got me. though pastor tina predicted the dismissal of dean s earlier murder charge, she is less certain this time. marquel s on another journey. but this time he s going to set a minute because he didn t get it right the last time. dean says he s innocent this time as well, but he would never identify the real killer, even if he knew who it was. though he says he has shed gang life, he still cannot violate the long-standing code against snitching. pastor tina preaches that s a code whose time is up. i want to talk to you about that. because y all got that thing in here that you not gonna snitch on nobody. you know what i m saying, both y all on the case, whatever the case may be, i m giving you a scenario. y all got in a situation, situation went bad, your friend shot the dude, and because you with him, you come to jail. i mma tell you all the time, we just can t gonna say, because i don t want to be labelled as a snitch.
know it. but god began to speak in him, and groom him, and get him ready. he did what he s supposed to do. he got out of here and he came on to church and the pastor put him to work. he preached at the church. holy ghost moved in there so tough, tore the place up. and i think part of it scared him. because after you preached that sermon, you left the next week. but check this out, god knew he was going to do it. what did the lord tell you, he told you if you go back out there, the very thing he delivered you from, you gonna be ensnared by it again. yep. did not the lord tell you the truth? yeah. lo and behold, you know what i m saying, i fell back and the same thing, the street life, you know what i mean, the gang lifestyle,
in jesus name, amen. dean had recently been sentenced to 20 years in prison for theft, assaulting a police officer and failing to register as a violent offender. in prison, he received a new charge of first degree murder for allegedly shooting a man at a warehouse party. he was transferred back to sedgwick county jail to stand trial in the neighboring courthouse. eight years earlier he faced a different murder charge, also for allegedly shooting a man at a party. nobody ever said i shot or did anything, you know. i guess since they just found out that a gang member was there, you know, they pinned it on me, but i sat in here for a whole year. man, he hit the ground, and the lord said, you just spun out of it! during that year, dean got to know pastor tina, who predicted what would happen with this case. because god sets you free.
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i prayed for him, i laid hands on him, and the spirit of the lord said you will not do the time they re trying to give you. and service went on as usual. he prayed, cried, the whole nine yards and then several months later, he got released. god let him go. she got a word from god that i was going to go home. i was sitting here not knowing if i was ever going home. that case got threw out and i went home. if you stand up profess you belong to god, and go out the doors away from god, i guarantee you i ll see you back. because the devil will do everything he can to bring you back into bondage. that s what happens over and over and over until you get sick and tired of being sick and tired. after dean s release, he attended pastor tina s church on the outside and did some preaching there. marquel, one of my star students. god has always had his hand on this young man, he just didn t