by Christy Hoagland Last week, at the end of one of our services, a young man, mid-twenties, surrendered his life to Jesus. He was broken and distraught, he doesn’t know how to live any other way then what he’s known all his life. He has two young children at home and one on the way,Continue reading “A NEW WAY TO LIVE”
Category Archives: Prison Ministry
UNWORTHY SERVANTS
by Christy Hoagland “So you also, when you have done all that you were commanded, say, ‘We are unworthy servants; we have only done what was our duty.’” Luke 17:10 We, the Sing for the King Ministry team, is often thanked for serving the Lord. I understand that you want to thank others for pouring into youContinue reading “UNWORTHY SERVANTS”
REAL LOVE
by Christy Hoagland Love….it seems like a common theme in the posts I’ve written but it is anything but common. God’s love for me, for the men we minister to, and the people we meet continues to overwhelm me. The Gospel overwhelms me – God’s love shown to me, to us by sending His SonContinue reading “REAL LOVE”
SOMETHING TO LIVE FOR
by Christy Hoagland Our team had a pretty incredible week, 4 services in 4 different prisons in a span of 7 days; we are scheduled for 18 prison events/services in the month of October…isn’t God amazing?!? Here’s week one… On Sunday night as we were getting ready to begin, I was singing a song asContinue reading “SOMETHING TO LIVE FOR”
FROM STRANGERS TO FAMILY
by Christy Hoagland On Friday afternoon I received a phone call asking if we would visit a man’s dying father, his son was worried about his spiritual condition and desperately wanted someone to tell him about Jesus. He was in a hospital not far from us and it was on our way to our prisonContinue reading “FROM STRANGERS TO FAMILY”
BRAND NEW LIVES
by Christy Hoagland “I’m brand new?!?” was exclaimed over and over by a young man that had just prayed to receive Christ. Tears were rolling down his cheeks as three other offenders who had just prayed that same prayer embraced him. Four lives changed forever by the Gospel of Jesus. Let me give some backstoryContinue reading “BRAND NEW LIVES”
SWEAT AND GOOSEBUMPS
by Christy Hoagland Sweat and goosebumps…how is that even possible? God! That’s how! Last week, the Sing for the King team had the privilege of participating in a baptism service at Algoa Correctional Center along with many other ministries. We have attended before and have always been abundantly blessed but this night was like noneContinue reading “SWEAT AND GOOSEBUMPS”
NO RECORD OF WRONGS
by Christy Hoagland 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 “4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5 It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, alwaysContinue reading “NO RECORD OF WRONGS”
FOR HIS GLORY
by Christy Hoagland How are you living for God’s Glory? At one of our services this week a man asked us to pray for strength. He has decided to close his case which means he is going to serve out the rest of his term without going before the parole board and trying to getContinue reading “FOR HIS GLORY”
FAMILIES AND FELONS
By Christy Hoagland We take prayer requests in our prison services and one of the greatest desires of the incarcerated is reconciliation with their families. They long to be restored to the ones they love, they ones they belong to. And they need that connection with the outside world, they yearn for their forgiveness,Continue reading “FAMILIES AND FELONS”
