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Initiated by GOD

Hardly Initiated Network

Religion & Spirituality

Society & Culture

Frequency: 1 episode/8d. Total Eps: 4

Initiated By God isn't a show. It's an assignment.Hosted by Jessica Laine MacDonald, Initiated By God is a faith-forward interview series for people who've heard God call them to something — and are trying to find the courage to say yes. After a life-altering accident and a miraculous recovery, Jessica surrendered her platform to God and stepped into a new season of obedience. This show is what came out of it.Each episode, Jessica sits down with pastors, leaders, entrepreneurs, and everyday believers for raw, unfiltered conversations about calling, spiritual warfare, healing, transition, and what it actually costs to obey God when nobody around you understands. No veneer of perfection. No church-flyer answers. Just real testimony from people who've been broken, rebuilt, and sent. If you're stepping into a new assignment, running from one, or sitting in a season you didn't choose — this show was initiated by God for you.New episodes weekly. Stay initiated.

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🇺🇸 USA - spirituality
13/07/2026
#97
🇬🇧 Great Britain - spirituality
12/07/2026
#87
🇺🇸 USA - spirituality
12/07/2026
#100
🇬🇧 Great Britain - spirituality
11/07/2026
#34
🇬🇧 Great Britain - spirituality
10/07/2026
#67
🇺🇸 USA - spirituality
10/07/2026
#77

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Hardly Initiated Network: Five Shows, One Mission, and the Pivot That Started It

Monday, July 27, 2026 • Duration 13:05

She built the show. Then she walked away from it.

After the Philip Anthony Mitchell episode, Jessica realized something she

couldn't unrealize: she'd been interviewing people instead of finding the

thing inside them that applies to everybody. That one realization didn't

just change how she preps an episode — it changed the entire direction of

this platform.

So we made a decision. Hardly Initiated isn't just a podcast anymore. It's a

network.

In this episode we open up about the pivot nobody asked us to make: why

Jessica stepped away from relationship content to build Initiated By God,

why Michael is considering taking over the show he handed off, what the

comments got wrong about "replacing then with a woman," and how five shows

a week get made. Two people who already have full lives, two boys, and

Invest Fest two weeks away.

We're also introducing the full lineup for the first time:

MONDAY — Initiated By God with Jessica Laine McDonald

TUESDAY — Hardly Initiated with Michael J. MacDonald

WEDNESDAY — Spiritual Discernment with Bishop Senegal

THURSDAY — Bible Study With The Homies (live) With Ladun

FRIDAY — Hardly In Love With/ Special Host

One of those started with a single person in a room. It's now close to 100

people packed into a coffee shop every Thursday night. We're taking it

outside those four walls.

Content is king — but context is what makes it matter. We're not here to

gossip and we're not here to tear people down. We're building for whoever

is sitting in a dark place right now looking for God and doesn't know how

to hear Him.

New studio. New shows. Same mission.

Subscribe so you don't miss the launch of all five.

Stay initiated.

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00:00 We've been gone — here's why

01:15 The new studio (and the real reason we moved out the house)

02:40 "Seek ye first the kingdom" — the decision behind the pivot

04:05 What the Philip Anthony Mitchell episode exposed

05:30 Announcing the full network lineup

07:10 Bible Study With The Homies: 1 person to 100

09:00 "Relationships is not me" — knowing what you're not called to

10:45 Should Michael take back Hardly Initiated?

12:20 The dream guest list

14:00 InvestFest: the biggest business plan can't happen without God

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The Father Wound, Healing Before Marriage & Losing It All | Bishop R.C. Blakes & Lady Lisa Blakes

Thursday, July 16, 2026 • Duration 01:17:01

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 Lady Lisa Blakes — the couple behind The Father Daughter Talk, Queenology, and a global movement healing women around the world. They open up about losing their entire church overnight in Hurricane Katrina and rebuilding from zero at 40, the depression nobody saw while he was saving lives every Sunday, and how Lady Lisa turned surviving childhood abuse into a ministry that fills altars with women who thought they were alone.

Bishop Blakes breaks down the father wound — how it gives the world access to a woman’s soul, why it’s the root of “my type,” and the biggest lie wounded women tell themselves. Plus: why you should never marry potential, what an unhealed person looks like inside a marriage, why happy marriage became taboo, and the generational curse they intentionally broke in their son.

“Everybody wants the anointing. Nobody wants the crushing.”

If you’ve ever wondered why you keep choosing the same kind of person — this conversation is the answer.

⏱ CHAPTERS

00:00 Welcome and Introductions

01:48 Katrina Loss and Rebuild

03:01 No Options but Faith

05:28 Wife as Covering

09:09 The Wounded Healer

11:04 Turning Wounds to Doors

False Prophets, God's Voice & The Spirit Realm | Bishop Demetrius Senegal Ep.2

Thursday, July 9, 2026 • Duration 01:17:00

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 across 43 countries — for one of the most unfiltered conversations you'll ever hear about the prophetic.

He breaks down the difference between false prophets, true prophets, and people who are simply not prophets, why the "10 millionaires by Friday" prophecy machine needs to be held accountable, and what really opens the door when believers dabble in tarot cards, psychics, and horoscopes.

He also goes where most prophets won't: the time his gift outran his maturity, the prophecy a political leader ignored right before losing everything, why he asks God to show him nothing about the women he dates, and how to finally tell the difference between God's voice and your own.

If you've ever been hurt by a prophetic word, manipulated in God's name, or just want to know who's really hearing from Heaven — this conversation is for you.

⏱ CHAPTERS

00:00 Prophetic Culture Today

01:08 Life Before the Call

02:52 Hearing God Early

06:53 Discerning Gods Voice

10:20 The Cost of Yes

14:06 When Prophets Want Out

17:11 Spiritual Gifts and Darkness

The Prayer That Brought Me Back | Pastor Philip Anthony Mitchell on Running From God, Warfare & Healing Ep.1

Thursday, July 2, 2026 • Duration 01:28:03

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 formed a prayer circle around her on FaceTime. The next day, her recovery began.

That's why he's sitting across from her for the very first conversation of this new assignment.

In this episode, Pastor Philip Anthony Mitchell opens up like few have heard him before — the night he sat with a shotgun and a bottle of Hennessy before God met him in a bathroom, the four years he ran from his calling, the five-year battle with depression he's never preached about, and the week half the country tried to cancel him.

He breaks down what really happens the moment you say yes to God, how to tell His voice from your own and the enemy's, why rest is holy, and the one question that determines whether your trauma becomes your identity or your testimony: Do you want to be healed?

If you're stepping into a new assignment, running from one, or sitting in a prison cell with the door wide open — this conversation was initiated by God for you.

⏱ CHAPTERS

00:00 Suicidal Breaking Point

00:30 Healing and Trauma

00:44 Discerning Gods Voice

00:56 Joy in Persecution

01:16 Podcast Launch Intro

02:49 Prayer Circle Miracle

06:21 Rest and Sabbatical

08:06 Warfare After Yes

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