Renew. Restore. Rejoice. A SafeHouse Ministries Podcast
Powerful and dramatic stories and discussions of incredible life transformations through the work SafeHouse Ministries does to love and serve people impacted by Homelessness, Addiction, and Incarceration.
Episodes
Shelley's story comes to a beautiful conclusion and is a powerful illustration of the grace of God and the power of God to work miracles! Shelley shares some powerful lessons and godly wisdom from the crazy journey she has had in life, first with the devil and now with Jesus alone!
A High-Speed Police Chase through two states, navigating the heartache of a daughter that followed in her bad footsteps, and surrendering to the chastening hand of God so that He could remake her into something amazing for his glory and his purposes!
Shelley's life got off track as a young teenager when she began seeking the approval of others and hanging out with the wrong crowd. By the age of 17 she was pregnant and addicted to methamphetamine. Somehow, by the age of 18 she had gotten hired as a corrections officer in the county jail, where she was more comfortable with the inmates than she was with the other guards. Things get crazier from there.
In this final episode, Adam shares how the love of Jesus shown through SafeHouse Ministries, and the encounter with Jesus he had through his own personal surrender changed the trajectory of his life forever. Adam shares great truth about the fact that none of us really has the right to judge or condemn others, and that instead we should follow the example of Jesus and show grace and love instead. His story is a great example of h...
In this episode Adam continues his story and shares a time in his life when he became increasingly desperate and hopeless. He shares about a time when he was homeless for several years and describes how the enemy sneaks up on you in an attempt to steal away your life right from under your nose. Adam also shares how God brought him to a place in his heart, and to a place here in Columbus Georgia, where everything began to change.
Adam is the son of former Muscogee County Sherriff Ralph Johnson. Adam's family was hit with much hardship throughout his childhood, and Adam did not deal with it well. As a teenager heard his dad talk about undercover work and drug gang life, which held a strong allure for Adam, so strong in fact that he dove headfirst into that world. Adam shares his story, and it is intense, including a period of time when he had to get ...
Shannon shares in great detail about the demonic oppression she faced before she finally surrendered to the Lord and He brought her out of the darkness, but she still had to face the consequence of several years in one of the deadliest prisons in the state of Georgia. Shannon's story in this episode is intense, but through it all God's grace is on display. This is definitely an episode you will not want to miss!
Shannon shares it all, she opens up about being raped at age 14 and about the trajectory of tragedy her life took from that point on. She shares about multiple abusive and failed relationships, severe drug addiction, and how she came to the place where she felt that suicide was the answer. But God had other plans for Shannon!!!!!
Shannon exposes so many of the lies our Enemy (Satan) uses to lead us into darkness and try to trap us...
Jasmine's Mom loved her, but so often was not the mother that Jasmine needed, especially when her brother Duncan died in a car accident. Jasmine concludes her story by sharing some of the darkest times of her life, but the story does not end there, because God came in and brought light to dispel the darkness. God turned everything upside down and created a beautifully restored relationship between Jasmine and her mom Christy...
Jasmine shares what life was like growing up with a Mom who was an addict. One of the craziest times of her life was when she was 17 and working in a bar and her mom would embarrass her by coming to the same bar and getting totally wasted. Jasmine has a perspective that is so helpful for understanding what so many people live with growing up, a perspective that should help those who have had a more advantageous upbringing learn h...
I just love Mike's spirit of humility, joy, and life! In this conclusion episode of Mike's story, Mike shares how he finally grabbed hold of the Lord's hand and allowed him to pull him up out of the darkness for good. Mike offers some truly profound wisdom about the power of unconditional love and how to help others without enabling them. Mike's transformational story is a powerful testament to a God who trul...
Mike's Dad was too often away at sea, and Mike's Mom let him get away with too much, but Mike's problems were of his own making, and he owns up to them as he shares his incredible story on today's podcast. There are so many powerful lessons to ponder as you listen to Mike's story, I hope you enjoy it as much as I did! I'd love to hear what you thought if you'd be willing to shoot me an email at ...
This episode begins with multiple clips from the first two episodes to give a summary of Jame's entire incredible story, and then James brings us up to where he is today, and how incredibly blessed his life is now. To many James' life might seem like a broken and scattered mess, but when you look at how God was there all along pursuing James with his unwavering mercy and you hear James' profession of the greatness a...
In this episode James shares how the amazing hand of God was working in his life to do miracles he never imagined. James' story has turned out so different than the story of so many others who've gone to prison...and Jesus gets all the glory!
James started down a dark path at a young age, but when Christmas of 1987 came around God gave him a serious wake up call. James woke to find his kids running into the living room where the Christmas tree was only to realize that there were no presents for them under the tree because their dad had spent all his money on drugs instead. This shocked James into the realization that drugs had overtaken his life, and he got clean for ...
This is the part of Tracy's story where Jesus turns the darkness into life and brings tremendous beauty from the ashes of sorrow and hardship. When Tracy had finally had enough and surrendered her heart and her life to Jesus...that is when everything changed forever.
Tracy's story is a powerful illustration of how the enemy works to destroy so many people's lives. Tracy lived what she learned, and that led to great sorrow and heartache. But as Tracy states more than once in this interview, God was there all along, and He had a plan to redeem and restore her. One of the most tragic things Tracy experienced was the death of her 5-year-old son when an old farm tractor rolled on top of...
Mike is an amazing man with an amazing story. In this part two episode he shares some more about his new life, the challenges, the joys, and the fact that he would never go back to his old life! Mike also shares several helpful lessons for anyone who might be affected by addiction in their own life or in the life of a loved one or friend.
Mike shares his regret in choosing the wrong friends as a teenager and how that led him down a path of great pain. There are so many amazing anecdotes and emotional stories with powerful lessons. As is true in all our lives, God was there working all along the way to bring Mike back from the destruction he had bound himself to. On a night when God was working in Mike's heart and he was sensitive to listen, he had a friend t...
We left the story last week when Josh had been medically detoxed and "freed" from his opiate addiction, only to dive deep into another destructive addiction to gambling. Hear how Sammy God got brought someone into Josh's life who was finally able to break through and get Josh to face the lies he had not yet faced, and learn how God redeemed Josh and restored Sammy and Josh's relationship to the place where they...
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