Pray that all people would learn the preciousness of life, and how rightly to protect it.

1. Pray for the Church, that she would present a consistently Biblical testimony to the truth of Scripture: Mankind as created in the image of God, God as Creator and sustainer of life, that she, with prophetic voice, would condemn the violations of the 6^th commandment in this age, such as abortion, euthanasia, unjust war, sinful violence, etc. with all occasions, temptations, appearances, and other inducements to such evil. (1 Thess. 5.22; Genesis 9.6)
2. Pray that the Church would set an example of care among her families, such that the weak, oppressed, and despised among us would be loved, honored, and afforded proper status as human beings created in the image of God, “our own flesh,” and not turned out and abandoned to wretchedness. (Isaiah 58.6-7; James 2.15-16)
3. Pray for our civil estate, for protection of the innocent, capital punishment for capital crime, for justice in judgment, not favoring rich or poor, but that those who lie in wait to take innocent life would themselves lose their own life, and that even negligent, accidental manslaughter, would not go unpunished, that human life would be affirmed as the image of God, our land and legal system purged of evil, and our nation exalted in righteousness. (Numbers 35.33; Joshua 20.5)
4. Pray that the people of God would take the lead in in quenching sinful anger, subduing sinful passion, a right use of medicine, food and drink, such that we would, with all moderation, set an example of that quiet and peaceable life the Lord has  revealed to His children, and that our example would induce others peace. (Acts 23.12-27; 1 Tim. 2.1-7)
5. Pray that the people of God would lead by example in recreations, and in their vocations, that they would not endanger their own lives, or the lives of others for monetary gain, recreational pleasure, the rush of adrenaline, or any other unlawful behavior, but that we would, by our actions, acknowledge life as a precious gift from the Lord. (Proverbs 1.10-16)
6. Pray for the people of God, that we would set an example of patience, forgiveness, not rendering evil for evil, leaving vengeance to the Lord, and loving our neighbor as ourselves, and removing temptations to violence. (Rom. 12-17-21)
7. Pray for parents in our nation, that the sinful and violent passions of youth would be punished, subdued, and thus weakened or eliminated in our children that they grow in Christ to be lovers of God and men. (Eph. 4.31-32)