GROWING IN FAITH!

Last week, M. sadly told us he had been locked up for 6 years without hearing even once, from any member of his family. Together we asked God for His solution. You guessed it; he came to class today thanking each one for their prayers. He had received a letter this week from his niece! We rejoiced with him for God’s answer!

J. was excited that today’s topic spoke personally to him on the responsibilities of being a member of a local church, even though he attends church in prison.

L. is struggling with family problems that he feels helpless to change because he is incarcerated. With these problems always on his mind, it is hard to concentrate when he prays. Romans 8 encouraged him to remember that in the midst of his trials, the Holy Spirit prays for him according to God’s will.

In the women’s class, we see a new openness in the way they are more honestly expressing their struggles with specific sins.

Involved in the occult before her salvation, R. suffers from anxiety attacks, which affect her mentally, emotionally and physically. Pray for complete surrender of every area of her life to God, and freedom from these attacks.

L., who has been making spiritual strides, was down. His father recently passed away and L is concerned that he was not a Christian.

As we studied about communion, the men themselves agreed that taking the Lord’s Supper was of no value without true repentance of the heart. It is not man who has revealed this to them!

C. has served her time in prison, but is being detained until she can be deported to her home country. We tried to encourage her that this was an opportunity to trust God while she is waiting. She feels her prayers are falling on deaf ears.

G., who has been thinking through the doctrines of the church he grew up in, told us that he now knows that when he dies, he will go to heaven to be with the Lord. PTL