It's so amazing what can be expounded on one singular verse in scripture - and oh how much more when it's a prayer; a deep cry from your very soul to the very heart of Yahweh God, The Great I AM.
The Prayer of Jabez is hidden in 1 Chronicles 4:10 in the Old Testament. Right in the middle of who begot who and who begot who, Jabez is born out of pain from his mother. But, he was more honorable than his brothers, and cried out to the Lord for blessing:
“Oh, that You would bless me indeed, and enlarge my territory, that Your hand would be with me, and that You would keep me from evil, that I may not cause pain!”
And God heard his request, and granted it unto him! How powerful is that? God heard him and answered him, only because he asked of the Lord! He had faith to believe that God would answer his cry, and did not depend on the things of this passing world. He cried out to the God of Jacob, Isaac, and Abraham for blessing, and the Lord heard his plea and came down and answered him!
When I have been outcast by all, and none will even look upon me, or I am in my greatest need, this prayer, coming from deep within touches the very Heart of God. "Ooooooooooooooooh Lord, that you would BLESS me INDEED. God, expand my boundaries! Lord, that your hand would be with me at all times, and that you would keep me from wicked and perverse ways! Let me not cause pain, but protect me with your strong and mighty arm! God, You love me, if You didn't love me, You wouldn't have died for me. That proved Your ultimate love for me, Lord. That though I'm worth nothing, You gave Your very life down for me and cherish me to the uttermost!"
The great power in prayer that the enemy tries to keep secret from us is that in those times in which we pray and feel nothing, cry out to Yahweh God and get no response, lay flat on our faces before the Lord Almighty in times of greatest distress and He appears not to be there—those are actually the most meaningful prayers to the Lord. He collects our tears in His bottle, and He does not forget them! He knows our inner-most being and all our thoughts, and it's when we go through those dry seasons where we can't even find what God is trying to tell us, and can't feel Him at all, that God listens to us the most. For when we find that we rely on God not by the circumstances surrounding us or the feelings we receive on the inside, but on the very basis of belief, is when He looks down and smiles upon us, and answers our feeble cries for help. That is the truth of absolute faith.
Jarrod
P.S. Sorry for the blog drought, my schedule is absolutely packed right now. I'm working on a two-part blog right now that will be out soon - and for all you supporters I'm trying to get my next support letter done, hopefully I'll have it out by April 15th! I'm so sorry it isn't already out, but there will be some huge updates in it with where God is directing me and what He's been doing the past couple of months in my life!
Thursday, February 28, 2008
Saturday, February 16, 2008
Modern Day Slavery (WARNING - Textually Graphic)
Looking back into the pages of history, one may recall the horrendous and evil persecution of African Americans throughout the spotted and darker areas of America's history, as well as other nations' histories across the world.
Most assume that today such slavery tactics have ended, and we have finally come to accept all humanity as an equal people in modern-day society. But yet there is a huge spike stuck in the side of the nations today, that is ever-growing into a huge monstrosity of modern-day slavery across the entire globe. This issue is human trafficking - the forced prostitution of women and even children by organized crime.
While we sit in our homes, enjoying our modern, westernized lives, women and children across the world in broken nations are being captured and tossed into absolute chaos, where their worst nightmares have become their very lives. They are sold as slaves, into a life of prostitution and rape. Their lives are literally stripped away, and their existence is wiped from the face of society. They are a tool for wicked men who have been raised up in a pornographically plagued society that are now attempting to fulfill their sexual fantasies and desires by destroying women and children's lives.
One might ask, how do these women fall into these traps? Across eastern europe and many other nations, wicked men put advertisements in newspapers and media, promising women who can't even make their daily worth of food well-paying nanny, waitress, modeling, and other jobs. These women take the opportunities, and fly out to other countries for these positions, are ushered into a vehicle willingly, and rushed immediately to brothels and sex industries, where they are repeatedly gang-raped until they are completely broken emotionally. They are then committed to a lifestyle of daily prostitution, being sold on the market for rape and forced sex up to 10 times day. This is only one method of many used to trap women into these organizations.
Most of this prostitution is unprotected. This leads to pregnancy. The mistresses then have them abort every pregnancy each woman has. Most women get pregnant on average about 10 times a year. That's 10 abortions per year, per slave. There are about 27 million women in human trafficking today. Do the math. That is, on average, 270 MILLION abortions PER YEAR! There have been approximately 49 million abortions in America alone since Roe v. Wade. Human Trafficking over doubles those 35 years-worth of abortions in just ONE year across the world, every year. These issues go hand-in-hand, and demonically feed each other in the spiritual realm.
That's not even the end of it. In many countries, such as Russia, Cambodia, etc - children in a broken society are kidnapped and taken advantage of, and sold into human-trafficking as well - boys and girls alike. Most people pay a premium for children, as they are a highly-desired sexual fantasy among many men.
Human Trafficking is the third-most profitable business in the world. The first two being arms and narcotics. However, Human Trafficking is ever-growing among the other two, and is expected to overtake them both. The reason for this is simple: Dealing arms and narcotics, it is easy to get in trouble with the law, or caught dealing them. Human Trafficking is different because it is a service, and is much harder to get in trouble with the law - especially because most governments are corrupt enough to allow or even comply with these crime-run businesses, because it improves their economy and attracts people to their countries.
People, we need to WAKE UP. Women and children are having their lives torn apart and destroyed by these wicked men. This is no small issue - we should be crying out within our inner-man! We cannot let this wickedness run throughout the earth. We must present a voice for those who cannot. We must stand up for what is right. It is not fair that I am sitting here typing this on my computer in the comfort of my own home while some little nine-year old girl in Ukraine is being stripped and forced to do untold things for a man who's paid to have her for the evening! IT ISN'T FAIR! I won't stand for this any longer! People, we need to not just pray, we need to live in a lifestyle of intercession! We must present this case before God and beg for His mercy!
God, wake us up oh Lord! Take off the rose-colored glasses that we've let taint our view of what's going on in the world today! Let us not be caught up in this westernized life, not caring about the lives of others! Save these people, oh God, bring your justice, send your mercy! How long, oh Lord, must this go on? How long, oh Lord, will you let wickedness run throughout the earth? How long oh LORD! We need you to come and deal with this, set these women and children free! Don't forget the unheard voice of all these aborted babies who have missed out on their lives before they were even born! Don't forget the voice of all these women and children trapped in these Hellish lives run by wicked men across the earth! Set them free, Lord, set them free and bring your justice, oh God! Let this cry out within our very souls, Lord! God, end abortion and end human trafficking, and send revival to the nations of the earth, in Jesus' name!
Most assume that today such slavery tactics have ended, and we have finally come to accept all humanity as an equal people in modern-day society. But yet there is a huge spike stuck in the side of the nations today, that is ever-growing into a huge monstrosity of modern-day slavery across the entire globe. This issue is human trafficking - the forced prostitution of women and even children by organized crime.
While we sit in our homes, enjoying our modern, westernized lives, women and children across the world in broken nations are being captured and tossed into absolute chaos, where their worst nightmares have become their very lives. They are sold as slaves, into a life of prostitution and rape. Their lives are literally stripped away, and their existence is wiped from the face of society. They are a tool for wicked men who have been raised up in a pornographically plagued society that are now attempting to fulfill their sexual fantasies and desires by destroying women and children's lives.
One might ask, how do these women fall into these traps? Across eastern europe and many other nations, wicked men put advertisements in newspapers and media, promising women who can't even make their daily worth of food well-paying nanny, waitress, modeling, and other jobs. These women take the opportunities, and fly out to other countries for these positions, are ushered into a vehicle willingly, and rushed immediately to brothels and sex industries, where they are repeatedly gang-raped until they are completely broken emotionally. They are then committed to a lifestyle of daily prostitution, being sold on the market for rape and forced sex up to 10 times day. This is only one method of many used to trap women into these organizations.
Most of this prostitution is unprotected. This leads to pregnancy. The mistresses then have them abort every pregnancy each woman has. Most women get pregnant on average about 10 times a year. That's 10 abortions per year, per slave. There are about 27 million women in human trafficking today. Do the math. That is, on average, 270 MILLION abortions PER YEAR! There have been approximately 49 million abortions in America alone since Roe v. Wade. Human Trafficking over doubles those 35 years-worth of abortions in just ONE year across the world, every year. These issues go hand-in-hand, and demonically feed each other in the spiritual realm.
That's not even the end of it. In many countries, such as Russia, Cambodia, etc - children in a broken society are kidnapped and taken advantage of, and sold into human-trafficking as well - boys and girls alike. Most people pay a premium for children, as they are a highly-desired sexual fantasy among many men.
Human Trafficking is the third-most profitable business in the world. The first two being arms and narcotics. However, Human Trafficking is ever-growing among the other two, and is expected to overtake them both. The reason for this is simple: Dealing arms and narcotics, it is easy to get in trouble with the law, or caught dealing them. Human Trafficking is different because it is a service, and is much harder to get in trouble with the law - especially because most governments are corrupt enough to allow or even comply with these crime-run businesses, because it improves their economy and attracts people to their countries.
People, we need to WAKE UP. Women and children are having their lives torn apart and destroyed by these wicked men. This is no small issue - we should be crying out within our inner-man! We cannot let this wickedness run throughout the earth. We must present a voice for those who cannot. We must stand up for what is right. It is not fair that I am sitting here typing this on my computer in the comfort of my own home while some little nine-year old girl in Ukraine is being stripped and forced to do untold things for a man who's paid to have her for the evening! IT ISN'T FAIR! I won't stand for this any longer! People, we need to not just pray, we need to live in a lifestyle of intercession! We must present this case before God and beg for His mercy!
God, wake us up oh Lord! Take off the rose-colored glasses that we've let taint our view of what's going on in the world today! Let us not be caught up in this westernized life, not caring about the lives of others! Save these people, oh God, bring your justice, send your mercy! How long, oh Lord, must this go on? How long, oh Lord, will you let wickedness run throughout the earth? How long oh LORD! We need you to come and deal with this, set these women and children free! Don't forget the unheard voice of all these aborted babies who have missed out on their lives before they were even born! Don't forget the voice of all these women and children trapped in these Hellish lives run by wicked men across the earth! Set them free, Lord, set them free and bring your justice, oh God! Let this cry out within our very souls, Lord! God, end abortion and end human trafficking, and send revival to the nations of the earth, in Jesus' name!
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