Page 36 - Living Light - A Message of Joy!

Mission to Prisons
YOUR LETTERS
Mrs M. Surrey. “The new look is clean, clear, easy to read with a modern look,professional ... with a wonderful story to tell!”
Mrs G. Beds. “Thanks for the excellent presentation, we are really appreciating the words... they have been a blessing.”
Mr C. W Yorks. “It sets me up for the day and give me a spiritual lift”
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The person who works becomes productive in their service of God and then earns enough to help another is no longer a thief. Instead of, ‘Gimme, gimme, gimme’ this person, in dependence upon Christ, is thinking of others.
Please pray for Chaplains, serving God in our prisons. May such transformation become commonplace!
REV. DAVID FORTUNE
Free Church Chaplain
When is a door not a door?
When it’s ajar! Boom, Boom
OK not my best joke, but it does have a profound truth lying behind it. A door is not a door when it is something else. Answer this question carefully, ‘When is a thief, not a thief?’ When s/he is something else. So, what does the Bible say, ‘Anyone who has been stealing must steal no longer, but must work, doing something useful with their own hands, that they may have something to share with those in need.’ Ephesians 4:28
Working as a chaplain in prisons I have found it to be far more effective to state what a person can do rather than what they should not do. People usually know what they shouldn’t do! If you are trying to reform or transform with Christ’s help, look at the Bible alternative to see what you must put behind you.
UPCOMING NCT EVENTS
DECEMBER
18th Time out with God: Peter Cockrell 20th Carol Service & lunch
JANUARY
22nd Time out with God: Chris Hill 27th Men's Breakfast: Grant Smith
FEBRUARY
5th Jesus fully human, full God: Ben Cooper
19th Time out with God: Ian Moore 29th Ladies' Day: Anne Calver