Stay tuned to meet a
man that was once forced
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to be behind bars
but now... loves it...
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my name is Yvonne
Lewis, and you're watching
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Urban Report
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Hello and
welcome to Urban Report.
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My guest today is Lemuel Vega...
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Founder of
"Christmas Behind Bars"
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and a featured host on
3abn's Program... "Free Indeed"
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Welcome to
Urban Report Lemuel...
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Yeah... Thank you...
yeah, blessings to you...
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Yeah... I'm so glad you're back
because you were here before
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and we had so... you
had so much information
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and it just felt like
we didn't have enough time
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so, I had to bring
you back... Amen...
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because your passion
for your ministry is just...
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and your
ministry is so powerful...
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Well, it has exploded
since the last time we talked
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so praise God... can
we start with Scripture
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Sure, please... I
would like to start with
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John Chapter 4 verse 7...
There cometh a woman of Samaria
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to draw water...
Jesus saith unto her,
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"Give me to drink"
there was a dialogue
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that took place and we'll skip
down to John Chapter 4 verse 13
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Jesus answered and said unto
her "Whosoever drinketh of this
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water... physical, literal
water shall thirst again... "
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but Jesus said,
"Whosoever drinketh of the
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water that I shall give
him, shall never thirst... "
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and that's what we're
talking about here today
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is "Living Water"
hope for the communities,
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hope for the inner
cities, hope for the people
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who find their lives
have been derailed... Amen...
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Amen... Jesus
says, "But whosoever
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drinketh of the
water that I shall give him
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shall never thirst but
the water that I shall give
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him... shall be in
him a well of water...
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springing up into
everlasting life... "
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so there has to be a
relationship, a decided thought
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in a person's life
that they want change...
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I have two bottles of water here
there's a demonstration here
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because here it talks
about water springing up
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unto everlasting life...
so there has to be a journey
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there has to be a decisive
decision... that a person wants
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something different... now, if
you have 2 bottles of water here
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which we do... a
bottle of dirty-looking water
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and we have a
bottle of clean water
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which one would
you prefer to drink?
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Oh, definitely the
clean one. The clean one...
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we all want
clean... Amen... Amen...
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we all have been
trying all of our lives
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since little children to
change the internal drama
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that's been going
on... no one had to teach us
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how to lie, steal or cheat...
so you desire the clean water
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but somehow...
perhaps... people in our world
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in my own personal
life, I desire the clean water
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but I found my life was
infected with the dirty water
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could you hold
this for me... Sure...
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so, how do we get... I'll
have you hold the water here...
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how do we get from the
dirty water to the clean water
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is... we ask Christ for
help in our lives... Amen...
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Okay... "so
Lord... please help me... "
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wow... is the
cup clean yet? No...
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No, the cup isn't clean
yet, but day by day we say,
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"Lord I need your
help with my life... "
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Is the cup clean yet? No...
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It's a daily
deal... so don't give up...
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when you ask God
for help in your life
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and it doesn't
change automatically
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don't give up...
is the cup clean?
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You know what? It is now...
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It looks clean...
okay... so, we've been walking
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with Jesus for a
minute... okay...
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things have been going
good and all of a sudden...
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maybe you
cussed your parents out
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or you cussed the
police out or something...
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Is the cup clean? No...
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Let me tell you what
Jesus does, Jesus said,
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"I will never leave
you nor forsake you... "
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and Jesus has got a big
cup so wherever you are at
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you just continually
allow God to transform your life
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Yes... So,
that's the deal with the
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clean water and the dirty
water, so, thank you for being
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a part of that... our lives...
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people in the world
desire this clean water
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but we find our lives infected
with a problem called "sin"...
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and Jesus is that
answer... and that's the water
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when He begins to come in and
impart the Spiritual application
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of the Living Water into our
lives... then we begin to grow
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and it will be a work in
continuation until Jesus comes
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so that's the power
of the everlasting gospel
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the three angels' message...
And that's what we need...
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isn't it? I mean
we... this was a great
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illustration
because you're showing that
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you're not immediately...
just because you asked
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to be cleansed...
doesn't mean that you're never
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going to sin
again... you make mistakes...
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but the Bible says... if
we sin... we have an advocate
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with the Father...
Jesus Christ the Righteous...
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so we can go to Him and
say, "Lord, I've messed up...
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please help me... " and
He continues to cleanse us
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from all unrighteousness...
And "justification" is...
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we come... just
as we are... Amen...
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Yes... because
some people have the
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thought that they'll
get all cleaned up first
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and then they'll
come to Jesus. Right...
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And that's not true...
I've heard that so many times
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like... I'll come to
the Lord... but not now...
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I'll come to Him...
when I've changed...
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we can't change...
that's the problem...
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that's why we're
sinners and in of a Savior...
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because we can't change...
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The woman who was
caught in adultery...
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did she get cleaned up first?
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When? When she came that day...
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they dragged her up to Jesus?
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No... no... They
brought her in her sin...
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They caught her in
the act of adultery...
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And what did
Jesus tell that sister?
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"Go and sin no more... "
"Neither do I condemn thee
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but go and sin no
more," but we must come,
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just as we are... Praise God...
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I have something that
the children of moms and dads
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it's an information pack
from Christmas Behind Bars
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an envelope... and
so, if any of our viewers
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know of anybody
who is incarcerated...
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they can send
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the incarcerated loved
one's information to us...
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and we will send them
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an information packet
from Christmas Behind Bars...
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so they have an opportunity
to sign up for free book offers
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free Bible Study
offers and things like that...
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so, any of our viewers
if they know of anyone who's
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incarcerated...
they can go online...
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at christmasbehindbars. org
and fill out the little form
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and then we will
see that their loved one
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gets an
information pack in the mail...
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so that's something
new... But I want to come back
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to that...
because... let's talk about
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what Christmas Behind Bars is...
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some of our viewers might
not have seen the first program
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that you did with us...
tell us Christmas Behind Bars
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what is it?
Christmas Behind Bars is a
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Program that
started 16 years ago...
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it started with one
county jail in Central Indiana
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and we put a little devotional
book in the Package...
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a toothbrush, a bar of
soap, a few granola bars
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a few things like
that... so we actually
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take and make gift
packages for men and women
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that are in prison...
Oh... and how necessary is that!
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I was watching
"Free Indeed" and I saw...
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one of the inmates talked
about how much that meant to
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receive that... no
one was writing him...
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no one was visiting him...
and when he got that package
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it was... it was like
Jesus coming to him...
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it was a manifestation really
of the Lord's love to him...
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of someone
reaching out and saying...
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"You're not worthless...
you are a human being...
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worthy of a gift... " and
so, when this ministry that
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you're doing... to
me... it's so transforming...
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because you're
saying... to people who think
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they have no
one... "We love you...
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we love you... " and
this is what you give them
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what are some of the responses
that you get when you give it?
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The responses are
absolutely amazing...
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we got a response from
Virginia, we just completed
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30,000 gift packages
to the State of Virginia
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that's every man and woman
in the whole state of Virginia
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received a gift package
from Christmas Behind Bars...
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so that's amazing... but
the core letter that I got
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out of stacks of
letters from Virginia
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was with this
ministry... you are reaching
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the "unchurched," the "unsaved"
and you are encouraging
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those who've
made a relationship...
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a commitment to
start with Jesus...
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to follow Jesus,
so... and that's what
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Christmas Behind
Bars is all about...
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unbeknownst to me
when the program started...
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we are able to reach every man
and woman in the whole prison
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in the whole
jail... whoever they are...
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it's not just a call, "Hey, who
wants to go to Church today?"
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"Who wants to go to Church?"
and 30 people trickle out...
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out of a prison
of 2,000 inmates...
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but every man and woman
in the prison receives a gift
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and that's the gift
that God gave me 16 years ago
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when I was sick
and ready to die...
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He gave me hope...
through a magnificent
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sunset that I'd never seen...
I mean... just amazing...
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in a derelictic
state with 24 hours clean
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I said, "Dear Jesus, please
help me... I want to quit...
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but I can't... "
and through that...
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God gave me
something to encourage me
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and through this...
it's encouraging thousands
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and thousands of people
for the Kingdom of Heaven...
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and so that's
amazing... It is... you have...
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such a unique past...
because you can totally relate
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to those inmates...
because you were one...
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Amen... Just give
us just a little bit
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of your testimony, if you
would share what happened to you
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that led you into
the prison system...
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As a young man... I
struggled with a "sin" problem
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you know, lying, stealing,
cheating... so I was born with
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that nature as we
all... in the human race are...
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and so, I thought that somehow
if I could get enough money
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as a young man...
I'd begin to fit in...
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I'd begin to connect... I
was a little businessman...
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if you will...
buying and selling drugs...
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and by the time I was 18 my
daddy always told me, he said
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"Kid, if you don't change your
ways... you're going to be in
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prison by the time you're 18 "
I said, "All right... whatever"
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you know... and I just
kind of accepted that...
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Well, at 18 years old... I
was sent to a small, rural,
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county jail looking at
10 to 20 years in prison...
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and Sister... I wanted "change"
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I wanted change... I
didn't want that way of life
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and that desire...
there at 18 years old...
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was to reach out to people
who were 12- and 13-years-old
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if I could just go back and tell
them... not to go this road...
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because this isn't happening...
Well, I got out of prison...
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it was some years
later... I got out of prison...
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and I begin to... I
never really committed
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my life to
Christ... I tried Christ...
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tried to read the Bible...
but yet I never surrendered
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and allowed him to
come into my life...
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and so, 16 years ago...
sick and ready to die...
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I got down on my knees... I
asked Christ for help in my life
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so I had a terrible past...
just like every brother and
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sister incarcerated...
every child born upon the face
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of the earth... they just
feel like they don't fit in...
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but with Jesus... they do...
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and He'll cleanse us internally,
programs in the world don't
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change us... Anger
Management classes,
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Alcohol classes, Drug classes,
Sex classes, Gambling classes,
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they tried to change
us on the exterior...
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Right... By Jesus coming in...
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per our invitation...
begins to change us
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on the interior... Yes...
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so, when Christmas Behind
Bars started... I had about...
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one year clean...
and it started with
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one little county jail
and then now it's growing
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just magnificently, Sister...
Well, that's tremendous...
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So, because of your experience
you knew the loneliness...
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you knew... how the inmates
feel there... day after day...
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without receiving
visits or mail or whatever...
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you knew that... that
whole deal... and so...
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it was... I think... it was so
obvious that God just called you
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into this because you
have a unique connection
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with the brothers and sisters...
Amen... and Christmas is the
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loneliest time of
one's incarceration...
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I don't know why...
Oh, tell us... tell us
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tell us a little bit
about that. I mean, people...
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officers coming in and
they're singing happy songs
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and it's almost Christmas...
you know, and so hopefully
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at some point... we
had a good Christmas
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in our lives...
somewhere as a child...
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hopefully... and so
we just think of being
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at home with mom and
dad, or being... whatever...
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and so, Christmas
was the loneliest time
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of my incarceration...
and I want you to know...
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the name Christmas Behind
Bars, doesn't mean we just
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do this at Christmas...
and it has absolutely nothing
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to do with Santa
Clause or jingle bells or
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Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
because they didn't do anything
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for our babies
while we were locked up...
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All right... all right...
Those men don't do anything
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for our babies
while we're locked up...
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but Jesus' coming into our lives
begins to change us internally.
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Yeah... yes, yes... so
how did you get the name
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Christmas Behind Bars?
Because it was always finished
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by Christmas... it would grow...
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it was started at Christmas...
and then it would go...
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November and
December and then it went
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October, November, December,
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and then it started, September,
October, November, December,
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we were always
finished by Christmas,
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and somebody
actually named the program...
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we were running
for about 6 years
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and they gave me a
brochure and it said,
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Christmas Behind Bars... and
it had the logos and everything
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because I can't read, or
draw, or write or spell...
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and so God worked that
out too. That's tremendous...
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it is such a great
Program... tell us about
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some of the inmates whose
lives have been changed...
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as a result of
Christmas Behind Bars...
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Well, inmates have
written many beautiful letters
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they've made
commitments, they said that,
00:12:21.25\00:12:23.46
if God can change
and work in your life...
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He can change my life...
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you've been where I've
been so I know that where
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you are going... I can go too...
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and we just always want
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to keep them directed
with Jesus... because if people
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are just looking at
me... and then I get irritated
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or frustrated... I don't
represent Christ rightly...
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we want them to continue in
their relationship with Jesus.
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So, that's what it's about...
Absolutely, you don't want to
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be exalted... you want
Christ to be exalted...
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Amen... That's how
it's supposed to be
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because when man looks at man
you know, we make mistakes...
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we mess up... but
Christ... if He is lifted up...
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He'll draw all men unto Him...
He'll draw all men unto Him...
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so, that's great... so
the children of inmates are
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uniquely affected by the
incarceration of their parents,
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the fatherlessness... you
know, when mom's are gone...
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so, tell us again
about what you have
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in this package... that
children can get involved in
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to send to their parents...
Amen... and I do want to say
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for all the children
out there in the world today
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who do have people
behind bars, moms or dads...
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I just want them to know
that "Daddy still loves you...
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Mommy still loves you... "
even though there might have
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been abuse... there
might have been beatings,
00:13:33.75\00:13:35.54
the crack... the
alcoholic stupors
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and right now...
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they love their
children more than ever
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because they can think and their
heart yearns to be reconnected
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with their children... so,
if Daddy can make a decision
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for Christ... if Mommy...
if the children can make a
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decision for Christ...
how is it that they'll be able
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on that glorious day
when Christ comes back
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because God's been
working together...
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Anybody... out there
today that knows of anybody
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that's
incarcerated... can go online at
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christmasbehindbars. org
there's a form that they can
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fill out for their
friend, loved one, mom or dad,
00:14:06.07\00:14:08.97
that's in
prison... send it to us...
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they'll fill it out right
there and what we'll do is
00:14:10.92\00:14:13.07
we'll send this information pack
to those that are incarcerated,
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inside this information pack...
those that are incarcerated
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they can sign their children
up for, "Your Story Hour"
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"Adventures in the Holy
Bible" the inmates can sign up
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for the offers that
3abn offers for inmates...
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there are a lot of Bible
studies and a lot of book offers
00:14:29.28\00:14:31.82
so, here it is...
the children are actually
00:14:31.85\00:14:33.98
encouraging mom and
dad that's in prison...
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they'll say, "Wow,
where did that come from?"
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you know, it came from
whoever the viewer is today...
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and then... they have an
opportunity that something
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might show up at their
doorstep this information pack
00:14:42.63\00:14:45.07
from the one that's incarcerated
so how beautiful is that?
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Wow, you know, one of the
things that's so sad to me
00:14:48.03\00:14:51.10
is the disconnection...
the family is torn...
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and the issue of fatherlessness
is a huge sociological issue
00:14:55.68\00:15:02.34
because... when the man is gone
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that house-band...
00:15:04.98\00:15:07.04
that one that's to be
the provider and protector
00:15:07.08\00:15:09.83
is no longer there... so
the children can be depressed
00:15:09.87\00:15:13.51
they have a lot of
anti-social behavior
00:15:13.54\00:15:16.07
they drop out from school...
all these things happen
00:15:16.10\00:15:19.77
because the family
is broken and I've...
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on Dare to Dream
00:15:23.85\00:15:25.25
we are very big on
promoting the family
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and things that are going to
make a difference in the family,
00:15:29.19\00:15:31.68
this is huge because it will
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allow people to...
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first of all... the
inmates will get mail...
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Amen... Right... which is...
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someone told me that
this inmate said that
00:15:38.67\00:15:41.24
it's like gold
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to just get a
letter... I mean... I bet you...
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even junk mail...
stuff we throw out, you know,
00:15:44.99\00:15:48.15
would be so welcomed
because it's a link to outside
00:15:48.18\00:15:51.34
so, now you have...
a link with a purpose
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right... because you
are connecting people
00:15:54.69\00:15:57.97
to the Word of God,
and to the Gospel...
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so they have hope now,
they are getting reconnected
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with their
families... all by the...
00:16:04.43\00:16:06.56
this is a great,
great outreach...
00:16:06.60\00:16:08.66
a great evangelistic tool,
tell us some of the other things
00:16:08.70\00:16:12.53
that Christmas
Behind Bars is doing...
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On the note of mail... one
inmate actually said that he
00:16:14.41\00:16:16.99
signed up for the Bible
studies just to get free mail...
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Hmmm... Just to get a mail call
00:16:19.62\00:16:21.80
just to have his name called,
"Donald, you got mail... "
00:16:21.83\00:16:23.84
and then he began sending those
back... his heart begins to...
00:16:23.88\00:16:27.08
the heart of stone
become a heart of flesh
00:16:27.11\00:16:29.20
and then he begins to share
the gospel with his parents...
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and his parents
surrender their lives to Christ
00:16:31.53\00:16:33.60
so that's how the
ripple effect goes...
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that God has an original
purpose for each and every one
00:16:35.41\00:16:38.04
of our lives...
Jonah... defied God's purpose
00:16:38.07\00:16:41.61
for his life and ran from God...
but yet when he surrendered
00:16:41.65\00:16:44.71
his life to Christ...
God came back and flipped it
00:16:44.74\00:16:46.86
and used Jonah for His
original mission to go into that
00:16:46.90\00:16:49.60
wicked city and God
wants to reclaim us and take us
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into that original purpose...
Christmas Behind Bars has now
00:16:52.31\00:16:55.53
got their sights on
the Cook County Jail...
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in Northern Illinois...
11,000 men and women are
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incarcerated in
the Cook County Jail...
00:17:02.68\00:17:04.31
biggest jail ever...
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I've thought about... by taking
gift packages to that jail...
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we just did a State of
30,000 packages in Virginia
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there's a truck that's coming
next week to take packages
00:17:12.77\00:17:16.01
to Minnesota... we
got packages that are
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going to Kentucky or Arkansas,
amongst all the State of Indiana
00:17:18.22\00:17:22.12
so, Indiana still keeps...
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we still try to keep
our brothers and sisters
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in Indiana supplied but God is
growing the work in great places
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there is a Program called...
it's called, "Bridging the Gap"
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and we put an application
in the gift package...
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that the inmates can
sign their children up
00:17:38.73\00:17:40.91
that there would
be a family member...
00:17:40.95\00:17:42.92
or there would be a
Church-family member...
00:17:42.96\00:17:44.90
go and visit the
inmate's family...
00:17:44.93\00:17:46.98
so it's called, Bridging the Gap
00:17:47.02\00:17:48.85
and so the inmates
will send those to us
00:17:48.88\00:17:50.62
and then we try to forward
those to different Churches
00:17:50.65\00:17:52.82
and Organizations,
that somebody will take
00:17:52.85\00:17:54.97
those children coloring
books, that somebody will
00:17:55.01\00:17:57.13
show up and bring
them a bag of groceries...
00:17:57.16\00:17:58.47
that someone would
answer a phone call to connect
00:17:58.51\00:18:01.00
with mom who's
distraught... you know...
00:18:01.04\00:18:03.10
and so that's
really a neat Program
00:18:03.14\00:18:05.51
that we're trying to undertake.
That's great... so you have some
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way to... kind of do
some kind of intervention
00:18:09.65\00:18:13.62
with that
family. A little bit...
00:18:13.65\00:18:15.07
we're just starting, we
get all the requests back
00:18:15.10\00:18:17.64
and then we sent
them to the Conference
00:18:17.68\00:18:19.02
and then the Conference
tries to distribute those
00:18:19.05\00:18:21.07
to different Churches...
and now the inmate's family
00:18:21.11\00:18:23.10
has already
requested that you come
00:18:23.14\00:18:25.01
and visit them... that means...
00:18:25.05\00:18:26.85
how cool is that...
you got an open invitation
00:18:26.89\00:18:28.74
to come and visit them... Yes...
00:18:28.77\00:18:30.12
we're hoping that that Program
00:18:30.15\00:18:31.43
will continue to grow...
And hopefully... to invite them
00:18:31.46\00:18:34.05
to your Church... Amen...
00:18:34.09\00:18:35.29
so that they'll start
coming to Church... then maybe
00:18:35.32\00:18:37.15
when the inmate comes out
and he's already found the Lord
00:18:37.19\00:18:41.10
he'll come to
Church... it's a great way...
00:18:41.14\00:18:43.43
to begin to build the Church...
Right... we spend thousands of
00:18:43.47\00:18:47.13
dollars on Evangelistic
Seminars cold calling people...
00:18:47.17\00:18:50.72
and this is a warm invitation,
00:18:50.76\00:18:52.24
"Hey, would you
come and visit me... "
00:18:52.28\00:18:53.63
to knock on their door and
do something for their family
00:18:53.66\00:18:55.81
or for their
children... so that's amazing...
00:18:55.84\00:18:57.93
Re-entry...
Re-entry is a big need and so
00:18:57.97\00:19:00.24
Christmas Behind
Bars... someone just donated a
00:19:00.28\00:19:02.74
40-year-old home...
and so we're trying to
00:19:02.78\00:19:05.17
dry-wall it, we need
appliances, we need carpet...
00:19:05.21\00:19:07.71
we need all kinds of
stuff we'll probably help
00:19:07.74\00:19:10.80
3 or 4... not a lot...
get out of prison and begin
00:19:10.84\00:19:13.82
changing their lives...
transitioning back into society,
00:19:13.86\00:19:16.35
I got a man that's getting...
I have a man... and that's
00:19:16.39\00:19:19.20
correct language... I got a
man, I have a man that's getting
00:19:19.23\00:19:22.00
out of prison next
month... and so we're preparing
00:19:22.04\00:19:24.31
this home for him... that he
will have an approved address
00:19:24.35\00:19:27.11
and just keep us in your prayers
on that note... re-entering...
00:19:27.14\00:19:29.61
Is it like a half-way
house? Yeah, it's going to be...
00:19:29.64\00:19:33.26
we're kind of the mentors
and we have other volunteers
00:19:33.30\00:19:36.89
who've gotten out of
prison... all our volunteers
00:19:36.92\00:19:39.07
have been in prison
for the most part...
00:19:39.11\00:19:40.73
And so... They
can totally relate to
00:19:40.76\00:19:42.29
to the people
that are coming out.
00:19:42.32\00:19:43.89
Yeah, and encourage and
include them and, I mean,
00:19:43.92\00:19:45.74
you have to do
all kinds of things...
00:19:45.78\00:19:47.53
you have to get a letter
to get a driver's license...
00:19:47.56\00:19:49.49
the list goes on and on...
but so, Christmas Behind Bars
00:19:49.52\00:19:51.41
is endeavoring to assist people
00:19:51.45\00:19:54.57
as they are being
released from prison...
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That is such an important
factor because one of the things
00:19:57.28\00:20:01.27
that I found with
people in my own family...
00:20:01.31\00:20:03.87
that have been incarcerated
and then released...
00:20:03.90\00:20:06.43
What do you do
when you come out?
00:20:06.46\00:20:08.53
You're shut out...
because... if you have a felony,
00:20:08.57\00:20:11.33
you are shut out...
it's hard to get a job,
00:20:11.36\00:20:13.25
it's hard to find housing
because you have a record
00:20:13.29\00:20:17.03
and when they do
those background checks...
00:20:17.07\00:20:19.24
you're shut out...
00:20:19.28\00:20:20.55
so, how do you re-enter society?
00:20:20.58\00:20:23.45
That's why on Dare to
Dream, we have "The New Journey"
00:20:23.49\00:20:26.28
you know, we have "Free
Indeed" we're really trying to
00:20:26.32\00:20:29.08
reach out to those
who've been incarcerated...
00:20:29.11\00:20:31.61
and say, "There are some
options... there are some
00:20:31.65\00:20:34.56
resources here... "
Does Christmas Behind Bars
00:20:34.59\00:20:37.43
offer resources as well
to inmates as they come out?
00:20:37.47\00:20:41.27
We're trying to... we
can send food vouchers to
00:20:41.30\00:20:43.71
people in our own Community
but as far as being able to
00:20:43.75\00:20:46.73
supply people with
clothes and suits and cars
00:20:46.76\00:20:49.56
and all that...
that's just huge...
00:20:49.60\00:20:50.79
and so right now it's
just the beginning stage
00:20:50.83\00:20:53.23
stage of that... but
we're trying to work...
00:20:53.26\00:20:55.57
that way and see
what God will do...
00:20:55.60\00:20:57.32
What you guys are
doing is so awesome...
00:20:57.36\00:20:59.21
Tell our viewers
what your needs are...
00:20:59.24\00:21:01.28
What does
Christmas Behind Bars need?
00:21:01.31\00:21:03.28
Well, we need willing people
to help sponsor these new States
00:21:03.32\00:21:07.44
Minnesota,
Arkansas, Cook County Jail...
00:21:07.48\00:21:10.19
it's just not going
to happen by itself...
00:21:10.23\00:21:11.91
because 11,000
packages like this...
00:21:11.95\00:21:15.23
would probably will
cost $3 to $4 a piece...
00:21:15.27\00:21:19.22
I mean we get toothbrushes
for 8 to 10 cents a piece...
00:21:19.25\00:21:22.90
that's great... the books
are probably 0.89 cents a piece,
00:21:22.93\00:21:25.66
the list goes on and
on... and so we need sponsors...
00:21:25.70\00:21:28.40
$11,000 times... I
mean... whatever...
00:21:28.43\00:21:30.57
so... financial resources...
we need Bibles... used Bibles
00:21:30.60\00:21:34.27
used or new Bibles...
they can be hard cover or
00:21:34.30\00:21:36.18
soft cover... so we need Bibles.
If they're written in already
00:21:36.21\00:21:40.63
can you use that? So,
Sister, let me tell you
00:21:40.66\00:21:42.03
something... if they're written
in... that makes them twice
00:21:42.06\00:21:43.73
as valuable... because
somebody that hasn't read the
00:21:43.77\00:21:45.95
Word of God...
they don't even know
00:21:45.99\00:21:47.18
where to start...
but if it's underlined
00:21:47.21\00:21:49.00
or if it's highlighted...
they open up and say,
00:21:49.03\00:21:50.69
"Wow, I'll read whatever is
important to somebody else...
00:21:50.73\00:21:52.68
I'll read over here... and
so, yeah, that's a real blessing
00:21:52.72\00:21:55.73
so they just box them
up they gather them up...
00:21:55.77\00:21:58.06
they ship them to us...
at Christmas Behind Bars
00:21:58.09\00:22:00.35
they go online...
get our address...
00:22:00.39\00:22:01.94
send to Christmas Behind
Bars, we'll take those Bibles
00:22:01.97\00:22:03.87
we'll go through them...
we'll make sure that there's no
00:22:03.90\00:22:06.06
personal information in
them and then we box them up
00:22:06.09\00:22:08.21
and then we take
them down to the Prison...
00:22:08.25\00:22:10.25
so, that's amazing...
Oh, that's so great...
00:22:10.29\00:22:12.39
I know people so
appreciate that...
00:22:12.43\00:22:14.47
they've got to appreciate
that, okay, so you need Bibles,
00:22:14.50\00:22:17.79
you need funds,
of course, donations,
00:22:17.83\00:22:21.69
do you need volunteers? We do...
00:22:21.72\00:22:23.45
we do need volunteers to
come down to the jails and
00:22:23.48\00:22:25.85
prisons... wherever
we're going, to come and sing
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and help pass out
packages, I want you to know
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that the Potomac
Conference in Virginia...
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they had probably
about 30 volunteers to come
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and help us deliver
this... last 15,000 packages
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and it was just a great
blessing and they told us that
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what they had been
trying to do for 13 years...
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they said, "God
did... in about a year... "
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they said, three
weeks... but it's taken a year
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to get all 30,000 packages
in the State of Virginia...
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but they've been
trying to get in every prison
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in the State of Virginia,
it took them 13 years...
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and it still hadn't happened,
but God opened the door...
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just wide open... to
where we had the privilege
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of going to every prison
cell, every man and woman
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and give them a gift package...
tell them that Jesus loves them,
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don't give up... there's
hope in the world today...
00:23:06.34\00:23:08.39
even though the CNN
News makes it look like...
00:23:08.42\00:23:10.43
just all the negative stuff
that we see in the news media
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doesn't bring us
hope... Yes, yes, what are
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some of the of the conditions...
inside... you know,
00:23:16.16\00:23:18.64
as a person who's... I've
been sheltered, basically,
00:23:18.68\00:23:22.54
so I don't really know,
like, what it looks like
00:23:22.58\00:23:26.19
deep inside the
jail... I know what it's like
00:23:26.22\00:23:29.76
if you go to visit
someone, but internally, like,
00:23:29.79\00:23:32.97
what's it like... in there?
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I'll tell you what it's
like... Sister... internally
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when all of your life consists
of a little package here
00:23:37.73\00:23:40.52
you got a few
socks, a few underwear,
00:23:40.56\00:23:42.36
a few cosmetics, a few things,
00:23:42.39\00:23:44.05
your whole life consists
of nothing more than this...
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so whether you go to segregation
or whether you have a job,
00:23:46.54\00:23:49.66
or whether you got to school
or whatever it is you still do
00:23:49.70\00:23:52.79
your whole life
consists of little or nothing...
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but if you have Jesus,
He will blow that up and
00:23:55.51\00:23:58.13
He will magnify it
and He will bless it...
00:23:58.16\00:23:59.60
and I've had inmate after
inmate tell me that they've got
00:23:59.63\00:24:01.82
more peace, and more
happiness, and more joy
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than they ever had in the
world, and if they wouldn't
00:24:03.97\00:24:06.21
have been incarcerated...
arrested for a moment in time
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that they could refocus
00:24:08.50\00:24:09.98
they would probably be
dead... so multitudes realize
00:24:10.01\00:24:12.83
that this is their time
period that they can grow...
00:24:12.86\00:24:15.07
a lot of people in the
world say "Well, that's just
00:24:15.11\00:24:17.29
jailhouse religion...
they just got Christ...
00:24:17.32\00:24:19.68
they're just weak... "
No... it takes a strong man
00:24:19.71\00:24:22.04
or woman...
especially in the penitentiary
00:24:22.07\00:24:24.06
to say, "I'm going to
follow Jesus, I'm not a part
00:24:24.09\00:24:26.34
of the gang no more, I
had a dude write to me... "
00:24:26.37\00:24:28.06
and He said that he
gave up the Latino Gang
00:24:28.10\00:24:29.72
blah, blah, blah, blah, blah...
he said, "Now, it's harder
00:24:29.76\00:24:32.07
externally it's harder...
" but he got more joy...
00:24:32.10\00:24:34.76
and more peace now...
than he ever had before...
00:24:34.79\00:24:36.68
so, if God be for
us... finish it out Sister...
00:24:36.71\00:24:38.90
...who can be against us...
who can be against us... Amen...
00:24:38.93\00:24:40.50
Right... God is so
good, and He reaches into
00:24:40.53\00:24:44.15
wherever you are... Amen...
00:24:44.18\00:24:46.26
He reaches you wherever you are
The ghetto, the neighborhood,
00:24:46.29\00:24:49.32
the alcoholic
stupor... Yes... yes... yes...
00:24:49.35\00:24:52.19
the dope house...
He's calling and wooing...
00:24:52.23\00:24:55.03
What I'm finding
now, Brother Lemuel, is
00:24:55.06\00:24:57.28
things are wrapping
up... Amen Sister...
00:24:57.32\00:24:59.50
and so, this is the
time... that's why I believe
00:24:59.54\00:25:02.11
God is opening
the doors for us...
00:25:02.14\00:25:04.25
all over... I
mean... just opening the door
00:25:04.28\00:25:06.37
so we can reach
people and let them know
00:25:06.40\00:25:08.29
there's a God that loves you...
00:25:08.33\00:25:10.15
and come out... even
if you're incarcerated...
00:25:10.19\00:25:13.02
you can come out
from that mindset...
00:25:13.05\00:25:14.89
and be free indeed... Amen...
00:25:14.93\00:25:16.88
and so, that's
what... that's why I know
00:25:16.91\00:25:19.07
you're about...
with your ministry...
00:25:19.11\00:25:21.05
I want you to
look into your camera
00:25:21.09\00:25:22.96
and I want you to
speak to that inmate
00:25:23.00\00:25:26.27
that doesn't know
Jesus... that inmate that
00:25:26.31\00:25:30.88
is where you used to be...
what would you say to him...
00:25:30.91\00:25:34.42
My Brother, my
Sister... wherever you are
00:25:34.45\00:25:37.13
in the world today...
little children at home
00:25:37.17\00:25:39.78
without mommies and daddies...
perhaps you've gotten in trouble
00:25:39.81\00:25:42.75
in school today...
there's hope for your life
00:25:42.78\00:25:45.26
and I found true
freedom... in and through...
00:25:45.30\00:25:47.76
a personal relationship
with Jesus Christ...
00:25:47.79\00:25:50.19
a derelict, drug-addicted,
sin-sick, alcoholic,
00:25:50.22\00:25:53.69
wife abuser... whatever it
was, my life was just in turmoil
00:25:53.73\00:25:57.95
and I asked Christ
for help in my life...
00:25:57.98\00:26:00.04
you may be a
doctor, you may be a lawyer,
00:26:00.07\00:26:02.06
you might be in a high-rise
office building today...
00:26:02.09\00:26:04.32
and whatever your
addiction may be...
00:26:04.35\00:26:05.92
it may be porn addiction,
it may be alcohol addiction,
00:26:05.96\00:26:08.32
whatever it is...
Jesus is the answer...
00:26:08.36\00:26:11.08
He will heal...
and mend the brokenness
00:26:11.11\00:26:13.80
that sin has caused in your life
00:26:13.84\00:26:16.01
and in our world
today... through your surrender
00:26:16.05\00:26:18.97
to Christ... He
will empower you,
00:26:19.00\00:26:21.10
you will be able to
walk in newness of life
00:26:21.14\00:26:24.00
experiencing peace, joy, hope,
in the midst of a turbulent time
00:26:24.04\00:26:29.24
Jesus is coming
soon, and I look forward
00:26:29.27\00:26:32.29
to seeing you, my
Brother, my Sister, my Friend,
00:26:32.33\00:26:35.40
in the Kingdom of Heaven,
at 2 o'clock in the morning...
00:26:35.44\00:26:37.91
you done had a
shoot-out with the police...
00:26:37.94\00:26:40.46
and you hang this out the
window what does this mean?
00:26:40.50\00:26:42.95
that means... I surrender...
how much are you surrendering
00:26:42.99\00:26:46.59
at this point? You're
willing to surrender all
00:26:46.62\00:26:50.04
and I'm asking you right now
00:26:50.07\00:26:52.30
to kneel down and ask Jesus...
as I did... 16 years ago...
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"Dear Jesus, please help me
I want to quit, but I can't,
00:26:57.08\00:27:01.75
dear Heavenly Father, I
pray that you will bless
00:27:01.79\00:27:04.56
every decision just
now, to bring honor and glory
00:27:04.60\00:27:07.31
unto you that we may meet
others in the Kingdom of Heaven
00:27:07.34\00:27:10.20
in Jesus name I
pray... Amen... Amen...
00:27:10.23\00:27:13.74
Sister Yvonne, it's been
a privilege to be with you
00:27:13.78\00:27:16.01
you asked me what we
need, we need a semi-truck...
00:27:16.05\00:27:18.18
Okay... We have
two semi-trailers
00:27:18.22\00:27:20.82
but we need a semi-truck to get
that product... down the highway
00:27:20.86\00:27:23.38
All right... well you know
what? by the grace of God...
00:27:23.41\00:27:26.27
you'll have that...
God is going to provide
00:27:26.31\00:27:28.93
all of your needs...
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Thank you so much
for being with us...
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Amen... May God bless you.
00:27:38.84\00:27:40.21
The Lord Jesus
expects us to life Him up...
00:27:40.24\00:27:42.99
so that he can
heal the brokenhearted
00:27:43.03\00:27:45.00
and set the captives free...
and he, who the Lord sets free,
00:27:45.04\00:27:48.84
is free indeed...
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