Welcome to Renaissance Voices. My name is Kristene ODell, owner of 8 Owls Publishing. Have you ever wanted to get to know the authors behind the books you read? I have! I’m fascinated by the way Jesus moves in the lives of real people with real stories who have met a real Savior in their time of need. It’s these types of authors I love to work with and it’s my privilege to introduce them to you.

Season 1 - Episode 8

by Kristene O'Dell

This episode is structured a bit differently in that Hannah Scholz interviews Kristene about her book entitled One Small Voice. Kristene shares her testimony and of how she became involved in pro-life work. They also discuss a related intercessory assignment they had together. This is a highly evangelistic episode. Please feel free to share with those who might need this message.

Time Stamps:

6:08: Kristene and Hannah talk about the unique way intercessors operate in the Spirit. They don’t always seem to fit a denominational mold, but they know they belong in the palm of the Lord’s hand.

9:46: Kristene was a joyful child with many opportunities. However, she always felt different and was highly sensitive and aware as a child. She was considered a gifted child, but there are inherent struggles that come with that personality. Gifted children are often not emotionally ready to handle their accelerated path.

11:57: Kristene also dealt with sexual abuse as a child from someone outside of her immediate family.

14:20: At 23 years of age, Kristene found herself on the other side of an abusive relationship and pregnant. The counsel she received from those around her was that abortion was the best option.

14:58: The question Kristene asked as she was counseled at an abortion mill was, “Did her church approve of this decision?” She was looking for a reason not to go through with it, but the answers she was given at the clinic were designed to help her proceed with terminating the pregnancy.

16:15: After the abortion, Kristene felt like her life was done. The bondage of alcohol and drugs intensified as well as the fact that now she dealt with eating disorders.

19:58: Sitting in her bedroom, Kristene cried out to God and prayed this simple prayer, “If there is any hope for me at all, I am asking You to do something.”

21:00: All that night, Kristene felt compelled to get tell her Baptist brother-in-law what she had prayed, and she went to see him first thing that morning. When she walked out of his office, she had radically encountered Jesus through salvation and was immediately delivered of alcohol, drugs, and cigarettes–along with a complete disinterest of the life she had been living.

26:00: We are fully saved through the finished work of the cross at the moment of salvation. But there is a process of growing in our understanding of what all that means as we walk with Jesus over the years.

37:56: Jesus will always take you in to face the deepest pain of your life, not to punish you, but to heal you.

49:24: The ministry of intercession is not me wanting to impose what I think needs to take place and asking God to bless my efforts. The ministry of intercession is deep surrender to God and partnering with Him to bring about freedom in whatever circle we are tasked and assigned to.

56:43: Hannah experienced in the Spirit what it would be like to be inside an abortion clinic. She was overcome with the shame and pain that women go through in those situations.