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I love the Book of Exodus when it says God could have taken the children of Israel the short

route, but he chose to take them the long road because he knew the first

time they faced a battle they would turn and flee and I feel like that's a lot more of it.

It's the long-term spiritual exercise that strengthens you for this battle called life.

Welcome to the Jesus Calling podcast.

This week we talk with two women who have known and seen what happens when we find the courage to make a bold shift in our lives.

Novelist Patty Callahan Henry, an activist and author Rebecca Bender. Rebecca Bender is the CEO and founder of the Rebecca Bender Initiative and is a survivor, leader, and author of In Pursuit of Love.

Rebecca thought she was going to have the life she had always dreamed of when she moved to Las Vegas with her boyfriend.

But the dream became a nightmare when her boyfriend became

her pimp at the age of 19.

Rebecca recounts how she was forced into sex trafficking for nearly six years, and how, during

that time, she could feel God pursuing her and slowly building the

courage in her that would eventually allow her to escape. I'm Rebecca Bender. I'm a

survivor of human trafficking but I'm more than just my story. I'm a wife and a mother.

I'm the CEO and founder of a nonprofit and I'm an author of several books, but my newest I'm really excited about which is in pursuit of love.

I grew up in a small rural town in Oregon about 3,000 people back then a little tiny

lumber town called Cave Junction, Oregon.

But I had a great childhood. I was an only child. I grew up skip in rocks,

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