We stand in the place of our brothers and sisters who have been forcibly enslaved, stolen from their homes, or given out of desperation, and we cry out to you on their behalf. We hear them groan, desperate for freedom, until hopelessness and despair become their constant companions. We recognize the addiction to drugs many have had forced upon them and understand why they do not want to face the reality of their lives.
We declare you, God, see their misery. You hear them crying out and you are concerned about their suffering. Your word says you are the Rescuer, O God. We appeal to you, “Come and rescue your children!” (Exodus 3:7-8)
When they cry out to you, you hear, for you are a God of incredible compassion. (Exodus 22:27) This is not a forgotten group of people. Their cries, their screams, their tears of desperation, their anger and their hopelessness are heard by you. Respond to their cries, Lord. Meet them in their dreams. Even in what appears to be an impossible situation in their minds, woo them with your love. Reveal yourself to each individual caught in this industry. Even as they are held in captivity, Jesus, capture them with your love.
Again, God, you said when people cry out to you, you hear them. Do not let them bear their misery any longer. Send your angels to bring them out. Cause those held in captivity to be seen. Pave the way for their release, Lord. All over the world make those who are imprisoned obvious to those who can rescue them. Open doors for their release. We cry out to you, Almighty God, set those held in captivity free! (Judges 10;16, Numbers 20:16, I Samuel 7:9)
We say to you, Lord, “You are our God!” Hear, Lord, our cries for mercy for those who have been trafficked. Sovereign Lord, you are the strong deliverer. Deliver them! You shield our heads in the day of battle. Do not grant the wicked their desires, Lord; do not let their plans succeed…. You, Lord, secure justice for the poor and uphold the cause of the needy. We call on you to set those held in captivity free! (Psalm 140:6-8, 12)
Calamity has come upon those who have been trafficked. You said whether calamity came through the sword, judgment, plague or famine, we can stand in your presence before the temple that bears your name, cry out to you in our distress and you will hear and save us. We stand in the gap for those who have been trafficked. In their place we come into your presence and cry out for them. You said you hear and save. Hear us and save those who have been trafficked, Lord! (2 Chronicles 20:9)
Whether or not they know you … you, Lord, are their rock, their fortress and their deliverer. Be their rock, in whom they can take refuge, their shield and the horn of their salvation. You said you are their stronghold, their refuge and their savior. We decree you will save each trafficked person from violent men and women.
We call out to you for those held in slavery, Lord. You are worthy of praise, and we declare you will save them from those who hold them captive. Even though they feel waves of death, torrents of destruction, cords of the grave and snares of death all around them, you break through!
We cry out for each person who has been trafficked. From your temple you hear our voices. Our cries, mingled with their cries, come to your ears. The earth trembles and quakes. The foundations of the heavens shake; they tremble because you are angry. Smoke rises from your nostrils; consuming fire comes from your mouth, burning coals blaze out of it. You, God, part the heavens and come down; dark clouds are under your feet. You mount the cherubim and fly; you soar on the wings of the wind. You make darkness your canopy – the dark rain clouds of the sky.
Out of the brightness of your presence bolts of lightning blaze forth. You, Lord, thunder from heaven. Your voice resounds. You shoot your arrows and scatter the enemy. With great bolts of lightning you rout them. The valleys of the sea are exposed and the foundations of the earth laid bare at your rebuke, Lord, at the blast of breath from your nostrils.
Reach down from on high and take hold of those held in slavery; draw them out of the deep waters of despair. Rescue each individual one from their powerful enemy, from their foes, who are too strong for them.
The enemy confronted and captured them on the day of their disaster, but you, Lord, are their support. Bring them out into a spacious place; rescue them because you delight in them and your heart is for them.
Your desire for each of them, Jesus, is righteousness; you want to show them how to be clean. Salvation, healing and wholeness are your reward for them.
We declare they will know your ways. They will turn to you. They will learn how you stood in their place so they can be blameless and pure before you. How you love each one of them! Be their lamp, Lord; turn their darkness into light.
We advance against the troops of the enemy with your help. Because of your majesty we scale this wall of evil, knowing your ways are perfect. Your word is flawless. You shield us as we take refuge in you and stand in the gap so those in captivity will be rescued and learn what refuge in you truly is.
Your way is perfect. Your word is flawless. You are their refuge. Who is God besides you, Lord? Who is the Rock except our God? Arm each trafficked individual with strength and create a perfect way for their escape. Open a path for their feet to walk away; enable them to clearly see it and give them victory in a successful escape from their captors. (II Samuel 22:1-37)
