Daily Java:
After Jesus had risen from the dead and ca me back to talk to his disciples, he was talking to Peter. Peter was a good man who had done a stupid and cowardly thing:
He had denied Jesus to a group of people. Because of this he felt like Jesus would never love him again.
Jesus told him, however, that Peter was going to live a long life in service to Jesus. The only thing was that at the end of his life, the great apostle Peter was going to become a prisoner because he was a Christian.
"Jesus said,' I tell you the truth, when you were younger you dressed yourself and went where you wanted; but when you are old you will stretch out your hands, and someone else will dress you and lead you where you do not want to go.' Jesus said this to indicate the kind of death by which Peter would glorify God.
Then he said to him, 'Follow me!' (John 21:18-19)
It was amazing how many people became prisoners for Jesus and were eventually executed. Church history says Peter was crucified upside down.
Being a prisoner is not necessarily bad. The apostle Paul, who wrote most of the Bible was a prisoner for a lot of his ministry.
The thing was, though, that he didn't do anything wrong. But he used his prison experience to do great things.
Some of the best prison ministers today were inmates themselves and found Jesus in jail or prison. Which shows that good can come from bad experiences. They obviously did something right.
You can be a good man or woman and be in jail. The key is to give yourself to Jesus and let him change you.
After all, even in the middle of the night in one of the worst places you have ever been, he still loves you and will set you free.
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