Every day, our Victorious Living Correspondence
Team receives letters from people who love
the Lord and who desire to encourage us in
our faith journey. These letters lift our spirits,
strengthen our faith, and spur us on to continue
the work the Lord has put before us. We hope
these letters will encourage your heart as well.
Dear Victorious Living,
God has sent many blessings my way that are full
of His love and fill me with joy. One day, God’s
blessing came in a large brown envelope in my
mailbox. It was from an inmate friend in Florida I
had been corresponding with for years.
I opened the envelope and found a copy of
Victorious Living magazine and a letter from Roy.
He told me that his article had been published in
that issue. It contained great insight into his walk
with the Lord through his many years of rough
circumstances.
Roy suggested that I share my writings with the
magazine. So I did, and I’m thankful that my
stories have been used here as well.
Reading about so many other people who have
received God’s love and healing power has been
a great blessing to me. I dare not say which
wonderful story I’ve read here is my favorite.
They are all so powerful! I am grateful that my
sister in Christ, Kristi Overton Johnson, has
answered God’s call to lead this publication that
ministers to thousands of people.
Many of Victorious Living’s readers live in real,
physical prisons, and they need God’s love and
healing power. But many of the rest of us live in
prisons that exist within ourselves. Some days,
we live in fear, worry, anger, or emptiness. We,
too, need to be set free and healed by our Lord
Jesus and God’s love. Victorious Living can help
anyone find that freedom and wholeness.
Thank you, Victorious Living, for the beautiful
blessings of God’s love and hope through your
powerful testimonies of faith. You are, indeed, a
blessing from above.
Lucy N. Adams
Dear Victorious Living,
Your publication has reached not only my heart
but the hearts of many other inmates around
me. Thank you.
I stumbled onto a copy of Victorious Living, and
everything inside made me want to write to
you. When I read the articles in this magazine,
especially ones about people like Big James
Henderson (Issue 3, 2016), I see myself. These
stories give me hope.
You see, my 31 years of life on this earth have
been nothing short of miraculous. I’ve been
through pure hell and close to certain death
many times. Yet even through car wrecks,
sexual abuse, a robbery at gunpoint, and being
incarcerated, I’m still standing. It’s with God, I still
have hope.
I leave prison in just a few months. I have no
destination, no job, and no help in sight. I’m
nervous. I don’t want to ever come back to this
place again. I hope I can use my experiences to
get through to other kids, so they will turn away
from a dead-end life. I know that we are all
meant for more.
Thanks for letting me share. I wrote this poem
for you to show you how much this magazine
has helped me. It is entitled “Victorious Living.”
I remember the date
Down to the second.
As if time stood still,
My every burden lessened.
Clouds seemed to part,
I sensed inner gates open,
For I was born again.
Without even knowing,
I fell to my knees and
Reached for the sky.
Oh, the tears flowed,
And I happily cried.
Now I rest in God’s hammock,
His love tender and forgiving.
This every moment possible
Through Victorious Living.
God bless,
Karlos M.
Dear Victorious Living,
My name is Taze, and I’ve done many bad
things in my life. My evil ways led me to prison.
Locked behind bars, I wanted to die—and I
began to plan my death. I considered killing
myself, or perhaps having someone do it for
me. But before I could make my plans, the
thought entered my mind to go to the chapel.
I went to the chapel and listened to the guy
talking. It was like he was talking straight to me.
He said, “There is someone in here who wants
to believe in God, but he doesn’t know what to
believe.”
That was me.
Then something strange happened. I saw
myself getting up and walking toward him. But
I was still sitting in my chair. Then I felt a tear
roll down my cheek. I rubbed my face. More
tears came. I knew it was time to give my life to
Christ.
I got down on my knees and gave my life to
God. I asked for forgiveness of my sin, and I
received His forgiveness. God removed the filth
of my past.
The Bible says that if we confess our sin to
Christ, He is faithful to forgive us and cleanse us
from all unrighteousness. (See 1 John 1:9.) But
God doesn’t just forgive our sin. He takes them
away from us and remembers them no more!
(See Psalm 103.)
If Christ can forgive me, He can forgive
anybody, no matter what they’ve done. Thank
you Victorious Living for helping me grow in my
faith and to know how to live a godly life.
I want your readers to know that God loves
you and His love covers a multitude of sins.
So please, give your life to Christ, ask Him to
forgive you, and then receive His forgiveness
today. He will make you a new person and
change your life for the better.
I’m living proof!
Taze Reedy
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Volunteers gather at Praise Assembly in Starke, Florida, to assemble
the devotionals that will be mailed out as part of the Victorious Living
Correspondence Outreach program. In addition to the inmates we’ve
been serving, we are expanding our program in 2018 to include
military personnel and people in hospitals, assisted living facilities,
and drug-and-alcohol rehabilitation centers.
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