Friday’s Five, September 15

  • The Church is not built on the gifts and talents of a few, but on the sacrifices of many — Louie Giglio

 

  • Fruition: the state of being real or complete — Merriam Webster

 

  • The Gospel is always redemptive. Jesus died to redeem mankind. Therefore, whenever we apply the scriptures in a way that is unredemptive, creates hopelessness, or reduces a person’s destiny to their history, we have missed the point of the Gospel — Kris Vallotton

 

  • Be brave enough to be bad at something new — i dunno

 

  • Human Trafficking Statistics — The Wellhouse (an incredible ministry of grace, check it out!)
    • Human Trafficking is a $9.5  billion dollar industry in the US ($150 billion worldwide)
    • 83% of sex trafficking victims in the U.S. are U.S. Citizens
    • I-20 is major sex trafficking corridor … The Birmingham, Nashville, Atlanta triangle is called the Sex Trafficking Super Highway
    • 1 in 3 teens on the street (female and male runaways) will be lured toward prostitution within 48hrs of running away
    • The average age of entry into trafficking is 12-14 years old
    • The life expectancy of a victim is 7 – 10 years, the primary cause is suicide

 

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Author: Adrienne Scott

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