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Changed Lives

Chapter 6: Changed Lives

S I GREW in my faith, I was able to reach out to many
Aother prisoners and encourage them. God gave me a
compassion for the lost souls in prison. One of the people I
connected with was Ah Kit.
Ah Kit attended the worship services that I conducted
for Christian inmates. With my guitar in one hand and the
Bible in the other, I would lead a group in worship and teach
scripture. Ah Kit was a Christian but his faith was weak and
he easily fell into temptation and worldly pursuits. But as we
spent time together, I was able to help him totally submit his
life to Jesus once again.
Ah Kit had given up all hope in life and thought it was
better for him to commit suicide. He had attempted to take
his life during detention. This is a common situation among
prisoners. In Kajang Prison, he came to join us at the worship
services and I soon became acquainted with him.
I can vividly recall how initially Ah Kit dared not pray in
public for fear of being ridiculed. Neither was he bold enough
to lead worship and play the guitar. His reason was that he
was afraid of making mistakes. But when I shared with him
that he did not have to depend on himself but just allow the
Holy Spirit to guide him, Ah Kit learned to depend on God and
began to use his God-given talents during our gatherings. All
glory and praise to Abba Father! This is just one of the many
changed lives that I was privileged to witness.
Another prisoner, Ah Man, came into Kajang Prison in
2003. He was a devoted Siamese Buddhist who would pray
fervently in his prison cell to his gods, including Kwang Kong.
He had always believed that his gods protected him from all
kinds of accidents.
Occasionally, when Ah Man came to see me in my prison
cell, I would take the opportunity to explain the gospel.

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