HAYS STATE PRISON - June 3
Pastor Kevin, Emily, and I went to Hays to hold the first Sunday service. There were 64 inmates in the service. Emily led the inmates in praise and worship. Then Pastor Kevin ministered from Judges 11 on Jephthah the Gileadite who was a mighty man of valor, but he was the son of a harlot. When his father Gilead's wife bore sons and they grew up, they drove Jephthah out told him he could have no part of his father’s inheritance because of who his Mother was. So Jephthah fled from his brothers and dwelt in the land of Tob; and worthless men banded together with Jephthah and went out raiding with him. Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valor: This brave and notable man in Israel had a clouded pedigree. His mother was a harlot, a common heathen prostitute. Worthless men banded together with Jephthah and went out raiding with him: Jephthah wasn't necessarily the leader of a band of criminals. The term worthless men does not necessarily mean a bandit: "The word may, however, mean in this place poor persons, without property, and without employment" but they stood by him and supported him. Pastor Kevin brought this message down to where the men live! When he was finished, he gave an altar call and 3 men came up for salvation. Then 13 men came up for prayer for rededication or a deeper commitment. It was an amazing service!!! God moved as always!!!