What happens when the life you've built around pain, addiction, and survival comes crashing down and God meets you in the middle of the brokenness? And how can confronting the pain we've tried to avoid become the beginning of discovering who God created us to be?
Jermaine Wilson's story is one of remarkable redemption. After growing up surrounded by poverty and becoming involved in gangs, addiction, and crime, Jermaine served multiple prison sentences before having a life-changing encounter with Christ while incarcerated. In the midst of losing nearly everything he thought he wanted, God began to reveal what he truly needed. That brokenness became the beginning of a new identity and purpose, eventually leading Jermaine to become the mayor of Leavenworth, Kansas, and a nationally recognized advocate for restoration and second chances. Today, as an ordained minister, community leader, and Regional Director for Prison Fellowship, Jermaine helps incarcerated men and women discover hope and pursue lives of transformation.
In this episode, Davey sits down with Jermaine to talk about how poverty and hopelessness can shape the way we see our future, what it looks like to confront our pain and allow God to transform us through brokenness, and how experiencing God's restoration can lead us to reconcile what has been broken and help others find hope.
If you've ever felt trapped by your past, struggled to believe that God could restore what has been broken, or needed hope in the middle of your own brokenness, this episode is for you.
"The beautiful thing about God, when it comes to restoration is that He restores everything that has been broken and He gives you an opportunity to go back and reconcile, when you're on this journey of restoration."
-Jermaine Wilson
Website: https://www.prisonfellowship.org/
Instagram: instagram.com/jermaine_wilson87
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jermaine.wilson.94402
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