Spiritual Survival Guide
7: Surviving Spiritually Beyond Prison
To be able to worship with my family in the same church. To be able to minister to others and hopefully inspire oth- ers to stay out of drugs and alcohol and trouble. —Robert That I can work for God and be a blessing to others and teach his Word all over the world. —Timothy To express and tell others about the goodness, mercy, and grace of God.To be sold out for Christ and win others to Christ. —Jose My testimony excites me because I know it will save many lives and stop a lot of people from stopping here. —Rodney To know what I know now and having the opportunity to be an example to my family and show them that they can do it as well. Being a model to young kids, to share my story of survival, to help those in need spiritually and use the Word as the sword that it is. And to know that without God I wouldn’t know my purpose in life, that is to serve the Lord. —Wilfredo
These kinds of things sound good, of course, but are they realistic? Do they overlook the challenges and difficulties of surviving spiritually after prison? So we went ahead and asked a follow-up question: “Okay, now what worries you most about surviving spiritually after prison?”
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