A Web site link of ours to the Prisoners incarcerated somewhere in the world today.
We visit men and woman in prison for many reasons. First because they are there and are in need of help, encouragement etc. Second because we have been there, we understand their plight in other words. Third because it is a part of the call of God on our lives, and we just plain enjoy it alot.
If none of you reading this had anything to offer except that you understood that those that are in prison are people in need, that would be enough for you to give into their lives.
Craig spent many years in jails and Prison before he came to Christ changed by the power of God. So he really understands where they are, what they are going through and what they need.
We enjoy it so much I suppose because we came from a life that many of them are from. We understand that most of them are people just like you and I who made mistakes, dumb yes, foolish choices yes, but so have most of us only it didn't happen to get us into prison.
We enjoy it so much because when you are in that possition you are usually really ready to listen, to learn, and to change. And people are really ready to get saved when the chips are down. So it is not a hard thing to preach to them, or to speak to them about hard things when you have a captive audience that isn't going anywhere and hasn't much else to do but listen.
We do it because we must! We live in a fallen world, it is ignorant of truth and is so self centered in it's thinking and desires that they don't see just how needy they themselves are. They too are in prison, a prison without walls that they can see, but they are in a prison none the less, and someone must set them free as well.
So as ministers of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, we visit the prisoner in and out of prison walls, it makes no difference to us, they all need the Lord and the freedom only he can bring.
You see, we are all fighting the same war. The war against sin in our own lives. The war against the devil, his sceams and temptations. And the war against our own resistance to the Lords will in our lives.
It is a hard fight, and we are all powerless to battle it without the Lord, our faith in him and his word.
And we also need one another to help along the way. We can't do it all alone.
And so we give our lives to the Lord and his love and desire that none should be lost, that all should be comforted and helped and that all who will should be brought into the kingdom of God and there to live forever with him.
Please pray for those in prison. Men and women who must have help to get through the hard times, and help to come to know Christ and the real freedom they need.
We are seeing the Lord do mighty things there as well. God Bless you as you care for the least amoung us.
Besides going into the prisons to preach and minister, we send in bibles and learning material that they need
We encourage those who wish to give to that purpose specifically. The donations you give to this work will cover the costs of sending in a special bible and books directly to a specific prisoner. That one act of kindness can change their life forever, and they are very greatful when someone cares that much about them.
