1 00:00:02,720 --> 00:00:15,680 Speaker 1: Life Audio. Thank you for listening to your Daily Prayer, 2 00:00:16,160 --> 00:00:18,840 Speaker 1: a podcast dedicated to helping you find the words you 3 00:00:18,920 --> 00:00:22,400 Speaker 1: need to connect with your Father in Heaven. No matter 4 00:00:22,440 --> 00:00:24,960 Speaker 1: what is going on in your life today, you can 5 00:00:25,040 --> 00:00:28,160 Speaker 1: trust that God wants to hear from you. Right after 6 00:00:28,200 --> 00:00:31,000 Speaker 1: the short word from our sponsor, people pray through today's 7 00:00:31,000 --> 00:00:35,080 Speaker 1: prayer to cherish and uphold the sanctity of life Together. 8 00:00:52,840 --> 00:00:56,040 Speaker 1: A prayer to Cherish and Uphold the Sanctity of Life, 9 00:00:56,680 --> 00:01:03,040 Speaker 1: written Ballinette Kittle, read by Carrie Iiberger. What is mankind 10 00:01:03,400 --> 00:01:06,640 Speaker 1: that you are mindful of them, human beings, that you 11 00:01:06,760 --> 00:01:09,600 Speaker 1: care for them. You have made them a little lower 12 00:01:09,600 --> 00:01:12,600 Speaker 1: than the angels, and crowned them with glory and honor. 13 00:01:13,400 --> 00:01:15,800 Speaker 1: You made them rulers over the works of your hands. 14 00:01:16,400 --> 00:01:20,280 Speaker 1: You put everything under their feet Psalm eight, verse four 15 00:01:20,360 --> 00:01:25,600 Speaker 1: and six. As the Church celebrates sanctity of life day, 16 00:01:26,080 --> 00:01:29,840 Speaker 1: we are reminded while we cherish and uphold life. As 17 00:01:29,840 --> 00:01:34,200 Speaker 1: Psalm one thirty nine fourteen explains, I praise you because 18 00:01:34,200 --> 00:01:37,880 Speaker 1: I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Your works are wonderful. 19 00:01:38,480 --> 00:01:43,040 Speaker 1: I know that full well. Genesis one twenty seven describes 20 00:01:43,080 --> 00:01:47,600 Speaker 1: how God designed us after himself. So God created mankind 21 00:01:48,080 --> 00:01:50,520 Speaker 1: in his own image, in the image of God. He 22 00:01:50,560 --> 00:01:54,960 Speaker 1: created them male and female. He created them. We cherish 23 00:01:54,960 --> 00:01:58,160 Speaker 1: and uphold life because we are made in God's image, 24 00:01:58,560 --> 00:02:01,720 Speaker 1: representing him to those around us on earth. Just like 25 00:02:01,880 --> 00:02:05,240 Speaker 1: Jesus was one with the Father and represented him on earth, 26 00:02:05,680 --> 00:02:08,080 Speaker 1: we are called to be one with him too and 27 00:02:08,160 --> 00:02:11,000 Speaker 1: represent him through the Holy Spirit's presence in our lives. 28 00:02:11,720 --> 00:02:15,600 Speaker 1: As first. Corinthians eleven seven states, we aren't just a 29 00:02:15,639 --> 00:02:20,320 Speaker 1: product of God, we are His glory. God's hand is 30 00:02:20,400 --> 00:02:25,400 Speaker 1: on us, our creator. God oversees everything about us before 31 00:02:25,400 --> 00:02:28,600 Speaker 1: we are even formed in our mother's wombs. Psalm one 32 00:02:28,760 --> 00:02:32,560 Speaker 1: thirty nine sixteen reiterates that we don't have hazardly come 33 00:02:32,560 --> 00:02:36,960 Speaker 1: into the world without God's plan for our lives. Your 34 00:02:37,080 --> 00:02:41,239 Speaker 1: eyes saw my unformed body, all the days ordained for 35 00:02:41,360 --> 00:02:44,240 Speaker 1: me or written in your book, before one of them 36 00:02:44,320 --> 00:02:48,880 Speaker 1: came to be. Ephesians two ten reminds us too that 37 00:02:48,960 --> 00:02:52,600 Speaker 1: we are God's handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do 38 00:02:52,680 --> 00:02:56,240 Speaker 1: good works which God prepared in advance for us to do. 39 00:02:57,240 --> 00:02:59,560 Speaker 1: Not only did God care about us enough to make 40 00:02:59,639 --> 00:03:03,640 Speaker 1: us in his image, Genesis two seven tells us that 41 00:03:03,760 --> 00:03:08,040 Speaker 1: he also breathed life and to us directly. Then the 42 00:03:08,120 --> 00:03:11,080 Speaker 1: Lord God formed a man from the dust of the 43 00:03:11,120 --> 00:03:14,560 Speaker 1: ground and breathed into his nostrils the breadth of life, 44 00:03:15,080 --> 00:03:19,400 Speaker 1: and the man became a living being. God calls us 45 00:03:19,440 --> 00:03:24,200 Speaker 1: to value life. David, when being chased by King Saul, 46 00:03:24,720 --> 00:03:28,919 Speaker 1: had an opportunity to end his life, but he didn't. Instead, 47 00:03:29,040 --> 00:03:32,400 Speaker 1: he wrote, as surely as I valued your life today, 48 00:03:33,080 --> 00:03:36,200 Speaker 1: so may the Lord value my life and deliver me 49 00:03:36,360 --> 00:03:40,360 Speaker 1: from all trouble. Just as David valued the life of Saul, 50 00:03:41,000 --> 00:03:43,800 Speaker 1: sparing his life when it was in his power to 51 00:03:43,960 --> 00:03:46,480 Speaker 1: end it, we are called to value the lives of 52 00:03:46,520 --> 00:03:50,960 Speaker 1: others as well. In Deuteronomy thirty nineteen we see how 53 00:03:51,040 --> 00:03:55,480 Speaker 1: Moses encouraged his people to value and choose life by saying, 54 00:03:56,160 --> 00:03:59,040 Speaker 1: this day I call the heavens and the earth as 55 00:03:59,120 --> 00:04:01,960 Speaker 1: witnesses a cans to you that I have set before 56 00:04:02,000 --> 00:04:06,320 Speaker 1: you life and death, blessings and curses. Now choose life, 57 00:04:07,000 --> 00:04:11,000 Speaker 1: so that you and your children may live. God hates 58 00:04:11,040 --> 00:04:15,200 Speaker 1: the shedding of innocent blood. Proverbs thirty one eight urges 59 00:04:15,320 --> 00:04:18,680 Speaker 1: us to speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves, 60 00:04:19,320 --> 00:04:22,760 Speaker 1: for the rights of all who are destitute, because we 61 00:04:22,839 --> 00:04:26,839 Speaker 1: are made in God's image here on earth. As his representatives. 62 00:04:27,200 --> 00:04:30,719 Speaker 1: We are called by him to cherish and uphold life, 63 00:04:31,240 --> 00:04:35,360 Speaker 1: understanding that he hates the shedding of innocent blood. There 64 00:04:35,360 --> 00:04:39,200 Speaker 1: are six things the Lord hates, seven that are detestable 65 00:04:39,240 --> 00:04:44,320 Speaker 1: to him. Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed 66 00:04:44,320 --> 00:04:49,039 Speaker 1: innocent blood, a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that 67 00:04:49,080 --> 00:04:53,560 Speaker 1: are quick to rush into evil Proverbs six, verse sixteen 68 00:04:53,600 --> 00:04:59,440 Speaker 1: through eighteen. Let's pray, dear Father. Our hearts are overflowing 69 00:04:59,440 --> 00:05:03,200 Speaker 1: with gratitude to you for the priceless gift of our lives, 70 00:05:03,920 --> 00:05:08,760 Speaker 1: performing us with your own hand into your image. Thank 71 00:05:08,800 --> 00:05:11,240 Speaker 1: you for breathing the breath of life into our bodies 72 00:05:11,640 --> 00:05:15,520 Speaker 1: and creating us as living beings because we are created 73 00:05:15,520 --> 00:05:19,280 Speaker 1: in your magnificent image and for your glory. Help us 74 00:05:19,320 --> 00:05:22,680 Speaker 1: to glorify you. Remind us that we are called to 75 00:05:22,720 --> 00:05:25,640 Speaker 1: be one with you through the presence of your Holy 76 00:05:25,680 --> 00:05:29,400 Speaker 1: Spirit in our lives, to represent you as Jesus did 77 00:05:29,440 --> 00:05:34,279 Speaker 1: on earth. Strengthen us to value and choose life for ourselves, 78 00:05:34,760 --> 00:05:37,719 Speaker 1: and stand up for individuals who are not valued in 79 00:05:37,760 --> 00:05:40,880 Speaker 1: our culture. Lead us, in your wisdom and boldness to 80 00:05:40,920 --> 00:05:44,839 Speaker 1: speak up for them to cherish and uphold their sanctity 81 00:05:44,880 --> 00:05:48,479 Speaker 1: of life and right to live and breathe, because you 82 00:05:48,560 --> 00:06:03,920 Speaker 1: have ordained it in Jesus' name. Amen. Your Daily Prayer 83 00:06:03,960 --> 00:06:07,440 Speaker 1: is a production of Life Audio and Sale Media. 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