Alexis Brown | Founder + Host

I always knew there was a calling on my life. For a long time I thought it was just my personality. I thought maybe I was loud, outgoing, made for a platform. I thought it was about me. That was my pride.

But it was never about my gifts and it was never about me at all. It was about the work the Lord would call me to do and the obedience it would take to walk it out. 

My childhood was unstable. My parents battled addiction and were in and out of my life. I was raised by my grandparents and later adopted by my stepdad. I always felt the ache for stability and control. By fifteen, my life was already drifting into dark and destructive places. I followed patterns I swore I never would. In high school I leaned into the label of party girl. By twenty I was a regular at local bars. By twenty one I was a full blown alcoholic, chasing attention and desperate to feel loved.

A long relationship ended and I spiraled deeper than I knew was possible. I met my husband within the next year and he helped ground me, but not enough to pull me out of the life I was stuck in. I told myself I was just young and having fun. In reality I was chained to a barstool and could not see it.

After we got married I wanted a family more than anything. Then I was told it would be nearly impossible. That broke something in me. I watched friends build families while I felt left behind. I sank to my lowest point. I was blacking out daily, barely working, weighing 278 pounds, binge eating and numbing everything. I was alive but empty.

Then I cried out to God. He answered boldly. My life changed in a way only He could do. My encounter with the Lord was real and undeniable. I never looked back. I tasted the goodness of God and everything shifted.

Within a year of surrender, I realized how powerful testimonies are. I was a new believer. I could not quote much scripture yet. I did not have all the theology. But I had a story. I knew what God had pulled me out of. I knew the freedom He gave me. That is where Praises in the Pod was born. Revelation 12:11 says we overcome by the blood of the Lamb and the word of our testimony. I was loud in my sin. Now I choose to be louder for Christ.

You do not need to have all the answers to share what God has done. Every testimony matters. Whether you ran hard from God or followed Him from the start, your story carries power.