By Randall White

If I had to point to one thing that got me through prison and brought me out a different man—it was discipline. Not the kind that comes from the system, but the kind that comes from the Spirit. The spiritual disciplines I practiced behind bars didn’t just help me survive... they saved my life.

Bible Study: Seeing Through God's Eyes
Bible study taught me how to see reality from God’s perspective, not the world’s. The world teaches you that there are impossible situations, that there are legal facts or medical facts that can’t be changed. But God’s Word teaches you that His truth can override all of that.

When I studied the Bible, I learned how to take God’s Word and apply it to real-life situations. I stopped looking from the ground up and started seeing from heaven down. That changed everything. It gave me hope when there was no reason to have hope.

And I try to teach others the same thing—to see life through God's eyes, not man’s. We have the mind of Christ, but you have to cultivate that. It’s a whole different way of seeing and living.

Communion: Making the Word Personal and Present
Most churches take communion once a month, and for many, it’s become a ritual. I used to see it that way too. But then God showed me what it really meant.

When I started taking communion in prison, I didn’t just remember what Jesus did—I made it a present reality in my life. I wasn’t just going through the motions. I was invoking the power of the blood covenant. I was standing on what His body and His blood provided—healing, wholeness, peace, deliverance, prosperity.

There’s a verse that says, “Let a man examine himself.” People think that means if you did something wrong, you can’t take communion. But that scripture really means if you don’t understand what you’re doing, that’s when it becomes dangerous. The Bible says people are weak, sick, and even dying because they’re taking communion without properly discerning its power.

When I took communion, I said, “Lord, I’m bringing what You did into my situation right now.” That’s not a ritual. That’s real faith in action.

Prayer: Invading the Impossible
Dr. Jack Hayford said, “Prayer is invading the impossible.” That stuck with me. What do you do when something looks impossible? You invade it.

Prayer became my weapon. It was the way I pushed back against everything that wasn’t God’s will for my life. I didn’t just pray because it was something I was supposed to do—I prayed because I understood its power.

In spiritual warfare, prayer is like a nuclear weapon. It’s not just nice—it’s necessary.

Focusing on Four Core Areas
In my Bible study, I focused on four main areas: righteousness, prayer, spiritual warfare, and faith. Those were my lanes. I still major in those areas today.

They taught me how to stand when I felt weak. How to fight when I had nothing left. How to believe when there was nothing around me to believe in.

These disciplines—Bible study, communion, and prayer—became my lifeline. They weren’t religious routines. They were real connections to the power of God. They showed me how to live above my circumstances, even while I was still physically behind bars.

If you want change, it starts with discipline. Not from the outside, but from the inside—with God, His Word, and your decision to go deeper.

— Randall White