Dr. Jacquelyn Brown-Hadnot is
an author and teacher whose passion is to
teach the bible in a way that changes lives. It is her great
love for the Body of Christ that prompted Jacquie to birth It Is
Written Ministries, Inc. It Is Written Ministries is a unique
non-profit ministry that endeavors to encourage, motivate, and
educate individuals to walk in wisdom, character, and holiness.
It Is Written feeds the triune man; mind, body and spirit
through outreaches such as food and clothing pantries, nursing
home outreaches, meals to the homeless and several teaching
ministries on foundations for victorious Christian living,
biblical financial principals, prayer and worship.
Jacquie flows under a powerful
three-fold evangelistic, psalmist and prophetic anointing
causing her to be an effective instrument for the Kingdom of
God.
Jacquie is a Spoken Word
Psalmist and her CD “His Mercy Endures Forever” has received
nationwide airplay, 2005 Joy Night Music Award for Best Worship
Music, 2005 Omer Award for Best Spoken Word Artist, and 2006
Momentum Award nomination.
She is the author of “His Mercy
Endures Forever-Psalms, Prayers and Meditations for the Heart.”
Her radio broadcast ‘Light for Your Path” is heard daily on
several Kansas City radio stations.
She holds a doctorate in
Theology and a Masters in Ministry Leadership. She has been the
President and CFO of the accounting and tax firm, The
Diversified Group, Inc. for twenty-one years.
Jacquie and her husband, Gregg,
have been married for over five years and together they oversee
It Is Written Ministries. They reside in Kansas City,
Missouri. She has one daughter, Jacquanda and one grandson,
Tristan.
Jacquie has appeared on the Joy
Night TV Musical Praise-A-Thon, TBN Praise The Lord, Lift Him
Up-Kansas, and Soldiers for Jesus Christ.
After being healed five times from cysts and tumors in her head
and breast, Jacquie believes the call on her life is to
establish believers in God’s Word. “Jesus died to set us free –
free from sickness, poverty, and despair. For far too long we
have lived lives without experiencing victory. The Lord spoke
to me early one morning with words that changed my life. The
Spirit of the Lord said, “I am going to set you as an example
before the people of a victorious life.” Because of all I
have experienced: sickness, lack, abuse, and depression, I know
the freedom and victory that comes from applying God’s Word.
Because I walk in victory, God is going to use me to lead others
to victory in Christ Jesus. That’s why I must stay transparent
before God. As Christians we need to set an example to the
lost. Our mandate is to be a vessel the Lord can use to SET THE
CAPTIVES FREE.” Visit the author online at
http://www.jacquiehadnot.com
PageOneLit.com: Where did you grow up and was reading and writing
a part of your life? Who were your earliest influences and why?
Dr. Jacquelyn
Brown-Hadnot:
I was
born in a small town in the Bootheel of Missouri - Hayti, MO, but I was
raised in St. Louis MO until my parents died.
Even
as a child I loved to read - I read everything - even the cereal boxes.
I was like a moth to the flame when it came to reading.
When I
was a teenager I loved poetry and Nikki Giovanni was my favorite poet.
It was through reading her work that I came out of my shell after my
mother died.
PageOneLit.com: Why do you write?
Dr. Jacquelyn Brown-Hadnot:
I
write to express all that God has placed in me. Again, as a child I
wrote poetry to express the feelings that I could not otherwise express
verbally. As a child I was self conscious about my voice and writing
became my voice.
Cry
Aloud was not the first book written - it was the second published but
the 4th written.
PageOneLit.com: You do a lot of with your ministry - Talk a
little about your ministry and your spiritual goals for yourself/others
and God?
Dr. Jacquelyn Brown-Hadnot:
The
Lord birthed a unique ministry through me in 2001 - It Is Written
Ministries. An awesome vision from God to provide a safe haven for His
people to receive love and catch a glimpse of Him. At It Is Written
Ministries we feed the homeless under the bridges food, clothing and the
Word of God. We operate a food pantry that provides food baskets to
needy families. We also have a clothing pantry and individuals can come
shop for FREE. There is no charge to anyone in need. We visit local
nursing homes every Christmas providing gifts to people who might not
otherwise receive a visit during the Christmas season. We teach weekly
classes on subjects ranging from Handling Your Finances God’s Way to How
to Study the Bible. Finally, we offer weekly prayer and bible studies.
PageOneLit.com: Let's talk a little about "Faith" -- Your life
has been one of tragedy (I'll let you discuss here what you feel
comfortable discussing) - What I want to know is how have you been able
to overcome tragedy and maintain your strong faith?
Dr. Jacquelyn Brown-Hadnot:
“Faith” my entire life has been a walk of faith. I am no stranger to
tragedy, but it is because of the tragedies in my life that I know
without question that:
God is a healer:
I have been healed 7 times. I have had 4 surgeries on my head
for cysts; one surgery on my breast for tumors; diagnosed with
macular degeneration, but healed by God; and developing a heart
condition, but again healed by God.
God is a deliverer.
He delivered me for marital abuse to become a strong woman of
God who is able to tell other women that there is life after the
love is gone and the abuse begins. There is a way out. In
fact, because of my abusive marriage, the Lord birthed a short
story entitled “Jayla’s Story” to reach women who have suffered
the pain and humiliation of abuse. Jayla’s Story shows women
how to be over-comers and live a victorious life through Jesus
Christ.
God is a provider:
When I was virtually penniless after the surgeries and most of
my business was gone, God restored my business and everything I
lost He restored 100 fold.
PageOneLit.com: You are a walking testimony , in fact you have
been called a "living testimony" -- What do you tell others that are
going through a tragedy? How does one overcome
mentally/spiritually/physically from a loss or setback?
Dr. Jacquelyn
Brown-Hadnot:
In the
face of adversity, you must know without question that the Lord is right
there for you. He said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.” I
have been called a “living testimony” and I know that to be true because
there was a time in my life when I didn’t want to live and I tried to
take my own life. But God said “not so” because He had work for me to
do. Overcoming in every aspect of your life can be summed up in
scripture,
Let
this mind be in you that was also in Christ Jesus.
Start
with the Word of God, the Bible is your roadmap to a renewed mind.
And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the
renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is,
that which is good and acceptable and perfect.
RO
12:2
Being
an over-comer means more than just surviving - it means having
confidence that the Lord will shelter you in the face of the storm. No
matter the storm. Listening for his voice to lead and guide you through
the tough times, standing unmovable and unshakable in the midst of all
to see victory come your way.
PageOneLit.com: Your new book is "Cry Aloud, Spare Not!: A Prophetic
Call to the Fast God Has Chosen for You" (BEST BOOKS AWARD WINNER -
USABOOKNEWS.COM) - When and where did you decide to become an author and
where did the 'seed' for this book come from?
Dr. Jacquelyn Brown-Hadnot:
Adversity dictated that I become an author to tell the world of the
saving power of Jesus Christ.
The
seed for Cry Aloud, Spare Not! Came from my 7th illness. I
lost the use of my left arm and I began to develop a heart condition.
The day I was to be admitted to the hospital, I cried out to the Lord
for direction because I was afraid. Then in my infinite wisdom(smile) I
decided to call a fast. I remember making the statement, “If I call a
fast, then God will heal me.” The Lord’s reply was, “so you want
something from me?” I thought that if I fasted God would heal me and
unfortunately with so many of us in Christendom we go to God with a
grocery list of “needs” and “greeds” - expecting God to fill our grocery
list.
The
Lord directed me to lay out before Him on the threshing floor and read
the healing scriptures. After reading so many times I lost count, I
stopped at Isaiah 58 and the revelation of my grocery list to God hit me
like a ton of bricks. So the book was birthed out of a need to take
from the hand of God and not from the heart of God. I must say that Cry
Aloud, Spare Not has taught me a valuable lesson about what gets to the
heart of God.
PageOneLit.com: in "Cry Aloud, Spare Not!: A Prophetic Call to
the Fast God Has Chosen for You" you discuss prayer and fasting -- Lets
speak simply as if we are talking to a child, what is prayer? What is
fasting? How do you pray? When do you pray? Why should you pray?
Dr. Jacquelyn Brown-Hadnot:
Prayer
is simply communicating with God.
Fasting is abstaining from the things that satisfy and gratify the flesh
so that you can hear God clearly. Food is just the tip of the iceberg
when it comes to fasting, there are many things that keep us from
hearing the voice of the Lord i.e. television, sex, drugs, money,
friends and the list goes on. Anything that is done in excess can and
will eventually become your “god” because it replaces the need for the
true and living God. You cannot serve two masters… (Matthew 6:24).
How
do I pray, well I pray in the car, at my desk, in the shower, on my
face, on my knees, while I cooking dinner, while I’m shopping. There is
no man made formula for prayer. Again, it is communicating with God.
Anytime and anywhere.
I
pray all the times. There are times when I am watching television and I
am praying - not where others can hear, but in my heart I am seeking
God.
We
should all pray to get to know the Lord on a more intimate level. The
Spirit of the Lord spoke to me one evening with these words, “for far
too long my people have been living on the surface OF me, they KNOW OF
me, but they don’t KNOW me.” If you want to know the heart of God -
PRAY. If you want to know the plan God has for your life - PRAY. If
you want clarity and direction for your life - PRAY.
PageOneLit.com: How does 'Fasting' bring a better view of God? How
long should someone fast?
Dr. Jacquelyn
Brown-Hadnot:
Fasting brings a better view of God because the things that flesh
desires are rendered ineffective and the Spirit of the Lord can be heard
with clarity. In other words, FLESH DIES and the SPIRIT LIVES. The
Bible teaches that the Holy Spirit cannot dwell in an unclean vessel.
In a sense fasting cleanses the vessel thereby making it acceptable to
the Holy Spirit to move about freely. Fasting is a key element in
bringing us to a point of repentance of our sins. God calls us to be
holy because He is holy.
Or
do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in
you, whom you have from God, and that you are not your own? For you
have been bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body.
1CO 6:19-20
The
length of a fast is based on the person. Anyone with an illness or who
has never fasted before should consult a physician before attempting a
food fast. Also, I recommend purchasing a book on fasting to understand
fasting in the natural because Cry Aloud, addresses fasting in the
spiritual.
PageOneLit.com: "Cry Aloud, Spare Not!: A Prophetic Call to the
Fast God Has Chosen for You" is a special book and will be blessing for
anyone who reads it -- You have a chapter talking/preaching/discussing
"FLESH IS DEAD" - Please explain.
Dr. Jacquelyn
Brown-Hadnot:
The
Chapter FLESH DIED TODAY came from a message I preached regarding
killing the things of the flesh. In fact, the message was preached in
front of a casket as the Spirit of the Lord addressed Self Life Issues
that keep us from going to another level in God. Issues such as pride,
self-pity, self-vindication, self-loathing, selfishness. There are many
self-life issues that each of us must address. As for me the Lord began
to show me - ME and it was not a pretty sight. We must deal with our
self life issues if we are to ever grow in God,
PageOneLit.com:
In "Cry Aloud, Spare Not!: A Prophetic Call to the Fast God Has
Chosen for You" -- you talk about the fact that few churches in the US
have 'food pantries, free clothing stores or some form of outreach
ministry" - Why do you think this is?
Dr.
Jacquelyn Brown-Hadnot:
In
the book of James, External religious worship [religion as it is
expressed in outward acts] that is pure and unblemished in the sight of
God the Father is this: to visit and help and care for the orphans and
widows in their affliction and need, and to keep oneself unspotted and
uncontaminated from the world.
The
Amplified Bible
James
1:27
Ministry in the church as it addresses the needs of the people is in
decline. We have mega structures with no real ministry. We are a
nation of great wealth, but an even greater population of working poor.
Before we can feed them the word of God we must address the most basic
of needs - food, shelter, clothing and love. At It Is Written we are
available Monday thru Friday, unfortunately we don’t have Sunday
services because we are not a church - pure outreach ministry, but I
have so many of the people we minister to ask for a Sunday service.
Their response is usually, “I have been hurt in church, but I will come
here because there is so much love here.”
Don’t
misunderstand, I have been in church most of my adult life, but I see
the need for the church to stop living on the surface and go deeper into
the things of God, Stop preaching at the people and start reaching the
people.
PageOneLit.com: What's next?
Dr. Jacquelyn
Brown-Hadnot:
I’m
waiting on God for the next leg of this journey. I know that the next
book is being birthed. When it is released is entirely up to the Lord.
We are
in pre-production for an upcoming television show, “Light for Your
Path.” God began this new journey after I finished a recent 20 city
music tour ministering the music from the CD “His Mercy Endures
Forever.” God is awesome like that, right in the midst of obeying His
directive for this season of the journey, He begins to drop nuggets for
your next journey. Thank God that He makes sure that you finish the
course you are on before beginning the new journey because our finite
minds cannot comprehend the magnitude of the thoughts and plans that He
has for us. Our little heads would implode.
PageOneLit.com:
What was the last book you read?
Dr. Jacquelyn
Brown-Hadnot:
His
Manifest Presence by Don Nori - my deepest desire is to grow deeper in
the Lord, deep calls unto deep.
PageOneLit.com: Do you have any hobbies? What are they? How do they
enhance your writing?
Dr. Jacquelyn Brown-Hadnot:
Yes,
my hobbies are reading, writing, decorating, chess, horseback riding
(great time to meditate) and I love old movies and television such as An
Affair to Remember with Cary Grant and Mission Impossible from the
60’s.
My
writing is enhanced by:
1. Keeping notes on thoughts and ideas that come to mind.
2. Prayer
3. Research
