Genesis 16:7-12 (NRSV)

 The angel of the Lord found her by a spring of water in the wilderness, the spring on the way to Shur.  And he said, “Hagar, slave-girl of Sarai, where have you come from and where are you going?” She said, “I am running away from my mistress Sarai.”  The angel of the Lord said to her, “Return to your mistress, and submit to her.”  The angel of the Lord also said to her, “I will so greatly multiply your offspring that they cannot be counted for multitude.”  And the angel of the Lord said to her,

“Now you have conceived and shall bear a son; you shall call him Ishmael,
for the Lord has given heed to your affliction.
He shall be a wild ass of a man,
with his hand against everyone,
and everyone’s hand against him;
and he shall live at odds with all his kin.”

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January 16-22, 2022

1. Give thanks to God for those offering free ultrasounds to women who are pregnant to allow them to see their child as a living human being. Pray for God’s blessing and provision for these ministries.
 

2. Ask God to help mothers to know He sees and loves them and will care and provide for them and their children. Pray Jeremiah 29:11 for children in the womb and their mothers.
 

3. Pray for all those traveling to Washington D.C. or locally for the March for Life on Friday. Pray that our national leaders will have eyes to see & ears to hear that human life is to be protected from fertilization.