His Favor Factor (Guests: JJ & Trina Hairston)

Dear Future Wifey

Laterras R. Whitfield

Religion & Spirituality, Relationships, Education, Christianity, Society & Culture

5 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 19 November 2025

⏱️ 85 minutes

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Summary

What happens when a marriage that starts with secrets and lies transforms into a powerful ministry? JJ and Trina Harrison's raw testimony proves that even the most broken beginnings can become beautiful stories of redemption.

Their journey began with teenage romance that led to a secret courthouse wedding—him at 20, her just 18. What followed were ten years of separation, infidelity, and heartbreak. Yet something miraculous happened when JJ finally heard God's voice: "You're ignoring your favor." That divine moment transformed their relationship and eventually their ministry.

This episode beautifully demonstrates how transparency about past mistakes creates space for others to find healing. The Harrisons don't glorify their difficult beginning but use it to show God's redemptive power in restoring what seemed irreparably broken.

Ready to be inspired by a marriage miracle? Listen now and discover how two people who started with almost nothing but problems built a 31-year marriage and thriving ministry that's changing lives across the world.

## Timestamps & Key Takeaways:

- **4:15** - How JJ's hit song "You Deserve It" (144 million YouTube views) came after being dropped by his record label—allowing him to own his masters

- **10:30** - The secret wedding story and how Trina's father threatened JJ's "kneecaps" after discovering their elopement

- **17:20** - Living separately for years despite being married, functioning more like "baby mama, baby daddy"

- **25:45** - The turning point: JJ's revelation that he was "ignoring his favor" and how it changed everything

- **34:15** - Four marriage lessons after 31 years: Give permission to fail, trust is built not given, forgive as you've been forgiven, and embrace your spouse's evolution

- **44:20** - How their son witnessed their transformation and built a healthier marriage than they initially had

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0:00.0	I was ready to enjoy the benefits of marriage before I was ready to be a good husband. Say it plainly. He wanted to do what married people wanted to do. Without the covenant. Without the covenant. And I was saved, save. You here? I say, you got to marry me. Did your parents ever say, y'all getting married too young? They didn't know. They didn't know. I lied and told my mother that I was going to a friend's wedding and we went to the justice
0:24.4	peace and got married.
0:25.4	How did y'all break the news to them?
0:26.8	Oh my God.
0:27.5	That's a story too.
0:28.5	I don't lie to my parents.
0:30.2	My father's from Brooklyn.
0:31.1	He don't play.
0:31.7	Got him on the phone.
0:32.7	Did he threaten you?
0:34.0	He's the first person to introduce him to the word kneecaps. He was always threatening to bust out my kneecaps. How did it take to restore that? We were still living separately. And acting like we were living separately. You was acting like we was living separate. So, JJ, how did you act like y'all was living separately? I think we should have had a conversation before we had this conversation. Welcome to Dear Future Wafy podcast. My home is JJ and Trina Harrison, y'all. You deserve. Yes, sir. Did you know that
0:59.3	song was going to take off like that? No way. Right before it, they dropped us from the record label.
1:04.2	So I own my own master of the next record we put out, and that record was you deserve it.
1:08.2	I was gifted, but my lifestyle did not align with my gift. Here's where the switch happened. I'm at a conference and Cheryl Brady's preaching at that moment, I promise you, the Holy Spirit spoke to me louder than any song I've ever heard. He said, you're ignoring your favor. Amanda finds a wife finds a good thing and obtain a favor with the Lord. Let me say this. This is not how marriages are supposed to start. Oh, no. We don't want you to do. We don't want you to do like we do. Do not be like us in those first 10 years. Go to premarital counseling. And don't ignore the red flags, the yellow flags. Don't ignore no flags. We don't want anybody to think that the way we started is the model way.
1:47.1	It is not.
1:47.9	But we do say our marriage is a miracle, although it started one way.
1:52.1	Here we are pastoring together, doing some amazing things, but together.
1:55.9	Why do you believe God didn't release you to leave him?
1:58.8	Oh.
2:03.4	The Dear Future Wafy podcast has global impact from Texas.
2:07.9	I have been on this journey of healing and self-discovery, and this podcast has been a vital part of my process.
2:14.9	Guyana.
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