Jennifer Hudson

The Full Story

Married to my dream man Keith Hudson, we currently reside in Montgomery, Alabama, loving God and each other one sweet day at a time! Ironically, we met at a Women’s Conference in Gulf Shores, Alabama, January 23, 2003. As a special guest singer for the conference, I guess it was my “gift of gab” that sparked a flame in our union one afternoon at the sound booth, bossing my would-be-husband around about sound particulars! He quickly informed me he certainly was not the sound guy, that I should find someone else to boss around!

Gods plans and timing are perfect. We were married on a beautiful fall day, October 29, 2005 at Garden Cathedral, in Winter Garden, Florida, with lots of family and friends to share in our celebration! We lived in Orlando, working full time and volunteering on staff at SonPointe Church, a church plant that my parents were pastoring in the metro-Orlando area of Oakland.

In January 2007, I experienced a gigantic brick-wall of faith encounter as I professed, one Sunday evening “even if I loose my job this week, I will still trust in the Lord.” Well, God heard my loose words and two days later, my job was terminated. Working in a fast paced, high stress, financial planning firm, as the primary mutual fund trader in Client Services, I stepped into a role, where the high turn over rate of my melted-down predecessors was a frightening daily reminder, and late January became my reality!

Having experienced a new wave of stress-induced anxiety and a few fully involved panic attacks, this turn in my career was a much needed impasse – a journey that led me back to writing, painting, singing, becoming more of who I was created to be naturally. Of course it was difficult, of course I experienced bitterness and questions beyond belief…but after nearly three months of a personal pity party, I felt a veil lifting off of my life and that’s when my faith discovery truly began.

I spent the latter part of that year digging into the Bible, studying scriptures again and for the first time understanding a prospective of God that I had never known before, learning that I can actually live in a real relationship with Him. My mind began to change, my body began to change, my habits began to change – everything about me became transformed in the light of this Truth.

The doctors who told me I would need to take anti-depressants and anxiety ridding medicines were wrong. God completely healed my body and delivered me from all fear, in the light of his ‘perfect love!’ It was a life altering experience that led me to writing out all of my morning TRUTH talks with God. It led me to multiple encounters with women, just like me, who experience the ugly shadows of Fear, Doubt and Insecurity. There are many, many women out there who are silently hurting. Through my own personal revelation of God, was inspired to create “Broken and Beautiful” – a study in discovering true beauty from the inside out.¬† It is a work in progress, but I have used this teaching in women’s small group studies.

With a passion for Gods presence, His heart, His voice and prophetic worship, I am also a singer and love worshiping Jesus. It actually began at the age of 13 participating in Fine Arts competition each year leading up my involvement with All-State Youth Choir in High School, the summers that shaped my life and my heart into the ’spirit and truth’ worship leader I am today.

My heart also beats for the nations as I have journeyed to South Africa, Lesotho and France! Images and sounds flash through my heart daily, of the beautiful African children singing their song. It is now with great desire that I have established my life goal to minister to them once again through music, words of encouragement and someday building Homes of Hope for them all across the South African nation.

After six months, being molded in the presence of God daily, God began to work in my husbands heart in his work place. The spark of Evangelism grew very quickly and very vibrantly in his heart. One day he came home and professed that the Lord had prompted him, like Peter, to step out of the boat! Neither one of us truly knew what it meant, but our hearts were ready. Keith soon after, gave his notice to his employers, and we were packing up to move into a two bedroom trailer in Alabama…a complete change from our life in the fast lane of central Florida! But God knew in all of His Glory that our hearts were ready. The next step of the journey was to work on renewing our minds…

Keith is a Certified Minister with the Assemblies of God and is strongly compelled to focus his life to helping pastors and churches develop new disciples through real relationships with Christ and their community. We believe God is training us and making us ready for the eleventh-hour Harvest of Souls! Our goal is to see people changed with the life-altering power of Christ, but to also become fully developed Christians, through His word and a real relationship with Him.

My Life Calling Scripture:

Isaiah 61 (ESV Version)

The Year of the Lord’s Favor

1 The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the poor; he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound; 2 to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all who mourn; 3 to grant to those who mourn in Zion‚Äîto give them a beautiful headdress instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, the garment of praise instead of a faint spirit; that they may be called oaks of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he may be glorified. 4 They shall build up the ancient ruins; they shall raise up the former devastations; they shall repair the ruined cities, the devastations of many generations.