Prison Praise Report
Greetings in the Name of Jesus Christ
Just a quick praise report.
Today after finishing our study of Chapter One of the Gospel of John with the prisoners, one of them approached me asking to speak with me alone. He is very shy. For a moment I thought he was going to confess some heinous crime. Very quietly, and with his head bowed, he told me he wanted to get baptized. My smile stretched from ear to ear. I cried out to the rest of the prisoners, “Hey, who else wants to get baptized?” Two raised their hand. I asked if they could leave the prison to get baptized at church since it’s only two blocks away. One of my students who is the prisoner in charge of all the others, said no. He said the last time someone got baptized they used one of the big cisterns on the prison grounds. We walked over to it. Sure enough, it’s large enough to fit an adult in.
Before today’s meeting began, as we were waiting for everyone to arrive, one of the prisoners told me he and another student had been talking last night about the possibility of one-day visiting Israel. Yesterday I had taken time to show them where Israel was on the map in the back of my Bible. I pointed out Joppa, Caesarea, Jerusalem, Galilee and Nazareth. He said he and his friend were hoping, despite their past as criminals, the Lord would allow them to be evangelists someday.
When I asked one of the men to pray at the close of today’s lesson, he said in part, “Thank you Lord for allowing us to learn the pure word of God without an agenda.”
Please join me in thanking God for His marvelous works! He’s alive and still able to set the captive free!
Br. Ed
Just a quick praise report.
Today after finishing our study of Chapter One of the Gospel of John with the prisoners, one of them approached me asking to speak with me alone. He is very shy. For a moment I thought he was going to confess some heinous crime. Very quietly, and with his head bowed, he told me he wanted to get baptized. My smile stretched from ear to ear. I cried out to the rest of the prisoners, “Hey, who else wants to get baptized?” Two raised their hand. I asked if they could leave the prison to get baptized at church since it’s only two blocks away. One of my students who is the prisoner in charge of all the others, said no. He said the last time someone got baptized they used one of the big cisterns on the prison grounds. We walked over to it. Sure enough, it’s large enough to fit an adult in.
Before today’s meeting began, as we were waiting for everyone to arrive, one of the prisoners told me he and another student had been talking last night about the possibility of one-day visiting Israel. Yesterday I had taken time to show them where Israel was on the map in the back of my Bible. I pointed out Joppa, Caesarea, Jerusalem, Galilee and Nazareth. He said he and his friend were hoping, despite their past as criminals, the Lord would allow them to be evangelists someday.
When I asked one of the men to pray at the close of today’s lesson, he said in part, “Thank you Lord for allowing us to learn the pure word of God without an agenda.”
Please join me in thanking God for His marvelous works! He’s alive and still able to set the captive free!
Br. Ed
posted by Eric Stephens at 22:26
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