End of Human Trafficking

ENDING HUMAN TRAFFICKING

 

INTRODUCTION

As abortion is an evil of our age, so is human trafficking.  Imagine for an instance the idea that you child is kidnapped and there is no ransome demand.  No they are being used as slave labor or exploited as sex slaves.  That is the situation that millions find themselves in today.   It is happening all over the world.   We are praying today for God to move to put a stop to this evil.

As a reminder to everyone, all scripture references are from the ESV (English Standard Version of the Bible.

FAITH BUILDER PASSAGE:  

MARK 11:22-24 

22 And Jesus answered them, “Have faith in God. 23 Truly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and thrown into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says will come to pass, it will be done for him. 24 Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received[a] it, and it will be yours.

As usual, we like to begin our prayer time with a time of Thanksgiving.   We believe that an attitude of thanksgiving mixed with our faith is how we enter the Throne Room of our heavenly Father.

PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING

PSALM 50:23

The one who offers thanksgiving as his sacrifice glorifies me; to one who orders his way rightly I will show the salvation of God!”

 

PRAYER TOPIC:   END OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING

What is Human Trafficking?

According to Wikipedia:  Human trafficking is the trade of humans for the purpose of forced labour, sexual slavery, or commercial sexual exploitation for the trafficker or others This may encompass providing a spouse in the context of forced marriage, or the extraction of organs or tissues,including for surrogacy and ova removal.   Human trafficking can occur within a country or trans-nationally.   

How Prevelant is this?

According to the International Labour Organization (ILO), forced labor alone (one component of human trafficking) generates an estimated $150 billion in profits per annum as of 2014.[9] In 2012, the ILO estimated that 21 million victims are trapped in modern-day slavery. Of these, 14.2 million (68%) were exploited for labor, 4.5 million (22%) were sexually exploited, and 2.2 million (10%) were exploited in state-imposed forced labor.[10]

Human trafficking is thought to be one of the fastest-growing activities of trans-national criminal organizations.

How does the Lord View This?

The Lord loves justice and hates oppression.  Those who are victims of human trafficking are the victims of evil people who are oppressing the weak for their own gain.   God's word makes it clear where he stands with those who are being unjustly treated.

PSALM 103:6

The Lord works righteousness and justice for all who are oppressed.

PSALM 140: 12

I know that the Lord will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and will execute justice for the needy.

PSALM 146:7

who executes justice for the oppressed, who gives food to the hungry. The Lord sets the prisoners free;

LUKE 18:7-8

 7 And will not God give justice to his elect, who cry to him day and night? Will he delay long over them? 8 I tell you, he will give justice to them speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?”

Unfortunately,  many of those caught in Human Trafficking are children.  They are weak and vulnerable.   The Lord is particularly concerned with them.

MATTHEW 18:10

10 “See that you do not despise one of these little ones. For I tell you that in heaven their angels always see the face of my Father who is in heaven

God's desire is that those engaged in this kind of conduct would open their eyes and repent and turn away from this kind of evil.  This would be the best outcome for everyone involved.   Repentance of one who has done wickedness may even lead their victims to Jesus and bring forgiveness, healing, and reconciliation.

2 PETER 3;9

The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.

But if they will not repent and turn, God has other solutions to bring about justice.   

The reason God has created authority is to stop evil and to prevent these kinds of atrocities.   He uses authorities and leaders to enforce justice and punish those who do wickedly

ROMANS 13:3-5

3 For rulers are not a terror to good conduct, but to bad. Would you have no fear of the one who is in authority? Then do what is good, and you will receive his approval, 4 for he is God's servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword in vain. For he is the servant of God, an avenger who carries out God's wrath on the wrongdoer. 5 Therefore one must be in subjection, not only to avoid God's wrath but also for the sake of conscience.

We will be praying for 

Increased awareness of the issue and the development of governtment policies and local and community actions that make this a very difficult activiey to engage in.

We will pray for those who perpetrate these crmies to come to repentance and turn away from wickedness and set captives free

We will pray in the event that perpetrators do not turn, that Governments, the military, the police and law enforcement are given knowledge, understanding and wisdom to know how to shut down human trafficking in their jurisdictions.

In cases where governments fail, and they do, then we will ask the Lord to intervene supernaturally to set the captives free.

PRAYER FOR THE LOST:

INDONESIA

Largest Muslim Population in the world

237.6 million people

227 million are Muslim

Christians make up the majority of the remaining population.

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