Friends, we sorely underestimate the value and importance of prayer.
Apart from God we can do nothing–nothing at all–to roll back the
violence and oppression in our world. Whenever I am tempted to think
that I accomplish anything in my own power, it is time to get on my
knees and thank God for His grace. As you pray, you’ll want to
specifically remind God of His many promises to protect, defend, and
deliver orphans from their trouble and distress. God’s heart is
delighted when we pray the Word of God back to Him in our own words. Ask
God to fulfill His promises to orphans, and to position you exactly in
the spot where you can make the greatest difference.

Priceless
5 Day Devotional

Day 1:
Deceit

Scenario:

Marina, from Priceless,
represents thousands of girls across the world.  Girls who have had all
hope stolen from them.  Girls who have spent their whole life in an
orphanage and as early as fourteen years old they get kicked to the
streets to fend for themselves.  Girls wondering where their next meal
is going to come from.  Girls spending cold nights dreaming of better
life.  These girls are approached by nice looking men, the first person
who has looked at them kindly in months.  The men tell the young girls
everything they want to hear.  They tell them that they will give them a
promising job.  The job will be an opportunity to nanny in a foreign
country making more money than the young girl ever dreamed possible.

Imagine
yourself (or your daughter):

living on the streets. 
Imagine the hopelessness of not having a job and living on the cold
streets.  Imagine your dreams for a better life and what they would
include.  Imagine having no one to turn to for comfort or advice.  Now,
imagine yourself being approached with a job opportunity-one that sounds
too good to be true.  What do you have to lose? Maybe, just maybe, your
life is going to turn around like you’ve always dreamed.
Unfortunately, this job is not a nanny or waitress job after all.  What
these girls do not know is that they are going to be trafficked and
forced into a life of sexual slavery.

Suggested
Reading:

Priceless Chapters 6-11

Statistic to
think on today:

Every 2 minutes, a child
is being prepared for sexual exploitation

Scriptures to
study:

Psalm 43:1 – Vindicate me, O God, and plead my
cause against an ungodly nation; rescue me from deceitful and wicked
men.

Psalm 120:2 – Save me, O LORD, from lying lips and
from deceitful tongues.

Psalm 144:11 – Deliver me and rescue me from the
hands of foreigners whose mouths are full of lies, whose right hands are
deceitful.

Prayer Focus:

Pray that the Lord will
close the eyes of those seeking vulnerable girls to traffic
Pray that the girls’ eyes would be opened to truth and they would flee

For the full Priceless 5 day devotional CLICK HERE.