Christians in Action

"Rescue those being taken off to death, and save those stumbling toward slaughter. If you say, 'But we didn't know about this,' won't He who weighs hearts consider it? Won't He who protects your life know? Won't He repay a person according to his work?" Proverbs 24:11-12

There are Christians who are working to fight against the forms of oppression we have looked at this week. One group is International Justice Mission (www.ijm.org). They go into countries where child prostitution, forced prostitution, slavery, and land seizures are happening and where such activities are illegal according to that country's own laws. They do investigations and then find honest law enforcement officials who will take the evidence and act on it. In doing so they are calling these countries to live up to their own standards as well as God's standards. We can pray for those who work for them as well as the people that they are trying to help.

Starter Prayer: Father, we pray that you would help the efforts of International Justice Mission to rescue and help those who are being oppressed. We pray that those they help would be not only rescued, but would come to know Jesus as Savior. We pray that Christians would be known as people who love both justice and mercy, since we know that you are a God of justice and mercy.