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Into Thy Hands

5/31/2013

Trust in the Lord with all your heart,
and do not rely on your own understanding.
In all your ways acknowledge Him,
and He shall direct your path.
Proverbs 3:5-6

As the Scripture states in the book of Proverbs, I am to trust in the Lord with all my heart, no matter how difficult situations and circumstances may appear. This is a challenge, of course, as it is never easy for the flesh to relinquish its control...

Memorial Day

5/27/2013

It's been a somber day; it always is. It was a day of reflection, as well.
Today America honors its war dead, or at least some of us do....

Ouchita River

5/21/2013

A friend of mine, Dan A., is part of a local prison ministry that visits several different facilities in the state of Arkansas. And one of these places is the Ouchita River Correctional Facility, a place I know nothing about other than the fact that Dan and his group minister there...

Liberty

5/18/2013

Now the Lord is that Spirit:
and where the Spirit of the Lord is,
there is liberty.
2 Corinthians 3:17

We had a worship service earlier this evening in our chapel. Four volunteer Lay ministers came from New Jersey to fellowship with us as they do every third Saturday of each month...

Hitler and the Occult

5/14/2013

A friend of mine recently returned from a brief trip to Germany. He had been invited by several churches in this country to share the story of his conversion to Christianity after having spent many years in the occult...

Mother's Day

5/12/2013

Today I took my usual position by the main entrance to the chapel in order to greet every man who walked through the door. There were several new men, too. These were first time visitors who recently transferred here from other facilities...

A Busy Day

5/9/2013

Thus far it has been a busy week with all kinds of matters to attend to, both big and small. But aside from this, I have begun to reread my favorite book in the Bible, Ruth...

God's Blessings

5/4/2013

It is a pleasant Saturday evening and I am sitting in my prison cell quietly recounting many of the benefits and blessings the Lord has graciously bestowed upon me. Not because of anything good that I've done, but for His mercies sake...

Trying to Dodge Jesus

5/2/2013

As far as I know, no one in my family has ever accepted Jesus (Yeshua) as his or her Savior and Messiah. My family's Jewish. My Dad, who lived to be 101, died last year...

Gorgeous!

5/1/2013

This is the day which the Lord has made;
we will rejoice and be glad in it.
Psalm 118:24

This morning the sun was brightly shining while a gentle breeze blew across the prison's outdoor recreation yard. It was truly a gorgeous day. But the best part was that I got to spend quality time with another Christian, whom, prior to today, I did not know very well...

May 2013