Thursday, August 17, 2006
DAY #17 - ENSLAVED CHILDREN
There is a terribly horrifying reality that we have seen in one area of Swaziland. Children who are alone and on the street are offered food and basic survival needs by wicked adults. The children, having nothing and nowhere else to turn become part of a hellish business of child prostitution and are abused in exchange for the provision and “protection” they receive from the adults. It is a horrendous evil that Children’s Cup is doing all it can to counteract, but it is vital that we pray that God will intervene and help us truly rescue the children.
Possibly the most tragic part of all is that this is not an isolated situation. Orphans and vulnerable children being sexually abused by adults is a harsh reality across the region. Please pray for the children who are already ensnared - that they will be freed, and pray for those who are succeptible to this entrapment - that we’ll be able to give them Hope in Jesus before it’s too late.
Today we are honored to have Carole Turner, a volunteer leader at Healing Place Church to lead us in prayer.
- Jesus, thank You. My heart is broken right now. I know You see these children and Your heart breaks more then I can even imagine.
Hold them Jesus, dry their tears, bring them the comfort that only You can bring. I ask Jesus that You put barriers between them and their captors. Convict their captors, that they will not harm these children. Please Jesus provide a way out for them. Send Your laborers to these children. You said in Matthew 25, "What you have done for the least of these you have done unto Me..."
Lord, right now I ask that You lay these children on the hearts of Christians everywhere. Wake the sleeping mother in her warm bed to pray for the child that finds no sleep after abuse. Wake the teenager that loves You to pray for the teenage slave that has never even heard of You. Wake the small child that sleeps in a house full of love, tell them to pray for the child that is so beaten they can't sleep and has never known love.
Please Jesus, I ask You to stir in us all the desire to help the least of these as You commanded. And help us all to help these children, Lord. Thank You for the light You have placed in Swaziland. Give these laborers strength, fill them with Your love and bless them Lord, bless them Lord. Give them wisdom, provide resources and open doors so they can show You to these Children. Push back the powers of hell that have this area in it's grasp. We ask that You show yourself strong in Swaziland by many means but today I ask for the enslaved children, meet them Lord, in their pain, comfort them, let them see you and find freedom in You.
Thank You, Jesus.
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