He accepted Jesus :)

[elephunky]

This guy who has been friends with my friends (who I used to be friends with) has been coming to youth group since I was like...15 (I am 21 now, you do the math lol). In January he was sent to jail for lighting fires which he admitted to, and his jail sentence really took a toll on him, he started acting up, cut himself, and got beaten up. But I recently found out that when he spoke to my pastor (on an official visit a week ago I think) that he accepted Jesus as his savior, which is TOTALLY AWESOME. We have been praying for this for like, ever!

PRAISE GOD

 

[USNavyBlueAngel]

Very cool!!!!

The angels are rejoicing today!

 

[MrFreshdew]

Awesome! thanks b 2 Jesus

 

[Jayangel81]

Thats awesome im really happy to hear about people coming to Christ

 

[This_Beautiful_Grace]

That's so great! Praise God!

 

[HappyChicken]

isn't it awesome how Jesus cushions our landing when we seem to hit rock bottom?

 

[elephunky]

We have been trying for so long and we are soooo happy that it has happened, even though the situation is not really desirable.

 

[Evie1980]

That is awesome. I will be praying that he continues to grow in the Lord and walks closer to Him all the days of his life.

God bless

 

[HappyChicken]

How is he holding up??? Did he get a real hefty sentence??

 

[elephunky]

he is in for a year, and he hates it there, but there has been noticable change in him since accepting Christ

 

[HappyChicken]

Is he allowed to have a Bible in there?? His time there could really be a blessing if he got to spend it all in the Word. I wish I had that much time every day to just read my Bible.

 

[elephunky]

Is he allowed to have a Bible in there?? His time there could really be a blessing if he got to spend it all in the Word. I wish I had that much time every day to just read my Bible.

Im sure you dont want to go to jail to be able to do that though.

Im not sure if he can, and Im thinking that having the chapel there right now should be enough, we want to minimise the reasons that the big dudes in there can beat him up. As that has been happening. He cant stay positive if hes being beat up all the time

 

[HappyChicken]

Im sure you dont want to go to jail to be able to do that though.

Im not sure if he can, and Im thinking that having the chapel there right now should be enough, we want to minimise the reasons that the big dudes in there can beat him up. As that has been happening. He cant stay positive if hes being beat up all the time

You took my statement out of context. I never said that I wanted to go to jail to read the Bible. I said that I wish I had that much TIME to read the Bible. He has a wonderful oportunity to turn something really bad into something really positive. And if he had a Bible in there, maybe he would not be the only person to look at it.

I understand that you want to miminize reasons that the big dudes could beat him up, but from what I understand of jail....if they are gonna beat ya, they don't really need a reason. And if it's been happening already, like you mentioned, then he really has nothing to lose.

I'm done posting to this thread, since my words got twisted. I wish you and your friend the best of luck! Take care and God bless! -Debby

 

[StarryEyes]

woooooohoooooo!!!!!! There is rejoicing in heaven!!