Prayer Guide – Human Sexual Trafficking
Friday, September 29, 2006
Many of you will know that the first annual weekend of prayer for the victims of sex trade trafficking begins today, Friday 29 September and ends Sunday 1 October 2006.
How should you pray? Below is a prayer guide. Commit to prayer this weekend.
“Whoever oppresses the poor shows contempt for their Maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honors God.” Proverbs 14:31
“Is this not the kind of fasting I have chosen: to loose the chains of injustice and untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and break every yoke?” Isaiah 58: 6
Trafficked Persons
Pray for all of the people (mostly women and girls) who have been trafficked; bought and sold into sexual slavery.
- Pray for safety
- Pray for an opportunity to escape/get out of the sex trade
- Pray for healing, wholeness and restoration
- Pray for comfort
Traffickers
Pray for all of the men and women involved in recruiting, transporting and selling people to be sexually exploited
- Pray for their redemption – that they would feel compelled to change their ways
and stop trafficking other human beings
Families
Pray for the families of people who have been trafficked.
- Pray for their safety
- Pray for acceptance and forgiveness of their family member who has been trafficked
Sex Industry
- Pray for an end to the seemingly endless demand for commercial sex around the world
- Pray for “johns” (purchasers of commercial sex)
Poverty
Poverty is often a leading reason why women and girls enter the international sex trade
- Pray for an end to poverty
- Pray for more economic choices for women around the world
Government Leaders
- Pray for government leaders, as they make choices that affect people
- Pray for America’s leaders to make wise choices about legislation and how they spend their money
Prayer guide taken from http://stophumantraffic.com/ and adapted.
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