Contact: J R Woodgates, 202-342-6325

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10, 2016 /Christian Newswire/ -- During Lent, two of America's largest prison book distributors are sending 2,200 free copies of a comprehensive Christian spiritual survival guide to inmates and chaplains in jails and prisons across America.

Prison Book Project, of Titusville, FL and Christian Library International, of Raleigh, NC will each ship 1,100 copies of "Daily Light on the Prisoner's Path" to both state and federal correctional institutions on behalf of Prisoner's Path Books of Washington, DC.

Prisoner's Path Books, via its fiscal sponsor United Charitable, has launched a crowdfunding campaign seeking $15,000 in tax-deductible donations to fund the Lenten giveaways.

Written exclusively for men living behind bars, "Daily Light on the Prisoner's Path" incorporates all the morning and evening Scripture readings for every day of the year found in traditional "Daily Light" devotionals. It also serves to counter common prisoner dispositions of dread, despair and defiance with practical Christian teachings on anger, forgiveness, true repentance, restoration and sonship.

Author J R Woodgates, who believes "Daily Light on the Prisoner's Path" is helping spark a revival movement in US prisons, says "God is producing a third Great Awakening in America that will bring the largest outpouring of the Holy Spirit ever seen, accompanied by signs and wonders, mass repentances, deliverances and conversions. But it will start among obscure congregations in urban ghettos and remote prisons."

Woodgates wrote "Daily Light on the Prisoner's Path" following a brief time spent in federal prison on a pornography charge.

Prison Fellowship has placed "Daily Light on the Prisoner's Path" on its recommended reading list for prisoners.

Vance Drum, Director of Chaplaincy for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, also endorses "Daily Light on the Prisoner's Path."

"This devotional is a treasure. I wish it had been available to me during my time in prison." —Pat Nolan, former Senior Vice President of Prison Fellowship/Justice Fellowship

"We have the pleasure of hearing praise from many offenders here who have been blessed to read your books and share with us the profound effect they have had on their lives." ―Chaplain Bill Dornbush, Minnesota Correctional Facility-St. Cloud

"From the opening of your book, I was drawn to the strong concept of forgiveness." —M. A., Butner Federal Correctional Institution, NC

"When I opened the book and read the very first page, I cried." —S. P., Riverbend Correctional Facility, GA

For more information, visit the book website.