I just got back from this morning's prayer meeting, which was very spiritually fruitful...
I have been strengthened and encouraged in my mind and in my soul to continue to press on by God's power.
Every Tuesday afternoon from 1 to 3:35, and every Wednesday morning from 8:45 to 10:25, we have prayer meetings in the chapel with a handful of Christians who do not have specific work or program assignments at these times. Our chaplain supervises each meeting.
I can make it most Tuesdays after I drop off my escort at his classroom. And on Wednesday mornings, when I do not have to take my escort any place such as the hospital, I have free time to go to the prayer meetings, although I am still "on call" for him.
It would probably blow peoples' minds if they could see a crew of convicted felons gathering with a prison chaplain to fervently pray for everything you could possibly think of. We pray for our church, and for churches everywhere. We pray for other inmates and their families, the guards and their families. We pray for America, and for our nation's leaders. We also ask for mercy for other nations, for those who are living on Native American reservations, and for kids who are in every form of sin and bondage one could think of, from drugs and poverty, to loneliness and suicidal thoughts.
I thank God that those whom society casts off as useless garbage and refuse, the Lord is fully able and willing to take, clean up and use for His glory (1 Corinthians 1:27-29).
D.B.
Every Tuesday afternoon from 1 to 3:35, and every Wednesday morning from 8:45 to 10:25, we have prayer meetings in the chapel with a handful of Christians who do not have specific work or program assignments at these times. Our chaplain supervises each meeting.
I can make it most Tuesdays after I drop off my escort at his classroom. And on Wednesday mornings, when I do not have to take my escort any place such as the hospital, I have free time to go to the prayer meetings, although I am still "on call" for him.
It would probably blow peoples' minds if they could see a crew of convicted felons gathering with a prison chaplain to fervently pray for everything you could possibly think of. We pray for our church, and for churches everywhere. We pray for other inmates and their families, the guards and their families. We pray for America, and for our nation's leaders. We also ask for mercy for other nations, for those who are living on Native American reservations, and for kids who are in every form of sin and bondage one could think of, from drugs and poverty, to loneliness and suicidal thoughts.
I thank God that those whom society casts off as useless garbage and refuse, the Lord is fully able and willing to take, clean up and use for His glory (1 Corinthians 1:27-29).
D.B.