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Challenge Day # 5- Praying for Victims of Human Trafficking
**Sex trafficking is a huge problem in the US and all over the world. Many of us don’t want to believe it exists and bury our heads in the sand. Let’s pray for exposure and deliverance.
This is the day the Lord has made. I will rejoice and be glad in it.
In the name of Jesus, I pray for liberation and justice to be brought to the victims of sex trafficking. This includes men, women and children.
As believers of Christ, it is important that we “execute justice for the oppressed." (Psalm 146:7)
Psalm 103:6 tells us that, "The Lord works righteousness and justice for all who are oppressed."
Father God, we pray for the liberation of victims of trafficking and all forms of oppression. We declare freedom now for the 30 million slaves in the world. Remove the chains of their oppressors and help them escape. Just as you helped Paul and Silas escape the jail, free these people supernaturally. Free them through the repentance of oppressors. Free them through the work of your people to administer justice. However you do it, please grant freedom.
Father, we pray for healing, restoration, and purpose for these victims.
We affirm, Psalm 130:1-3 that states, "I waited patiently for the Lord, he inclined to me and heard my cry. He drew me up from the pit of destruction, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, making my steps secure. He put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God. Many will see and
fear, and put their trust in the Lord. Father, you are a God of Miracles."
We declare the promise of Joel 2:25, "I will restore to you the years that the swarming locust has eaten."
God, you are a God of miracles. You are a healer, restorer, and life-giver. We know you can bring life, purpose, and joy back to people who have had the years stolen away as if by locusts. Father, we ask that you would enter into their lives through other people, through your word, through opportunities, and through peace to enable healing. Put a new song in their mouths.
Father, we pray for salvation of victims of oppression. For Lord, you are good and forgiving, abounding in steadfast love to all who call upon you." Psalm 86:5
Yeshua, save these victims of trafficking not only from the slavery they are held in, but from the slavery that is in their hearts. Save them from the sin that, no matter where a person is born and what life they live, is always there. You are good and forgiving, abounding in steadfast love. Cause these dear people to call upon you so that you can save them. Grant them an eternity where every tear will be wiped away and every injustice against them made right. May that be their hope.
In the name of Jesus, we pray for all those involved in sex trafficking. If it is possible, Yeshua, open their eyes, change their hearts, bring conviction to their souls, and salvation for traffickers. We bind this wicked spirit of perversion that has plagued the world. Father, set all captives free in the blessed name of Jesus. According to Isaiah 42:7, " Open the eyes that are blind, to bring out the prisoners from the dungeon, from the prison, those who sit in darkness."
Oh God, you know it is difficult for us to pray for our enemies. But you have called us to do just that. Jesus demonstrated this when he prayed for us and so we pray for these traffickers. We ask that you would remove the sin that blinds them and open their eyes to the evil they commit. We ask that they would turn from their sin and repent. We pray for your faith and salvation for them, that they would seek your forgiveness and find it. We pray they would seek and receive the forgiveness of those whom they've victimized. God, only you can do such a work. If you have done it in our lives, you can do it in theirs. No one is too far for the reach of your gospel.
Father in the name of Jesus, we pray for arrest and prosecution of traffickers.
Psalm 37:17 declares that “the arms of the wicked shall be broken, but the Lord upholds the righteous." “Let the evil of the wicked come to an end, and may you establish the righteous—you who test the minds and hearts, O righteous God!" Psalm 7:9
Heavenly Father, you are a just God. Our very notion of justice comes from you. You are perfect and holy. You are without sin, and because of this, you require payment for sin. We ask for justice to come to those who traffic people. We ask for authorities to locate, arrest, prosecute, and sentence these lawbreakers. Let this horrible practice be exposed for all the world to see. That which is hidden, bring it to the light.
Father we pray for governments and world leaders to help stop trafficking and to make it one of their top properties. We ask that you would elevate leaders that "hate evil, and love good, and establish justice in the gate." Amos 5:15
Father, we pray for governments to stand on the side of the victims. Your word says that you hold the king's heart like a stream in your hand. So we ask that you would turn the hearts of leaders, that they would enact laws and systems to protect the vulnerable. We pray against corruption in all levels of government and law enforcement. We ask you to change governments so that they hate evil, love good, and establish justice at their gates.
Jesus, you know the roots of this atrocity. They are poverty, greed, and lust. God, first we want to pray for those in poverty. Father we pray that you would bring people out of positions that lead to desperation, making them vulnerable to traffickers. Please bring work into these areas - animals, crops, and industry. Father, grant a way for people to care for their families and themselves so that they are not easily stolen away. We are so broken over the other roots as well, lust and greed. Father, open hearts and eyes to the sickness of lust and greed. Would you make them see that feeding off the flesh and backs of others is wrong and leads to nothing but emptiness.
In the name of Jesus, let all that is hidden come into the light. Let the awareness of this problem continue to grow and raise up prayer warriors and intercessors all over the world. Luke 12:2 declares, "Nothing is covered up that will not be revealed, or hidden that will not be known." "But when anything is exposed by the light, it becomes visible." Ephesians 5:13:
God, would you help the public to see this as a problem for us all, not just those directly touched by slavery. As hard as it is to see and hear the truth and reality of what happens to these victims, we ask that you would help awareness increase. Show us how this is not only a problem overseas, but right here in our own cities. God, reveal to people how pornography plays into the trafficking of women and children. Give favor to those who are giving a voice to this cause. Help the truth of what is happening to these victims reach all races, ethnicities, and socio-economic classes. Pierce our consciences with the truth.
Father, we pray for your church to rise up and speak for the helpless, vulnerable, imprisoned, and oppressed. We ask that you would awaken this issue in our congregations and bring unity between denominations so that we can unite to end this evil. We pray for new laborers to come out of the church for this cause, people willing to work daily to bring an end to slavery.
Father, raise us up to action! Raise up your people to go in and rescue. Raise up your people to fight for education and prevention. Raise up your people to risk their lives so that others can be saved. Father, you are a God of freedom, your whole purpose in sending Jesus was to provide freedom to the captives. Please provide freedom for these victims and provide arms waiting to help restore them. Raise up an army of people willing to take action in a variety of different forms so that an end can come to the evil of slavery.
Today, this is my prayer and declaration. Amen
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