seventy.two hours

Today marked the beginning of a 72-hour project to see human trafficking abolished in Florida. TheOrlando House of Prayer began praying at 6am and won't relent until Sunday at 6am. Granted, they will give the Lord no rest until His justice is released, but we are going 24/7 officially until then. At the same time, Tomas Lares with Florida Abolitionists is training and taking teams out to help law enforcement release God's justice on the streets of Orlando. I was privileged enough to prayer lead today and the Lord truly gripped my heart. I have always carried an intercessory burden for human trafficking, and I desire to see liberty released on behalf of the sex-slave victims. A team from FCC, Florida Christian College, came out and we moved heaven to earth in intercession. They began leading a chorus that said, "We believe You, you'll set every captive free. Lead us to them, lead us to the captives.". Phewww. I believe the Lord was so pleased at the faith in that room, at that time.

(falling asleep, more in the morning)

Midnight Intercession

I find myself up... (again!) Super early. Part of it is that I have a gorgeous two month old baby who needs her mama, though she never ever wakes up twice in the middle of the night to eat. The other part of it is that I believe the Lord ordained me to get up an pray for an hour. Right smack in the middle of the night. I began praying for all kinda of things. I began praying for human trafficking victims, and asked the Lord to release justice on behalf of the victims oppressed, then I prayed for friends & a few family members. Then the Lord began to grant me a spirit of intercession, praying against this upcoming Halloween. Now, I've never ever been a fan of Halloween (ever!) and I'm praying to the Lord that both my daughters are reared the same way. But I began to speak against the powers of Halloween, and all that jazz. Though I was whispering after having fed my sweet girl, it was a powerful time of intercession and I believe the Lord will have me pray for that again and again, until Halloween is over! (Can I just please make a request Lord and may it be at a more convenient time? Say six am, maybe? Nevertheless, Your will be done, not mine) I encourage you God fearing Christians out there to seriously spend some time in prayer over the youth & overall purity and covering of your city. I'd even say to go as far as speak to your local church about it and see if they'll not hold a prayer meeting for it. This is a serious thing, and a holiday that is anything but holy. Members of the occult delight in this day and use it to truly seek out evil and release demonic principalities over our youth. And with things like HHN at Universal and such, you better believe evil is running rampant and people are opening the doors to them like good ladies and gentlemen. If you live in Orlando, and are stirred to pray on Halloween know that the Orlando House of Prayer will be hosting a six hour prayer meeting on Halloween. So come, stand for righteousness.

PS. Kairos Forerunners has a great post on the truth about Halloween. Go check it out!

A heart for human trafficking.

"The Lord performs righteous deeds and judgements for all who are oppressed." -Psalm 103:6

I read that Scripture and think so much of human trafficking victims. Talk about being oppressed, daily. Or should I say nightly. Human trafficking is one social issue that weighs heavily upon my heart. I've had so many dreams in which Caleb and I go to rescue some of these girls and get them out of the hell-hole they've wasted away in. Not by choice, of course. Man, it seriously breaks my heart to know that slaves still exist in our day. And that the mass of men would rather turn their head for the sake of personal comfort, than to confront this issue dead on. Oh God, please raise up our family to be defenders of freedom, to be the gift from God of justice! God, do what only You can do and cause us to move in this direction for Your Word's sake. Please Lord, perform righteous deeds on behalf and judgementsnon behalf of the oppressed. Send this family, we'll go.