18 “I tell you the truth, whatever you forbid on earth will be forbidden in heaven, and whatever you permit on earth will be permitted in heaven.  19 “I also tell you this: If two of you agree here on earth concerning anything you ask, my Father in heaven will do it for you. 20 For where two or three gather together as my followers, I am there among them.”  Matthew 18.18-20

 Send your prayer request to Ken Moreland  (popmoreland@gmail.com) and he will post them here

The following are actual prayer requests we have received from the boys:

1.   Pray for me, my Dad, Mom, bothers and sister

2.   Pray for all my family so I know they are safe

3.   Military in Iraq

4.   For my cat, Princess, who went through intensive medical care

5.  Can you pray for my Mother and Father.  Pray for strength so they will not do drugs and alcohol.

6.  Please pray for my Mom who is having very tough times.

7.  Pray for the kids in Comanche Cabin.

8.  Pray to help me believe in God

9.  Pray for me to always tell the truth

10. Pray for my family that they will not give up on me

11. Pray that my grandmother can come to family day in April and be safe.

12. Pray that I will get to go home when I get to phase 4

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On occasion we invite the  boys to come forward to share their testimony.

The following is a sample of those testimonies :
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1.  “Jesus Christ means the savior of my life. He saved my life.  He helped me through the bad times and the good times.  I accept Him as my savior.  He died on the cross for my sins and for my family’s sins as well.  I pray you all will find Him sooner or later.”

2.  (Cindy encouraging the boys to come forward) “Jesus is my Lord and my savior.  I love Him and He loves me.  The Word tells me that if I am ashamed of Him He is going to be ashamed of me, so why are you guys sitting there.  He loves you, He died for you, He gave everything He had for you.  He bled, He cried! What more guys could He have done for you?

3. “Jesus Christ is the person I fear the most and the person I love the most.  Everything I do I try to do it in His name.  Everything I do bad I try to ask Him for forgiveness and help through hard times  I don’t care who knows it and I do this until the day I die.”

4. “Jesus to me is like a father, a parent.  He gave me everything.  He gave me family.  I am thankful for everything He has given me.  He gave me so much that I don’t know what to give Him back.  I think I will give Him faith in Him and trust.  I will give him this life.”

5. “Jesus means to me my hope and love.  Hope that I can believe in the bible more, Hope I can change what I have done wrong.  Love for family and friends and Jesus Christ.”

6. “Jesus means to me that we would not be here if it was not for Him. We wouldn’t have a second chance.  We would not have the people that want to help us change our lives and have the faith to believe in Jesus Christ.”

7. “What Jesus means to me.  He died on the cross for us.  He gave us family and a second chance.”

8. “What Jesus Christ means is He died on the cross for us.  He is love.  Ever since I accepted Jesus Christ a few months ago He has made a big difference in my life.  I have seen what He could do in my life and He is the one thing I can rely on when no one else is there for me. Everyone can promise you everything but the one thing I know is if you accepted Jesus Christ He is going to make a big difference in your life.  He is good.”

9. “Jesus is my guide, my compass, my GPS, my direction.  He points me where I need to go.  He directs me where He wants me to go.” 

10.  “What Jesus means to me is my freedom because if it was not for Him I would probably be somewhere else.  He gave me the opportunity to change my life.”

11. “Jesus Christ is the most important person in my life.  He is the one I have the most respect for.  And the way I am going to pay Him back is to be a better person and help other people.”

12. “What Jesus means to me is He always gives me second chances.  When I was at home I was always in trouble but when I came here I got a second chance.  It has been a good thing for me to accept God in my life.”

13. “Besides my Lord and Savior, Jesus is my best friend.  I say that because a true friend is someone that is there for you when you are not there for you.  I have always realized that.  Every time I start feeling sorry for myself or feeling really bad because of things that are not even my fault, suddenly Jesus reminds me that He is there for me even though I am not.”

14.  “ Jesus to me is a savior, He is hope and faith and love.  I have hope in Jesus because He is the only one who knows my future.  I started to believe in God a couple of months ago and ever since then my life has turned around.  Not great but better.  It will get better sooner of later.”

15. “What Jesus means to me is He gave me a second chance and my life is changing.  He gave me two grandmas.  I hope that when I am free I get to save others.”

16. “Jesus Christ is the Son of God. You need to put your trust in that.   He talks about the narrow and the wide road and we should always walk the narrow way.”

17. “What Jesus Christ means to me is know one can take that away from me. Even though I have a grandmother at home and lost two grandfathers, no one can take Him that away from me.”

18. “Jesus to me is the King of Kings, the Lord of all lords, the Son of God.  He is like my father.  He is always there when ever I need Him.  I tell you guys if you need Him just ask and He will come.”

19. “Jesus is to me my life, my Lord, my Savior, my God, my Holy Spirit.  He has given me a life to live.  Without Him I wouldn’t be here.  He has given me a lot of chances.  What you all need to do is get Him in your life.  I will be praying for you all.

20. Today I just want to say I am a new believer in Jesus Christ.  Before this I was just going through the motions to see if I could get by.  Now I am a true believer.  It has helped a lot.  God bless all of you.

21.  Once I started coming here I gave Him my heart.  I am still worried about my grandfather.  He fades away and then comes back.  I will never stop worrying about him.

22.  When I was back at home I was going to church every Sunday but I wasn’t really into it, not paying attention, but when I came here something just happened.  I don’t know what but the Holy Spirit just hit me and I just woke up and opened eyes, heard knocking so I let Jesus into my life.  Things are now looking better, my mother and father are well, my brother finally got a job. All I got to say to you is do what you got to do.

23. Back home I went to church classes and church but I was just there.  Why should I believe this?  What proof is there?  Last Saturday I learned that in 2000 years nobody has been able to prove it is wrong, that is there is no such thing as God, there is no such thing as Jesus Christ.

24. When I came here I was real bad, I had a lot of troubles and I was always getting in trouble.  Now I am doing good and in phase 3 and will be in phase 4 soon.  My grandmother does not like my mom and when I told them my mom was coming to family day they said they would never see us again but last family day they all got together to see me.

25. My mom is very sad that we are apart and it hurts me that she is there and I am here so I have got to do what I have to do to get back home.

26. In tears this boy said; “My grandma is 85 and not doing well and I am afraid I will never be able to see her again.  I don’t know what to do.  Please pray for me.  Ken came forward and encourage the young man to “Cast all his care on Him for He cares for you.”

27. I was involved in the youth ministry back home but I began back sliding.  Yesterday I got a my church news letter from home and I was happy that the same youth group that I was apart of six months ago is thriving again.  I would go to church and all it activities on Sunday but by Wednesday night I was back sliding again.  When I came here my faith was gone but now it is returning.  The Lord is with me and God bless you all.

28. When I got here I was the worse kid in the joint but then I accepted God and now I am doing things the right way.  I have been going through some family problems and I have been praying to God for some help.  I have been praying for my grandparents and when I talked with my mom she said they are doing good.  God made a great change in my life.

29. I know it is hard being here but God is with me.  I made a mess but God is going to help me clean it up.  I pray to God everyday.

30. I know there is a God for if there was no God I probably wouldn’t be here.  I know there are miracles because we are here and He has given us a second chance to make something better out of our lives.  Your life might have been good before but it is going to turn out better after you get out of here.  A lot better.  You will come out more wiser.  I know there are miracles because before I got here I was abandon by my mom and now she has decided to come back into my life.  I know that she cares now.  All I can say is if you do not believe in God there is something missing.  There is nothing like the feeling you get when you here about God, when you talk about God. It is a good feeling.  When something good happens to you then you know that someone is there making it happen.

Lockhart Pegasus Ministry prayer for the boys:

Our Father we lift up to your caring hands all these young men and those listed on the Honor Roll.  They have successfully completed the Pegasus program and returned to the outside world.  Keep them from the evil that would destroy all that you have accomplished in their lives.  Please send your servants to visit with each one and assist in finding a place of solace where they may grow in faith.  Lastly dear Father remind each one by way of your Spirit that we long to hear from them.