Daily Light on the Prisoner's Path
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YOU HAVE NOT DISQUALIFIED YOURSELF FROM GETTING GOD’S HELP
Adam was a snitch.
Jacob was a thief.
Jonah was defiant.
Noah was a drunk.
Elijah was suicidal.
Mark was a quitter.
Joseph was abused.
Miriam was a racist.
Hannah was barren.
Lot committed incest.
Gideon was a coward.
Simon was a sorcerer.
Zaccheus was corrupt.
Moses was a murderer.
Thomas was a doubter.
Rahab was a prostitute.
David was an adulterer.
Nathaniel was a skeptic.
Onesimus was a fugitive.
Ruth was an illegal alien.
Solomon worshiped idols.
Abraham pimped his wife.
Saul persecuted Christians.
Matthew was a collaborator.
Mary Magdalene was possessed.
The Samaritan woman was an outcast. All of Jesus’ disciples ran away from him, And Peter denied having ever even known him, because
CHRIST WAS A CONVICTED FELON.
Psalm 107
(vv 9-16)
He satisfieth the longing soul,
and filleth the hungry soul with goodness.
Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron;
Because they rebelled against the words of God, and despised the counsel of the Most High:
He humbled their spirits with hard labour; they fell down, and there was none to help.
Then they cried unto the Lord in their trouble, and he saved them out of their distresses.
He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and broke their bonds asunder.
Praise the Lord for his goodness,
and for his amazing works to his children!
For he breaks the gates of brass,
and cuts in two the iron bars.
Thy word is a lamp unto my feet,
and a light unto my path…
I am afflicted very much:
quicken me, O Lord,
according unto thy word.
— Psalm 119:105,107
Dedicated to
The Butner Brotherhood and to all prisoners ready to make their path one of faith, hope and restoration
When thou goest, it shall lead thee;
when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou wakest, it shall talk with thee. For the commandment is a lamp;
and the law is light.
— Proverbs 6:22
Let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice:
Let them ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them...
For thou, Lord, wilt bless the righteous;
With favour wilt thou compass him as with a shield.
— Psalm 5:11-12
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About the Book
Your incarcerated relative or friend is facing daily physical and spiritual perils. Help him out with this unique daily Christian survival guide (browse through it now using Google Preview above).
Send him a paperback edition and buy another (or an e-book edition) for yourself. Both of you will be refreshed daily by the morning and evening Scripture selections (KJV) as he gains relief from the despair and discord surrounding him. He will learn of God’s eagerness to bless him, restore him, and make him a channel of supernatural grace to other inmates.
Daily Light on the Prisoner’s Path will show him how to:
Receive God’s full pardon, forgiveness and acceptance, along with a new identity as a loved son of the Father, and a positive sense of purpose and expectation,
Repulse the spiritual and emotional assaults of the enemy,
Find resources to overcome boyhood issues or abuses that may have led to his criminal activity, and Use spiritual authority, led by the Holy Spirit, to supernaturally transform the dark atmosphere (and people) around him.
There is no other comprehensive Christian resource like this available for men behind bars. Now Christian parents, pastors, chaplains, prison ministries, spouses, other family members and friends can give men living in confinement a life-restoring companion for use every day along their often-perilous prisoner’s path.
About the Author
J. R. Woodgates graduated from Northwestern University in 1975 with a degree in broadcast journalism, then enjoyed a long radio career, internationally for 27 years at the Voice of America, locally in Washington, DC for 13 years at WETA part-time.
In 2006-7, Woodgates experienced nine months as a federal prison inmate, having pled guilty to a single charge of child pornography possession.
The formal process of church discipline and restoration Woodgates went through, and the surprising depth of Christian fellowship he enjoyed behind bars, were life-changing. As an advocate for restorative justice, he now wants inmates and convicts to learn about and experience for themselves the relief, restoration and empowerment they can enjoy as repentant, forgiven, and blessed sons of the Father.
Until 2009, Woodgates was a lifelong Episcopalian (a “preacher’s kid”). Today, he is a founding member of the Anglican Church in North America.