Owner of his acts
Minister John Spencer was released from prison after making an evangelistic visit to the prisoners. He could not stop in his mind, the memories of 30 years ago, when he was a young man and was caught by the police carrying packages of drugs to a supposed distributor, who was a covert police officer.
Before he was caught, he stole to get high and woke up dirty and trembling in the streets. He had lost weight and had nowhere to live because his family had evicted him from his home.
Once in prison, he could not stand the symptoms of abstinence. He had to join a gang inside the prison to avoid being hit by other prisoners. Living that was like moving to another hell as terrible as the streets.
Until he met a prisoner who read the Bible and told him how his feelings of living human misery had gone and changing them for the hope of a new life. Spencer began to attend religious services on Sundays and when he got out of prison, he made a promise to live free of vices and trusting in God, to be the owner of his acts.