The Truth About Why People Are Homeless w/ Dr. Terence Lester

[@LecraeOfficial]

What's the best way for us to care for the unhoused?

[@notw22]

I'm looking forward to this one I'm from south Africa, where we have massive communitylies of squatter camps, each fitted with cable TV with brand new cars parked outside the shacks many of them were born there and grow up but never leave because it's comfortable it's what they have known their whole lives I feel the samr applies to the homeless

[@thatomofolo452]

What happened 😔

[@notw22]

To answer your question, in the words of NF "hand outs create lazy people" education is the only answer remove all children living with their parents on the street and place them in homes/foster care

[@sarahfalla]

To try to guide them in the right way, put homeless children in school, and help them with whatever you can

[@boeskee1]

Not only give them what they body need but also give let them know that God loves them and that they matter.

[@christinajackson4992]

Thank you for sharing this important topic. I was a pregnant homeless teenager for years, starting at age 14. During those times, my dad was gone and my mom’s drug addiction overtook her. I praise God for His salvation at age 19! He began to do a great work in my life as I trusted Him. My son is now 27 years old and a homeowner. And I am a first -gen college student to become a licensed mental health counselor. I praise God that my mom got clean and she is back in our lives. I am so grateful for God’s love and for people helping the unhoused and insecurely housed to overcome these obstacles and to break generational chains! Thank you Crae for your music that has seen me through the years and for the work you continue to do. So proud of you man!

[@monicalevyt]

Thank you for sharing your testimony

[@jssberry]

Nothing makes me angrier than to hear someone say, "They need to get a job! They're just lazy!" Or when they compare panhandlers to those who are legit struggling. We don't know that person's story and we could EASILY end up in that position. So glad yall had a conversation about this!

[@FlorenceLunsford-sk2nj]

I was homeless before and l lived at the woman's center thanks for my sister has helped me and friends of the family

[@tauielofa_eanni]

Thanks Lecrae for having Dr. Lester. Being unhoused is an eye opener. I watched this video and learned so much about myself and how I have stereotyped this population. One thing to keep in mind is how Jesus lives amongst those that were living in poverty or were considered less than by society. I pray that we all learned something from this podcast that we can serve God's people with. Blessings everyone!

[@imhisapple1105]

It's crazy! I was homeless multiple times. I was helping my family in different states. At that time in my life, I would rather me be on the streets then they, one a parent, the other a sibling. I've always held down a job, never on drugs or anything. Sometimes it's also the people that you are attached to your heart. You have to be careful.

[@cheryldian]

I’m facing challenges at the moment, my hope is renewed❤

[@DaRealJuanton]

I’m really glad y’all are talking about this subject. When I lived in Dallas, I became homeless at the age of 15 after my dad was deported. My cousin’s boyfriend kicked me out. I had no choice but to house hop. I had an uncle reprimand me for because I was house hopping. I was so confused by that. I had no idea what to do. I was on my own without my parents. All I could think about was to make it to the next day. I was in survival mode at that time. By the Grace of God, I made it out of that situation, and I now get the opportunity to invest in others.

[@matbb891]

Just take some time to help them in any way you can. Myself and a group of people have given food, water, and prayed for unhoused people around our church. Good conversation here!

[@RV-kh1fs]

I have family members going through this. And I am so grateful when I am in a position to help even if it not through even a penny but through serving. This hits home. Lord Always help me see people the way you do. #Grace

[@abbyjensen2264]

As someone who was born into Law Enforcement and the Amercian church, it has taken (and is still taking) time to figure out and discover what is God's truth versus what is humanities' truth. I've unfortunately been exposed to hate and selfishness in the church and to fear and judgement in law enforcement. I believe in a God who loves all His children and who yearns for His children to love one another! If people, who say they love God, turn around and say "oh, I can't help them (homeless individuals) cause there just on drugs or they're looking to panhandle or they're dangerous and you need to watch out for yourself.", then I agree with you Lecrae! They don't serve the same God as us! I have been struggling for a while now on the internal confliction around serving the homeless. Having all these external opinions thrown at me yelling in my ears, only just confuses and frustrates me, but your discussion could not have been closer to the truth! We should love them and care for them, and not judge them! Because these are children of God and His beloved! We don't know their hurt and pain; they are human beings who need love and community and to know the goodness and grace of God. We should see them as brothers and sisters in Christ and our hearts should break for their pain and trauma! Just as God's heart breaks for the brokenness in this world, so should ours! We're not in line with God's priorities if our hearts are not breaking when his children are hurt and wronged. This is a beautiful reminder to love God in our hearts, minds, souls, and our actions and to love others as ourselves! Thank you so much for being bold and sharing the good news of Christ! I have always felt encouraged and uplifted by God's work in you and in the other 116 crew members! I love what you all are doing and how obedient you are in your faith! Thank you so much for everything you do and for spreading light and encouragement in a dark and hateful world! Thank you for helping a young lost girl know that she is beautiful, she is loved, she is seen and known, and she is precious in the fathers' eyes! It means the world to me! Keep going!!

[@cheryldian]

Y’all brought me to tears. God bless❤❤

[@phoenixrising8924]

Thank you for this insight! God bless you both 🙏

[@BarsAndBeatsEntertainment]

The way that y'all broke it down for everybody was beautiful

[@dannaboot9508]

This really opened my eyes. Thank you.

[@ryanbauer8521]

Wow, this was powerful. I have to admit it made me feel uncomfortable. I have been guilty many times of judging people on the streets. I need to change. Thank you.

[@marslikedaplanet]

"I feel emotions right now." Is such a powerful statement 👏

[@fabiscreatives]

This is such an essential and insightful conversation. Thank you Dr. Lester and Lecrae for your wisdom and vulnerability in sharing your experiences. God bless yall 🙏🏾

[@thatomofolo452]

Lord give me a sign 🙋👍👍

[@maryanna8066]

Prolific. As an advocate for our houseless in Denver, Colorado I have learned so much. Blessings.

[@iampisces]

$1500 for a hole in the wall, crack-side of town 1bd/1bath 303sq ft. Minimum wage remains at $7.25 an hour since 1995

[@iamlove121]

Thank you for sharing your story and helping to lead the way ❤

[@glowinthadark]

I'm going to have to incorporate that into my own speech*" there's places I ain't been yet also"

[@Devistech]

Congratulations on the Grammy Awards!! But thank you for the wisdom and valuable life lessons that you teach me as well. I wasn’t a fan before but I am a supporter now! 🙏🏿

[@ScaryToRemarry]

Thank you for this topic!!

[@pllthetrgrrr2825]

powerfull intro. bout to watch the whole thing when I close work. Happy to see you inviting great guests Crae! More power & peace to you from the Netherlands

[@judycaldwell2582]

Dr. Terence gives me Kanye vibes (his passionate and knowledgeable speaking) Thank you for bringing this dark subject into Light. We all have so much to learn about loving our brothers and sisters. Thank you, Crae, for hosting him and helping us to better understand the daily struggles of others. Thank you, Dr. Terence, for the contributions you've made to improve society and further the Kingdom !🙌🙌Jesus, give us ears to hear and hearts to facilitate change. God bless you both, young servants❤ #1164Life💕

[@missbreezy3469]

This was a wonderful discussion! Thanks for this upload, such a profound perspective.🙏🏽

[@AmbiguousAnthony]

Mann this is so deep… thank you for this conversation!

[@willbell9642]

Deep End 😮 appreciate this one Crae 🙏🏼

[@kaileebroadway7723]

This was soo good 👏🏽

[@FaithfulStrider_387]

This is vital, I am getting goosebumps

[@trubabiblu06]

Lecrae u could b a great i fluence for nba youngboy rn ur the type of guy he needs to help guide him thru a lost space. A private message xould go along way hes needs guidence from a wise man rn💛

[@G2S_Tv]

Yoo I'have oveccome blindness because the strength Jesus gives me as well grew up in a biker gang Jesus Christ took me out of 25 years off hard addiction I'm 80 percent blind and no BS more physical capable than 96 percent of people

[@maiaharden_]

Such an impactful and much needed conversation. Can we get a part 2? Would love to see it! Blessings to the Love Beyond Walls ministry and thanks Lecrae for featuring Dr. Lester.

[@mlumbra8874]

This is SO heavy. Breaks my heart.

[@Leader44704]

Is this a podcast? If so, where can I just listen

[@JD_Mission]

The podcast is available on all major platforms. Spotify, Apple, Podbean, etc.

[@Nichole4Hope]

I feel everyone needs to watch this. People don’t look like it always but I was homeless, twice. One because I was broken as a kid and kicked out instead of having family support. We had no local family. Another because I was in an abusive relationship losing my corporate job from it then shortly lost everything else after in a head on collision accident. Now I am an insurance agent and small business owner while writing a book about how my trials introduced me to Jesus which completely changed my mind and life. Ultimately going to produce movies.

[@abbasjoy4785]

Thank you for this episode. More of us shoukd be aware of this. 😢

[@Dieudonne-g7b]

This definitely changed my world view 😢

[@its_baryl]

I needed every single word. Thank you for this.

[@briannayu]

I think what's sad is how a lot of people have been desensitized by people *claiming* to be homeless or in need. I've had 2 exes (apparently I have a type 🤦🏽‍♀️) who've directly witnessed "homeless" women & children in one instance (a man experiencing homelessness in another) who got out of their clean bmw SUV that the hubs was driving, & took their unkempt-looking selves & stood at a distant corner asking for change. The "homeless" man had been outside for 8+ hrs, & my other ex happened to be heading back home frm work when he saw the guy round a corner only to get into a brand-new looking car & zoom off. The woman & kids eventually returned to the suv & headed home. (it was assumed.) Since it was the weekend, my ex was like, they spent a whole Saturday begging in order to receive free $$ to pay their light bill or car insurance, b/c w/ the car they drove theyre obviously doing fine. Now, I grew up in NY, the Bronx, so Ive seen TRUE homelessness front & center. But, i do wonder how many believe people begging on the street arent actually in need... My personal biases before this vid were that the homeless were either drunkards, ex-military, drug addicts, or teens who ran from home (many in the city). My dad taught me that if you cant give change (no more than $1 or 2), give em food. If they turn up their nose at food & make it clear that theyd prefer the $$, theyre not genuinely in need. I remember he offered to get someone something frm the bodega & they were like nah, im good & my dad said "see? That guy just wanted drugs or alcohol." Last thing, cuz im obvio rambling, my church in Gainesville, GA, Free Chapel used to & still does give boxes of food to ppl every Wednesday night. Most drove up in their cars, but i remember some walked down for that free food. All they needed was their ID & to register for it. Didnt have to be a church member. Could be homeless, could live in a mansion. They also support No Longer Bound for women & children & men who are homeless/drug addicts, etc. So there's still hope for churches

[@VictorJMusic1]

Great conversation

[@cameronneal4]

This is great. I have some insight on when you were saying that you don't know what version of God these churches who shoo away homeless people are following. I think a lot of it comes from these verses: “For even when we were with you, we would give you this command: If anyone is not willing to work, let him not eat. For we hear that some among you walk in idleness, not busy at work, but busybodies. Now such persons we command and encourage in the Lord Jesus Christ to do their work quietly and to earn their own living.” ‭‭2 Thessalonians‬ ‭3‬:‭10‬-‭12‬ ‭ESV‬‬ How would you say this applies to homeless/jobless people? A very common idea that I hear is that continually giving something to someone for free takes away that person's dignity and humanity because people are supposed to work for their living.

[@radianthaze5332]

I agree with the sentiment that home means belonging-so why the use of the word unhoused? Isn’t it more profound to say homeless? A home is always a house, but a house isn’t always a home. My 2¢.

[@ItsShaniForReal]

This was profound

[@franklinstatus4]

This was good!

[@cameronneal4]

I really appreciate hearing this guy's thoughts and wisdom. I do have a question regarding the safety of people wandering around and living wherever they want. My friend lived on the edge of a golf course and a homeless camp developed in the small strip of woods between the two properties. He called the police to ask them to clear out the area, but the police ignored him. A few days later, a homeless man from the camp raped and murdered a girl who was golfing by herself. The next day, the cops cleared out the camp. What do you think should have been done in that situation? It has scarred my friend for life and given him survivors guilt.

[@AriNoah-vk8uc]

Your work is so important… thank you for illumination on this topic.

[@shanhun770]

this was very insightful..

[@sarahjackson1897]

Please remember the people who battle PTSD who battled feeling unhoused on the inside long before they became unhoused physically. ❤ 🙏

[@L1MITFR]

I know you probably won’t see this, but I just saw your winter jam concert. It was amazing.❤

[@stephanie8202]

We keep putting a bandaid on the issue instead of curing the issue. Gas is high. Food is high and lets not forget how rent and property taxes being high as heck. This country (USA) is creating homelessness. Our government need to stop sending money to other countries and help your own first.

[@dariahannah8890]

Great episode and eye-opening

[@handle7750]

This is so good

[@TheKramer841]

Maybe ask them what they have been without. Individual issues tend to require individual solutions....Projects didnt seem to solve the problem. Too cookie cutter i supose. Good ideas dont always work, if it was even a good idea at first. Some people wouldnt even know where to start if givin the opportunity even.....💔

[@Fatherandsonreact]

Bro can you get Andy on here? I would love to hear a deep conversation between you guys

[@valeriehawkins5687]

Proverbs 19:17 Whoever is generous to the poor lends to the Lord, and he will repay him for his deed. Proverbs 14:31 Whoever oppresses a poor man insults his Maker, but he who is generous to the needy honors him. Proverbs 22:9 The generous will themselves be blessed, for they share their food with the poor.

[@timmc8444]

There are huge numbers of people who work every n fulltime who can't afford rent

[@user-ho8jx4ue5i]

i love this, bro

[@user-pn1wd3fh3u]

If you are a true man of God you don't go to parties you don't look for evil and try to expose it! Your faith in God doesn't bring evil to you and they don't coerce you to go to it.

[@christopherberryman9273]

I'm start following lecrae he have a good podcast

[@wesleychenette5311]

Hey @LecraeOfficial and @DrTerenceLester . If we as a society define people with not having a house i.e. "homeless," which is clearly incorrect based on this conversation, how should I frame and view this issue? How do I view it, talk about it, refer to it?

[@mjd0312]

during the last time exercise i would write the word value

[@projecttest3036]

That's actually a good sign. If somebody had a sign like that, I'd be compelled to give them my money, for sure. You be playing on my Christian kindness fr and I wouldn't be able to live with myself if I didn't answer the question

[@Mynameisbemaia]

27:20 On that note dr. Lester we as a people are made to believe we are homeless in America Partly due to being alienated away from our history and the way we're treated in all public sectors of activity including economics..

[@imhisapple1105]

THIS LECRAE!!! WOW

[@Joyfullangelgirl-1]

I was never homeless but I know what it was like for people who wheir homeless I'm adopted so some of my background kinda relates too homelessness Im grateful Im not and raised in a Christian household also I knew people who wheir homeless but we still have security for protection in our churches and some of the homeless we do help but if it's something thats like crazy that we can't help like we make sure nobody carrys a gun for protection so we check their bags and stuff but when they don't want to share that's when it gets bad and another thing people get affected when they homeless is when they got nothing too eat and they eat stuff or touch stuff that affects their body also the brain on the ground/floor yes they could have disease but their still people?

[@FlorenceLunsford-sk2nj]

I have care for folks that was homeless

[@lorimast]

Why does everything have to be about being "privileged" anymore. Some people are given gifts by God and others are given what they are meant for. We are all children of GOD!!!

[@And1one757]

Its a set-up by the devil to influence ppl to build up envy and jealousy

[@Mynameisbemaia]

The reason for homelessness is family dysfunction And the lack of responsibility for the next generation.

[@cameronneal4]

(I watched the video earlier today, so forgive me if I'm remembering what you said incorrectly, but I remember you saying that Mary and Joseph were displaced and homeless) It isn't true to say that Joseph and Mary were displaced and homeless. They were traveling and there wasn't any room because everybody was traveling at the same time. They still had a house, they just weren't in it for a while, so comparing them to refugees or impoverished homeless people is inaccurate and misleading.

[@projecttest3036]

Actually, I would call you truck-less. Technically, it would still describe you perfectly. "If the shoe fits..." just call it what it is. The point is to be clear and understood.

[@reginaldlee8314]

✅

[@lorimast]

Jesus had special love for tge poor and lowly. He did his miracles on those with illnesses, cripled, etc. I don't think the homeless are there on accident.

[@eyemmeohigho]

How would you not take care of ur father...

[@Mynameisbemaia]

23:48 It sounds like the conversation comes back to economics. Nobody deals with this subject more than foundational black Americans. And we can't talk about the stigma homelessness without addressing race and lineage.

[@timmc8444]

At any time we could see 10-15 million people homeless..there is a hurricane coming..there MUST be low income housing built now!

[@anjalE30]

Alot of people are homeless or without because youre still living in SIN and u depend on the system of the world, instead of depending on THE WORD OF GOD THAT is the meaning of true Faith

[@azimuthbusinesscenter]

money isn't real

[@FlorenceLunsford-sk2nj]

I used to sneak out at night out the window my biological daddy was

[@kirstenaxelrod]

@LecraeOfficial is there a link or website to help support and or get in contact with his organization? I relate firsthand to his story, testimony and this topic is something I’ve been passionate about for a while. If anyone knows any ways to contact Dr. Terence Lester please let me know, I’d be very grateful! Thanks -Matthew 25:40 -Matthew 25:45

[@messengersent_]

Google: Love Beyond Walls, a nonprofit organization focused on raising poverty and homelessness awareness and community mobilization.

[@Alyssamariiahhxxx]

I agree ☝️ ❤