Another Night

Tonight was another night at juvee. The guys seem to really be opening up now and are becoming more comfortable with the random guy that shows up on Wednesday nights to talk and play basketball. I myself am getting more comfortable with it as well.

Tonight we talked about  not wasting one's life, how even when many people in the Bible such as Daniel, Joseph, or Shadrach,Meshach, and Abednego were at some pretty low points in their lives things still turned around for the better thanks to God. (When I began to talk about some of these people it was one of the guys in there that mentioned the story of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. It's surprising what these guys have heard of before.) It was then mentioned how if these guys are ever gonna turn their lives around they're gonna need Christ's help. Without Christ we can do nothing, but with Him we can do everything. When asked if they had any prayer requests many of the guys mentioned that they did want to get their lives on the right track once they get out of here. They did want to change. They don't want to spend the rest of their lives incarcerated. These guys have dreams that they want to see become reality someday, and serving a life sentence isn't one of them. But they're gonna need a lot of help and a lot of prayer to get to that place. Which brings me to the reason that I began typing up this post anyway. I believe in the power of prayer, and I believe what the Bible says about prayer (1 John 5:14-15 and Matthew 18:20 come to mind). If ya'll would pray for these guys with me it would really mean a lot to them.

Z. - to get his life right once he gets out Sunday
D. - to get his life on the right track, to comfort his family, and that his court date will go well
K. - to comfort his family, and that the court date will go well
Z. - for his family, and for the court date to go well
D.  - to get his life right, for his family, and that the court date will go well
N. - to comfort his family, and that he won't be in there until he's 18

As you can see, court dates and family are the two most popular requests. These guys really care about their families and their court dates are days that essentially decide what's gonna happen to them for either a small or large part of their immediate future. Both issues need prayer.