Many people who are incarcerated reaffan once they've been released and end up back in prison.

But when Jesus changes the heart of a former inmate, well, that changes everything.

Here's Jennifer Smith.

I want to see them come out and watch their lives transform into women that they thought they never could be,

or they've been told they never

could be and to go out and be the world changer that I believe that they could be.

This is a Revive Our Hearts podcast with Nancy DeMoss Walgamuth, author of Lies Women Believe.

For December 4th, 2020, I'm Dana Gresh.

A recent study from the U.S. Department of Justice offers sobering news about our prison system. 83% of state prisoners were arrested

after getting out of prison at least once in the nine years following their release.

That means a big majority of people leaving prison, they aren't

changed. They go back to their same lifestyle. And Nancy, we have a good friend who knows all about

this problem and decided to do something about it. Yeah, Dana, Jennifer Smith is a precious friend

who has devoted her life to helping women transition out of prison.

She disciples these women in the Word of God. She helps them gain practical skills they're going to

need on the outside, and she connects them with the broader body of Christ. If you've listened to

revive our hearts for any length of time, you've heard Jennifer before.

She shared her powerful testimony of coming to faith in Jesus while she was in prison.

She's also shared about the amazing ministry that the Lord gave her while she was still inside that prison.

And then when she got out, the Lord led her, along with some other believers in her community, to open the cornerstone transition home.

Of course, she first saw the need for that transitional home while she was still in prison.

The Lord had transformed her life.

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