Amazing night in prison last night... humbling, powerful, huge, high impact...
Got in from Peru Sunday afternoon, did huge party for amazing granddaughter Reese - 3 yrs. old! Then Pablo and I drove 10 hours to southwest part of Texas...
We conducted meeting by invitation of great ministry to prisons - Boyd Harrell of C.O.O.L. prison outreach - 60 men from the Terrell Unit of the Texas State Penitentiary Correctional System crowded into a small side room last night and as the music hit, they raised their hands, began to sing - and I just about lost it... Some men in prison for over 20 years, some never to get out...but, there we were with hands raised, music loud, singing at the top of their voices "I have freedom in the glory of the Lord!" wow...
I must say I was humbled to be with them - Pablo gave great testimony, Boyd hit another homerun, some other men had some great testimonies, then they had me get up to speak - I think to balance the greatness of the others with something a little lighter weight - (having me speak makes others look really good) - but, what an evening!
These guys had Maximized Manhood memorized...We gave each man a Strong Men in Tough Times book and workbook... signed each one, and really had an awesome and blessed evening...
One man told me, he had committed terrible crime at age 50, never in trouble before- but, what got him there was no role model as a man - and now, at 53 and 5 years from getting out - now, he knows what a man is! Another had killed his girlfriend he found cheating on him - he's been in 14 years - he said Maximized Manhood is how he got saved... and now, if he never gets out, he is a REAL MAN!
This is what the men's movement is all about...THIS IS THE REAL GLOBAL MEN'S MOVEMENT! ONE MAN AT A TIME!
NO SUPERSTARS, BUT JESUS - NO AGENDA, BUT MATURITY - BUILD MEN, BUILD CHURCHES, TRANSFORM CULTURE!
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Now that is a report of KEEPING IT GOIN!
It's 2011. I should have posted when I first saw my Fiancé's face in 3 of the pictures @ Terrell Unit. He spoke of this meeting in our visit. Loved every bit of it! He was a changed man when he went in and he is even more of a man now.
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