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Prison Ministry Research Paper

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When I was in my early twenties I used to serve with my father in a prison Ministry. Serving in a prison ministry is truly a humbling experience. The men I met had a true hunger for God. They had truly lost everything; their freedom, their way of life, their family, their friends, their pride, and even their self-worth. When this happens to people in prison they often turn to prison gangs to regain a sense of belonging. A few people turn to God and away from the ways that got them in prison in the first place. You can see in their eyes, the sense of worthlessness when they walk into the chapel for the first time. It broke my heart to see a man so beaten down by life but at the same time it brought me joy unspeakable to be able to share the word of salvation through Jesus Christ to them. The ten to fifteen men that came to our chapel service every week were able to find joy, peace and love in Jesus in the hour to hour and a half service we had on Sunday afternoons. Every Sunday I set aside everything I was and had to just be a servant of the lord and help theses men.
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35 For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, 36 I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.’37 “Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? 38 When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? 39 When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?’40 “The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for

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