A quarter of a century, yes, 25 years ago a ministry named Let God Arise Ministries Inc. was called by God into existence to reach a segment of our society namely those in prison for a variety of reasons. God in His infinite mercy established a beach head in the Montgomery, Alabama jails to reach many lost souls calling them out of darkness into His marvelous light to proclaim to others that no matter how far a soul shall stray or how deep a hole one falls into God's Grace goes deeper. Arrested by God and serving a sentence of eternal life without the possibility of Parole, Brother Tom, as known by those the Lord draws to chapel service and a team of faithful volunteers (Jim, James, Aaron, Tommy, JD, David, Larry, Betty, Charlie, Dennis, Jay, Clay, Ken and Corky) to spread God's love to men & women that the Good Shepherd searches for and brings into His presence of forgiveness, mercy and unconditional love. As the Lord has taught us God sets up divine appointments with those He is saving. We have witnessed over the years some of the hardest hearts softened by the Holy Spirit and those you would never think would receive Jesus Christ into their hearts are some of the first to stand publicly and repent and ask Jesus to save them. Only God knows the condition of the human heart and only God can save those who seem irredeemable. A Satan worshipper comes to chapel and convicted of his sins by the Holy Spirit repents and reads the entire new testament three times while in the County jail. A man who bludgeoned another human being to death hears the words of Jesus "and the truth shall set you free" and tells the whole truth in court and God touches his heart, frees him from the heavy burden of shame & guilt for his crime and moved him to stand up in chapel and repent and ask Jesus into his heart and says, "even though I will spend the rest of my life behind prison bars I go into prison a free man". A man who took the life of a police officer asked, "does Jesus really love me"? I need a bible with large print (he was shot in the head w/limited vision) and God touches a woman in a bible study to offer a bible (never happened again) with large print and when presented to this man he wept like a child knowing that Jesus does in fact love him. Several months later he dies of AIDS while serving his sentence on death row. Another inmate who attempted suicide and serving a 100 year sentenced came to chapel at the request of one of the jail supervisors and myself and Lt Col(Tom Mc) now retired ministered the love and forgiveness of Jesus Christ to him. Today this inmate serves in the DOC chapel and has touched countless inmates, prison guards and yes, even the prison warden with the gospel message of God's unconditional love. Over 25 years tens of thousands of souls have received Jesus Christ into their hearts, thousands of bibles distributed, thousands of prayer needs prayed for, thousands of Our Daily Breads & other witnessing materials handed out and many pairs of eyeglasses given to inmates to help them read God's Word. Thank You for your investment into this harvest field of lost & imprisoned souls. Love always, Tom & Beth× References for Jeremiah 29:11Footnotes× References for Galatians 3:13Cross ReferencesFootnotes

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