastoral advice and compassionate counsel?
Read Proverbs 28:13
People who conceal their sins will not prosper,but if they confess and turn from them, they will receive mercy.Proverbs 28:13
Here is the fourth important fact from God’s Word related to the subject of abortion.
Read Proverbs 6:32–33
But the man who commits adultery is an utter fool,for he destroys himself.He will be wounded and disgraced.His shame will never be erased.Proverbs 6:32–33
Yesterday covered two important facts from God’s Word related to the subject of abortion. Below is the third of four.
Read Romans 3:23
For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of GodRomans 3:23 NASB
I want to draw from the Scripture four statements that you can know for a fact, that you can rely on and ultimately act on. These facts are not limited to the sin of abortion, but they certainly would include it.
Read Romans 8:1
So now there is no condemnationfor those who belong to Christ Jesus.Romans 8:1
Today I want to write to you who have had an abortion. I hope my words will help you. I also write to you who have aided in an abortion medically…or have encouraged someone you love to have an abortion, thinking it would help, and you realize now it did not.
Read Psalm 22:9–10
Yet you brought me safely from my mother’s womband led me to trust you at my mother’s breast.I was thrust into your arms at my birth.You have been my God from the moment I was born.Psalm 22:9–10
Read Genesis 1:26, 27
Then God said, “Let us make human beings in our image, to be like us.They will reign over the fish in the sea, the birds in the sky,the livestock, all the wild animals on the earth,and the small animals that scurry along the ground.”So God created human beings in his own image.In the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.Genesis 1:26, 27
Read 2 Timothy 3:1
You should know this, Timothy,that in the last days there will be very difficult times.2 Timothy 3:1
Much has already been written on sanctity and morality. The logic and the conclusions make good sense. What concerns me, however, is not what is stated but what is left unsaid. There is technical data from the medical world and the legal profession, psychological insights, political policies, even practical advice.
Read 2 Timothy 1:7
For God has not given us a spirit of fear and timidity,but of power, love, and self-discipline.2 Timothy 1:7
An enormous amount of emotion swirls in the abortion arena, as it has for decades. In light of conflicting voices on the horizon and the undeniable reality that the issue isn’t going away and will not automatically solve itself, why would I write on something this controversial, this thorny? A few answers come to mind.
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