God of the Second Chance

       One of the greatest blessings I have as President of the ministry is traveling around the country visiting our chaplains, and meeting people who have trusted in Christ for their salvation and had their lives changed forever.

      There are literally hundreds of thousands of men, women, and young people who were in jail or prison and had a Good News Chaplain come into their lives with a message of hope. Some in society would say, “Why bother? Lock them up and throw away the key.” To those who might think like that, I would say, “Isn’t it an unbelievable blessing that we have a God of the second chance?”

      When we look at John 3:16, I believe we see the single strongest word possible. That word is “whosoever.” The verse doesn’t say only good people, church people, righteous people, or those who have never made a mistake can believe and have everlasting life, it says “whosoever.” As one of those “whosoevers,” I thank God for Chaplain Bill Simmer who told me about a God who loved me and was willing to give me a second chance.

      Each day, Good News Chaplains around the world are delivering the life changing message of the Gospel and seeing it change lives. They are ministering to those whom others have forgotten and fulfilling our vision of transforming lives behind bars here and around the world.

      I would encourage you to go back through our website and check on “Inmate Testimonies.” There are quite a few stories you can listen to and I hope you are blessed to hear true stories of people who got a second chance. In fact in 2010, our chaplains reported over 119,000 changed lives!!

      This is our 50th Anniversary in ministry. Check us out and for more information see our complete website or give us a call at 800-220-2202. God bless.