27 Million

I said it here.

How there are twenty-seven million slaves in the world today,

How it's not just a statistic,

How Matt Redman & LZ7 got together,

Wrote this incredible song to share with the world,

To tell the world of this terrible injustice,

How nearly 45,000 young adults jumped up and down as the music video was filmed,

Every ounce of energy they had

Poured out into the one way they could help the cause of justice

Right there,

Right then.

There is something that you can do, too,

To help free the 27 million.

Right here.

Right now.

The song recorded at Passion,

"27 Million",

Released yesterday on iTunes.

Buy it here and share it with every person you know.

Tell them that slavery still exists

And we have to do something about it.

We are commanded to do something about it.

Isaiah 1:17

New International Version (NIV)

¹⁷ Learn to do right; seek justice.
   Defend the oppressed.
Take up the cause of the fatherless;
   plead the case of the widow.

 

Zechariah 7:8-10

New International Version (NIV)

 ⁸ And the word of the LORD came again to Zechariah: ⁹ “This is what the LORD Almighty said: ‘Administer true justice; show mercy and compassion to one another. ¹⁰ Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless, the foreigner or the poor. Do not plot evil against each other.’

Also, the music video has been officially released -

Hear the words,

See the passion,

The tens of thousands jumping up and down,

Singing at the top of their lungs for freedom.

Let it move your heart.

Let it rock your world.

Let it spur you into action.

27 million.

Not a statistic.

Many thanks to LZ7 and Matt Redman for their amazing work on this song.  Also, many thanks to all of the people who worked hard to make both the audio and video versions a success.  Praying that it reaches the hearts of millions.