Materials that help literacy and education can also provide hope and healing. Our donated resources can help build self-esteem and foster personal growth, serving as seeds for recipients.
Some men and women who find themselves in prison can find hope for their future through faith in God and Jesus Christ, through personally experiencing God’s lovingkindness and forgiveness. Almost everyone wants to be free, but the Bible teaches us that physical freedom isn't the most essential type. We are truly free when we love, forgive, make peace with others, and above all, have a relationship with Jesus Christ. He's the one who makes it all possible. Stories about people who have been freed by Jesus can serve as messages of hope for captives.
The chaplains and volunteer assistant chaplains at prisons and jails carry the Christian message and the Gospel of Jesus Christ to the prisoners, officers and staff and their families daily through visits, personal counseling, sermons, videos and other digital media on notepads (where available), and distributing written materials such as the Bible, devotionals, and books. We give many free books and other resources to these Chaplains for them to use in their tireless work of love and devotion to their fellow men and women.
At salvation, we receive forgiveness from God for all of our sins. But that doesn't mean that people we have harmed have forgiven us. Nor does it mean that all prior problems have been resolved. God’s goal is for us to forgive one another, so let it begin with each of us. We can receive forgiveness from God. We can forgive ourselves. We can forgive those who have wronged us or hurt us also. God can help us to forgive others.
Over 2,000,000 people are behind bars in this country. Some are in actual prison cells. Some are in other types of prisons formed by shame, guilt, loneliness, despair, or the aftereffects of some emotional or psychological or physical trauma. The lives of prisoners can be transformed by Jesus Christ. Thank you, Jesus. Amen.
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