Initiated by GOD
Initiated By God is a faith-forward interview series hosted by Jessica Laine MacDonald. After a life-altering accident and miraculous recovery, Jessica surrendered her platform to God and stepped into a new season of obedience. Each episode features raw, unfiltered conversations with pastors, leaders, entrepreneurs, and everyday believers about calling, spiritual warfare, healing, transition, and the cost of obeying God. The show aims to encourage those stepping into a new assignment, running from one, or sitting in an unchosen season.
Episodes
Is Your Partner Paying for Your Past? | Love McPherson
Sometimes an argument about what happened five minutes ago carries the weight of something that happened 20 years ago.But understanding where your pain comes from doesn’t give you permission to keep hurting the person you love.In this episode of Initiated By God, I sit down with relationship expert, counselor, and author Love McPherson for an honest conversation about childhood wounds, marriage, b
She Felt Rejected by the Church—Then Built One on TikTok | Initiated by God
Candice grew up in church. After becoming pregnant as a teenager, she felt the support she had known fall away. Years later, following a divorce and the end of a job, she sensed a call to move her prayer community onto TikTok. Seventeen people joined the first day.In this conversation with Jessica, Candice talks about church hurt, learning to hear God for herself, the fear of starting something un
From Homelessness to Hope: the speaker’s Journey to Purpose
From a homeless teenager living out of his car to a PhD holder and founder of Love Beyond Walls, the speaker’s story is one of profound transformation and faith. In this episode, he shares the raw realities of trauma, poverty, and invisibility, and how mentorship, community, and unwavering belief in purpose reshaped his life.Discover how Dr. Lester’s journey challenges stereotypes about homelessne
Darius Benders on Faith, Financial Pressure, and Starting Over
The conversation doesn’t have to end when the video does. If Hardly Initiated has challenged your thinking, opened your mind, or made you feel understood, come be part of what’s next. We’re building the Hardly Initiated community, and we want you in it.Join the waitlist to be among the first to hear when we launch 👉 https://stayinitiated.com. Darius Benders had about $1,200 to his name and needed
Joy Hunt: The Red Flags I Ignored Before Losing Everything
A successful marriage. Successful businesses. Luxury cars. A multimillion-dollar life.But behind what looked like success, Joy Hunt says she was losing access to her finances, overlooking warning signs and slowly losing herself.In this episode of Initiated by God, Jessica Laine MacDonald sits down with attorney, entrepreneur, mother and business owner Joy Hunt for an honest conversation about fina
Mother Wounds, Boundaries & Marriage with Dr. Sarita Lyons
Can you survive a wound and still unknowingly repeat it? Jessica Laine MacDonald sits down with psychotherapist, Bible teacher, and author Dr. Sarita Lyons to examine how childhood pain follows us into marriage, parenting, faith, and conflict.Dr. Lyons explains why we can become—or attract—the person who hurt us, how self-protection can sound like discernment, and why biblical honor does not requi
He Turned Down a $37 Million Opportunity Here’s Why
Would you turn down $37 million if accepting it meant walking away from your purpose?Live from Invest Fest, Jessica Lane McDonald joins Touré Roberts, Tim Timberlake, and Philip Anthony Mitchell for a powerful conversation about discerning opportunity, pursuing success, and remaining faithful to what God has called you to do.The panel examines why every open door is not necessarily a God-directed
Dr. Bernice King on Carrying MLK’s Legacy, Hearing God and Choosing Life
The world knows the King name. Very few understand the weight Dr. Bernice King had to carry behind it.Before she was old enough to choose her own path, Dr. King inherited one of the most significant legacies in American history. Behind that public responsibility was a private struggle with grief, anger, identity, faith, and the pressure of constantly being compared to her father.Then came a moment
Success Isn’t Proof of Obedience: Is Your Wealth Connected to Your Assignment?
I left the Invest Fest stage with one question I couldn’t shake:Does God promise financial abundance to every believer—or is provision connected to purpose, stewardship, and assignment?After a powerful conversation with Pastors Philip Anthony Mitchell, Touré Roberts, and Tim Timberlake about business acumen and biblical wisdom, I had to confront an uncomfortable truth:A business can be profitable
Anthony O'Neal: You Can't Build Wealth If You're Your Family's Emergency Fund
At 19, Anthony O'Neal was sleeping in the back of his car in a Walmart parking lot, washing himself with Dawn dish soap because he had nowhere else to go. He had already decided that night was going to be his last.It wasn't. And what happened in that back seat became the foundation of everything he teaches now.In this episode of Initiated By God, Jessica Laine McDonald sits down with bests
Hardly Initiated Network: Five Shows, One Mission, and the Pivot That Started It
She built the show. Then she walked away from it.After the Philip Anthony Mitchell episode, Jessica realized something shecouldn't unrealize: she'd been interviewing people instead of finding thething inside them that applies to everybody. That one realization didn'tjust change how she preps an episode — it changed the entire direction ofthis platform.So we made a decision. Hardly Init
The Father Wound, Healing Before Marriage & Losing It All | Bishop R.C. Blakes & Lady Lisa Blakes
He told her he didn’t want to get married. She didn’t cry, didn’t beg, didn’t ask why. She left — and started dating a millionaire major league baseball player.A year later, a broke, overweight preacher called her and said five words: “God said you’re my wife.” She said okay. That was 31 years ago.In this episode of Initiated By God, Jessica Laine MacDonald sits down with Bishop R.C. Blakes and La
False Prophets, God's Voice & The Spirit Realm | Bishop Demetrius Senegal Ep.2
A prophet walked into a small church in Waxhaw, North Carolina, pointed at a woman, and exposed an affair in front of the whole congregation — down to the hotel key sitting in a man's wallet.He was right. And he now says he was wrong.In this episode of Initiated By God, Jessica Laine McDonald sits down with Bishop Demetrius Senegal — the "master prophet" training nearly 7,000 prophets
The Prayer That Brought Me Back | Pastor Philip Anthony Mitchell on Running From God, Warfare & Healing Ep.1
The first episode of Initiated By God had to start here. Last year, Jessica Laine McDonald's head shattered a windshield. She lost her memory. She doesn't remember any of it — but her journal does. One entry reads: "Pastor Philip Anthony Mitchell prayed for you." What she didn't know until recently: he stopped his entire staff meeting, shut down every room in the building, and
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