So How is Jail in Missouri Treating Us???

I (Seth) am ministering with Jim Turek and Jamin Peck at Camdenton County Jail. Together, we get opportunities to build relationships with the inmates, through Prayer, Bible studies, and spending time with them. These men are our brothers in Christ; they are going through daily struggles just like we all are. We are given time with them, to encourage, challenge, and love them. Some of these men came to the saving knowledge of Christ in jail, and others are learning to make their faith real in jail. There are so many parallels with these men and Paul, which is why we are going through one of the prison epistles (Ephesians). It seems God has allowed this epistle to come at the right time for these men to minister to them in their struggles. Right now we are in chapter 4 talking about the unity of the body and how this is possible with the strength that came from chapter 3! Love is something we all must learn to grow in, that is why the scripture says, “to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled”.  This is a never ending process we all are growing in, and as men, our culture/media looks down at men being lovers, men are suppose to be stoic and “tough”. Last week I challenged them to be different! To love everyone as Christ and Paul loved everyone, that is what God is teaching us in Ephesians. PRAY for these men, they are at a crucial point in their life and learning how to “live out” their faith.