Today I attended a spiritually uplifting and refreshing event in the chapel...
A ministry group from New Jersey which consisted of four people (three women and a man) spent ten hours with my chaplain and about 50–55 inmates for a time of Christian fellowship, prayer, Bible reading, singing, and encouragement. Officially, this event was called a "retreat."
Our time together went from 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. I had to go to the chapel about an hour before the event started, to help six other men set up extra chairs and our equipment. We have our own electronic sound system that the prisoners purchased with our own money, and we use it for all our worship services. And then I volunteered to stay for an hour after the event was over to help clean the chapel and put our equipment away.
While this was a physically tiring day, it was worth the extra effort. God used our guests to help empower our lives for greater degrees of Christian service.
Right now, however, it is a little past 10 o'clock in the evening. I've already taken my shower, and I'm going to get ready for bed. Because tomorrow is Sunday, I'll be getting up around 5:30 in order to prepare for the worship service as well as for the additional chapel activities that are scheduled.
The name our guests, titled the retreat, was "No Longer Bound." Today God reminded me that I am indeed "free" in Christ, and I am no longer bound by Satan, nor by the chains of sin.
D.B.
Our time together went from 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. I had to go to the chapel about an hour before the event started, to help six other men set up extra chairs and our equipment. We have our own electronic sound system that the prisoners purchased with our own money, and we use it for all our worship services. And then I volunteered to stay for an hour after the event was over to help clean the chapel and put our equipment away.
While this was a physically tiring day, it was worth the extra effort. God used our guests to help empower our lives for greater degrees of Christian service.
Right now, however, it is a little past 10 o'clock in the evening. I've already taken my shower, and I'm going to get ready for bed. Because tomorrow is Sunday, I'll be getting up around 5:30 in order to prepare for the worship service as well as for the additional chapel activities that are scheduled.
The name our guests, titled the retreat, was "No Longer Bound." Today God reminded me that I am indeed "free" in Christ, and I am no longer bound by Satan, nor by the chains of sin.
D.B.
