When we look back on today, I pray we will remember one thing: Jesus is touching the world with hope- that so many are being delivered from oppression. We spent an evening at Messiah College's campus taking in the message from Charlie Peacock, Sara Groves, Derek Webb, his wife Sandra McCracken and Brandon Heath with approximately 1,500 other listeners.
We learned so much about a new organization who is active all around the world saving people from oppression and present day slavery (including child prostitution). They are called the International Justice Mission. They are a human rights agency that secures justice for victims of slavery, sexual exploitation and other forms of violent oppression. IJM lawyers, investigators and aftercare professionals work with local officials to ensure immediate victim rescue and aftercare, to prosecute perpetrators and to promote functioning public justice systems. You can find more information- and we encourage you to get involved in any way that you can by first visiting their website: http://www.ijm.org/
Tonight was another reminder at how small we are and how absolutely large our Father in Heaven is. He is in our hearts, even as sinners saved by His grace, and also in dark rooms where innocent children cry and ask for deliverance. He is faithful and has already delivered. What a MIGHTY God we serve!
-joyous
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Thank you for posting about IJM. We are so excited that you enjoyed the AMJ Tour and learned about the work we do. It is such an encouragment when others want to share about the work of justice. I think you would really enjoy Gary Haugen's (the President of IJM) new book Just Courage. (You should check out his other two as well!)
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