Just like in the New Testament!

First Corinthians 14 says, "What then shall we say, brothers? When you come together, everyone has a hymn, or a word of instruction, a revelation, a tongue or an interpretation. All of these must be done for the strengthening of the church."

Today at one of our prisons, we gathered 4 solid believers. During our two hours with them we experienced what 1 Corinthians 14 says. Two or three shared something they were learning from the Word. Others shared songs they has written. Still others shared burdens and victories. Once again, we went to be a blessing, but came away blessed beyond words. May God be glorified!

It's amazing!

It really is amazing! The man in the last posting, who we prayed for and laid hands on, was not in our class this week. Remember, we prayed that God would encourage him in a big way. Well, one of the biggest prayer requests that men in a maximum security prison have (and biggest modes of encouragement) is to move to a medium security prison . . . and that’s what happened! He was moved! We are praising God that He used this move to encourage our brother in Christ. We can’t wait to visit him in his new prison

We sit back and watch what God does!

Today, as the men were entering the class, one of our stronger believers shared that he was baptized this past weekend. So we let him give a short testimony. He shared that he had rededicated his life to the Lord when he was with us in Dodge and that NOW was the time to be baptized. All praise to the Lord.


Then, as we were closing, I asked for prayer requests. One of the men courageously asked for prayer because he was feeling low and not spiritually motivated. So we asked one of our other stronger believers to pray for him. In prison you are not able to place your hands on someone for any reason. We asked the Chaplain if we could lay hands on him when we prayed and he said YES! This is the same Chaplain we prayed into the prison because he is a believer. Also, he is the one who is encouraging the baptisms. Once again, all praise to the LORD!

He who has ears to hear, let him hear!

We had a big blessing this past Thursday when a young man asked if he could share something from the Max Lucado book, "In The Eye Of The Storm". It was a great story that he read. Then he gave a short 3 point sermon: What God did, what Jesus did, and
what we should do. WOW! It sure is powerful when they say it themselves.

Please pray for those caught in the drug abuse cycle!

Another day at the office!

Are you sure I don't have to be baptized to be saved?
Pastor Carlos, I'm still struggling with my sin! How long will this go on? Please pray for me.
Can I still be a member of a gang and be a Christian?
Please pray, the bank is selling our house and my wife and kids will be out in the street!
Can you pick me up when they let me out in October?

This is only a sample of some questions and comments we got this past week. God is still doing a new thing in the lives of many prisoners. All glory to HIM!