God Loves Broken People: The Next Door’s Lauren, Aja, & Natalie
Jesus Calling: Stories of Faith
Jesus Calling
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🗓️ 10 October 2019
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
When we’re mired in shame, it’s hard to believe we could ever be worthy of God’s grace. But when we step aside and allow God into the pit, He can pull us out of our mess and use our lives to show His glory in ways we could never imagine. Today we hear from Lauren, Aja, and Natalie—three women who have traveled through The Next Door, a nonprofit, faith-based organization that helps women coming out of incarceration to rebuild their lives. With vulnerability and strength, these women remind us there is nothing we can do that can separate us from God’s love.
Links, Products and Resources Mentioned:
Sarah Young, author of Jesus Calling
Jesus Calling weekly prayer call
Jesus Calling interview with Next Door graduates Janie & Tammy
The Next Door non-profit organization
Interview Quotes:
“The Next Door has completely changed my life. I had to find me again.” - Lauren, The Next Door
“There’s a difference between guilt and shame. Guilt is, ;I feel bad for something I've done,” but shame is, “I feel bad because of who I am.’” - Lauren, The Next Door
“God really shows up when we get out of the way and let Him.” - Lauren, The Next Door
“[The Next Door] took me in. And I'll never forget walking in the building and taking the biggest deep breath, because it was like coming home again. You know, I didn't have a home. And that's what they've become for me.” - Lauren, The Next Door
“When I finally stop trying to save myself, to let Him save me, He does it's much bigger than I could have ever done for myself.” - Lauren, The Next Door
“You have no idea what you'll do until you're in the grips of [addiction]. It was really hard. But because it was so hard, it helped someone else, and it qualifies me to speak life into other women. That, to me, is all the hope I need.” - Lauren, The Next Door
“When I came to The Next Door, I found a greater relationship with God.” - Aja, The Next Door
“We would read Jesus Calling at the beginning of group every day, and it would just fall right in line with what was going on in my life. And today, it is still falling in line with what is going on in my life, right in the middle of my struggles.” - Aja, The Next Door
“There is a God and He is real. AlI you have to do is hold onto His hand and He will do the rest. Hold on to Him. He will lead you where you need to go.” - Aja, The Next Door
“I found that not only does He know broken people, but He loves broken people that can help broken people.” - Natalie, The Next Door
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| 0:00.0 | The breath of fresh air that I've got in life now the peace that I have and that's something that I've never had before. |
| 0:11.0 | I was always just on edge and anxious and fearful. I don't live life in fear anymore. |
| 0:20.0 | You know, now I know that no matter what happens and no matter what comes I can be okay. |
| 0:27.0 | Welcome to the Jesus Calling Podcast. On this episode we feature stories from The Next Door, a nonprofit faith-based |
| 0:35.4 | organization that helps women who are coming out of incarceration, return to |
| 0:39.2 | society, and provides resources and treatments so they can successfully transition back to life outside of prison. |
| 0:45.4 | During this episode we'll hear the stories of three women who came to the next door |
| 0:50.3 | after trauma and pain led them into a life of addiction, Lauren, Asia, and Natalie. |
| 0:56.5 | They share how they received help for their emotional issues and their addictions through |
| 1:00.2 | the next-door's programs, but most importantly how they learned how much they are loved |
| 1:04.9 | by others and by God. |
| 1:07.3 | So I'm Lauren Norris. |
| 1:09.7 | I was born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, grew up. We moved to the South quickly after, I think |
| 1:16.2 | I was like nine months old. My mom's family is from Alabama, so we moved to Nashville when I was |
| 1:22.3 | four. |
| 1:23.3 | I have a little brother and little sister |
| 1:25.6 | with my mom and her husband. |
| 1:28.8 | He basically raced me. |
| 1:30.9 | I mean, that's the only dad that I knew growing up. Basically when I was real little, |
| 1:38.0 | the family dynamics changed when my sister was born. |
| 1:42.0 | Obviously whenever you have a stepchild things just are different |
| 1:49.0 | whenever he had his little girl. So there was definitely a definite shift when I was |
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