• Welcome
    • Purpose
    • Statement of Faith
    • Prayer Request
  • My Apology
  • TESTIMONY
    • English
    • Chinese Translation
    • Dutch Translation
    • French Translation
    • German Translation
    • Italian Translation
    • Portuguese Translation
    • Russian Translation
    • Spanish Translation
    • Turkish Translation
  • READY OR NOT...
  • My Story - Videos
    • My Life Story Video - "In His Own Words"
    • Video Interviews
    • Written Interviews
    • Son of Hope Gospel Tracts
  • Journal
    • 2023 >
      • *January 2023
    • 2022 >
      • January 2022
      • February 2022
      • March 2022
      • April 2022
      • May 2022
      • June 2022
      • July 2022
      • August 2022
      • September 2022
      • October 2022
      • November 2022
      • December 2022
    • 2021 >
      • January 2021
      • February 2021
      • March 2021
      • April 2021
      • May 2021
      • June 2021
      • July 2021
      • August 2021
      • September 2021
      • October 2021
      • November 2021
      • December 2021
    • 2020
    • 2019
    • 2018
    • 2017-2005
    • 2004-2003
  • Updates
  • For Parents, Teens, and Students
    • General Advice for Parents
    • Advice For Troubled Teens
    • Stopping Teen Violence
    • School Projects
    • Jailhouse Interview
    • A Letter to David from Youth Minister Dan Bailey
    • Suicide is Everyone's Business
    • What is Prison All About?
  • For Satanists
    • A Letter to a Satanist
    • Satan's Bible
    • Famous Satanists' Last Words - Quotes
    • Carl Sartor's Story
    • A Satanist Has a Vision
    • Jailhouse Interview
  • A Letter to a Soldier
  • Ministry Tools
  • Jesus Christ, the True Treasure and Pearl of Great Price!
  • Insights and Miscellaneous
    • A Letter to North Shore Baptist Church
    • Parole Hearing Transcript 2016
    • He Knows Your Name
  • Inspirational Testimonies
  • Friends
  • Contact
  • Welcome
    • Purpose
    • Statement of Faith
    • Prayer Request
  • My Apology
  • TESTIMONY
    • English
    • Chinese Translation
    • Dutch Translation
    • French Translation
    • German Translation
    • Italian Translation
    • Portuguese Translation
    • Russian Translation
    • Spanish Translation
    • Turkish Translation
  • READY OR NOT...
  • My Story - Videos
    • My Life Story Video - "In His Own Words"
    • Video Interviews
    • Written Interviews
    • Son of Hope Gospel Tracts
  • Journal
    • 2023 >
      • *January 2023
    • 2022 >
      • January 2022
      • February 2022
      • March 2022
      • April 2022
      • May 2022
      • June 2022
      • July 2022
      • August 2022
      • September 2022
      • October 2022
      • November 2022
      • December 2022
    • 2021 >
      • January 2021
      • February 2021
      • March 2021
      • April 2021
      • May 2021
      • June 2021
      • July 2021
      • August 2021
      • September 2021
      • October 2021
      • November 2021
      • December 2021
    • 2020
    • 2019
    • 2018
    • 2017-2005
    • 2004-2003
  • Updates
  • For Parents, Teens, and Students
    • General Advice for Parents
    • Advice For Troubled Teens
    • Stopping Teen Violence
    • School Projects
    • Jailhouse Interview
    • A Letter to David from Youth Minister Dan Bailey
    • Suicide is Everyone's Business
    • What is Prison All About?
  • For Satanists
    • A Letter to a Satanist
    • Satan's Bible
    • Famous Satanists' Last Words - Quotes
    • Carl Sartor's Story
    • A Satanist Has a Vision
    • Jailhouse Interview
  • A Letter to a Soldier
  • Ministry Tools
  • Jesus Christ, the True Treasure and Pearl of Great Price!
  • Insights and Miscellaneous
    • A Letter to North Shore Baptist Church
    • Parole Hearing Transcript 2016
    • He Knows Your Name
  • Inspirational Testimonies
  • Friends
  • Contact
AriseandShine.org

January 2008

Two Young Men

1/30/2008

 
Earlier this month I had the opportunity to meet with two young men in their 20s. Both had had some encounters with law enforcement, mostly for using drugs...

Read More

Message to Pakistan

1/26/2008

 
In my journal for December 30, 2007 I wrote about an email letter I received from a Christian in Pakistan.

Read More

Strength

1/25/2008

 
Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee. 
Psalm 84:5a


Just when I think I cannot take another step forward on this journey of faith, the Lord reaches down and pours a fresh anointing of His Spirit upon my parched and weary soul...

Read More

Praise Walk 

1/21/2008

 
Praise the Lord; for the Lord is good:
sing praises unto His name;
for it is pleasant. 
Psalm 135:3


I have the day off from work because it's the birthday of the late Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr...

Read More

The Privilege of Prayer

1/17/2008

 
And all things whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer,
believing ye shall receive. 
Matthew 21:22


I am thankful for the privilege of being able to pray for the nations, and for people from all walks of life...

Read More

Rise Up and Reign 

1/15/2008

 
For out of prison he cometh to reign; whereas also
he that is born in his kingdom becometh poor. 
Ecclesiastes 4:14


During my Scripture reading for this morning I came across a little known passage from the book of Ecclesiastes that encouraged me a lot...

Read More

Beyond My Rap Sheet

1/13/2008

 
For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God
is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Romans 6:23


I'd like to highlight what I was able to share in church today. After reading several different Scripture verses, including the above verse from the New Testament book of Romans, I told the men that I have not been reformed or rehabilitated...

Read More

Saying Goodbye to Books

1/9/2008

 
In my previous entry I wrote that I went through my belongings, cleaning house, and discarding whatever items I no longer needed...

Read More

Cleaning House

1/7/2008

 
It's time for me to go through the five plastic storage bins which sit in a side-by-side row under my bunk. I need to discard whatever papers, letters and old magazines I've managed to accumulate...

Read More

Longing

1/4/2008

 
My soul longs, yes, even faints for the courts of the Lord;
my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God. 
Psalm 84:2 NKJV


As I wrote on January 1, this will be a year of change and growth for me...

Read More

Hope

1/1/2008

 
For in thee, O Lord, do I hope 
Psalm 38:15a


Another page of the calendar has turned and it's now a new year...

Read More

    Author

    David Berkowitz
    Copyright © AriseandShine.Org

    RSS Feed

Proudly powered by Weebly