If you want to go, contact Julio Romero at the La Villita Corps (773.257.0700), or contact Nate Irvine (Nathan_Irvine@usc.salvationarmy.org). You have to sign up and fill out the necessary waiver forms before you come. You will not be able to show up the night of. So hurry!
What: La Villita Corps Prayer & Fasting Lock-In For Victims Of Human Trafficking; pray and fast on behalf of those involved in Human Trafficking.
When: Friday, September 26-Sunday, September 28
Where: The La Villita Corps (click here for a map)
Isaiah 58 | True Fasting
1 “Shout it aloud, do not hold back. 2 For day after day they seek me out; 3 ‘Why have we fasted,’ they say, 4 Your fasting ends in quarreling and strife, 5 Is this the kind of fast I have chosen, 6 “Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen: 7 Is it not to share your food with the hungry 8 Then your light will break forth like the dawn, 9 Then you will call, and the LORD will answer; 10 and if you spend yourselves in behalf of the hungry 11 The LORD will guide you always; 12 Your people will rebuild the ancient ruins 13 “If you keep your feet from breaking the Sabbath 14 then you will find your joy in the LORD,
Raise your voice like a trumpet.
Declare to my people their rebellion
and to the house of Jacob their sins.
they seem eager to know my ways,
as if they were a nation that does what is right
and has not forsaken the commands of its God.
They ask me for just decisions
and seem eager for God to come near them.
‘and you have not seen it?
Why have we humbled ourselves,
and you have not noticed?’
“Yet on the day of your fasting, you do as you please
and exploit all your workers.
and in striking each other with wicked fists.
You cannot fast as you do today
and expect your voice to be heard on high.
only a day for a man to humble himself?
Is it only for bowing one’s head like a reed
and for lying on sackcloth and ashes?
Is that what you call a fast,
a day acceptable to the LORD ?
to loose the chains of injustice
and untie the cords of the yoke,
to set the oppressed free
and break every yoke?
and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter—
when you see the naked, to clothe him,
and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?
and your healing will quickly appear;
then your righteousness [a] will go before you,
and the glory of the LORD will be your rear guard.
you will cry for help, and he will say: Here am I.
“If you do away with the yoke of oppression,
with the pointing finger and malicious talk,
and satisfy the needs of the oppressed,
then your light will rise in the darkness,
and your night will become like the noonday.
he will satisfy your needs in a sun-scorched land
and will strengthen your frame.
You will be like a well-watered garden,
like a spring whose waters never fail.
and will raise up the age-old foundations;
you will be called Repairer of Broken Walls,
Restorer of Streets with Dwellings.
and from doing as you please on my holy day,
if you call the Sabbath a delight
and the LORD’s holy day honorable,
and if you honor it by not going your own way
and not doing as you please or speaking idle words,
and I will cause you to ride on the heights of the land
and to feast on the inheritance of your father Jacob.”
The mouth of the LORD has spoken.
About the Author
Nate Irvine
Nate Irvine works as the Director of Youth Evangelism and Discipleship for the Metropolitan Division of The Salvation Army. He makes his home on the north side of Chicago, and attends the Irving Park Corps. Graduated from Trinity International University with a BA in Biblical Studies and a minor in Spanish in 2006, he lives to see God's Kingdom here on Earth, and The Salvation Army live true to it's calling. When he's not working, he can probably be found watching hulu, enjoying music, or just hanging out.
