Readers please note that the previous contents of this Web site can still be found on what was a mirror sister site - www.jesusrenewsprisoners.co.uk
This site has been given a major revamp and includes the seven short talks that were broadcast on United Christian Broadcaster’s UCB Inspirational transmissions during ‘Prisons Week’ in November 2008 here in the UK.
A free CD copy of these ‘talks’ (without the music) is available by Email request to kmainey@ucb.co.uk
Welcome to the healing workshop
When I started to write these short talks I had Prison Ministry in mind and the use of Christian Radio to reach both serving and released prisoners. However, I very soon realised that much of the content turned out to be relevant to everybody: not just prisoners.
Yes, most of the talks do focus upon the many problems that prisoners face in their everyday lives but we each need to realise that we are also serving time as prisoners within ourselves.
Every one of us, to use a well used expression from the transport business, have become ‘Damaged Goods’; some more than others. What I mean by this is that during our early years we have each been wounded within ourselves to some degree or other due to our childhood circumstances.
We have each been moulded by the bad and good experiences we have lived through, by the disappointments we have faced and by the wrong choices that we’ve made.
So, as well as needing God’s forgiveness, each of us also needs deliverance and healing from who we have become. But we can’t fix ourselves, that would be like asking a broken computer to fix itself.
However, the Good News is that ‘Damaged Goods’ (however bad) can be repaired by the greatest healer of all, Jesus. Such healing comes from learning new truths, not only about Jesus, but also about ourselves. Truths that perhaps you reader have never heard before and yet could well help you on your own journey through this life.
St Paul wrote in his letter to the Christians who lived in Rome at that time - ‘Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind’ - Romans Chapter 12 verse 2 (NIV Bible)
This Web update was made on 8 Nov 2009
Notes concerning any problems with the ‘Listen to Talk’ feature.
I have included the ‘listen feature’, not because I like the sound of my voice (far from it!), but I realise that many prisoners or ex-offenders have difficulty in reading. As a bonus to this, I’ve had Emails from individuals in India telling me how the listening, while reading the pages, has helped them in improving their English.
Uninterrupted listening to the talks is dependant upon a number of factors. First, the speed of download where it is almost essential to have a broadband connection to avoid ‘buffering’. The second depends upon how busy your connection to the web is at the time plus the geographical distance to the Web Host. Both these factors effect the ‘real’ time required to receive the MP3 file.
All the material on this Web Site, apart from the music, remains the
Copyright © 2008 of Ken Mainey
but may be freely reproduced and used to further Jesus’s Kingdom as long as not for profit.
Please also take note that although permission had been obtained for the music to be listened to using this site, permission is not granted for the music to be downloaded and copied.
The ‘Talks’ can be printed using the ‘Printer Friendly Feature’ in the top right corner.
Before printing, use ‘Print preview’ to check that only two sides of the paper are used.
If not, then use the ‘Page Set Up’ to reduced the page margins.
To Email the Author with any comments
Copy and Paste to kjmainey@tiscali.co.uk
