Bible Question: Hello everone hope you are having a great day in the Lord...I am corresponding with an inmate that is covered in tattoo's and as he has recieved Jesus Christ into his life he is feeling ashamed of the marks all over his body...I want to reach out to him and lift him up in the Lord but seem to be stumped and at a loss for the right words...could you please give some scriptures and pray for our brother behind bars as he is really having a battle...God Bless |
Bible Answer: Hello to you too, That's an awesome ministry, however I personally don't know anyone involved with this ministry. I have spent six years, in and out, in the county jail system. Tattoo's that cover most of the body, is from the prison system. tattoo's ususally tell a story, of prison life or the gang they belong to and etc. It doesn't matter what background a person comes from, we all need Jesus as Lord and Savior. When that happens our lives change. 2Corinthians5:17-18 says, "Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come! v.18, All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation:"(NIV) This person whom you speak of, God's purpose for his life was not for him to set in prison or cover his body with tattoo's, I'm sure his family suffers too. His life is now fulfilled and God will take him to the destiny that He has prepared for him. "Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already been made perfect, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. [But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead]." Philippians 3:12-13 (NIV) Another good scripture to share with this brother is Jeremiah 29:11. I want to thank you for taking the time to reach out to the forgotten ones behind prison walls. I'm sure he is looking at your life as an example of what God can do! God bless you real good |
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