Joey, a former life-sentenced inmate, shared his testimony about finding the God of the Bible while incarcerated. He was a Muslim but is now serving God on the streets.
Read on to discover how God showed His goodness during one of the lowest seasons of Joey’s life.
Former Life-Sentenced Inmate
Joey was a Muslim who had gone to the dean of Islam and started practicing the religion. But when he got to prison, he began questioning everything.
“I started questioning the faith and whether I was going down the right path. And I prayed to God. He told me to walk away, so I did,” he said.
Joey immediately obeyed God’s voice, but it wasn’t until he heard the song Open the Eyes of My Heart that he fully surrendered to God.
“Everything was fine. He paved the way for me, and I went to a service called Spirit and Truth in the chapel. And I was sitting there, we were singing, and the song that came on was Open the Eyes of My Heart,” he said.
Former Life-Sentenced Inmate Testified About God’s Goodness
It wasn’t Joey’s first time hearing the song, but during that particular service, God touched him.
“Growing up, I listened to this song and just went through the motions of attending chapels and churches on the street. So I didn’t really have a relationship with Him. Then He just touched me. When He touched me, He sent me into tears—not painful tears, but joyful ones. And I couldn’t stop. It was like after the third verse of that song, waves and waves of tears started, and I couldn’t explain it,” he recalled.
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It was during that time Joey was relieved of all the burdens he had been carrying, including the anger he felt when his mother died.
Family’s Salvation
Joey later realized that God was working in his grandmother’s life too.
He shared with her how God had changed his life and told her about a dream he had of hell.
“A long time ago, I had a dream about hell. I was a Muslim at the time, and in the dream, I was burning in hell. I felt the pain, and I was crying and screaming for help, but no help came,” he said. “That dream is what started my questions, which kept growing until about a year ago when I came into this institution. I started asking bigger questions, which eventually led me to accept Christ. From then on, I asked Him to keep strengthening me and my faith, to keep me strong, because I can’t do it without Him.”
Reference: God Behind Bars
Header image: Joey testifying [God Behind Bars]. YouTube, 21 March 2024, https://youtu.be/YaYaTlKhMjI
