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About Summer Tour

Live Offensively Summer Tour
Live Offensively Summer Tour 2008
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This summer was undoubtedly the best three months of my life. I have
never had such an adventure. When the trip ended I walked away with
stories, wisdom, scars, and some of the best friends I'll ever have. My
sense of danger and fearlessness was pushed into higher levels, and I
learned things about myself I couldn't have discovered on my own. I can
only hope that I'll ever have a better time.

The festivals were incredible. You meet so many new people and there
are tons of opportunities to share what you believe. Not everybody takes to
the Live Offensively message, but I guess not all were chosen for the front
lines. I guess one of the highlights of all the festivals would have to be
at Alive fest. That week, from our booth, we got to see two girls give
their lives to Christ. There was also a girl who came to us in tears, and
told us that because of our "Cupcakes for Life" campaign she had
completely changed her mind about abortion. These were just a few examples
of the things that God blessed us with this summer.

The shirts we sell definitely stir up a lot of attention. The
controversy brings excitement and opportunity. It was awesome to watch Joe
debate everybody from evolutionists to homosexuals. I would always drop
whatever I was doing when a debate was going on, because I knew there was a
lot for me to learn in the area. One of the things I noticed most in these
times was that Joe handled every debate with respect for the other person
and the people who he dialoged with would continue to come back for more.

You tend to make a lot of friends over the course of a few festivals,
because you see so many of the same vendors. It was sort of like a big
traveling community. Except for a few gossipers this part of the summer was
very positive. I was stretched to my absolute limit in so many ways and I
can honestly say the tour changed my life.

-Nathan Cunningham-



For more about the Summer tour Check out: www.MySpace.com/LiveOffensivelyTours

I am proud to bring to you the newest addition to our line:

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Here's a picture of some mountain stud wearing this sweet shirt on top of Mount St. Helens in Washington! Actually The Live Offensively.com Summer tour team climbed this mountain and more in the summer of 2008:



Here is the video of the Unknown Rebel!





The photograph on this shirt is taken from a real event that shook the world. The picture is known as "The Picture of the Unknown Rebel," which was taken in Beijing, China in 1989. Tiananmen Square was the place where Chinese students demonstrated for freedom from tyranny. The world watched as high school and college students stood firmly by their convictions, defying government orders to leave and forcing military tanks to stop in their tracks. Despite these threats, The students chose not to leave, and as soon as night fell the People's Liberation Army killed the protesters crushing thousands beneath their armed machines.

What did they die for? They died for an idea. The idea of freedom. Freedom is the idea that every human is created equal and has certain rights given to them by their Creator. These students were willing to die for this idea. Throughout history many noble men and women have died for the same reason. But freedom isn't anything more than an idea is it? Most of the things that we value such as honesty, integrity, fairness, justice, and friendship are ideas worth living for.

At the same time, many things that we hate are just really bad ideas.

Pornography is the idea that it is a legitimate business for a woman to be exploited and abused in front of a camera for a person's sexual enjoyment. Slavery is the idea that one person can own another person as if they were a piece of property. Abortion is the idea that a woman has the right to destroy another person inside her because it is an inconvenience, not a child. These are just three of the many terrible ideas that people have come up with that have destroyed billions of peoples' lives over the years. Ideas have huge consequences when they are put into action.

At one point in American History it was perfectly legal to own a slave. It took a lot to get people to think differently about the subject of slavery, but people do think about it differently today. Slavery is fundamentally a bad idea. One day we will look back at our nation in disgust at the fact that we legally killed 50+ million babies in sterile clinics, just like we look back at the fact that we took part in the slave trade. But just like slavery, abortion will not end unless people will take a bold stand against it. If it is ever going to end we are going to have to change the way people think about it.

This shirt is not for the average Joe. It's for those who truly believe that God has given them what it takes to change the world.
If we are ever going to change the world we have to go to war with some of the bad ideas of our time. As Newt Gingrich put it so
well: "On the battlefield of ideas winning requires moving toward the sound of the guns." Just like the "Unknown Rebel" we are going to need to engage the machine of our time if we are ever going to bring about change.

I challenge you to ask yourself what ideas you would be willing to stand in front of tanks for? What truths would you take bullets for? It's an important question. We as a company are not demanding that you need to become a martyr of the faith. However, we are asking you to risk your own personal reputation as you fight with us in this war of ideas.

We as a company hope to arise a generation of unknown rebels!  Has God put that spirit in you?

You can get one by simply clicking on this link:



P.s. By purchasing a t-shirt today you will help us get through this recession

Front: Palin North To The Future

We at Live Offensively Dot Com were stoked when we heard that Sarah Palin was running for Vice President! She is one of the most pro-life and pro family politicians ever. She is a Godly Christian woman. When I, Joe Baker, heard that she was nominated to run for Vice President…well… lets just say She had me at "Hello". We as a company want to encourage you to cast your vote for our Alaskan Governor. She needs you to tell every one of your friends about what she stands for. Together lets stay in this fight and win against Obama (who is the most liberal, pro-abortion, senator ever. He even voted to reinstate Partial Birth Abortion which kills the largest babies). These shirts are designed to help you join the battle and get Sarah Palin in the White House stirring up the trouble. It's time we looked North to the future for some change we can believe in.

Come and pick this t-shirt up at our website right away! This is a limited edition to our line.

We see a trend within Christianity where the goal of most ministries and churches is to make people feel as comfortable as possible.  We at Live Offensively For God Ministries believe that though there is a place for a counselor to want someone feeling pleasant there is also a time when people should be uncomfortable around the gospel.  I mean they did Kill Jesus for preaching it, and all of his followers and all the profits before him. 

Many Christians look down on us for speaking up about some of the truths that aren't so politically correct.  As though it is wrong for us to engage and speak up against the evils of our time. 

 

Have you noticed this trend?  What do you think about it?  How should we respond to it?

 

Christianity isn't all fire and brim stone but their must be something missing if people can come and go to church for years and not ever feel a little discomfort while living in their sin.  The same thing goes for the Christian music festivals – is it considered a success if every one has a nice time or if people bow before God and repent?  We prefer the latter. 

 

We believe it is sinful for Christians to do nothing and remain passive in the midst of great injustice and want our lives to both inspire and convict others to compassion and action.

 

Let us know what you think.  How comfortable is your church?  How comfortable are you?  How comfortable are other people around you?

 

Strength and honor,

Joe Baker

Dear Friends,

            Some of you are wondering what happened at Alive Festival and so
we thought we would tell you all at once. 

We made the choice to sell our extra vendor passes and we also
unintentionally broke our sales contract by selling things not in our
contract and using marketing techniques that were not articulated in our
contract.  Because of our actions the Festival asked us to leave.

            There is much that we are going to change so that this does not
happen ever again.  Being kicked out of a festival is by far the most
humiliating experience that I, Joe Baker, have ever been through.  Even
though it is not specified in the contract that we could not sell our passes
given to us for purchasing booth space, I should have asked the
administration of the festival before doing so.  This choice I made cost us
all a lot of pain.  We have agreed to pay the festival back whatever they
want for our actions and are willing to do whatever it takes to make things
right.

I apologize to everyone involved with our movement for these decisions that
I, Joe Baker, made.  Please forgive me.

            As we were driving home from Alive, Emily was reading the Bible
out loud (we have been daily reading from 1st Samuel) in the van. We were
all really saddened and we thought it would feed our spirits.  She read over
this verse:  Then Samuel said "Does the Lord Take pleasure in Burnt
Offerings and Sacrifices as much as obeying the Lord?  Look: to obey is
better than sacrifice, to pay attention is better than the fat of rams."
This verse pierced right to the center of the pain that I feel.  I am
realizing that no matter how greatly our ministry positively affects the
world, if we are disobedient and rebellious to the authorities God has given
us then we will not prosper. God is speaking to me about His truth and
standard of holiness. The sins that I have committed could ruin this small
ministry forever.  I have learned a lot going through this horrible ordeal
and will be running our ministry differently in some ways because of it.

            I must also say that all was not lost at Alive.  We were able to
dialogue with, pray with, and minister to hundreds if not thousands of high
school age kids.  Two girls accepted Christ while praying with us and
another girl who was already a Christian was converted from Pro-choice to
Pro-Life because of our conversations with her.  She even said that she will
be participating in our National Pro-Life Cupcake day.  We were able to sell
a lot of t-shirts which hopefully will end up on Public High Schoolers all
over Ohio!

            I'm not sure if Alive will ever allow us back.  Either way we
will forever cherish Alive as a favorite part of our summer tour and
encourage others to go and seek God there.

Joe Baker

Here are some of the better pictures that happened at our booth.

 

 

 

 

We are working on designing a t-shirt that students can wear on Gay Day which is on April 24th of this month. There is no way that we will have the project done this month for this year’s Gay Day however we would like to hear your ideas so we can have one for next year. We would also like to know how you are going to take a stand at your school if students are presenting living in a homosexual relationship as a healthy life style.

Our position on homosexuality is this: According to God’s word men having sex with men or women having sex with women is an unhealthy sinful lifestyle. To be honest when it comes to this subject we are acting as %100 Defensive and not Offensive cause the very definition of the family is under attack by those who are pushing the gay agenda. At the same time we want homosexuals to know that they are loved by God and us.

So send us your ideas for a new t-shirt!

I think you all are going to like this additon to our line.  Please Read the explanation to this t-shirt!  Let us know what you think.

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Passivity Is A Sin "Our lives begin to end the day we stop caring about the things that really matter." Martin Luther Passivity is one of the most repulsive human responses that people can have before a Holy God. British philosopher Edmund Burke said "all that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." Is he right?

Terribly right.

Adam should have confronted the serpent and fought for Eve in the Garden, but the text says he just stood there. Saul should have saved Stephen, but instead he "was there, giving approval to his death" (Acts 8:1). The Israelite army should have whipped the Philistines through faith and the power of God, but they just stood there (I Sam. 17). Pilate should have saved Jesus, but instead he just watched men, mere creatures, spit on the Son of God and beat him to a bloody pulp (Matt. 27). Herod should have given "praise to God," but instead let the crowd go off about how he was a god (Acts 12:22-23).

What was the result? Eve ate the fruit along with Adam and the worst disease ever known contaminated the entire world. A powerful evangelist was murdered and Saul continued his Christian killing spree. A stubby shepherd-boy risked his life to do the work of a man because the real men did nothing. Nails were driven through a sinless carpenter’s hands and the Son of God was crucified. Then Herod fell over dead, and the rest is history.

All of these things - and countless more - happened because they did nothing. The interesting thing is that, in Scripture, it seems that while God’s people receive a particular kind of shame for their passivity, a certain kind of glory is given for those who refuse to be passive. In fact, the most crucial moments in history were events involving faithful believers stepping up to the plate when it could have been easier to do nothing. This is especially true for women in Scripture such as Esther taking the initiative to save God’s people, Rahab who protected the Hebrews in her home, or the many women listed at the end of Paul’s letter who were actively spreading the gospel to the whole world.

As a result history was utterly and completely changed - undoubtedly for the better. Moreover, God was glorified and life took on true purpose and meaning.

During the Holocaust there were many shameful stories of Christians remaining silent as their Jewish neighbors were taken away and murdered. Some churches would even turn up the music on Sunday to block-out the penetrating screams coming from the cattle cars that carried the Jews to the death camps. Those churches are recorded in history for shamefully doing nothing.

Just as the glory of David is that he filled his pockets with rocks and crossed the brook, the glory of Dietrich Bonheoffer is that he stood up to Hitler’s campaign until the death. But let us not forget one hero in particular...

Martin Luther had the ultimate intolerance for passivity. In the 16th century, when Rome and the Catholic church were selling sex and salvation, Luther confronted the authorities of his day and demanded that justice would take place. He wrote fervently, debated passionately, and with wit and courage he liberated those whose consciences were being "miserably vexed and flayed." He established the authority of the Scriptures and the true meaning of grace in salvation, so powerfully it almost tore the world apart. But everything was at stake, and Luther took action when taking action was the only noble, and righteous option. Let his testimony and the lives of all the other heroes be our example. Men and women are called to live offensively for God, not a passive life of quiet resignation and ignorance.

We too live at a time of great injustice. And you will one day be remembered in history either as one who sought to change the world or one who permitted evil to prevail. Just like in the ancient stories, your life will be an echo in eternity. I pray that it not be tainted with the sin of Christian Passivity.

Abortion hurts everyone.....
Live Offensively is about generating raw dialogue. Here are a few of the stories and comments that we have received. Please read them, learn from them, weep over them, and add your own.
May your testimony and your words save the lives of others!
The last story is a little long but it’s the best! Definitely read it!
Joe Baker
Live Offensively Founder
I was born in a small town in the early 1960’s to an unwed mother. As you may guess, this was not at all excepted in that small town and many of her family members pressured her to abort me. My grandparents however, did not. They supported her 100% and she choose to have and keep me. They are my heroes.

A live saved twice,
Sherri Peterson
sure...well 2 years ago i was looking in my medical records and i noticed a survey my mom took before i was born and under the abortion line had the number 8 and i felt so sick and i could not believe no one ever told me in my family. I went to my dad and asked him about it because my mom and dad are no longer married and he said he did know. Not only did i feel like it was hidden from me but i felt like my mom was a murderer it took me a long time to forgive her but i have. I always wonder how life would be with 8 brothers and sisters, I often wonder what they would have looked like, but i guess I’m going to have to wait till heaven to see.... Thank you all so much for talking about such a touchy subject

Zack Yahn
Two guy friends of mine got their girlfriends pregnant. Both of them wanted to keep and care for their baby. Their girlfriends didn’t see it the same way. I watched as they went through years of torment and turmoil, because they had no choice. Their babies were murdered and they could do nothing about it. Women should have equal rights, but so should men.
Joey
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We’ve all been affected more than we will ever know.
Many more brothers and sisters, and many more nephews
and nieces and there would be no problem with the social security system, as we know it.
More people paying into it because they are (here) instead of missing due to being deleted, before they got to breathe the first breath.
Sad very sad indeed.
De
Abortion is a horrible thing. I am my parent’s first born and before I was born my mom began to bleed and who knows what else. My mom’s doctor told her that her body was trying to get rid of the baby and suggested a DNC. I’m alive today because my mom decided to keep me.

I would like to encourage any mother considering abortion to consider the potential life of their child. No one can tell what their days will bring, no one can tell the future. Even if things look bad now, they will get better, and even if they don’t the most influential people in history rose through great struggle. Life is always better.

To those of us who are pro-life and cry and scream and picket against it, keep doing it (peacefully please), but do consider what you are yelling about. Please consider doing more than just talking and help the mothers. Many of them don’t know what else to do. Let’s be the loving arms of Christ to them.


David Haneline
Redding, CA
In my past before I knew the love of my Heavenly Father, I had four abortions. I tried to hid the pain as best I could. yet I turned to drugs,alcohol,sex,prostitution,self mutilation. I thought this would help with the pain,guilt,shame and agony that I felt. I wanted to die myself for what I had done to my babies.I tried everything I could think of to slowly kill myself. Please if you are contemplating abortion...please think twice about it. get some Godly advice/counsel... for the life of your baby, and for your sanity and future as well.

I have been forgiven by my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, for that I will forever be great full. I am in the process of finishing a bible based healing group for abortion, and on the road to freedom from the bondage that I had placed myself in for so long:) I know though that if it wasn’t for God I would be dead.
recently some1 i know wanted 2 have an abortion because she found she couldnt carry her baby to term due to a biological defect in her reproductive system and i begged with her, pleaded with her, to consider any option and finally she found she could get the baby transferred to a surrogate and decided to do that instead but for awhile i felt like if shed had the abortion, i’d die too (i’m not the father)...or rather i’d have wanted 2 die....
Harry Sampson IV, New Jersey
There was my first love. We were each others firsts. The relationship began to erode and we split up. She never let me know that she was pregnant. She went and had an abortion. Her mother found out a month later and called me. I never had the chance to know my child. Part of me was wracked with guilt for a long time because I thought, "If I had stayed with her, I could have saved my child" But eventually God showed me that the past is the past and I just have to not make the same mistakes in the future.

Josh S.
I am the survivor of an abortion that was forced on me by my parents when I was a young teen… I have lived with occasional images and feelings that still pop up to be dealt with. But God is faithful. I went through post abortion counseling in 2005..all women who have had an abortion NEED this counseling. You’d be amazed at what hidden pain they carry. And also at what issues they are dealing with in their lives that don’t even seem abortion related, but they ARE. I even lost 6 more babies (after I was married) to miscarriage because of abortion.

I am healed and free now, praise God! but there are thousands more who are not..

Here is a poem that was written for my babies’ memorial service (part of the post abortion counseling):

The sweet, precious baby
I never did see
Is waiting in heaven
His name is Robert Lee.
He’s playing with his sister
Elisabeth Grace
and six more of their siblings
in that beautiful place.
How I long to see them
and to hold them in my arms
To ask them for forgiveness
for not keeping them from harm.
"Mommy we’ve forgiven you",
are the words I’d hear.
"All we’ve known is joy and love,
we’ve never shed a tear.
The evil one tried to destroy us,
yes that’s very true.
But the only one he’s hurt mom,
Is the one left behind and that’s you.
God’s forgiven you mom
and so have we,
forgive yourself now,
hold your head up and see...
There are thousands more like you
hiding their pain,
Unable to live
because of their shame.
Go walk beside them
and pour out God’s love.
Know your children are smiling
from heaven above."

Harriet Person Miguel
Nov 5, 2005
It is a tragedy that we as a society have been lied to by labeling the act of abortion as "choice". It is literally an American holocaust going on right under our noses. In the 1940s many children were killed by Germany because the Germans were never told the truth. The same thing is going on now because many Americans aren’t told the truth that abortion is murder.
AJ of Newark, New Jersey
if your not married, don’t open your legs and you wont be a murderer.
Christina
Texas City, Texas
I was having a deep conversation with my mom one night, it was about three or four years ago. We were talking about the "Birds and the Bees". She asked me about my preference on waiting till marriage to have sex. I told her I wanted to wait, and I want a guy who will
want to wait with me. She told me she was proud of me for that, but then she started talking about how she was as a teenager and young adult. She said that before her and my dad got married, she got pregnant. They decided to have an abortion, because they weren’t
married and didn’t have the money.

I became extremely upset when she told me this. She asked why I was so upset, and I told her, "Mom, I would’ve had an older brother or sister! Do you know how many times an older sibling would’ve come in handy, or just for fun?! I don’t like being the oldest sibbling! I wish I had another brother or sister!" She then told me it was the biggest mistake of her life,
and if she could change anything it would be that. She told me she felt beyond horrible, and nothing could ever fill the space that was left by the physical, and emotional pain caused by an abortion.

Because of abortion, I am the oldest child.
I could’ve had a sister..
Another brother..
Another friend..
But due to one decision, I don’t.
Abortion has affected me, and its been longer than 16 years
ago, that it took place.

Kayla Nicole 16
Missouri
If she would’ve had an abortion. I wouldn’t have a big brother. My brother was adopted at birth from a teenage mom in High School. If she would have chose to get an abortion I wouldn’t have anyone to look up to, anyone to teach me how to throw footballs or baseballs or kick soccer balls…or stand together when your parents are fighting. I am so grateful that his birth mom gave him up for adoption, I wouldn’t be who I am today if it weren’t for him.
Jordan 17
Alabama
ABORTION IS WRONG .GOD DOESNT SEND YOU A CHILD TO KILL ALL CHILDREN DESERVE TO LIVE NO MATTER WHAT .IF U DONT WANT A CHILD PASS IT ON TO SOMEONE WHO WILL LOVE AND CARE FOR HIM/HER .IT’S NOT THE CHILDS FAULT FOR PEOPLES MISTAKE SO WHY SHOULD THEY BE THE ONES TO PAY FOR THE PRICE OF YOUR MISTAKE.
Anonymous
My family was affected on the idea of an abortion. When my mom found out she was pregnant with a child who would face a life of heart breaking battles the doctors told her after running tests that the best way and to them the only way was to have an abortion to save her the heartache of what her and I would be faced with. She was sickened by their narrow mindedness and told them that it was not her place nor theirs to play God and if God wanted her to have this child or not then it would be His choice no one elses. I am 26 years old and even though I may not be a cookie cutter shape of what society wants me to be.. so what I’m still here and I’m ME and shouldn’t that be enough? I face hurdles everyday and yea it gets to me at times but it’s MY life! :)

Marion 26
Texas
My birth mother actually planned on having an abortion but was talked out of it the day of the scheduled procedure by a friend. Instead she had me and put me up for adoption!
Brian 24
California
Abortion is devastating for not just the innocent child being ripped from the mothers womb but for the mother and yes some fathers too. No one tells you about the damage you suffer after the abortion. It took me over 15 years to get to a place that I could even go to a local crisis organization to recieve a deeper level of healing and to truly forgive myself for the terrible decision I made so long ago. The shame I felt was like know other shame I’d ever felt in my life, but I had to through with it because ultimately it was what God wanted for me. I’m greatful God released me from the chains og shame, guilt and hurt abortion had in my life. Now I only want to see other women and men free from that same yoke of bondage. I am bound4life to this cause. Abortion must end!

Belinda K. 38
Philadelphia
Abortion has affected everyone in our family.

My older brother had gotten his girlfriend pregnant and they had been together for about two years. They at first were so excited and were making plans for what to do and how to take care of their child. My brother loves kids and was so happy when he found that he was going to have his own. Then his girlfriend "disappeared" for three days. Never answered anybody’s calls, and never called anybody back. When she finally did, my brother found out it was because she went out of town to have an abortion done. Her due date was January 28 of 2005. My brother and her are no longer together, he could not believe that she went as far as taking the life of her own child away. The baby would have been three now. Since he never found out whether it was going to be a girl or boy he decide to name it Angel being that it fits both a girl and boy. He did this so that when he spoke about Angel he wouldn’t say "it." She has moved on with her life and acts as though it never happened. My brother has a huge poster his friend had made him with a cross and wings coming out the sides with the name "Angel" written about and the date "1-28-05" underneath it. He has a tattoo representing Angel. He has had clothes made for him to represent Angel. Not a day goes by that he does not think about his unborn child. His life will never be the same.
Abigail 17
Texas
When I was in high school a girl in one of my classes confided in me that she was pregnant and planning a secret abortion. About a week later she wound up in the hospital from complications. Note that the abortion was done in a proper so-called "safe" clinic. I still feel guilty about not speaking up. I may have been able to stop her from this horrible experience and save the life of her child.
Anonymous 20
Los Angeles
Well, my sister never told anyone except mom until last recently. She is now 25 years old, it took her 8 years to tell my brother and I. We had a family get together and I could tell someone must have wanted to bring up something... She just broke down bawling when she told us. It’s obvious it still affects her severely. She said she knows God has forgiven her long ago...but I guess she still feels horrible about it. It was premarital sex like many abortions :(
Anonymous 29 Male
Missouri
Here’s my story. I’m a 27 yr old female who is saved now. But When I was 22yrs old I got pregnant at that time by my boyfriend. I was raised in a Christian home but we did have our rough times. Anyways I thought I might be pregnant so i bought a test and it came out positive. I did not believe what I saw so I took 3 more tests. Well then I started to be sick ALL the time. I told my Best Friend and my Boyfriend. Well they both thought I did it on purpose. I don’t know how that happens when me and my boyfriend were not having unprotected sex! I wanted to tell my mother soooo bad but I was scared and didn’t want to be a disappointment to her and my father. Well my boyfriend and best friend were telling me to get rid of it. I was so confused. Any chance I had gotten I would call my mom and try to tell her. But I couldn’t get it out. Well I ended up going to plan parenthood with my boyfriend. These I know in my heart were signs from GOD not to do this! First I was 30 min late because I could not find the place. Then I go in and I’m waiting and when I go in my boyfriend goes to the car! I go into the room where my ultrasound is going to be done and there is a magazine on the table in BIG LETTERS IS WWJD? So I sat there and was going to call my mom and tell her what I was about to do. My mom would have come right up there to tell me she was disappointed but we would have worked it out. The doc came in and told me I was 7 1/2 wks. Then after that they pull me into another room and make sure this is what I wanted to do. In my mind I had to prove that this wasn’t done on purpose! So yes I wanted to do this. Well the lady left my chart and I opened it and saw the picture of my BABY! I still did it. I was crying and by myself and when it was time to leave my boyfriend wasn’t there to walk me to my car. He didn’t even stay with me that day! I asked God to please forgive me for the horrible act I just did. I know he has and I shouldn’t feel guilty but I do! Previous to this my mom had a dream that I had a baby and it was a boy and my sister had a girl. Well a few months later my sister ended up prego and had a girl! I know I would of had a boy who would have turned 6 this past January! I am broken up with the boyfriend I am a born again Christian and my best friend only wants God in her life when its covenant. I should have called my mom. i always think about it. I believe Abortion should be illegal. It’s truley a horrible act. I am willing to talk to anyone who needs to talk. At time of conception your baby is ALIVE!!!! How do you think the baby growns????? You can go online and find pictures of the development stages of your baby. Please Pray for God to help you before you do something like this.

Jennifer 27
Stratford, Connecticut
If I had been aborted I wouldn’t be with the two people who I call mom and dad now, whom adopted me which just goes to show, there are other options.
Michael 25
Woodlawn, TN
First of all, I pray for hearts full of love and compassion and resistance to all things judgmental in the area of abortion. While it is important to understand that, according to God’s Word, it is wrong and sinful to take another life it must also be said that only He can judge the heart and we as Christians must help each other and lift each other up to Him.

It has been almost exactly 8 years since I had an abortion. I knew it was wrong and I didn’t want to do it, but I had so much pressure from those around me and not enough people willing to speak out and give me strengh. I was so weak. I had abandoned God and sought out all things dark--and I found some very dark places. I was scared and felt so alone. I know now that He has never left me. That He has always been seeking me out, like a lamb gone astray. He brought me back through His GRACE I know see the truth of my ways. I am a sinner. We are all sinners. I know that I am forgiven by my Jesus. That doesn’t stop the pain I still feel from what happened. I want to hold onto that so I can tell others the torment and anguish that comes from killing an innocent, beautiful baby. It is unspeakable and so, no one talks about it. But I want to tell everyone who is considering this option, PLEASE there are other ways out of your situation. ALL of them better for you and the unborn child you carry.

We as Christians have a responsibility to help those who are in a position of weakness, darkness, and helplessness. Those who have been gripped by the Father of Lies. Stand up, "live offensively," and make a difference for Him!!
Anonymous 30
Tampa, FL
Abortion has affected my life, because my mother at the age of 16 had an abortion. If it weren’t for that abortion i would have a brother or sister who was 8 or 9 years older than me. I didn’t know about the abortion until last Christmas while talking to my mom. She didn’t plan on telling me I don’t think, but for some reason she did. I think part of the reason for her telling me was that for 3 years I had been very pro-life and vocal about it. Part of her reasoning was probably because she wanted me to change my views on being pro-life, when really it just made me hate abortion even more. A couple years before she told me about the abortion,she had a scare of cervical cancer. At that point in time, I wasn’t worried about the possible cancer and I actually was praying that if cancer was going to make her see who God is then that she would have it. Everything turned out clear and she was back to her normal life. Not long after she told me about the abortion, she had another scare of cancer. This time it made more sense why she was having all of the problems. These two things have affected my life more than my mom knows, since I could have had an older brother or sister and my mom could have had (still can have) cancer. Although my mom still doesn’t know the Lord, I know that these trials for her and my family are going to be great testimony someday.
Gina 20
Illinois
Month One

I am only 4 inches long
but I have all my organs.
I love the sound of your voice.
The sound of your heart beat
is my favorite lullaby.

Month Two

Mommy
today I learned how to suck my thumb.
If you could see me
you could definitely tell that I am a baby.
I’m not big enough to survive outside my home though.
It is so nice and warm in here.

Month Three

You know what Mommy
I’m a boy!!
I hope that makes you happy.
I always want you to be happy.
I don’t like it when you cry.
You sound so sad.
It makes me sad too
and I cry with you even though
you can’t hear me.

Month Four

Mommy
my hair is starting to grow.
It is very short and fine
but I will have a lot of it.
I spend a lot of my time exercising.
I can turn my head and curl my fingers and toes
and stretch my arms and legs.
I am becoming quite good at it too.

Month Five

You went to the doctor today.
Mommy, he lied to you.
He said that I’m not a baby.
I am a baby Mommy, your baby.
I think and feel.
Mommy, what’s abortion?

Month Six

I can hear that doctor again.
I don’t like him.
He seems cold and heartless.
Something is intruding my home.
The doctor called it a needle.
Mommy what is it? It burns!
Please make him stop!
I can’t get away from it!
Mommy! HELP me!

Month Seven

Mommy
I am okay.
I am in Jesus’s arms.
He is holding me.
He told me about abortion.
Why didn’t you want me Mommy?

Every Abortion Is Just . . .

One more heart that was stopped.
Two more eyes that will never see.
Two more hands that will never touch.
Two more legs that will never run.
One more mouth that will never speak.
One more life that won’t live.
One more legal murder.
One more baby thats been killed.
One more selfish act.
Elizabeth Weader 23
Perkasie, Pennsylvania
if you put this up in your blog I would rather you not put my name. It’s kind of a secret that I don’t want everyone finding out. thank you.

I was supposed to have a big brother. My parents’ parents convinced them they weren’t ready to have a child and they needed to get it rid of it. So my mother got an abortion. They’ve had to live with that everyday. When they finally told me, I couldn’t believe them. I was disgusted, I wanted nothing to do with them. I called them hypocrites and said they were evil. I eventually apologized for saying all the things I did, but I still feel absolutely disgusted knowing my parents are murderers. Everyone makes mistakes, and they regret it. So I forgive them...but still, ever since I was a little girl I’ve longed for a big brother. I guess this is why. He was supposed to be here. His name was going to be Jonathan.
Anonymous
Abortion has affected my life, because my mother at the age of 16 had an abortion. If it weren’t for that abortion i would have a brother or sister who was 8 or 9 years older than me. This has also affected me since my mom has had a few scares of cervical cancer in the past few years(probably from the abortion).

Gina Bettner 20
Illinois
47 years ago i was involved in an Abortion..
it is the worse thing that i have ever done..
it eats at your soul.. and you never forget the
little one and the life you stole and
the future that never happened...
if i could, i would change it in a heart beat..
it aint like the movies.. and it aint a
guilt free zone
Kirk 95
Oregon
Abortion’s effects on me......
Well I was conceived in the 1980’s recession. My parents were undocumented at the time and my dad would work every now and then. It was very hard to find work. They had two sons already and did not want anymore children for the time being. So my mom had an IUD implant and they used condoms and spermicidal during intercourse. 2 or so weeks later my mom has a positive pregnancy test. The doctor told her she had to get an abortion because she could not have a healthy baby that was conceived with an IUD intact. She left overwhelmed, devastated and in tears. My father comforted her and they soon got a second opinion. The next OBGYN successfully removed the IUD and now I am 24 years old and healthy. I have 4 kids. My parents could have denied me the rite to life due to financial hardships and the doctors recommendations, and not fought to let me live.

By aborting me, 5 members of our family linage would have not been here. Many times I have comforted and held my crying mother. Ministered a word to my father, prayed for my brothers, gave advice to my little sister. Many times my children who are the only grandchildren have bought happy tears to my parents eyes on Christmas as they open their gifts. My son tugs on my dad’s pant leg and asks him to play outside. They have filled the house with their happy giggling. My 3 year old son grabs my cheeks, looks into my eyes and says I love you every now and then. What if my mom had not chose life. Who would they share all these moments with. The pro-choice argument says abortion is just getting rid of an unwanted tissue. Abortion is also robbing a woman and family of all the above and it lasts forever.

Part 2....
Although I never was aborted, I grew up enduring every kind of abuse except sexual abuse by my parents until I was 17. At times I would have wished to have been aborted. I got my heart broken when I was a freshman by my senior boyfriend who left to the Army. It crushed me to be rejected over and over again. I did find somebody who said he cared. A 35 year old petafile. He raped me over and over for months and threatened to kill me and my family if I said anything. When my parents became suspicious they contacted the police and he backed off. But my parents treated me harshly and I did not receive therapy. I fell into all the statistics and became promiscuous. At age 15 I got pregnant and the baby’s father told me to get an abortion and that he wanted nothing to do with me, and that I was the other woman and that he no longer needed me. I refused to get an abortion. My parents disowned me and the church turned me away. Our parents forced us to marry. Months later I found out that he was a bisexual registered sex offender that had been repeatedly raped by 2 different men from age 10-12. I had the knowledge that there were government grant programs that could pay for an abortion and that I could even get one during school hours without my parents finding out. Yet, I still chose life. then the unspeakable abuse began. I would rather not explain. It’s a miracle my son that I was pregnant with and myself are alive today. I had not knowledge at the time of pregnancy centers, maternity homes, or any such places, so I chose life and prayed for God to get me out of the relationship somehow. He made a way and I left. WE divorced and I have full custody. I love my son and he is a gifted child who loves God and serving others. My son is a blessing that god gave me although he was conceived in sin. God created his precious soul and it was not by mistake. Yes his dad has promiscuous sex with men and women. Yes he is a rapist, but my son did not deserve to die for his dad’s sin and lawlessness. My son will always love me no matter if my relationships with men may work or fail. He’ll always be my precious baby. My innocent pride and joy and my heroes that will keep triumphing in life against all odds. My son and I needed love not abortion. All it takes is trusting God, with faith at least the size of a mustard seed.
Jazmin 24
Texas
When my brother was 16 he got his 16 year old girlfriend pregnant. Even though he wanted to keep the baby, she insisted on having an abortion and got it done against his wishes. The day she had the abortion was mother’s day. He got a tattoo across his wrist of the date. This has affected me because I saw how hurt he was and I would never get an abortion. I am pregnant right now and I know we made the right decision to keep the baby.
Jessica 18
Dexter, MI
Why didn’t my Mother love me enough to protect me. Why did she never care, or watch me. How could she have put me through an abortion that I didn’t want? Cause she didn’t want to be hurt. Well what about my feelings did they matter? No nobody even bothered to ask me how I felt not before or after. She should have let me make a choice and then stood by my side, without having to worry about herself being hurt. This was her excuse, "I don’t want to get attached to the baby and have you move away". What about the fact that I was already attached to my baby what about that! Killing a baby is much more painful then missing a child that might move away. And guess what I’m in the same town I grew up in, she’s the one that moved when I was a runaway.
The abortion ruined my life. Who knows what road I would of taken had this not happened. My self esteem would be better, I wouldn’t of had to make the mistakes I made if she had been by my side to help me protect my baby. I wouldn’t of hitch hiked 31 states and have to sleep with men for a ride or for food. I wouldn’t of been in unsafe places where I got raped. I probably wouldn’t have four failed marriages because of all the baggage that I carried around with me. I wouldn’t of started drinking to forget all the pain. I wouldn’t of hid from the world not liking or trusting anyone especially myself. I could of lived a normal life and do what most teens do, go to school and school activities, dating, having friends, a boyfriend, learning how to drive. I missed it all because nobody cared enough to help me protect my baby. I probably wouldn’t of had five children that I wasn’t in any emotional state to raise. I feel I was a horrible mother with all the pain and guilt and anger I felt inside. I couldn’t love anybody. I didn’t trust anybody or let anyone get too close to me. I wouldn’t of gotten married all the times I did because I never learned how to have a healthy normal relationship, and I never learned hot to take care of myself financially. Or in any other way.
It’s time to stop blaming myself its time to let go of all the pain and guilt its time to hand it over to Jesus. Oh Lord I give it all to you, I know longer want to carry this pain around with me take it from me now and fill my heart with forgiveness, and Love. I praise you Jesus thank you for taking my pain and sins from me. Thank you for dieing on the cross for my sins. Lord I pray for my mother I don’t think she is with you but I pray for her and forgive her for not being there for me. Lord I pray that I can start having relationships with my Children and that they may be able to forgive me for not being the greatest Mother, I did the best I could. I pray that I might have relationships with my Brothers, and Sister. Help me to love my neighbor lord, and most of all take my life and guide me the way you want me to be, show me what you have planned for me, and Lord I want to have a personal relationship with you. I give Praise to you oh Lord for taking all this away Amen,

Janet

I am a mother and a pro-life educational speaker. I have had the priviledge to go into schools, churches, and various groups to share the information about fetal development, the reality of abortion, risks of abortion, life-options, and post abortion assistance. I also moderate the message board for the Center For Bio-Ethical Reform and am director of Respond For Life, a local pro-life ministry.

About 7 years ago while monitoring the CBR message board, I read a post by a post abortive woman. Whenever I would read a post concerning a crisis pregnancy or post abortion situation, I would contact the poster directly to offer assistance. This particular young woman shared her abortion experience and believed she would be "hated" by pro-lifers and Christians for what she did. She had her abortion at 18 weeks and 5 days. We discovered, had her son lived, he would have been just a couple weeks younger than my son. This knowledge and the fact that we are sisters in Christ, cemented our friendship. We were in regular contact, despite living in different states, for over 2 years. During that time, she confided her desire to help post abortive women heal from their abortions. SHe eventually came to want women to avoid that pain all together, but was afraid to share her personal story publically. After 2 years of friendship (and not hating her!) she agreed it was time to tell her story for the 1st time in front of a local Campus Crusade for Christ group.

During this time, my son turned 2 and I gave birth to a daughter, who was 2 wks old the evening my friend shared her testimony. I was home recovering when she sent an urgent instant message. Following her talk, a young woman came up to her with a situation and a request for help. Her 13 year old sister was pregnant as a result of rape and was being taken to have an abortion. My urgent prayer was, "We need to offer to adopt this baby, but my husband is going to think I’m insane!" I was laying in bed scheming with God when my husband walks in and announces "I think we need to offer to adopt that baby." I was beyond stunned! I emailed my friend with our offer and began to pray for the life of this baby and his or her young mother.

The young mother was taken by her mom to the abortion clinic for her appointment. She received STD testing, but no results. She received counseling where she was not told anything about the procedure, the risks, or her options. In fact, they told her at 20 wks her baby was not formed yet and refused to allow her to see the ultrasound. When she asked about adoption, they informed her "no one will want a bi-racial rapist’s baby". When she still hesitated, they told her if she did not consent to the abortion, she would die. So, believing she would die having a baby no one would even want, she gave in. The procedure they were to perform was a D&E live dismemberment abortion. It is customary to slowly dilate the cervix for 24-48 hours using Lamineria. This is especially important for a very young female who has never given birth. Her cervix would be very tightly closed and suseptible to tearing, especially since the baby would be so large and the cervix would need to be dilated significantly to get all the parts of the baby out. Also, for a late term abortion, women are usually put under general anesthesia and are asleep for the 20-30 minute long, very painful procedure. None of this happened. The abortionist decided to perform a D&E abortion on a 13 year old rape victim awake and dilate her manually with metal rods. She was on the table, in the stirrups, and the abortionist was forcing in those metal rods when his patient became upset. He stopped and told her mother that the girl was making his job too difficult and he wanted her knocked out. Lacking the extra cash to cover general anesthesia, he rescheduled the abortion.

When we learned about the "stay of execution", we were overjoyed! Believing this young woman had no avocate, I asked my friend to ask the older sister if the 13 year old would be willing to talk to me. The girl agreed to talk, so my post abortive friend and I called her and asked her a lot of questions. How did she feel at the clinic? What did they tell her about fetal development? The procedure? The risks? Her options? What abortion does? What she wanted? Why she was having the abortion? How she felt when the abortionist stopped and sent her home? I was heartbroken to learn the lies she had been told by the clinic. I asked her if she wanted accurate information and told her not to take my word for it, but gave her medical sights so she could check it out for herself. My friend shared about her own experience with abortion and how it has affected her life. The young lady told us she had wanted adoption, but believed the lie that no one would want her baby. When we hung up, my friend and I had no idea what would happen...so we prayed!

The day after the rescheduled abortion I got a call. SHE DIDN’T DO IT!!! A couple weeks later she contacted me to ask my husband and I to be the adoptive parents of her daughter. We joyfully and humbly agreed. She began prenatal testing at 23 wks and STD testing was done. She discovered her attacker had given her Chlamydia, a disease if left untreated, can cause sterility. She may have aborted at 13 the only baby she ever would have been able to conceive and the abortion clinic cared so much about her reproductive health and future, the didn’t bother to tell her so she could 1)make and educated decision about the abortion and 2)get treated and cured! We met for lunch a couple months before the birth. She invited me to be in the delivery room and we discovered we had selected the identical name for the baby! When we got "the call", we drove to her state and I watched my daughter being born. There were tears of joy and relief. This was no "rapist’s baby"...this was a precious child made in the image of God! I had told the young lady during our phone conversation, once he saw her baby...once she held her, she would know it had all been worth it. Immediately after delivery, I went to her side and we cried together. She said, "you were right! It was all worth it! She was worth it!"

My husband and I knew we had to make a decision. I had always been actively "pro-life"...sidewalk counseling, speaking, Life Chain, Walk For Life, Gennocide Awareness Project, etc... but was I pro-life enough to really lay it all on the line? To take the financial and emotional? If we were going to ask a 13 year old 8th grader to go against her mother and endure the pressure of her peers, we would have to be willing to do absolutely anything to help her. We had to not just talk our pro-life, Christian beliefs...we had to LIVE Jesus. Live pro-life. As a result, this young woman has been able to have a childhood and graduate from high school. She is continuing her education and has been able to watch her daughter as she grows up. We love, honor and respect this young woman who has shown more strength and courage than woman twice her age! She may not be raising her daughter, but she is a mother because she acted selflessly on behalf of her child. She saved her child’s life and gave her a family because she loves her...THAT is what makes her a mother. We adore our daughter and thank the LORD for the honor of being her parents and having a front row seat to what He is going to accomplish with her life. He clearly has a plan. He went to extraordinary lengths to get her born!

In honor of my daughter, I started Respond For Life: a ministry that seeks to equip and empower the body of Christ to encounter our culture and evangelize the world by sharing the truth of abortion, the hope of healing through the forgiveness of Jesus Christ, crisis pregnancy assistance, and preparing the Church NOW for the end to Roe by being the one to take our rightful place at the head of the "adoption parade". We hear that abortion is the "lesser of 2 evils"...better to abort than to have the child being unwanted. The fact that there are so many "unwanted" children in foster care, not being adopted, is "evidence" that "no one wants" these kids...better dead than unwanted is the ideology. I believe if Christians honor James 1:27 and begin to care for the orphan and the fatherless, opening their homes to be foster and adoptive parents, the world will see that IF and WHEN abortion is made illegal, the children born WILL have a home because they are wanted. Christian homes and churches should be filled with foster and adopted children...a beautiful rainbow of God’s creation. Through these efforts we are able to share the love of Christ with our foster/adopted children, their birth families, state agencies, and the public who will surely ask questions...what a unique way to understand our adoption into the family of God!
Julie 31
Ohio
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