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Focus on the Family with Jim Daly

Experiencing Gods Mercy After Leaving the Abortion Industry (Part 1 of 2)

Focus on the Family with Jim Daly

Focus on the Family

Kids & Family, Society & Culture, Relationships, Parenting

4.74.5K Ratings

🗓️ 20 March 2023

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Abby Johnson recounts what God has done in her life since she originally released her book "Unplanned" and shares stories of the ways she’s helped women leave the abortion industry through her ministry, And Then There Were None. (Part 1 of 2)


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0:00.0

Hi, Jim Daly here. Today's cultured deeply needs help, but in times like these, the light of Christ can shine even brighter.

0:07.0

So be encouraged to share his light in this broken world. Listen to the refocus with Jim Daly podcast.

0:14.0

Without time limitations, I'll have deep heartfelt discussions with fascinating guests who will encourage you to share God's grace, truth and love.

0:22.0

Check out the podcast at refocuswithjimdaly.com or wherever you get your podcasts.

0:31.0

Abbey Johnson worked for a Planned Parenthood Clinic for eight years before she came face to face with the horror of what she was really doing.

0:45.0

And in that moment, God transformed her life.

0:50.0

I knew standing there holding that ultrasound probe and had one hand on the ultrasound probe and the other hand on this woman's belly and just feeling that there was once life there and now there wasn't.

1:06.0

And knowing that my hand had been a part of that and just feeling this grief for this woman that I had taken part in her lost motherhood.

1:19.0

And just thinking, you know, what am I doing? How have I done this for so long? You know, how have I not seen the reality of this?

1:29.0

Well, you'll hear more from Abbey and her amazing journey and about her pro-life ministry now on today's episode of Focus on the Family.

1:37.0

Thanks for joining us. We're going to be covering some content that is really for adults only. So get the kids elsewhere properly for some of this.

1:45.0

I'm John Fuller and your host is focus president and author Jim daily.

1:49.0

John, whenever we address pro-life issues, we're aware that there are many women and men who are listening or viewing this and it has impacted them.

1:59.0

They have been part of an abortion and we want to make sure that we say right at the front that there is forgiveness in Christ.

2:06.0

I mean, come on. That is what the Lord died for is our sins and we get that. The question is what you do with it and how it changes your heart and the Lord's heart is always open to you.

2:18.0

And I want to make sure we make that statement right at the beginning.

2:21.0

The pro-life community hasn't always done a great job in recognizing these past wounds and I'm so proud of ministries like Abbey Johnson's who embrace the women and the men to look at it differently.

2:35.0

To experience the Lord's blessing differently. I am so proud of Abbey Johnson. I mean, her message, she's coming out of being an employee of Planned Parenthood. Think of the testimony of that.

2:48.0

And it always is an encouragement to me to have Abbey with us.

2:52.0

And Abbey has shared her story countless times. She was a clinical director for Planned Parenthood until that profound moment that we heard about there in the opening clip.

3:03.0

And there was a movie by the title of her book on Planned and today we're going to have kind of a sequel to that story. The rest of the story, if you will, with Abbey.

3:12.0

We're so glad to have her back. She's written a new book. It's called Fear's Mercy, daring to live out God's compassion in bold and practical ways.

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