Greetings,
In the Discipleship classes, we continued our course ‘The Basics of Christian Life’ with a teaching on ‘Facing the Enemy.’
In Dixon’s Malachi Dads class on Wednesday from ‘The Heart of a Man’ A lesson on “Developing a Heart of Godly Wisdom.” Attendance is still low there. Please pray for some new students. In the two Sheridan Malachi Dad classes, the teaching was from ‘Family Restoration,’ a chapter on ‘Family Shepherd’ education on the responsibilities of being a family shepherd.
No major updates on my mom’s health, please, continue in prayer that she handles the soft foods well, the doctors can remove the feeding tube and that she returns home to Prestige.
A praise a full-time chaplain has been hired at Sheridan. Please pray he will be a solid man of God’s Word and that he will be a strong advocate for the inmates and volunteers.
As always, thank you for your prayer support..
To Him be the glory!
Scott Kalas
Soldiers of Christ Prison Ministries
Discipleship
Dixon Correctional Center
Stan - That the Lord will take my mother soon!
Wesley - Pray for my cellie that he can get his eyesight better and that he goes next time to the outside doc and can find out that his pressure gets lower and he does not need surgery for the pressure by putting in a drain and that he can get his site to get better in the name of Jesus.
Randy - Scott's mom, health and God's will and protection, Scott's health and ministry, Michelle's health and protection, Cameron; addiction and salvation, my family for salvation and protection, and God's will for their lives. My health and protection and guidance from the Holy Spirit daily.
No name - Pray that circumstances regarding my case doesn't get towards being withdrawn from. Freedom belongs to all.
Wayne - Please pray for Tony that he goes to Teen Challenge so that he can overcome his addiction and become the godly man that He created him to be. Thank you.
Sheridan Correctional Center Afternoon
No name - I pray that God, please give me the strength to deny my fleshly desires so that Your will be done. Cleanse my mind, heart, and soul. Amen!
No name - can you please pray for my family; Carmen, Bobby, Alex. Thank you God bless you.
Sheridan Correctional Center Evening
Kevin - I am asking for prayer for my children and I. Please pray with me that they will love Jesus as their father and me as their dad. They may relationship show them God's will for men and women, and they are blessed with and by the love I share with and who is not their mother but soon will be my wife. God bless and help me in life commitments. Please help me be the man I say I am and that my heart wants to be. May God watch over Racquel and Tanner! Thank you so much! May our prayer life increase also!
Brother Jeffrey - Lord, I am thankful for your grace and mercy of your forgiveness. I pray for your child that you have blessed me to be his earthly father my son, Jacob Anthony, I ask you Lord to heal him of any sickness and the biopsy be invalid to his flesh body. I ask you Lord to bless him with the joy of your son Jesus with the everlasting spirit of love. Lord, I accept Your will be done in our lives. And service to you, in Jesus' name, amen.
Alex - please pray for my lovely family and that of my good friend Kanithia too. That they are safe and healthy while I am here and while I'm not there to help them. Keep safe and secure. Also, pray for my adversaries and salvation. In Jesus' name, amen.
David - Please pray for Forbes and his relationship with God. Guard his heart. Heal his desires for drugs. Deliver him for the desire to do drugs. Drive him towards loving brothers in Christ.
David - Please pray for Aaron. He is wrestling with the spirit of truth and pushing people away and pushing friends away. Now not here at Bible study.
Juan - Prayer for Scott and his family, Bless his mother, who seeks to come home, home where she belongs. Lord, I thank you for everything you do for us, and for keeping me in your faith and give me grace, God bless my family as well.
Jason - Pray for Jason's family, his kids Wesley and Daniel, and that Jason's will get into plumbing school. Thank you.
No name - Pray for my girlfriend she is in rehab and having a hard time with it.
David - Please pray for peace here, for our volunteers to have provisions, support, and safety. For our staff to rule with love, patience, and humility in fairness and truth. For our kids. For good-time. For work release. For our health and our desire to know God better and have a good relationship with him.
Gerald - Prayer for God's peace. Not totally sure where I will parole to, but I do believe I am being directed in a different area, old associates and employers have not answered letters. I'm trying to totally put all my faith and trust in God without anxiety.
Brandon - Please pray that the spirit of God softens the hearts of all of us in this class. We all learn to listen to his voice and that his work will be done through us. That we all find our calling in Christ for the Lord's will to be done and pray for Scott's mom and son. Please pray for the spirit to be in my wife, children, and father, the Gregory family. Thank you. God bless.
Demond - I Demond need prayer for patience and how to love more and respect.
Justin - My seven kids, my family, and best friend, Elizabeth.
Ronald - Pray my mother she fell and broke her foot. Pray for my grandmothers and their health. Pray for my family, which is still in turmoil. Pray for me to stay hopeful and have the strength to continue to stay the course and that we can reunify. Thank you.
Kevin - Please pray that my interstate compact is approved and that my marriage becomes stronger after this season.
Everett - Pray for Taylor to find her salvation and stop doing drugs and be a good mom to my son Wyatt.
Raymond - I would like to ask you to pray for me because I feel I have been losing my fellowship with the Lord and letting sinful things get the better of me. Please pray for strength, courage, and protection from evil. God bless you.
Christian Living
Dixon Correctional Center
No prayer requests submitted.
Sheridan Correctional Center Early
Alex - pray for everybody that qualifies for some of this good time that they ??? ?? ?? hasn’t David out yet. Forgive those that see to harm, hate, and or ire on my good name. Please God protect me and my family as I go through these trials and tribulations, amen.
Demond - Prayer for my wife and family. I just wrote a book and hope no one's feelings get hurt. I need prayer for myself.
Sheridan Correctional Center Late
Everett - Pray for me, Everett, to see my family for Christmas.
Washington - Ask you to pray for me and my family because I’ll be going through something just now. I talk to God every night asking him to watch me make the right hand to play, so if I can start to see a different way of life than I am down for it. Thank you for praying for me. God bless you, and your mom will be in my prayer. Thank you again.
Anthony - For the safety of my kids and care/provision for them. For strength to endure this incarceration. For favor in this facility. For help to be a better parent. For strength when released. For some time off the sentence. For wisdom and understanding when studying the Bible. For help in prayer life.
Ryan - Please pray for Ryan's family that they may find peace and stability and happiness in their lives. Please pray for his grandparents to stay healthy through the winter. Please pray for Chelsea and Lydia (his girlfriend and her child) that they can find her a school and that they find the help and finances they need to start their new life. God bless.
Jesse - Please pray to help my wife with her addiction and for help with her to find sustained respectful employment, for help with her to find a home that I will be allowed to parole to or we can live together as a family.
SOCPM Alumni
Alan
Soldiers of Christ
Dixon: 05/2019 thru 08/2019
Discharged 11/04/2019
Ryan
Soldiers of Christ
Sheridan: 03/2018 thru 05/2018
Paroled 11/14/2019
Terrell
Soldiers of Christ
Dixon: 10/2015 thru 11/2015
Discharged 11/14/2019
Raulon
Soldiers of Christ
Sheridan: 08/2015 thru 02/2016
Discharged 11/14/2019
John
Soldiers of Christ
Sheridan: 03/2013 thru 05/2014
Paroled 11/15/2019
Bobby
Soldiers of Christ
Sheridan: 05/2016 thru 07/2016
Paroled 11/15/2019
Wesley Ministries
Illinois River Correctional Center
No prayer requests received from the ministry partner.