I’m Likely Going to Prison — Now What? // Ask Pastor John

Where is God when I face life-changing consequences for my sin? Can he really work for my good, even in a punishment as severe as prison?

We get many urgent and serious life-situation emails in the inbox. That includes this one today, from a woman who wishes to remain anonymous. “Dear Pastor John, hello. I am a born-again Christian. A while back, I engaged in corrupt activities at work, and this is now causing me a great deal of suffering. I will be charged in court soon and then likely be headed to prison. I have since repented of my sins and prayed to God for deliverance. However, my prayers have been met with dead silence from God. My family has also experienced so much pain and suffering with my siblings losing their jobs as a result of my sin. Here are my questions: What encouragement can you offer me in what I face ahead? And what should a child of God like me do, when I now face legal suffering for my crimes? My faith in God is intact, but I am at my lowest spiritually. Please help me. I have wished that God would just call me home instead of watching my family suffer through the nightmare of watching what is to come.”

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