Mary Frances Bowley

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Persistent Prayer Provides the Power

In the fight against horrors of commercial sexual exploitation, it isn't planning and programs that make the big difference in the lives of those we try to reach with solutions. Persistent prayer, however, facilitates the amazing breakthroughs. As James 5:16 says, "effectual fervent prayer" is what "avails much."

Fathers for the Fatherless

Scripture commands us to defend the poor and fatherless, to vindicate the oppressed and suffering. Men are especially vital in this task because the chances of a girl being exploited dramatically increase when she has no father figure in her life and is therefore more susceptible to men with harmful motives.

Come Out of the Tunnel

Sometimes, we get tunnel vision and don't see those in our immediate sphere of influence who are in need of God's compassion. We have to broaden our vision to be sensitive to those hurting in our midst.

Redemption Through the King

A survivor of exploitation testifies with a poem that expresses how those who feel weary and insignificant can find freedom and love in the redemptive power of an all-seeing, all-knowing and all-loving God.

Setting the Captives at Liberty

Americans spent more than twice as much money on pet care than they did on humans in foster care. Jesus said we are "worth more than many sparrows." Underfunded foster care is one of the ways that traffickers and exploiters find their victims, so it behooves us to invest more in correcting foster care and setting girls at liberty.

The Roads Less Traveled

Helping the vulnerable and the broken may mean leaving familiar routes, the same way a GPS might put us on streets we've never heard of. But if we can trust an app, certainly we should trust so much more the God Who gives us a destination to help the hurting and knows the best way of getting us there.