Lord, please open our eyes. Help us learn the signs of sex
trafficking, so we can intervene when people in our lives are endangered. May
we educate our children to be careful in all of their relationships—including potential
ones. May our young people be attuned to the Holy Spirit when He says, “Stay
away.” May they find their identities in You so they are not easily led astray
toward finding their identity in something else. Give all of us a strong desire
to be holy so we do not allow pornography or anything sexually perverse to take
hold of our minds and hearts. May we long for intimacy with You so fiercely
that we avoid impurity on every level. May we never become consumers of
products that harm others. We pray for better laws, relentless investigation
and effective law enforcement. Please overwhelm predators with deep conviction,
helping them understand that they are not satisfying their own temporal
desires, but destroying the innocent. Please show us our part to play in the
battle against trafficking, whether it’s prayer, giving, advocating, healing,
educating, prosecuting or all of the above. In Jesus’ powerful name, we pray,
amen.
