Prison Update
Thank you to everyone who has prayed for Scott and the lads in prison in Northallerton.
Due to the enthusiasm shown at our groups over the last few weeks and numerous significant encounters with individuals we planned that this morning we would give opportunity for the lads to take a step of faith and act on what we have been talking about.
On other fronts here things have been difficult and as you might expect in the battle for souls everything on the planet from lack of radios to sleepy inmates seemed to conspire against this morning's group happening. However we managed to collect 6 lads. Scott who some of you have prayed for has had some disappointments concerning transfer and a job so is a bit down. The atmosphere was really flat and getting answers to any questions like getting blood out of a stone.
Yet I just felt the Holy Spirit prompting me to just keep going and afterwards Becky my fellow chaplain said afterwards she felt the same. So despite the distractions and the negativity we did have our response time. We read scripture, invited the lads to give their burdens to Jesus, which they all did symbolically by writing them down and putting the papers in a dustbin, and we prayed for the Holy Spirit to work among us. Each lad except one allowed us to pray for them individually in front of the others.
Does this mean they all got saved today? No, I don't think it does but there was not one of them that didn't sense that there was a powerful presence in the chapel and they are now more open than ever to want God wants to do in their lives. They have all returned to their cells with the Alpha booklet "Why Jesus" and a copy of the sinners prayer. Please continue to pray for Holy Spirit conviction and protection from the evil one.
Still believing
Carol
Thank you to everyone who has prayed for Scott and the lads in prison in Northallerton.
Due to the enthusiasm shown at our groups over the last few weeks and numerous significant encounters with individuals we planned that this morning we would give opportunity for the lads to take a step of faith and act on what we have been talking about.
On other fronts here things have been difficult and as you might expect in the battle for souls everything on the planet from lack of radios to sleepy inmates seemed to conspire against this morning's group happening. However we managed to collect 6 lads. Scott who some of you have prayed for has had some disappointments concerning transfer and a job so is a bit down. The atmosphere was really flat and getting answers to any questions like getting blood out of a stone.
Yet I just felt the Holy Spirit prompting me to just keep going and afterwards Becky my fellow chaplain said afterwards she felt the same. So despite the distractions and the negativity we did have our response time. We read scripture, invited the lads to give their burdens to Jesus, which they all did symbolically by writing them down and putting the papers in a dustbin, and we prayed for the Holy Spirit to work among us. Each lad except one allowed us to pray for them individually in front of the others.
Does this mean they all got saved today? No, I don't think it does but there was not one of them that didn't sense that there was a powerful presence in the chapel and they are now more open than ever to want God wants to do in their lives. They have all returned to their cells with the Alpha booklet "Why Jesus" and a copy of the sinners prayer. Please continue to pray for Holy Spirit conviction and protection from the evil one.
Still believing
Carol
posted by Rehoboth at
8:54 AM
1 Comments:
Carol - do you remeber I wrote about being burgled?
The policeman called about an hour ago to say they had caught the guy and had found my purse where he threw it into a field across the road.
I'll update my blog later - just off to the field to find more buried treasure.
We prayed that God would bless him - I'm hoping he meets someone like you when he goes to prison.
Police say he will do at least four years. How sad.
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