Resist the devil!

1 Peter 5:8: “. . . Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour.”

Galatians 5:5:17 “. . . the sinful nature desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the sinful nature. They are in conflict with each other, so that you do not do what you want.”

Every week we are in the prisons, we see the truth of the above verses at work. Our inmate brothers and sisters fall into the traps of the devil and back into their old nature. The enemy is mad at them, and at us, because lives are being changed. But OH how the devil pursues them!

Just two weeks ago we celebrated with one of our gals,(who has had a habit of going in and out of seg.) the fact that she had not been to seg. for 6 months. It was a great victory for the Lord and her. But last week she was sent back to seg. We were not able to visit her this week, but are trying to see her soon. It may take a special visit for us, because the visiting hours for seg. are much more limited.

We long to see these precious ones be able to fulfill the verses that surround the ones above. Being self-controlled and alert and living by the Spirit. Here are these verses in the right context:

1 Peter 5:8 & 9: “Be self-controlled and alert. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. Resist him, standing firm in the faith, because you know that your brothers throughout the world are undergoing the same kind of sufferings.”

Galatians 5:5:16 – 18: “So I say, live by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the sinful nature. For the sinful nature desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the sinful nature. They are in conflict with each other, so that you do not do what you want. But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under law.”

Please keep praying for your brothers and sisters behind the walls!

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Seeking His Help

God has said that we will find Him when we seek Him with all our hearts. Men & women in prison are doing so. How?

A. READS HIS BIBLE through in one year. He also works on his BIBLE STUDIES for an hr. 3 times a day.

Others spend TIME IN PRAYER seeking answers:

D. wants help to overcome his additions.

A. asks prayer to stay close to the Lord. He says, "I want to serve my Jesus."

R. asks God to give him strength & much faith.

M. prays for those that are struggling to find Jesus.

P. prays God will put His hand on the streets of Milwaukee. With warm weather, people are outside more, & gang activity, drugs & deaths increase.

J. prays his girlfriend will believe he wants to change.

G. hopes she will be allowed to go home before her cancer gets worse.

E. asks the Lord for his "loved ones on the outside looking in, dealing with the pain & suffering that they experience at the expense of our poor decision-making."

T. seeks a life "outside". Through an appeal, he is getting a new trial.

E. prays for unity in the Body of Christ in prison.

P. hopes his parents can come from Puerto Rico next year to visit him.

I. prays her children will not be taken from her when she goes to court this week.

Will you join us in seeking God's help on behalf of those behind bars?

Important Victories

S. told us about having opportunities to cheat on a test & to steal something this past week, but she chose to do what was right! Those were real victories for her! She's motivated to stay out of segregation. She is also motivated to study the Bible via correspondence lessons in Spanish. When we meet with her each week, she asks us to go through the studies with her to make sure she is "getting it". We have had some awesome discussions about topics like these:
+ What is God like? Can I trust Him? (Trust is a big issue for most inmates)
+ How can I get to Heaven?
+ How can I know if I'm saved or not?
+ Does doing good things or attending church or giving money to a church or keeping the 10 commandments or being baptized or a member of a church save me?
+ What will happen if I continue to do things that don't please God? Will He discipline me? How?
+ Do my wrong actions hurt others?
Keep praying for many more victories for S. as she learns how to consistently make Jesus the Lord of her life.