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Weekly Prayer Guide
Your prayers make a difference . . .

God is pleased to act when His people ask for justice on behalf of the poor. We request that you pray for all our WorldCrafts artisan groups. We offer this guide to help you pray specifically for WorldCrafts groups working with those at high risk of human trafficking and sexual exploitation.

In my anguish I cried to the Lord, and he answered
by setting me free. —Psalm 118:5 (NIV)

Sunday and throughout the week

• Pray that the millions of exploited women, children, and men in forced labor and the sex industry would cry to the Lord for help and that He would orchestrate their release.


• Pray that God will connect those being exploited with artisan groups that can offer honorable, alternative employment with a fair wage.


• Ask God for the urgent social, economic, health, and spiritual needs of those freed from modern-day slavery to be compassionately met. Pray they will find eternal freedom in Jesus Christ.


• Intercede against the crime, corruption, lust, greed, and hopelessness that motivate and fuel human trafficking.

The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,
   for he has anointed me to bring Good News
   to the poor.
He has sent me to proclaim that captives will be
   released,
   that the blind will see,
   that the oppressed will be set free,
   and that the time of the Lord's favor has
   come. —Luke 4:18–19 (NLT)

Monday

• Pray that the Spirit of the Lord will be upon WorldCrafts artisan groups working to end human trafficking and related evils.


• Pray for these artisan groups:
  The Well in Thailand offers a living wage and helping hand for those leaving the country's notorious sex trade.
  
  Tamarisk Tree in China helps free women from the sex trade by walking alongside them on a path to restoration.

Tuesday

• Ask that the Lord will anoint many people to bring Good News to the poor, especially those subject to forced labor and sexual exploitation. Ask God for His blessing on WorldCrafts artisan groups.


• Pray for these artisan groups:
  Proverbs 31 in Uganda provides income for women in poverty, thus lessening the risk their daughters will be sold into exploitative child marriages.
  
  Refugee Beads in the US provides needed income and a safe community for refugees now living in Atlanta.

Wednesday

• Pray that captives will be released, those enslaved both physically and spiritually. Ask for justice to be done. Ask God to mercifully end the horrors of human trafficking.


• Pray for these artisan groups:
  Freeset in India offers alternative employment for those leaving the sex trade.
  
  ConneXions in India works with those at risk of sexual exploitation and human trafficking.
  
  Thai Country Trim in Thailand provides sustainable employment that keeps women and their children out of prostitution.

Thursday

• Pray that the blind will see. Intercede for the spiritual needs of those involved in human trafficking, both the victims and the perpetrators.


• Intercede on behalf of the justice systems around the world. Pray for lawyers, judges, and law enforcement agents to do what is just and right.


• Pray for these artisan groups:
  Tabitha House in Guatemala provides fair employment for impoverished urban women, including those leaving the bondages of sexual exploitation.
  
  Rahab's Rope in India offers a full range of ministry services to women leaving the sex industry.

Friday

• Pray that the oppressed will be set free. Pray that WorldCrafts artisan groups will be blessed to be a blessing. Ask that they will be able to provide more jobs for more workers, helping more people at risk of human trafficking.


• Pray for these artisan groups:
  Higher Ground Crafts in Nepal provides viable, honorable work for those at risk of human trafficking.
  
  Priscilla Center in India works with those at risk of sexual exploitation.

Saturday

• Pray for the time of the Lord’s favor to be realized among the poor around the world. Ask that God’s favor rest upon WorldCrafts and its artisans.


• Pray for these artisan groups:
  Kingdom Creations in Cambodia works with families in poverty whose daughters are at risk of child prostitution.
  
  Love Calcutta Arts in India helps young women and their mothers break the vicious cycle of the sex industry.

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