"It is not enough to begin to pray, nor to pray aright; nor is it enough to continue for a time to pray; but we must pray patiently, believing, continue in prayer until we obtain an answer."
George Müller

Beautiful Jesus
Who is steady and constant and firm Solid and living, comforting yet powerful

Lord, let us be overtaken by You, by your Light
That we may be so transformed into the likeness of Your Spirit whose very essence is life

Human trafficking happens all over the world, including throughout North America. The yokes and chains borne by victims of human trafficking are almost impossibly painful for us to imagine, and yet God calls us not only to imagine, but to be part of breaking those yokes of oppression and setting the captives free.

Scripture abounds with references and directives about feeding the hungry; this passage in Isaiah 58 is just one of many. His heart for the hungry is evident throughout his Word. We even step back from hunger to first understand the essential and primal connection between food and being human and Scripture's focus on this theme. From the abundant food in the Garden of Eden to the feasting imagery of Isaiah 25 that describes heaven, meals are essential. Part of God's reshaping his people towards his vision of a new society, after slavery and in the wilderness and before the promised land, involved feeding them manna daily. Food matters to God.

Food insecurity exists in large part due to poverty. It is a commonly misheld belief that those living in poverty in North America, especially in the United States and Canada, “must not have it so bad.” And the perception is that, comparatively, the form of poverty is not as extreme and degrading as in other countries.