My past work as a VIC (Volunteer in Corrections) chaplain with the Missouri Department of Corrections was bittersweet. While many that I worked with as a chaplain at our local rescue mission had hope of refitting into society, many of the men in prison are Lifers with no chance of parole. However, I have looked in the eyes of some of these men and have seen a freedom that many outside prison walls fail to possess. They are truly free by the finished work of Jesus Christ.
Are we incarcerated today, spiritually? Have we allowed our spiritual jailer -- guilt and condemnation -- to doom us to death? "According to the greatness of Your power," O God, set these free from their spiritual bondage. Give them hope to rise from the ashes of despair and surrender to You!
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