When You Have Turned Back
A 30-Day Devotional Through the Life of Peter on Failure, Second Chances, and Coming Home from Prison
by Nicholas Dailey
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Jesus said those words to Simon Peter on the night Peter would deny Him three times. He prayed for Peter before he fell, and after the resurrection He was waiting on the shore with breakfast. Few lives in the Bible hold more failure, or more second chances.
When You Have Turned Back is a 30-day devotional through the life of Peter for people coming home from prison or jail, people still inside, and the families, mentors, and churches who stand with them. Along the way you'll follow Ozell, a 73-year-old net maker on the Mississippi Gulf Coast who served fifteen years for killing a man with one punch in 1978, and Shane, 34, who walks out of prison after eight years of a fifteen-year sentence for armed robbery. Their year runs from Shane's release day to the next Thanksgiving, and their conversations lead into each day's Scripture, reflection, and practice.
Inside
- Put Out into the Deep: "Go away from me, Lord," a new name, mending nets, "Who do you say I am?", and "Get behind Me".
- We Have Left Everything: the mountain, the coin in the fish's mouth, the forgiven debt, a hundredfold in this life, and the One who serves.
- Before the Rooster Crows: "I have prayed for you," the garden, the sword, three denials by a charcoal fire, and bitter tears.
- Go, Tell His Disciples and Peter: living as free people, the empty tomb, the private meeting, "It is the Lord!", and breakfast on the beach.
Format: PDF, 6 × 9 in layout with clickable contents
Written with the assistance of AI writing tools, under the author's direction.
