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Fight for Justice with Shared Hope International

The following is an email newsletter from Shared Hope International, and I wanted to share it here because it's such a great reminder of how God carries out justice through His people . . . His eyes stealthily watch for the ...

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A Franciscan Blessing ~ May God Bless You With Discomfort, Anger, Tears, and Foolishness

I came across this Franciscan blessing/benediction, and the words just spoke to my heart as an encouragement of what I want and should be praying for, seeking, and desiring in my own life.  I so much want to follow God's ...

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‘Prayer Guide for the Victims of Sex Trafficking’ from The Salvation Army

I came across the following prayer requests, concerning the issue of sex trafficking, in the 'Prayer Guide for the Victims of Sex Trafficking', a resource from The Salvation Army. Please take a look at the prayer guide for ...

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Ponderings and Praying for Justice

As I was thinking about 'justice' and looking through my Bible this morning, I came across the following passage in Luke.  I've read it before, but I think the Lord was reminding me to keep praying ~ to seek justice through ...

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God’s Heart for Justice

I have enjoyed discovering 'justice' throughout the Bible.  It's interesting that when you start looking for a specific thing in the Bible you begin to see it all over the place, when before, you didn't really notice it so ...

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The A21 Campaign Human Trafficking Prayer Guide

I wrote another post about praying for the abolition of modern-day slavery, and since then I have found another great resource to use.  The A21 Campaign has put together a helpful human trafficking prayer guide with Scripture ...

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God Cares for the Oppressed

I just wanted to share some encouraging verses about how God cares for the oppressed and afflicted, and executes justice . . . 1 I will give thanks to the LORD with my whole heart; I will recount all of your wonderful ...

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Hope in the LORD

Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD his God, who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, who keeps faith forever; who executes justice for the oppressed, who gives ...

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Justice for the Oppressed

The following Psalm brings to my mind how human traffickers prey upon the poor.  They are the wicked who sit in ambush in the villages, watching for the helpless and seizing the poor, thinking that God will never see it.  Yet ...

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Caring for Those in Need

“Is not this the fast that I choose: to loose the bonds of wickedness, to undo the straps of the yoke, to let the oppressed go free, and to break every yoke? Is it not to share your bread with the hungry and bring the ...

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