About human trafficking
Human trafficking is a very real issue in our society today . According to the Federal Trafficking Victims Protection Act , human trafficking is the recruitment , harboring , transportation , provision , or obtaining of a person for the purposes of a commercial sex act , labor or services , in which the act , labor or service is induced by force , fraud , or coercion , or in which the person induced to perform such an act has not attained 18 years of age . It is as prevalent in the United States as it is in any other country around the world . To learn more about human trafficking , how to identify it , and how to respond effectively , please visit Polaris Project at www . PolarisProject . org .
Purpose of the prayer guide
Our hope for this prayer guide is that it will be used as a tool to combat the spiritual warfare associated with the injustice of human trafficking . Ephesians 6:12 reminds us that “ our struggle is not against flesh and blood , but against the rulers , against the authorities , against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms .” One of the tools God has given us to fight against the enemy is prayer . We hope that the excerpts in this prayer guide provided by many different authors will aid in strengthening your own fight to end human trafficking .