Going To The BIG House

At the end of this week (3rd-6th) one of my very best friends, Jeff Miles is...Going To the BIG House. He is one of a team of thirty-eight men that will enter Crossroads Correctional Center (for men) with a group called, Kairos. Kairos Prison Ministry International, Inc. is the organization of a body of ministries addressing the spiritual needs of incarcerated men, women and children, to their families and to those who work in the prison environment.

Kairos is a ministry of the church...a ministry of the apostles whom Jesus, the Christ, has called into community and sent forth into the environment of the correctional institution. Kairos has been called the best example of the early church in existence today.

The selection process began with sixty inmates being chosen from the prison population: The number was further reduced to thirty-six inmates. These thirty-six inmates have a tremendous influence over their fellow inmates, either positive or negative in nature. One of the main goals of Kairos is for the inmates that participate in this program to create a positive atmosphere in their immediate surroundings. This will have a tremendous ripple down effect on the inmates and prison staff they interact with. But the most important thing that these thirty-six inmates would experience is found in Ezekiel 11:19-20. That verse says: "I will give them an undivided heart and put a new spirit in them; I will remove from them their heart of stone and give them a hear of flesh. Then they will follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws. They will be my people, and I will be their God." When your heart of stone is replaced with a heart of flesh, and the new spirit is received (Holy Spirit) then you have the peace that comes from having Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior.

Pray for Jeff and the team as they go into a hostile environment to present the Word of God to these thirty-six men. Pray That the Holy Spirit will will soften the inmates hearts of stone and make their heart(s) receptive to the Living Word of God.

Above: Crossroads Correctional Center
Above Right: Master Grillers, Jeff (left) and I practicing our skill.