The door has recently opened for our church to preach in a local Prison. This is a tough place, a disciplinary camp where prisoners who have behavioral problems are sent from other prisons.
While attending the service of another ministry in the prison, we noted that the altar call was a typical, "Every head bowed, every eye closed." The results were underwhelming. NO ONE came to the front. Several weeks later, at our first service in the prison and after preaching a simple message on the Kingdom and calling all prisoners to make Jesus their King and Lord, instead of only their Savior. We invited the men to make Jesus their King with the caveat, "With every head held eye and every eye wide open!"
The men RUSHED the altar, crowding it to give their lives to the Lord. At least 25 men gave their lives completely to Jesus that night. The testimony from one of the men that night was, "I have been in prison for 18 years and in this prison for 8 years and I have NEVER seen a response like the one we saw tonight. Never!"
Afterward, while praying for the sick, a man with a permanent impairment to his vision was completely healed, as God dissolved the cloud in his eye.
Jesus is King!
While attending the service of another ministry in the prison, we noted that the altar call was a typical, "Every head bowed, every eye closed." The results were underwhelming. NO ONE came to the front. Several weeks later, at our first service in the prison and after preaching a simple message on the Kingdom and calling all prisoners to make Jesus their King and Lord, instead of only their Savior. We invited the men to make Jesus their King with the caveat, "With every head held eye and every eye wide open!"
The men RUSHED the altar, crowding it to give their lives to the Lord. At least 25 men gave their lives completely to Jesus that night. The testimony from one of the men that night was, "I have been in prison for 18 years and in this prison for 8 years and I have NEVER seen a response like the one we saw tonight. Never!"
Afterward, while praying for the sick, a man with a permanent impairment to his vision was completely healed, as God dissolved the cloud in his eye.
Jesus is King!
