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Jail and Prison Ministry

I was...

"Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick,

and ye visited me: I was in prison,

and ye came unto me."

~ Matthew 25:36

 

To those who are in jail, in prison, or on death row,

we are not here to condemn you

or to judge where you've been,

but rather here to offer you hope...

Hope that is found in the Lord Jesus.

May our words be a source

of comfort and encouragement to you

as you go through this difficult time.

 

Jesus, the Friend of Sinners

 

Dear child.

Last night I saw you weeping,

wetting your pillow with your tears.

How I longed to comfort you,

to tell you how much I love you.

Your sadness clouded out My Presence.

My tears were in the rain.

 

I understand your thoughts.

Your ways are known to Me.

"I am come that they may have life,

and that they might have it more abundantly."

"For I know the thoughts that I think toward you,

thoughts of peace, and not evil,

to give you an expected end."

 

Sometimes I see your defeat

in the stooping of your shoulders,

as you walk down its familiar halls.

How I long to comfort you.

For I rejoice over thee with joy,

I joy over thee with singing.

You are so precious to Me.

 

Through the years I have watched you

as you quietly sit there in your cell.

You await to pay the debt of your past,

of sins that I have long forgiven.

With each clanging of the prison bars

closing in behind you, you shiver at its coldness.

You cry out to Me for mercy again,

even though I have forgiven you

the first time that you asked.

 

Tears of regret will never ease the pain

that is spoken in your eyes.

Your unworthiness makes you worthy

to come boldly before the throne of grace.

"For the sacrifices of God

are a broken spirit:

a broken and contrite heart,

O God, Thou wilt not despise."

                        ~ Psalm 51:17

Although you must pay with your life

for the life you took,

you need not to bear its shame.

For I  removed your sin and nailed it to the cross.

As far as the east is from the west,

never to be remembered again.

 

Those who place their faith in Me

I will take them home in glory.

When you must walk that last stretch of the mile,

don't be afraid, My precious child,

for in that darkest hour

when you hear one set of footsteps in the hall,

it is then, that I'll carry you.

 

 

 

 

 

The Thief on the Cross