Pain. We all have it to various degrees. And sometimes, in the heat of it, we don’t know the purpose. Purpose Pains. This is the book Deonte Bolden wrote. Deonte, Beloved and Jazzy, hosts of the DNA Podcast share their faith stories, and the discoveries of the purpose for their hardest moments. This is a journey that will encourage and uplift your faith!

Jeremiah 33:3-“Call to me and I will answer you and will tell you great and hidden things that you have not known. “

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Links:
Deonte Bolden Productions
https://www.deonteboldenproductions.com/
Instagram Handles:
@thednapodcastshowlive
Deonte-@deonteboldenproductions
Jazzy-@sassy__jazzy
Beloved-@ reignsgems_7

DNA Podcast Hosts Sharing Points:

Deonte:
-Growing up very young
-Muscular Dystrophy
-Losing his brother senior year
-Delayed grieving process
-Experimenting with same sex relationships
-Accountability group help
-First stage production “Looking For Love in All The Wrong Places”
-“The Skin I’m In”

Quotes From Deonte:
“He turned that test into a testimony. “
“With this whole COVID experience, you realize that life is short and you want to love people while they are here.”
“We expose our wounds to let God do the healing.”

Beloved:
-God changed her name
-Seeking for long in the wrong places
-Three months of marriage and feeling like a failure
-Verbal and emotional abuse
-the mentality of abandonment

Quotes From Beloved:
“When God changed me on the inside, He let me know ‘Your name is now Beloved’ because you are my Beloved one and I love you with all my heart, mind and soul.”
“I always just wanted a mother, and she was too busy trying to be my friend.”
“I know I was born for greatness.”

Jazzy:
-Sweet parents
-Traumatic teen years
-Unhealthy relationships
-Body image
-Forgiving her perpetrators
-Fear of rejection
-The Lord has me on the ‘Do Not Touch’ list

Quotes From Jazzy:
“I can identify the feelings that I had back then , but I am not inside of those feelings. I have finally reached a place of wholeness . I use it as a testimony now. I use it to empower myself”.
“My favorite book of the Bible is Genesis. It is the best soap opera.”

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