Bartow County's Community-Wide Grace For Life Ministry

"For You created my innermost being; You knit me together in my mother's womb, I praise You because I am fearfully and wonderfully made..." - Psalm 139:13-14

Mission Statement  |  Outreach  |  For More Information

Scripture - Grief  |  Scripture - Character of God  |  Scripture - Forgiveness  |  Scripture - Hope

Mission Statement

Our mission is to demonstrate the love of Christ:

• by promoting the sanctity of human life through educating the church about issues that devalue human life
• by promoting the care and well-being of those deemed vulnerable by society; the pre-born, young, disabled, and elderly

"Speak up for those who cannot speak up for themselves, for the rights of all who are destitute. Speak up and judge fairly; defend the rights of the poor and needy." - Proverbs 31:8-9

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Outreach Activities

• Prayer
• Gifts for new moms
• Baby shower for Bartow County Women's Resource Center
• Assemble furniture for Bartow County Women's Resource Center
• Handmade baby blankets for Bartow County Women's Resource Center
• Pass out Pro-Life books to libraries
• Visit local nursing homes
• Raise adoption awareness
• Promote post-abortion healing

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Scriptural Reference to Help Post-Abortive Women

Grief

• "A voice was heard in Ramah, weeping and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children; and she refused to be comforted, because they were no more." - Matthew 2:18 (NAS)
• "Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted." - Matthew 5:4 (NAS)

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The Character of God

• "Behold, God is my salvation, I will trust and not be afraid; For the LORD GOD is my strength and song, and He has become my salvation." - Isaiah 12:2 (NAS)
• "Make sure that your character is free from the love of money, being content with what you have; for He Himself has said, I will never desert you, nor will I ever forsake you," - Hebrews 13:5 (NAS)
• "Do not hide Your face from me, do not turn Your servant away in anger; You have been my help; Do not abandon me nor forsake me, O God of my salvation! For my father and my mother have forsaken me, but the LORD will take me up." - Psalm 27:9-10 (NAS)
• "I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may be with you forever; that is the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it does not see Him or know Him, but you know Him because He abides with you and will be in you. I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you." - John 14:16-18 (NAS)
• "Be strong and courageous, do not be afraid or tremble at them, for the LORD your God is the one who goes with you He will not fail you or forsake you." - Deuteronomy 31:6 (NAS)
• "As for you, my son Solomon, know the God of your father, and serve Him with a whole heart and a willing mind; for the LORD searches all hearts, and understands every intent of the thoughts. If you seek Him, He will let you find Him; but if you forsake Him, He will reject you forever." - 1 Chronicles 28:9 (NAS)
• "I am no longer in the world; and yet they themselves are in the world, and I come to You Holy Father, keep them in Your name, the name which You have given Me, that they may be one even as We are." - John 17:11 (NAS)
• "We will know by this that we are of the truth, and will assure our heart before Him in whatever our heart condemns us; for God is greater than our heart and knows all things." - 1 John 3:19-20 (NAS)
• "It is He who reveals the profound and hidden things; He knows what is in the darkness, and the light dwells with Him." - Daniel 2:22 (NAS)
• "Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever." - Hebrews 13:8 (NAS)
• "The LORD'S lovingkindnesses indeed never cease, for His compassions never fail. They are new every morning; Great is Your faithfulness." - Lamentations 3:22-23 (NAS)
• "For the LORD is good; His lovingkindness is everlasting and His faithfulness to all generations." - Psalm 100:5 (NAS)
• "Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our affliction so that we will be able to comfort those who are in any affliction with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God." - 2 Corinthians 1:3-4 (NAS)

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Forgiveness

• "bearing with one another, and forgiving each other, whoever has a complaint against anyone; Just as the Lord forgave you, so also should you." - Colossians 31:3 (NAS)
• "Who pardons all your iniquities, who heals all your diseases;" - Psalm 103:3 (NAS)
• "Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity and passes over the rebellious act of the remnant of His possession? He does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in unchanging love. He will again have compassion on us; He will tread our iniquities under foot Yes, You will cast all their sins into the depths of the sea." - Micah 7:18-19 (NAS)
• "How blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, Whose sin is covered! How blessed is the man to whom the LORD does not impute iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no deceit! When I kept silent about my sin, my body wasted away through my groaning all day long. For day and night Your hand was heavy upon me; My vitality was drained away as with the fever heat of summer. Selah. I acknowledged my sin to You, and my iniquity I did not hide; I said, I will confess my transgressions to the LORD; And You forgave the guilt of my sin. Selah." - Psalm 32:1-5 (NAS)
• "Iniquities prevail against me; As for our transgressions, You forgive them." - Psalm 65:3 (NAS)
• "For You, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive, and abundant in lovingkindness to all who call upon You." - Psalm 86:5 (NAS)
• "If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness." - 1 John 1:9 (NAS)
• "Therefore repent and return, so that your sins may be wiped away, in order that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord;" - Acts 3:19 (NAS)
• "Of Him all the prophets bear witness that through His name everyone who believes in Him receives forgiveness of sins." - Acts 10:43 (NAS)
• "Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted." - Matthew 5:4 (NAS)

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Hope

• "He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death and broke their bands apart. Let them give thanks to the LORD for His lovingkindness, and for His wonders to the sons of men!" - Psalm 107:14-15 (NAS)
• "Do not call to mind the former things, or ponder things of the past. Behold, I will do something new, now it will spring forth; Will you not be aware of it? I will even make a roadway in the wilderness, rivers in the desert." - Isaiah 43:18-19 (NAS)
• "Therefore what benefit were you then deriving from the things of which you are now ashamed? For the outcome of those things is death. But now having been freed from sin and enslaved to God, you derive your benefit, resulting in sanctification, and the outcome, eternal life." - Romans 6:21-22 (NAS)
• "He will swallow up death for all time, and the Lord GOD will wipe tears away from all faces, and He will remove the reproach of His people from all the earth; For the LORD has spoken." - Isaiah 25:8 (NAS)
• "For the hand of the LORD will rest on this mountain, and Moab will be trodden down in his place as straw is trodden down in the water of a manure pile." - Isaiah 35:10 (NAS)
• "Moreover, I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; and I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh." - Ezekiel 36:26 (NAS)

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For More Information

Contact the Grace Baptist Church Office at 770-382-6446 or info@SeekingGrace.org.

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