Prison Fellowship has put together a service on National Prison Radio which will be broadcast on the morning of 18th April.
This Sunday the service shared will be exploring Luke 24:35-48 which tells us of Jesus appearing to the disciples… I have shared this passage below, so perhaps in a quiet moment later, you could read and reflect on these verses and pray your blessing on all who hear these words on Sunday from their prison cells.
Let us pray that those in our prisons would find peace and encouragement as they listen to the service.
Lord, in your mercy, hear our prayers,
Amen
This prayer is from the Prison Fellowship prayer diary for April.
“While they were still talking about this, Jesus himself stood among them and said to them, “Peace be with you.” They were startled and frightened, thinking they saw a ghost. He said to them, “Why are you troubled, and why do doubts rise in your minds? Look at my hands and my feet. It is I myself! Touch me and see; a ghost does not have flesh and bones, as you see I have.” When he had said this, he showed them his hands and feet. And while they still did not believe it because of joy and amazement, he asked them, “Do you have anything here to eat?” They gave him a piece of broiled fish, and he took it and ate it in their presence. He said to them, “This is what I told you while I was still with you: Everything must be fulfilled that is written about me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets and the Psalms.” Then he opened their minds so they could understand the Scriptures. He told them, “This is what is written: The Messiah will suffer and rise from the dead on the third day, and repentance for the forgiveness of sins will be preached in his name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. You are witnesses of these things.”
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