On this particular day, they were having sessions on various topics. We were asked to add the spiritual component to their talk on STDs. We shared the story of the woman in the Bible who had been bleeding for 12 years (Mark 5) and was healed because of her faith.
We also did a drama to “In the Light” by DC Talk. In this drama, two girls are created by God. While one turns to glorify Him, the other rejects him and proceeds to go her own way in sin. As we spoke, we wanted to emphasize that having a disease does not make you a “bad person”; there was something deeper with the woman in Mark 5 and in the drama that was keeping them from the redeeming love of their Savior.
In the drama, Satan creates a box around the troubled girl, where she can’t get out and is stuck in sin. We asked the women to share what was keeping these 2 women “boxed in.” What barriers were they experiencing to the freedom of a relationship with Christ? They were right on about the women making choices that separated them from Christ.
We talked about the redeeming love of Christ, and how he loves each of those women no matter what they have done in their past. It is faith that Jesus asks of them. We then asked the women to draw their own boxes on sheets of paper and write what has them boxed in and is a barrier to them serving Jesus. They were invited to tear these sheets of paper and put it in a bowl at the Cross if they want to make a choice to break down those barriers and begin to serve and love Jesus.
My teammates and I were available to pray with any of the women who wanted it. We saw several women’s hearts affected by what they were learning. One woman in particular had such joy after shredding her “box” (she was the first to step up and do it).
Please keep these women in your prayers. That they would see freedom in Christ and the hold a life of prostitution has (or had) on them.
