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Born for a Purpose: Early Life and Music Calling 0:02 We wanna honor God because he sees everything.0:10 You were born with a plan and a purpose. He's the God of all things possible. He's the God of all0:22 miracles.0:53 Welcome to Grace Grace with Naina and Michelle. I'm Michelle Humphreys.0:57 And I am Naina Keegan. Welcome to Nashville, Tennessee. We are filming live at NRB, the largest gathering of Christian communicators in the whole world. And so, we are so excited about our1:09 next guest. You are just gonna wanna stick around to hear this girl, this testimony. She is powerful. We love her. Michelle, you wanna do the honors?1:16 This woman is the latest winner of the very prestigious Crown Award for best sound track for Where the Wind Blows, and she really does have 1 of1:28 the most amazing testimonies. If you want encouragement, you need to keep watching, and I wanna introduce to you Dawn Jordan. Dawn, welcome.1:39 Hi. Well Thank you so much.1:41 You can look up her song, her song Save Me. Oh, my gosh. Your voice is beautiful. Thank you1:46 so much.1:47 And I just found it on YouTube, but where can they find first of all, you have to listen to the song first before.1:52 Yes. So, save me from Where the Wind Blows. It's on YouTube, it's on Spotify, Apple Music, anywhere that you stream music. It's my first single and Congratulations. Thank you.2:04 And then an award on top of it, right out of the right out of the bat.2:07 1 for 1, I guess.2:08 And that's just the star. That's the tip of the iceberg for you. We just we know. Thank you. Your star is rising, girl, because you have the love of Jesus. You portray him,2:20 glory's on you, and it it he's only getting started. So2:24 Thank you so much. Well, stepping into the Christian space, I got my start in secular music, and I've been in girl groups, and2:32 I've toured the world as2:33 an artist, a solo artist. And then I I landed in sync what we call sync licensing placement where your music gets used for film and TV. And so2:45 I've had songs on Netflix and all these, you know, Nicholas Sparks movie and all these different, incredible opportunities. And, you know, I it's a very dark2:57 world in the music industry2:59 Yes.2:59 In the secular world. And, I came to this place where God called me to use my gifts and talents for the kingdom. So I'm just really excited and I'm honored. He's opening all the3:11 doors. It's not me. You know, I'm kicking and screaming going, Lord, are you sure? I kinda like writing for other people. It's less pressure. You know, I don't have to put on so much makeup, but, but it's been so3:22 incredible to see him open up these these incredible doors. And then to be nominated on my first single and then to win, I was just like, Lord, this is all you, and I am so grateful.3:34 It is all the Lord, and I'm telling you we're so proud of you. Yeah. And if you knew this girl, her heart is for the Lord. So share with us. Let's back the train3:46 up a little.3:47 Let's do it.3:47 And let's talk about your testimony. Like, how did you come to meet the Lord?3:53 Yeah. So, I grew up, my mom was a single mother of 4 kids, newly divorced when she got pregnant with me.4:01 Oh, wow.4:02 And fun fact, how I got my name was when she found out that she was pregnant, she stayed up all night praying. Being like, Lord, what do I do? My biological father did not want4:14 her to keep me. And she prayed until the sun came up. Don't cry. And she felt the Lord say, this is gonna be a new new beginning, and I'm gonna name this4:26 little baby Dawn. Wow. And so that's how I got the name Dawn. And then somebody prayed over her while she was pregnant saying this baby will be a light to the world. Right.4:35 And so she,4:37 told me that at a very young age, and I always took that very, very seriously. It was really tough times as a kid growing up. 5 5 kids. I'm the youngest,4:49 which is the best. Exactly. But, yes, she still managed somehow to get us to church every Sunday and if I remember5:00 correctly, probably every Wednesday as5:03 well.5:04 And, That's5:04 amazing. Yeah.5:05 I know. So I grew up going to Harvest Christian Fellowship in Riverside with Greg Laurie, and that's where I found my love for music. My first audition was for their traveling kids5:17 singing group, and I got it. And I sang the Lord's Prayer.5:21 Oh. Wow. And That's5:23 not a good singer. Before. I had never sang before. My sister helped me prepare. Yeah. My oldest sister was a singer. You know, when you have when you're the youngest of 5, each person has different talent,5:35 and the youngest just copies all of them. And the youngest5:38 just gets them all.5:40 And so she helped me prepare for that audition, and, I was singing in church and worshiping at at 7 years old. Wow. By 9, I was doing a5:52 harvest kids crusades at Anaheim Stadium in front in Qualcomm stand stadium in front of tens of thousands of people. Amazing. With that opportunity, I got discovered to be6:04 on this new kids TV show on TBN called Colby's Clubhouse. Oh, wow. That was my second audition where I had to sing, dance, and act. I was scared out of my mind. I didn't know what I was6:16 doing, but I was like, just be myself. I guess I get typecasted. And I got on the show. Wow.6:23 See, God has always been shining his light through you, like like the prophecy, opening doors for you. That's amazing.6:30 Thank you. Well, I'm so grateful for that. And, you know, even if we were showing up late, my mom's car was breaking down. We had no money. I mean, we were just making it happen, and I was this little girl on a on6:42 TBN growing up. And, Amazing. When I got into high school, I found this love for writing. And I wanted to just go to Hollywood and become this songwriter6:53 and singer and, I auditioned for a girl group and got into it. And I moved to Hollywood. I grew up in the high desert, moved to moved to Hollywood. And, you know, when you get7:05 to Hollywood, it's not really cool to say that you're a Christian. So I found myself saying, I'm spiritual, not religious.Hollywood Shadows and Spiritual Breakthrough 7:16 God. This is good.7:17 And then I was, like, going to yoga class, you know, trying just trying to be cool. I was not cool. I've never been cool. But, that opened up some really scary things.7:30 And, I was in my twenties when I moved to Hollywood, and, I experienced the darkness of the industry.7:42 And the things that you hear about, it happens, from studios, producers being, inappropriate. You know, being a female in the7:54 music industry, you're usually there's not very many of us. There are more now, but there weren't a lot then. But anyway, so I fell into this place where I was going8:05 out and being a little Hollywood socialite. Luckily though, what was amazing is my mom and my grandma prayed over me my entire life and prayed prayed over me8:17 as a, in my twenties when I was living in Hollywood, probably more than I even realized. And that truly is what kept me out of trouble. I never did any drugs.8:28 Praise God.8:29 I was It had to be very hard. It was very hard.8:31 It was8:32 very hard. Everywhere.8:32 But you know what's interesting is that my friends that were, they would say, you can't do that. Get out of here. You're a singer. You can't smoke. You got get out of here. You're not8:44 like, they wouldn't let me. That was God.8:47 That was Master of protection. Yes. Yes. They were your friends. Like the Bible says, the reply of the tongue comes from the Lord even out of unexpected mouths. Right? Yeah. Absolutely. That's amazing.8:59 And, you know, I was falling away from God at the time, but I still had that protection. Well, I came to this place where, I just couldn't do it without him.9:12 I just couldn't do9:13 it without him. No peace?9:15 I had no peace. I had no joy. The light in my eyes were gone. And, I remember waking up. I had I had an encounter,9:27 at night, and it's always around music, which has been interesting. The but there was a night where I felt this,9:39 I couldn't move. Wow. And I felt like there was something on me, and I was flung to my back. And I was it scared me to Jesus. Let me just show you that literally.9:50 Yeah. Yeah. It was my come to Jesus moment. It9:53 scared straight.9:53 That's right. That's right. And so the next morning, I went driving around Hollywood to find a church. I must have gone to, like, 6 different churches. They were not open.10:05 What? Hollywood. I know. Hollywood. Of course. And there was 1. And I talked to the youth pastor. He came and prayed with me. And he10:17 said, what you're dealing with is spiritual warfare.10:20 Thank God you found someone who understood.10:24 And he said, let me pray for you. And I want and let's rededicate your life to God. Amen. Wow. And we prayed. I can get teary eyed saying it. We prayed, and that10:35 was a turning point in my life. Amen. Then I was like, I wanna be a light in that dark world. So although I was still doing secular music, I started putting messages of light within what I was10:47 doing. Toward the world doing, armed forces entertainment tours for the military troops, and then that's when the Netflix and the sync licensing placements started happening. And,11:01 you know, I I'm so grateful, and I was excited to what to see what was gonna come next. And then on Mother's Day 20 19, my mom was hit by a drunkMom's Miracle and Rekindled Passion 11:13 driver on on Mother's Day. Oh my goodness. In her parked car Dawn. There was a driver going over 100 miles an hour and hit her, and she was in11:24 ICU for months. They worked on her all night to save her life. She lived. And that was another turning point.11:36 Because even though you're growing all the numbers and you're Right. Posting and you're you're growing your social media and all these different things and you're, like, now I'm being a light in the dark world and this11:44 is what it's gonna be and then God's, like, nope. Next level. Yep. And he's like, let me strip you back down again. Let me strip you to11:51 your core.11:52 He's good like that.11:53 Yeah. I know. And let me tell you, that time because I only have my mom. I've never met my biological father. So when that time with my mom being at the hospital every single day, making sure that she was okay,12:07 it was the best thing that ever happened. The worst time the worst thing that could ever happen, but it was the best thing that ever happened because 2 years of her recovery, learning how to walk again. She She walked me12:19 down the aisle when I got married, which12:20 was Praise God.12:22 Incredible. Yes. But But you got to have all12:27 that time with her and, you know you know, taking a little reprieve from that world you were in Yep. To just get when something like that happens in your life, you realize what's more12:39 important at the you know what I mean? Like, you're doing all these things and then, like, out of the blue and now it's like this. I don't care. Take the whole world and give me Jesus. Yes. Like, this is my this is my12:51 priority now. That's right.12:52 It brings you back to that place, you know? Absolutely. And it struck me to my core, and I took 2 years off of music. And I found myself, 2 years later,13:04 going through some old songs and recordings, and I just started crying. And my husband came in came into the room. He's like, what's going on? What's wrong with you? Are you okay? And I was like, I'm fine,13:16 but I just miss doing music so much. I've done it professionally since I was 7. I miss it. And he said, well, why don't you, call your friend that you were working with right before your13:28 mom's accident? And that person literally called me the next day and was like, I want to bring you on the team to build a catalog of13:40 music for companies to buy, for sync licensing, artists. And I'm I'm in a place where I wanna invest in people and I wanna invest in you. And my prayer before that13:52 phone call was, Lord, don't let all my gifts and talents go to waste.13:55 Praise God. Praise God.13:57 I just wanna use what I have inside however you can. I don't even have to be the person on stage. I just don't want it to go wasted, and I miss it, Lord.14:07 And what an encouraging we we we know and love her husband too and what an encouraging man of God he is that would even suggest, you know, like, go back and do and and, you know, it was14:19 almost like prophetically speaking into your life, you know, to and then, you know, God opening that door back up when the timing when his perfect timing was right.14:27 Well, in from the beginning Yeah. You know Even how you guys met. God's hand has been on your life since your mother found out. And then I love this story,14:39 the testimony of how you met your husband. What a godly match.14:44 How much time do you have? We could be here all day. Keep going. Well, if you want me to say glad to you.14:50 Is all I'm bringing.14:51 It's up to you. Whatever.14:52 But, I14:53 mean, we just know that it's like they they just live it and breathe it. It's just a a power couple for Jesus. Thank you. And we just love your hearts, And so there's so many amazing testimonies. Thank you. And we know15:05 you're gonna have a baby.15:06 I am. I'm pregnant. Which is so amazing too. In 20 weeks, which is also crazy because I was like, lord, now I'm gonna do this pregnant. And somebody said, well, you know, I think what the Lord is saying that no matter15:17 what, you have to depend on him. And it's all gonna point to him. Yeah. That's fine. So You know, I've I've I'm so excited to be pregnant. But I don't you know, this is my first time doing it and releasing music at the15:29 same time.15:30 It's really it's like it's just amazing how God works everything out and brings everything for his glory, you know. Absolutely. So when you started making your music again Yeah. You know, it it so now, like, so how did15:41 you wind up with your song in the movie and where we are? Like, I mean, I know there's probably so many more accolades in there as well.15:48 There are. Well, I after I finished up this project where I did 11 albums in multiple different genres, God was like, you're gonna use your gift for the kingdom.Heavenly Downloads: Crafting 'Save Me' 16:00 And I wasn't sure what that meant because I, you know, I'm a pop singer. There's not really a lot of pop artists out there in the Christian space. There's CCM, you know, there's, you know, worship and all these16:12 things, and God's like, just do what you do. And so when I started that process, I said, okay, Lord. I don't I'm really, you know, wasn't expecting to be the artist again, but I'll do16:24 it. You give me the words that you want me to sing. You give me the songs. So I started just getting these melodies, and how I like to song write is with voice memo. I hear them all the time. Praise16:36 god. That's awesome. So I started, just having all these different voice memos, and when the time came to record my album, I had over 500 songs ideas. Wow.16:48 So I it was That's a heavenly download.16:51 It was insane. I was like, okay, Lauren. And, I narrowed it down to, like, 200 and something, and I'm like, well, I'm not gonna do 200 songs. So we have to get to 10, we got to 13.17:03 So I went I flew out here from Nashville. I'm from Los Angeles, California, born and raised my entire life. But I flew out here to Nashville to record with Mitch Dane, Grammy award winning producer, and, we17:14 did 13 songs. Very good. And that was from that later this year. Yeah. Yeah. So Samey was the first single.17:22 To me I and it's a beautiful song. It just I mean, I was crying, you know, when I, you know, when I first heard it, so it's amazing.17:30 Thank you. I was crying when I recorded it. I can imagine. Was the most emotional song to record I've I've ever had.17:38 What was the inspiration behind that song? Was it just a download or does was it personal? Like, I mean, I'm sure they all17:44 are. But So that song is so special because, I came out to Nashville to just I said, okay, Lord. I'm gonna do a writing session. And, I had met somebody here, Kezia, at the, at17:56 NRB. And she was like, let's do some writing over Zoom. So we started that, and she said, come out to Nashville. Let's do a writing session. I said, okay. So we did 3 days of writing. The first day, we had a song I'd you18:07 know, we had 3 songs. Well, Save Me was the third day. And it all happened because the night before, you know, know, after we would record these ideas, I would send it to my husband and be like, what do you18:19 think? You know? Expecting him to be like, it's amazing. And, and he said, it's good, but it's not great. And I was18:31 like, excuse me? Yeah.18:32 That's what love sounds18:34 like. Yeah. And I said, okay. Because I love I love honesty. Yeah. Yeah. We we vowed to each other to always be radically honest, and so I love that.18:43 Yeah. Yeah.18:44 And I said, okay. He goes, you need to go deeper. He goes, think about the state of the world. Think about what you've gone through.18:53 Because Yeah. More prophetic wisdom for your husband.18:56 The baby's kicking me. Like, yeah. Think about that. And and he said, think about the hidden pandemic of, you know, where we're at with mental health, the19:08 suicide rate. Go deeper. Wow. That was at midnight. I'm like, I had to be up early in the morning for this session, and I'm kind of annoyed. Well,19:20 yeah. And I was sharing a a hotel room with the co writer Kezia, and I said, you know, told her what what he said and she goes I said,19:32 you know, I have been in very dark places in my life. I've been through really scary situations, but I've never been to the point where if you make that choice,19:44 there's no coming back. How do I write about something that I don't know? And she said, I do.19:56 I said, okay. Do you wanna share? She said, I was a single mom. I was in an abusive Or I was I was in a relationship with20:08 with, with a child, and I needed to get out. And I tried to leave multiple times, and I always came back.20:20 She said, and I finally decided that I was gonna leave, and I did. And I took our child, and it was the hardest thing I ever did. And I came to the place where I wanted to give up.20:32 And there was 1 night, I was sitting between, you know, that little space between the tub and the toilet? She said I was sitting there contemplating on what to do. I had a a handful of20:44 pills in 1 hand. Wow. I prayed. I said, Lord, I just I don't know what to do. Like, I just I just wanna make it all go away. She took the she didn't take all20:55 the pills, but she took a lot of the pills. She actually fell into a trance and, like, a dreamlike state. And, she said she was in this21:07 dark room, and there was a window, and there was there was, like, this shadow that was, like, taunting her. And no matter where she would go, it would21:19 follow her around. It was just, like it was very scary. And she dialed 9 1 1 in this dream. She dialed 9 1 1. She said, please, please, somebody help me. Help me. Please, anybody. And they21:31 said, ma'am, ma'am, we can't help you. And she goes, no. Please, I need somebody to help me. I need somebody to save me. And somebody said the person on the phone, the operator said, if you wanna get saved, you need to21:43 go to church. And boom, she woke up. Wow. And from that moment on, she gave her life to Christ, and she's never looked back. And I said, I think we might have something21:54 there. Yes.21:56 Do you care if we if we explore? This is, like, 7 in the morning, okay, in a hotel room. She grabs her guitar. I'm putting on my makeup, and we just start22:07 playing. That's heavy22:08 down already. Start saying lyrics. I have goosebumps22:12 all over me right now.22:14 I get my phone out. I have a voice memo of it. I could find it for you. And, and we come up with you know,22:26 and we write this entire song except for the except for, like, maybe the bridge before we even got to the the studio. Praise the Lord. So while we were at the22:38 studio, what I didn't realize is that God was unlocking the pain and the things that I didn't even realize I needed healing from. Wow. And so it was the most saving you. He was. He was22:50 saving you. He was. And I was like, if it's so hard for me to record this song in the studio, imagine how hard it is for somebody to talk about what they're struggling with every single23:02 day. Imagine to just put on a face and try to walk through it. Yeah. I meant. But I'm a but I am bold, so I'll do it, Lord.23:14 You call me in this space, I will do it.23:17 And he called you as a light in the darkness, and there it is. And there's no greater darkness than when you're just ready to give up everything. It's true. And God23:29 is close to the brokenhearted. Absolutely. He's right there with them. What would your message be for that person that's listening today?Show more In this video 0:00 Born for a Purpose: Early Life and Music Calling7:07 Hollywood Shadows and Spiritual Breakthrough11:09 Mom's Miracle and Rekindled Passion15:51 Heavenly Downloads: Crafting 'Save Me'23:36 Cry 'Jesus, Save Me': Hope, Promo, and Prayer
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