SOCPM Student Prayer Requests November 24, 2012

 

Prayer Request by Class Dixon CC Discipleship 101 Dixon CC Renewing Fatherhood Sheridan CC Discipleship 101 Sheridan CC Renewing Fatherhood Others Student Alumni Paroles Student Alumni Discharges     Sign-up to begin receiving bi-weekly prayer request for SOCPM ministry needs.   SOCPM Ministry Prayer Requests     Quick Links Soldiers of Christ Prison Ministries Student Prayer Requests     Greetings    I hope all of you had a blessed Thanksgiving.   We concluded Discipleship 101 at Dixon with the distribution of certificates and a discussion on possible curriculum for the next class scheduled to start in January 2013 along with Renewing Fatherhood.   Despite passes being issued it appears the some of the correctional officers were not letting men attend Renewing Fatherhood at Sheridan. It may have been because of reduced staff for the holiday.  Five men did attend and instead of teaching the scheduled topic of relationships we discussed some of the hardest trials they have encountered while being incarcerated.     There was no issue with passed for the evening's Discipleship 100 at Sheridan as we discussed prayer. Because there being no class next week on November 30, the class laid hands on Jesse who is scheduled to be paroled December 5th and was attending his last class.     Glory to Him and Him alone.    Scott   No classes next week as I will be out-of-town.   Dixon Correctional Center Discipleship 101   A class prayer of discernment in choosing a curriculum for January 2013, that will be challenging and structured in such away that for students who have work schedule conflicts it will not have a big impact on them when they need to miss.     Dixon Correctional Center Renewing Fatherhood   No class in session, schedule to resume at a future date.     Sheridan Correctional Center Discipleship 100   Terry - please pray for me lately blessed Jesus that I made gods will stay humble and pray for my family stay safe and be blessed Jesus. Pray for my mom to please,that she may stay safe. Thank you.   Damon - Just to give God thanks I am truly blessed.   Dwayne - Please pray for my grandmother that she will be healed and have strange to live and love. Also please pray for my grandfather that he will have strength in his body to carryout God's will and his daily duties. Thanks!!!   William - Please pray with me and thank the Lord for all the wonderful things he has done for us to get to do. Thank you.  Philip - Please pray that I can overcome the fear in my life that will be back to following Christ. I would like also to overcome sin of gluttony (overeating).   Paul - Pray for my wife, children neighbors and enemies. Pray for my son and my court issues. Prayed needed for me to desire a surrendered spirit. Help us all to endure in our daily walk here in prison. Amen.   Johnnie - I asked for prayer for all of humanity and me as there is so mych going on around the world and I just call n peace and patience endurance in the name of our Lord and Savior.   Sylvester - I ask prayer for spiritual maturity among the body of Christ. I also ask the transition from spiritual milk to solid food is made in accordance to our fathers will.    Dale - Pray that my ex-wife give up drinking also continue to care for my mom. Plus thank Him for supply of financial support.   Donnie - Pray for my family.   Quintin - Would you please pray that God restore my relationship with my kids, family and friends that I really messed up. I know that prayer goes a long way with God. Also pray for the men that are in here in prison and their loved ones. Thank you and may God bless you too.   Herman - I would love for you to pray for my family and me. In the mist of all things we all need prayer. I'm not with my family now but I'm praying that God will put us back together so please pray for us, I will pray for you.   Moses - Pray for my family, Pray that when I leave here I get a job.   José - I would like you to pray for my little family especially for my girlfriend, mother of my children she needs our prayers. She tries to look for a job I can't be there to help her pay her bills. She's looking for a job. Pray for her please God I need your help please. I'm sorry for my sins, sorry God for leaving my girlfriend by herself with my kids. Thank you.   Chris - Could you please pray for my wife Andrea that she remain sober another day that she is safe and she gets everything she needs. Also pray for my girls Alexis, Paige and Kaylee that they remain safe and get everything they need and finally pray for me being open to change for the better and that I could be completely unselfish in my affairs.   Joseph - I would like you to pray for the officer here in Sheridan that didn't let me out of my cell today for 'Inside Out Dads. I had a call pass and sat by my door for 30 minutes still no response. I hope and pray I get a call pass two Fridays from now. God bless us all and happy holidays.    Name not given - I need everybody to pray for my girlfriend she's having medical problems and I need everybody to ask God to look out for her until I get home to help. Thank you God bless.   Name not given - That I get a grip on my emotions towards my marriage and I learn how to trust my wife more and love her for her and not judge her. That I get home quickly. That I understand Christ more and more each day That my wife and me to be true friends and followers of Christ.    Jesse - Prayers for my mother Lupe she just had surgery on her leg and needs to have surgery on her other leg. So pray that she will come through victorious and have a good recovery. In Jesus name amen.   Dean - Prayer for my father, grandson and my mom's sister is going through cancer and the other breast now. Pray for God to put His hand on Scott and his son Cameron and bring them back together before it is to late. God bless.   Name not given - Pray for my family's safety and bless the world and everybody in it. Thank you.   Name not given - I want to put in for a request in for Edie to ease her arthritis pain in her joints. I want to put a prayer request in for Hunter to get over his allergies and itching and to leave the Mayo Clinic healthy. I would like to put a prayer request in for Melanie to help her on her journey into her new job and her GED test.   Kenneth - I pray for guidance as I get ready to leave this wilderness. I don't have anything or anyone on the outside whom I can trust or depend on and it's scary to be going out there and not know what lies ahead for me. I don't want to get in the way and start posing my own will to the situation. I'm standing on my faith that everything will be fine but I ask for prayer for strength to hold on when times get rough or when things don't happen as fast as I may need or want.   Michael - Please pray for my family especially Nancy the woman I plan to marry.   Name not given - I pray that God continue to use us as vessels that carry his message to loss sinners. Amen. I pray that God continues to give us the power to carry out His will everyday. Amen.   Name not given - I would like to play for my children, my family and loved ones. All the man and woman Sheridan, all retain Sandy victims, went Osborn and his family, my grandchildren, Denise and her family, Ret and family, Mrs Lager and family and Scott's son.         Sheridan Correctional Center Renewing Fatherhood   Roderick - Please pray for my children and loved ones pray I retain custody of my children and pray for my upcoming court date and for an early release.    Fadell - Pray for overwhelming issues I need to deal with the biggest being my dealing with my wife's death in an auto accident in 2008.    Chris - That my girlfriend and my children are safe and that they'll resume communication.   Jonathan - That I continue to seek God and improve upon myself and feel better about myself.   Santos - I continue to learn on ow to better express my emotions and respect myself.     Kendall County Jail Pastoral Visits   No pastoral visits     SOCPM Student Alumni Paroles   No paroles scheduled    SOCPM Student Alumni Discharged   Kevin - Sheridan Correctional Center Malachi Dads - Participant Oct. 2010 - Feb. 2011 Sentence discharged November 11, 2012   Robert - Sheridan Correctional Center Life Institute - Participant Aug. 2009 - Oct. 2009  Sentence discharge scheduled November 23, 2012

 

SOCPM Student Prayer Requests November 10, 2012

 

Prayer Request by Class Dixon CC Discipleship 101 Dixon CC Renewing Fatherhood Sheridan CC Discipleship 101 Sheridan CC Renewing Fatherhood Others Student Alumni Paroles Student Alumni Discharges     Sign-up to begin receiving bi-weekly prayer request for SOCPM ministry needs.   SOCPM Ministry Prayer Requests     Quick Links Soldiers of Christ Prison Ministries Student Prayer Requests     Greetings   Renewing Fatherhood at Dixon is on hiatus until the beginning of 2013 and the current session of Discipleship 101 at Dixon will draw to a close the day before Thanksgiving but things at Sheridan are revving up, especially Discipleship 100.   Class discussion in the latter one is really a great joy as I see the men so intensely wanting to learn more about God. Each class is a true blessing for me and to be used by God in such a way brings such great joy. Our God is awesome!   The joy would not be complete though if I did not have the encouragement of knowing that all of you are lifting these men's prayer request to that awesome magnificent glorious God of ours.   Glory to Him and Him alone.    Scott   Dixon Correctional Center Discipleship 101   David - Pray for my cellmate Robert. He struggles daily with depression and concentrating on his past mistakes. He is a believer, but focuses on the past instead of looking with joy on Jesus Christ, his Savior and Lord. In some ways I do the same sometimes, but I still seek to serve and obey my King Jesus Christ. Thank you and God bless you! Titus 2:11 - 15     Dixon Correctional Center Renewing Fatherhood   No class in session, schedule to resume at a future date.     Sheridan Correctional Center Discipleship 100    Terry - Please pray for my family and me, that God may bless us all and keep us safe in life and my family and me grow in the word of God and do the right thing in life.   Dale - Basically just thank God for his mercy and grace. It's such a blessing to truly believe and have true favor in God through Jesus Christ our Savior. Of course pray for my mom Rosie and my family, friends and loved ones. Also that my financial support continue.   Paul - Requesting prayer for my family, friends and enemies. Please pray for my son and me in our court matters, health for my wife and family. Amen! PS pray for Scott's son for his eyes to be open to quitting drinking.   Joseph - I would love for a prayer to go out to everyone this holiday season. Pray for my family, my hometown church in Mammoth Illinois and first United Methodist Church as well. Also a prayer for the sick and suffering still with their addictions. Pray for more people to come to the Lord and just get right with the Lord. Thanks to all those that say a prayer for us and also pray for God's children as well. Thank you.   Brandon - I pray that the gospel reaches every man in this prison that they make their choice. I pray for my children and family dealing with my absence around these holidays.   Chris - Could you please give my wife Andrea and children Alexis, page, and Kaylee in your prayers. Pray that they get everything they need also that Andrea is able to remain sober. Thank you.   Daniel - Please pray for my mom who is 72. She was behind her car in the driveway getting meals to be delivered to senior meals and the car in front of her in the driveway backed up and hit her car into her and knocked her over. She hit her head hard on the cement and she is having shooting pains, memory problems in concussion symptoms. Please lift her up in prayer, her name is Vivien. Please pray for me that I will read by my relationship with Jesus and help me with my walk. I have been here eight months, and have gone pretty stagnant in distant from the negativity here.   Jose - I would like to pray for my family, my kids, my three children's names are angel, Bibi, Reina. Pray for my girlfriend Victoria and for me too because I am going to try some things and I need help. Please pray for me. Thank you and God bless you. Help me I have problems. Pray for those people that lost their homes in New York God bless them.   Dean - pray for my father Curtis and his cancer. Pray for my grandson Austin seven years old he has serious stomach bacterial viruses that they are not sure of!   Dennis - I would like to make a prayer request for peace and strength in my life I'm asking that the father will protect and provide for my family. May He healed the sickness of my loved ones and leave my family. Uncle Jorge, Miriam, Norma, Franny and Ivan to salvation in the name of Jesus. May the Lord bless my great grandmother with life and my father in law Thomas, who suffers from Huntington's disease. Praying always for the will of the Father in peace in Jerusalem. Amen.   Kenneth - I would like to thank God for everything he's done and continues to do in my life. For everything he's allowed me to experience and go through both the good and bad, for I recognize that everything I've gone through was for my own good and well-being. Thank you Lord for strengthening me morally, mentally and spiritually. Continued to chasing me when I do anything that is not of your will Lord and set my feet on the path you would have me go. Thank you God and I love you.   Herman - I would like for you to pray for my family and me and all the lost souls because we all need prayer and I will pray for you and the people on the East Coast.   Name not given - I pray that God blesses me with a great future also to send his Holy Spirit among the lost, sinners and among these people dealing with the aftermath of the famine. Amen.   William - Please pray that I stay strong in the Lord. That I continued to resist all evil thoughts. That he keeps us safe, healthy insecure. That I do His will in that He takes me home to my family very soon. Thank you.    Sylvester - I pray for the victims of hurricane Sandy in for the victims of the snowstorms. I pray for comfort and peace to fill the families that lost loved ones in that have lost possessions. May we be able to see your grace in abundant mercy throughout any in every trial in Jesus name I pray, Amen!   Johnnie - I ask for prayer for humanity as a whole it can be so cruel out there and sometimes we lack the endurance to follow through on our next best thing to do. Thank you.    Name that given - I would like to pray for Melanie to help her with CNA in school and her GED it to put her faith in Jesus. I would like to put a prayer request in for the Briney family testifying Jesus. I would like to put up for a request in for Hunter is going to the Mayo Clinic in Cincinnati Ohio for treatment.   James - Pray for Cayden to except my teachings of his feelings, identification, acceptance and properly dealing with them and connection instead of this feeling of disconnect and my own personal image of me drowning to help him. My mother Becky for her health eyes and knees in getting back to work part time. Jessica for her teachings in my brother in-laws plus their marriage. Scott the teacher's family is great to do God's will not his own. My father Lewis's health and business,  to be more open-minded to courageously text situations when and where needed.    Name not given - My family, children and grandchildren, Tennille and Denise in their family, Warden Osborne and his family, Cameron and Scott and family, Terry that he pulls together, myself that I learn how to hear God, Latonia and Lee family.   Lamar - Pray for my daughter Kayla, pray for my family and friends, pray for my associates, pray for my old Cellie's mother, she just had a surgery, and pray for his family, pray for Shanice and her whole family, pray for my future ahead and pray for my daughter's mother.     Sheridan Correctional Center Renewing Fatherhood   Keith - Pray for strength to endure. Pray for family and kids. A stronger relationship with God. Continue to change my heart. Joy.   Michael - When I'm praying for all, I'm also praying for you. I would really like for you to keep my kids right, grandmother, in your prayers she sick right now so I asked God to heal her and to also watch over my children while they are out of town in Georgia. Thank you, I love you and God bless you!   Duane - Can you pray for me and all my loved ones please. Ask Him to remove all our negative ways and replace them with positive ways. Keep all of us safe and healthy! Pray for my daughters and her mom! Thank you!   Clevon - Would you please pray for me and my family and every man woman and child. Thank you.   Name not given - Pray for my children, mother, father, brothers and sisters and my kids mother.   Chris - Please pray that my family will be safe and healthy. My son and his mother are okay and hopefully I will see them soon. Thank you and God bless.     Kendall County Jail Pastoral Visits   No pastoral visits     SOCPM Student Alumni Paroles   Christopher - Sheridan Correctional Center Graduate Renewing Fatherhood - Nov. 2011 - Feb. 2012 Discipleship 101 - Nov. 2011 - Mar. 2012 Discipleship 102 - Mar. 2011 - Jun. 2011 Discipleship 103 - JUn. 2011 - Sept. 2011 Scheduled for parole November 5, 2012   David - Sheridan Correctional Center Graduate Renewing Fatherhood - Nov. 2011 - Feb. 2012 Discipleship 101 - Nov. 2011 - Mar. 2012 Discipleship 102 - Mar. 2011 - Jun. 2011 Discipleship 103 - JUn. 2011 - Sept. 2011 Scheduled for parole November 5, 2012   SOCPM Student Alumni Discharged   John - Sheridan Correctional Center Graduate Malachi Dads - Oct. 2010 - Aug. 2011 Paroled November 4, 2011 had his sentence discharged November 2, 2012

 

STORIES OF FAITH AND COURAGE FROM PRISON, due out November, 9th, 2012.

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This inspirational book is a collection of true stories laid out in a daily format; one per day for 365 days. Each story will tell about a work of God in the lives of those who have experienced some aspect of prison. A single scripture verse will accompany each writing, pointing to the hope and truth found in God’s word

While incarcerated, many inmates spiritually hit bottom and come face-to-face with the choices they have made. Thankfully, God uses Christian volunteers, prison chaplains, family members, outside friends, Christian pen pals, and other inmates, to share His love and truth with the lost behind bars. Regardless of how they are offered hope, inmate’s testimonies, along with their daily walk challenges, are moving and inspirational.

You will read amazing stories including Brandon, a prisoner who had a prayer warrior mother, and was also visited by a Christian volunteer. Brandon came to Christ while incarcerated, and witnessed constant gang activity behind bars, including preying upon the youth on the outside. Since his release, Brandon often risks his life in his ministry of intervening in the lives of youth who are at risk to become involved in gang activity.

The battle for the souls of inmates is fierce. One female prisoner said, “When I first arrived at prison in 2002, Christianity was openly practiced and Satanic practices were underground. Now it is just the opposite.” This inspirational book will remind Christians of their admonishment by Jesus to visit the imprisoned, to pray for them, and to share the gospel with them (Matthew 25:36). These collective, true stories will especially touch those who are uncomfortable with prison ministry, helping them to develop compassion for the shunned souls of society.