40 Days for Life

40 days for life begins today, Feb. 25.


40 Days for Life is a nationally coordinated life campaign that draws attention to the evil of abortion through the use of a three-point program:

Prayer and fasting
Constant vigil
Community outreach

It started 4 years ago in one city and has now spread to over 130 cities in the US and 3 other countries. It is held 2 times a year. During the last 40 days for life (fall of 2008), more than 1,100 babies were saved from abortion, 5 abortion workers quit their jobs and walked away from this evil industry, and 3 abortion clinics completely shut down...among many many other blessings.



1. Prayer and fasting: are the foundation of this campaign. Wherever you are and whatever you're doing, you can pray to end abortion.



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.



2. 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.



3. 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.




Please see the website: 40daysforlife.com

You can sign up to get daily email updates about the progress of this campaign.


PLEASE participate at least by praying for this important cause.

You can also pray for God's guidance for those involved in the prayer vigils and pro-life action around the country. And please consider fasting.Fasting simply involves renouncing an activity that can put a barrier between you and God. It could be television, the internet, chocolate, coffee, etc. You really can do without it. Take the time you usually spend in those activities and give it back to God for the sake of these little souls.