Renew. Restore. Rejoice. A SafeHouse Ministries Podcast

Jennifer's Story Part 2: The Out of Control Monster of Addiction Is No Match For the Life Saving and Life Changing Power of Jesus!

• Phil Shuler • Season 2 • Episode 23

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The Monster of Addiction was in full rage mode, but nothing would stand in God's way...He wanted to redeem Jennifer and set her feet on the rock of victory, the rock of Jesus!  You will love hearing the incredible conclusion to Jennifer's amazing life story!

Jennifer:

And, Like I said, I just, through the safe house and through Tomorrow's Hope, I feel like the services, even if you look at just the safe house, going there, the services that they offer to the homeless are amazing. They have computers there. They offer showers there. I don't even know all the services they offer, because I haven't had, gone through that, but I could walk through the building. I And see how much of a difference they're making. It's really

Phil:

everything and anything that you could need.

Jennifer:

It is. And that, I don't know if y'all know that, but they don't do that everywhere. I don't, I don't know if the safe house ministries even knows they don't offer that. Where I'm from, Bainbridge, Georgia, we ain't got that going on. Wow. It's a blessing. It's a blessing.

Phil Shuler:

HellO, and welcome to Renew, Restore, Rejoice, the Safe House Ministries podcast, where we share stories of the power of God to change lives through Safe House Ministries. Safe House Ministries is based out of Columbus, Georgia, and we are a ministry that exists to love and serve people who have been affected by addiction, homelessness, and incarceration. I'm your host, Phil Shuler, the Director of Development for Safe House Ministries here in Columbus, Georgia. Safe House serves over 1, 100 people each month as they transition back into our community. Safe House provides an abundance of services including 213 beds for homeless individuals and families, case management for obtaining job skills and long term employment. Over 300 hot meals every day, free clothing, and so much more. One of the most incredible services that Safe House provides is our free 9 12 month intensive outpatient substance abuse program, which is state licensed, CARF accredited, and has no wait list. Almost 100 percent of individuals staying in our shelters who follow our three phase program become fully employed within a few months. And 68 percent of individuals who stay at least one night with us End up finding work and moving into their own home. Thank you for being with us today and listening to our podcast. We hope you enjoy this week's episode.

Jennifer:

It was me my I hate to use the phrase. The father of my child my son and Loisanne my mother in law. So Christian gets taken. The family unit goes from four to three.

Jennifer (2):

Okay.

Jennifer:

About four months later, my mother in law dies.

Jennifer (2):

Wow.

Jennifer:

Now it's just down to two.

Jennifer (2):

Wow.

Jennifer:

And, like I said, we've lived together for four years. This has been, what I'm used to and me and him go to pieces. We've been maintaining our addiction for the last four years. Um, and when, after Christian was taken, I went off the deep end and after, his mother died, Chris went off the deep end. We are just it's bad. Wow. It's bad. We are just too Raging addicts.

Phil:

Wow, still outside the Bainbridge area?

Jennifer:

Yeah, I'm living in Bainbridge still. Yeah, I lived in Bainbridge for 25 years.

Phil:

You guys are just in darkness and survival mode, essentially.

Jennifer:

Absolutely, yeah. We are. And I, like I said, I was very suicidal. I thought about taking my life several times. And Then it's 2021. Like I said, my son got taken in August of 2020. Lois Ann died in April of 2021. September of 2021, I realize I can't do it anymore. It's This just can't be my life. I've lost my son. I can barely be a mother to my daughter. The relationship between us is just completely 100 percent toxic. I'm miserable every single day of my life. Every day I have to get up and do the same thing over again. Try to get high. And stay high all day, barely sleep. And what was the changing factor was I just, the only thing I knew was to call out to God. That was it. It was like instinctual, honestly.

Phil:

Now what had your understanding of God been before that?

Jennifer:

Somebody that was in the Bible, pretty much. Like you

Phil:

never really went to church much? I never went to church much. You just thought and knew he was there, and

Jennifer:

Our family, as far as my mother raising us and stuff like that, it was like, you believe in God, but you don't work so hard that you go to church. You know what I mean? That's basically, that was my conception of God. You believe in God, but you don't work so hard that you have to go to church and do all this extra stuff.

Jennifer (2):

Yeah.

Jennifer:

Which, that's No relationship with God. Yeah. That's no relationship with God. And I called out to God. And immediately he started working into my life. I got put into, I, I would get put into a crisis center. I'd get back out, start using drugs again. Immediately I'd get put back into a crisis center. I'd get out. Start using drugs, immediately get put into crisis center. About the third time this happened. I remember the lady that was at the crisis center. She said, you don't think Maybe there's a problem here. She was like, it's been three months and you've been in here three times in the last three months. She was like, you're not ready to give up yet. And I finally, I was like, yes, I am. I am ready to give up. When she asked, she was like, I said, I'm ready to give up. I'm ready to give up. So

Phil:

she helped you Get to that place where. Yeah. Okay. What do we need to do different? What

Jennifer:

do we need to do? And she said, I think I'm going to have to seek instead of just sending you home. It's really highly suggest that you go to rehab. And so I was like, yeah, I'm probably going to need to do that. I ended the relationship with my son's father. Because he was, I talked to him. I told him I wanted to go to rehab. He was not willing to do that. He wanted to stay in addiction. So I knew that that it wasn't gonna work for us to be together.

Phil:

Yeah, I'm sure that was a hard decision too.

Jennifer:

It was. It was best decision I could make though.

Phil:

Yeah, yes.

Jennifer:

Cause you can't.

Phil:

You can only control yourself, you can't control someone else.

Jennifer:

I can't imagine going through this whole thing that I've been through and coming out this beautiful flower of a person that I've turned into and then to turn right back around and go back and be with somebody else that's still in addiction. Oh, that would be horrible.

Jennifer (2):

Yeah.

Jennifer:

So I definitely made the best decision right from the get go as far as ending my relationship.

Phil:

Yeah. So you made that decision you're done with the person who's not going to change and you're still being an addict and you're, you are going to go to rehab.

Jennifer:

Yes. And that decision also was difficult because it put me into being homeless. Now I have no home.

Phil:

Wow. Yeah, because you had stayed at his like he was just had the home.

Jennifer:

Yeah, that's where that was his home. That was his home Yeah,

Phil:

so what happened? How did you deal with that?

Jennifer:

I said, God, let's do it I mean literally started if it was a movie you would literally at this part just see me like walking down a road I just left you had nothing on foot Nothing but the clothes on my back. You're leaving

Phil:

from the crisis center and you're leaving with nothing.

Jennifer:

I'm leaving with nothing, yeah. I left, I walked to the hospital. I went back to the crisis center the last time and they put me into rehab. You have to understand my story is going to be a little because I'm living in Bainbridge, Georgia, where if you're homeless and you're going to rehab, Columbus area has very great recovery. This area has great recovery where I'm from.

Phil:

Not so much.

Jennifer:

It's a little, if you're home, they have great rehab, but they don't have as much. No

Phil:

shelter for you?

Jennifer:

The homeless part. The homeless part's gonna be. So you're

Phil:

living, where are you living while you're, so you start the rehab, that's outpatient, you go during the day, then?

Jennifer:

Yeah I think the first place I went, cause I have to go to so many places to figure out what I'm gonna, Do you it's crazy. I probably couldn't remember every place. I went but I think the first place I went was the Phoenix and Thomasville, Georgia.

Jennifer (2):

Yeah,

Jennifer:

30 day program And I tell them I want to go to their long term program. They tell me the bliss the list is too long Oh, you can't go. I'm gonna hit a lot of this. So I'm like, that's so hard. I'm like, what do I do?

Phil:

So So tell me about that first night like you're not going home with Chris.

Jennifer:

Yeah You

Phil:

Where did you sleep? Where did I sleep? What was that like? I

Jennifer:

walked to the hospital. I slept in the hospital.

Phil:

Like in the lobby of the hospital?

Jennifer:

Yep. No. They checked me into the hospital. I still had drugs in my system. So you're in

Phil:

the hospital for a few days. So then when you get out of the hospital.

Jennifer:

They send me to the crisis center from there. Okay, so you're back at the crisis center. Back at the crisis center.

Phil:

And then?

Jennifer:

And then they put me into the Phoenix, which is the The program that they have there as far as rehab, rehabilitation program. Okay. That they have. And I spent 30 days there, like I said. And after 30 days, I asked them to go to their long term treatment. And you can't. And I can't go because the list is too long. Oh. So

Phil:

So, did you feel like giving up at that point? You're still determined. This

Jennifer:

is where the determination comes into play. Because you reached out to God, you're trusting Him, you're determined. I'm like, okay God, this isn't it. What is it? So what I do is I go back to the crisis center again. I'm like, if the short term rehab can't send me to a long term rehab I don't want to live out my life. On the street, so I go back to the crisis center and I finally got placed into a program in Albany, Georgia. I got placed into private residence, which wasn't a rehab, it was a halfway house.

Phil:

Interesting, so you had time in prison, and so you could.

Jennifer:

Prison?

Phil:

Or jail, or cause you had. Oh,

Jennifer:

jail, yeah.

Phil:

Like you had been in and out of jail.

Jennifer:

Not prison jail, though.

Phil:

Okay. I've never

Jennifer:

been to prison.

Phil:

Okay, you qualified, because I would, Halfway House is for people that have been to jail or have a criminal record? Or is it really open to anybody? Are there any restrictions for Halfway Houses? It's

Jennifer:

a non restricted recovery area, which means a lot of times people bring drugs into the home. Oh no, so

Phil:

it's not a good environment.

Jennifer:

It's The shelter part's taken care of.

Phil:

Like you at least have a place to sleep. But

Jennifer:

the rehab part's not taken care of. Yeah. You know what I mean? I need rehabilitation. I got a roof over my head. So you move into the halfway house? But there's people bringing drugs in there and it's not great. So I'm like, I'll stay here. I stood there, I stayed there for about six months. And I was like.

Phil:

Then you, did you stay clean during that time?

Jennifer:

I did, but eventually they moved somebody in my room and she came in the middle of the night and was literally chopping up lines on a dresser. And I said, I gotta go. I said, I can't do this anymore. I can't. This is too risky. Thank God I did not relapse that night. I could have. I could have relapsed that night. And I didn't. Thank God. I left Albany. And went to the crisis center there in Albany, Georgia, and they finally got me hooked up with Columbus, Georgia. Yes. Oh.

Phil:

All right. So then what happens? I

Jennifer:

got sent to, okay, this is January of 2023. I got originally sent to the House of Tom here in Columbus, Georgia. Which, Did have the housing covered, did have the rehab covered, so this is like my first shot. It's like my first chance.

Phil:

Like you get both, you don't have to be homeless, you can have your basic needs met, and you can be in a place that you don't have to worry about someone's gonna have drugs right there.

Jennifer:

Yeah, and this was a good deal, this was a good deal for me. It was twelve no it's a twelve to twenty four month program. Okay. That they had. Okay. And I made it 11 months in the program, and after 11 months, I did relapse. Oh. Not on hard drugs, but I did drink a little bit of alcohol, and took some CBD. And it was after 11 months, I don't know what happened. I just got very impulsive one day. And I don't know. It came out of nowhere, so I, I got kicked out of that program, but I had done so well there. I had been there so long that my counselor there, she put me, she hooked me up with Tomorrow's Hope.

Phil:

So she connected you now with Safe House Ministries and Tomorrow's Hope.

Jennifer:

Yes. Okay.

Phil:

She sure did. So there at House of Time. Based on their rules, you couldn't stay there, but your counselor believed in you so much. She said there's a place that will take you. Yeah, she said there's

Jennifer:

somewhere else that you need to go. Awesome,

Phil:

so tell me about that beginning and what that looked like.

Jennifer:

Okay, it was December of last year, December of 2023. My, my sobriety date is actually December 10th of 2023. And I got into my Tomorrow's Hope on January 8th. I started Tomorrow's Hope January 8th of 2024.

Phil:

So Tomorrow's Hope is the Substance Abuse Treatment Program for Safe House. It is Tomorrow's Hope for Substance House. And now were you also, did you get into the Women's Shelter Grace House at the same time? I

Jennifer:

did. So here we go again. We got Shelter and we got a Rehab. It's perfect. This one's a lot different though. House of Time was very different. Very structured. Very structured. I'm not going to say anything bad about their program though. Because I believe in recovery. And I believe in people that help people in recovering women. You know what, awesome program. A little highly structured for me, personally. And Tomorrow's Hope is a little, and Grace House is a little more, um, they're a program where they do give you enough rope that if you want to hang yourself, you can. And that's more of a, it's a better suit, suited for me.

Phil:

Yeah, still structured and they're there, they want to help you, but you're still free and you still make your own choices. Yes. So it's that middle level you're not well enough to be really on your own, but you're you're doing things on your own and they're just helping you along the way. Is that maybe a good? Yes. Okay.

Jennifer:

I would say I've learned a lot about Recovery and rehabs and all the different options. I think it's actually exciting that you have different options. Yeah. When it comes to going to, to rehabs and stuff like this. And I encourage people, shop around. You don't have to get it on round one at the first place you go. There's this guilt and shame that comes along with addiction sometimes. Where, you think, I have to be perfect and I have to get this on the first shot. You don't. That's where I, I say determination. You just gotta be determined. You don't gotta be perfect.

Phil:

You make me think of the verse in Proverbs that a righteous man falleth seven times but gets back up. Yes. And you're right. Sometimes we struggle and we fall back down. Yes. But that determination, that righteous determination to get back up, I'm gonna do right. I'm gonna do better. And you had that quality and you're so right because as I hear people share their stories, it's a common theme that there's falling back down and then getting back up. And the victory only comes if when you get back up, right? That is where the victory in some ways. It doesn't matter how many times you fall down, as long as you finally get back up and stay up and hit on the right path.

Jennifer:

Get back up. Yeah.

Phil:

Yeah. Yeah. Awesome. So you're there at Grace House, the Women's Shelter for Safe House Ministries, you're at Tomorrow's Hope program. Tomorrow's Hope. And take us down that path and what that beginning of recovery and victory is looking like. That's

Jennifer:

fabulous. Okay. This is when I really get to enjoy recovery. Like I said, I love tomorrow. I love not, I love the house of time, but you really get to enjoy your recovery at Tomorrow's Hope. Thank you. And it has just been fantastic. I just graduated on October 8th and it was just wonderful. It has been wonderful. I live at the Grace House where there's just these amazing women that work there. I get to be around these amazing women that are in recovery, fighting for their lives, that are the most loving people in the world. And I get to connect with them every single day. So it's not, it has taken, gone from this place of where I'm struggling for my recovery so much that I get to see other people's recoveries as well. I get to see their walk. Through this whole thing. And it's just been awesome. It really has. Tomorrow's Hope is great. They are some amazing people that work there. They really are. They care very much about every client that they have. And I know that. And so I encourage everybody, to definitely give them a chance if they're looking for a place for recovery. If you're serious about, if you're serious and that's what you want in your life, and you want your life to change, I would say go to Tomorrow's Hope, go to, either the Grace House or the Freedom House because you can't lose their offer and all the services that a person that's trying to change their life and is serious about it. All the services that they need, you have your housing they have food donations they'll help you get your IDs if you need that even if you're not in the treatment program, just if you're at shelter, they offer 90 days for you to stay there at least, and help you get your IDs where you can get a job, you can, make enough money to try and get back on your feet. Now, if you're at the treatment aquarium, you have nine months, but it, the treatment facility is absolutely amazing. You learn so much there. And, Like I said, I just, through the safe house and through Tomorrow's Hope, I feel like the services, even if you look at just the safe house, going there, the services that they offer to the homeless are amazing. They have computers there. They offer showers there. I don't even know all the services they offer, because I haven't had, gone through that, but I could walk through the building. I And see how much of a difference they're making. It's really

Phil:

everything and anything that you could need.

Jennifer:

It is. And that, I don't know if y'all know that, but they don't do that everywhere. I don't, I don't know if the safe house ministries even knows they don't offer that. Where I'm from, Bainbridge, Georgia, we ain't got that going on. Wow. It's a blessing. It's a blessing. That is a blessing.

Phil:

It's a blessing. It encourages my heart to hear that and to know just how much Safe House Ministries means to people.

Jennifer:

It does. It means a lot to me. Yeah. That's exactly what I needed.

Phil:

Wow. And now. So you're doing well. You're getting through the program. You're you come to graduation or not, moving on from Tomorrow's Hope. So tell me about. Of getting to the, the moving on ceremony of Tomorrow's Hope and just where you're at.

Jennifer:

Proud of myself.

Phil:

Awesome.

Jennifer:

Very proud of myself. Absolutely. A hundred percent. And

Phil:

when was the moving on ceremony for you?

Jennifer:

It was on October 17th.

Phil:

Awesome. And now at, you're, what is, what does the things look like for you now?

Jennifer:

What do you think? Very blessed and yeah, I was just a blessed. And I have my future ahead of me. My future, it looks, the future looks bright. That's so awesome. Yeah.

Phil:

Tell me about what your relationship looks like with Ella and Christian.

Jennifer:

It has definitely has grown. I talked to my daughter. Every week on the phone and I'm getting, I'm really, I'm earning that trust back with my kids. Yeah. It's going, it's one of the things that I'm taking probably my most, I'm being most careful with, most cautious with and taking my time with because that trust, when you're in addiction, you lose it, that I've lost their trust and I don't I can't, I have to earn that back, and I want to earn that back, so I've, I'm trying to take it very slow and easy with them. But my next goal is to, is saving up for a vehicle. And so I'm hoping very soon I will have a vehicle and I can go down there and visit them. So

Phil:

Where do they live at now? I know Ella is with,

Jennifer:

Ella lives in Bainbridge with my ex husband. Okay. And Christian lives in Dothan with my mom.

Phil:

Okay. Yeah. So you need a car To be able to get to see either one of them.

Jennifer:

Yeah, yep. So that's what I'm working on.

Phil:

I think that's a great goal. That's, I see the joy in your face, and I love it, it just, seeing the joy in you gives me joy, and I'm so excited, that's, I love it Jennifer, think back over the span of what's happened in your life, and what key lessons would you want to share that the Lord brought out and showed you?

Jennifer:

Lean on him. Depend on him. Put your faith in him. Put your faith, I'm a Christian, so I don't know, can I share? Absolutely.

Phil:

You sure can. How did you become a Christian?

Jennifer:

I calling it through my recovery.

Phil:

Yeah. Had you heard about the story of Jesus and how he died for our sins and was buried and rose again? Were you familiar with what the Bible says?

Jennifer:

I knew the bullet points, yeah. But I did not I, it was just an idea. It was God was an idea to me. Yeah. He wasn't a person, not a being, not, yeah, he wasn't real to you, not something, yes, not personal, he wasn't personal he was just an idea, and my recovery, going through my recovery I would do it all again. Because of my relationship with God.

Phil:

That recovery process helped you in the 12 steps helps you to make that relationship with God personal.

Jennifer:

And that is invaluable. That's my number one. That's my highest priority in my life is my relationship with God. Nothing becomes before Him. Yeah. So if God said round two for the rodeo. I do it just so I could have my relationship with Him. Wow. I would go through that hell again just so I could,

Phil:

that is that's a profound, yeah, that is a profound statement that you feel that way. It makes me think of some of the parables Jesus gave when He said, I think the one about the precious pearl where the man sold everything he had. Just to get that one precious pearl. That's God. Yeah.

Jennifer:

That's God. That is God. I would give up absolutely everything just for my relationship with Him. In a heartbeat, all He'd have to say, snap His fingers and it'd be done. Wow. Because my faith in Him, I know the great things that, you know, that's a huge lesson. That's awesome. Jeremiah 29

Phil:

11. Yeah.

Jennifer:

Yeah.

Phil:

Is that what does that verse say? Is that, plans to prosper. Yeah. Behold, I have, I've known you and I have plans for you, even from the beginning, before you were born. And that's so true. Yes. God knows us. He creates us. When we're, when we are created in the womb, he's the one that creates us. He's the only one with the power to create life and he does know us and he does have plans for us. Yes. And it's such a wonderful thing when. We come to the place where we yield to Him, and we say, I see it. I see you. You have plans for me, and I want you, and I want to follow you. Yes. That's awesome. It is. That is really awesome.

Jennifer:

Beautiful. Amazing. Oh, it gets good. Yeah. And that's what Jesus said.

Phil:

He said, I am come that you might have life and that you might have life more abundant. Yes. That's that is something that I wish we maybe people listening to this podcast. They'll see that and they'll be like, you know what, something's missing from my life. Even if they don't have addiction, right? Even if I'm not struggling with addiction. No, you

Jennifer:

don't have to.

Phil:

There's, without God, there is something huge, the biggest thing missing from your life.

Jennifer:

Yes, because this was, my life was, addiction is just a part of my life. There was just not having God in my life before the addiction. Don't think life got rough when the addiction started. Life was rough before because I didn't have my relationship with Him. Yeah.

Phil:

Wow. That's a huge lesson. That's awesome. It is. Any other key lessons that stand out or practical, helpful things that you learned that you'd want to share?

Jennifer:

Don't give up. Awesome. Like I said, put your faith in Him and go easy on yourself.

Jennifer (2):

Yeah.

Jennifer:

Go easy on yourself. I would say that.

Phil:

People tend to beat themselves up.

Jennifer:

People beat themselves up too much. If you put your faith in Him, you don't, you cast your worries on Him.

Phil:

You're making all these Bible verses stand out. How Jesus said, cast your burdens on me.

Jennifer:

Yeah, cast your burdens on him. He is the rock.

Phil:

He is the

Jennifer:

rock. He

Phil:

is the rock. He is. He has been my rock. That's, yeah. I know I couldn't do life without him. No. There's no way I could do life without him.

Jennifer:

No.

Phil:

Yeah, and I think of all the hardships that, I faced, losing my first daughter and so many things and I just, I can't imagine someone going through life and dealing with the hard things of life without

Jennifer:

God. It makes me very sad.

Phil:

Yeah, it does. Yeah. Wow. Good lessons. Any other lessons you want to throw out there?

Jennifer:

I would just say if you're struggling with addiction, do not give up. There is another side to it. Seek help. Go easy on yourself and don't be afraid to shop around. You'll find your place. Yeah. God will lead you. Trust in Him. He will set your steps. All you have to do is just take one step at a time. And He knows the plans that He has for you.

Phil:

Yeah. I love that. And it's so true. We're all different people. Yeah. We'll And programs are different and sometimes you just, the way that I'm different might fit better with this kind of program and the way that someone else is different might fit better with that kind of program. But what an amazing blessing to even have the option of not just, having one program is a blessing, but to have options

Jennifer:

is,

Phil:

Yeah.

Jennifer:

I

Phil:

love it and it really, it's really amazing for me to hear some of the, so many of the things that you said. You have a story that is so powerful and impactful and I'm so glad for your willingness to share your story because I know it is going to be a blessing to a lot of people.

Jennifer:

Thank you very much. Yeah.

Phil:

And you have drawn out things and shared things that have just taught me things. I love learning and I know I have so much to learn. There's so much that I don't know, but so often you don't know what you don't know. And one of the things that I learned today that I'd ever. Really thought about was how I shouldn't take even a, something like Safe House ministry for granted, because there are other cities, there are other places where they don't have a program that's, that has everything that you could need. And there are people that are struggling everywhere. Yeah. And they are absolutely. Even with everything that Safe House provides, I know it's still, it's hard to get out of addiction, to get outta homelessness, but to be in a city or a place where. You don't even have a safe house ministries. Wow.

Jennifer (2):

Yeah.

Phil:

Wow any last Comment, or thought, or story, or hope, or goal, or anything that you want to share.

Jennifer:

Now you put the pressure on me. If you haven't accepted Jesus in your heart as your Savior, I would definitely, give Him a chance. Give Jesus a chance. That is the, I'd have to say that. That is the best thing. That

Phil:

is the best last comment you could have ever made. And it is so true. It is so true because even if you, by our human understanding, even if you live what we think of as the most successful, amazing, incredible life in this world, if you die without Jesus, it is meaningless. Yeah. It is meaningless because eternity in either heaven or hell is so much more and longer than a little tiny vapor of lifespan that we have on this earth. Yeah. Thank you for that. Thank you. That's really awesome. Wow. Wow. Thank you for being here, Jennifer. Thank you so much. Do you mind if I close this in a word of prayer?

Jennifer:

That would be perfect.

Phil:

Dear Father, I love you and Wow, what an amazing gift this morning to be able to have had this conversation with Jennifer. What an amazing story that she has. What an incredible journey that you have taken her on in her life. It's not been easy, Lord. There's been so much heartache and pain and sorrow and death and struggle but when Jennifer reached out to you. You had been there all along and you were just waiting for her to reach out to you. You were there and you were ready and you have brought her to the place where she is now. You have given her the joy that's in her heart. You've given her the recovery that she is in and the victory and the opportunity, Lord. Bless her, I pray. Bless her as she's trying to save up money for a car. Bless her as she's, Leaning on you to rebuild her relationship with her children. Bless her Lord as she's walking in the path of righteousness trying to do your will Lord. You have a great plan for her life. You want to do great things in Jennifer's life and through Jennifer's life and with Jennifer's life. And I pray that she would stay close to you, that she would lean on you, trust in you, follow you, hear you, obey you, and honor you. And I pray that you would bless her and shine your face upon her and bless her children. Lord, bless Christian and bless Ella and get their hearts from an early age. Lord, I pray that they would put their trust in Jesus as their savior, that they would walk with you, that they would have a personal relationship with you from an early time in their lives, even as Kids, and that they would just enter their adult years with great joy and walking with you. Thank you for these things. Father. In Jesus name, I pray. Amen. Amen.

Phil Shuler:

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