Key Verse

How can a young man keep his way pure? By guarding it according to thy word. Psalm 119:9

Saturday, February 18, 2012

Shout out to:

KB!!!
Another guy like Lecrae. Raps wonderfully and for the Lord.
Songs to listen to:
1. Head to the Heavens
2. Lighter Fluid
3. Go
4. Lion King

Shout out to:

This is actually for yesterday because I forgot to post... :-o
Me in Motion!!!!
Songs to check:
1. Yes we Can
2. Back 2 Life
3. Eye of the Hurricane
4. Let Mercy Hold You

Thursday, February 16, 2012

God

So I was reading out of Deuteronomy tonight and basically if you think God doesn't take sin extremely seriously, read Deuteronomy. The punishment for anything major was stoning, outside the camp. If someone tries to get you to worship another god though, you were to kill them immediately. No trial, nothing like that, just cut their throat. In one chapter especially I noticed something. The chapter was 67 verses long. The first 25 were dedicated to rewards for doing what God tells them to, the rest were what would happen if they failed, rebelled, or forgot. But also there was hope, because after they had sinned and had been taken over by some other country, God would forgive them and raise up someone to lead them back. This happened A LOT in Judges. The God of the old testament is the same as the God of the new testament. He isn't unforgiving, He just can't stand sin. He forgave the children of Israel over and over.

Ry
2 Timothy 2:22

Lyrics for some songs

At least one person as been asking me what the lyrics for the songs I listen to are like. I decided to post a couple song's lyrics.

Background:

I can play the background
I can play the background
Cause I know sometimes I get in the way
So won't You take the lead, lead, lead?
So won't You take the lead, lead, lead?
And I could play the background, background
And you could take the lead

[Verse 1:]
It's evident you run the show, so let me back down
You take the leading role, and I'll play the background
I know I miss my cues, know I forget my lines
I'm sticking to your script, and I'm reading all your signs
I don't need my name in lights, I don't need a starring role
Why gain the whole wide world, If I'm just going lose my soul
And my ways ain't purified, don't live according to Your Word
I can't endure this life without Your wisdom being heard
So word to every dance, a foe, a pop star
'Cause we all play the background, but mine's a rockstar
Yeah, so if you need me I'll be stage right
Praying the whole world will start embracing stage fright
So let me fall back, stop giving my suggestions
'Cause when I follow my obsessions, I end up confessing
That I'm not that impressive, matter of fact
I'm who I are, a trail of stardust leading to the superstar

[Chorus:]
I can play the background
I can play the background
Cause I know sometimes I get in the way
So won't You take the lead, lead, lead?
So won't You take the lead, lead, lead?
And I could play the background, background
And you could take the lead

[Verse 2:]
I had a dream that I was captain of my soul
I was master of my fate, lost control. and then I sank
So I don't want to take the lead, 'cause I'm prone to make mistakes
All the folks who follow me, going end up in the wrong place
So let me just shadow you, let me trace your lines
Matter of fact, just take my pen, here, you create my rhymes
'Cause if I do this by myself, I'm scared that I'll succeed
And no longer trust in you, 'cause I only trust in me
And see, that's how you end up headed to destruction
Paving a road to nowhere, pour your life out for nothing
You pulled my card, I'm bluffing, You know what's in my hand
Me, I'm just going to trust you, You cause the dice to land
I'm in control of nothing, follow you at any cost
Some call it sovereign will, all I know is you the boss
Man, I'm so at ease, I'm so content
I'll play the background, like it's an instrument

[Chorus:]
I can play the background
I can play the background
Cause I know sometimes I get in the way
So won't You take the lead, lead, lead?
So won't You take the lead, lead, lead?
And I could play the background, background
And you could take the lead

[Bridge:]
I know I'm safest when I'm in Your will, and trust Your Word
I know I'm dangerous when I trust myself, my vision blurred
And I ain't got no time to play life's foolish games
Got plenty aims, but do they really Glorify Your name
And it's a shame, the way I want to do these things for You
Don't even cling to you, take time to sit and gleam from You
Seems You were patient in my ignorance
If ignorance is bliss, it's 'cause she never heard of this

[Chorus:]
I can play the background
I can play the background
Cause I know sometimes I get in the way
So won't You take the lead, lead, lead?
So won't You take the lead, lead, lead?
And I could play the background, background
And you could take the lead

[Chorus:]
I can play the background
I can play the background
Cause I know sometimes I get in the way
So won't You take the lead, lead, lead?
So won't You take the lead, lead, lead?
And I could play the background, background
And you could take the lead.





El Shaddai:

El Shaddai God You're almighty
God You're almighty
And Father I worship You

El Shaddai God You're almighty
And Father I worship You
I worship You

I worship You ooh yeah
Father I worship You
Lord I worship You
I worship You

Jehove Nissi
Lord You're my banner
Lord You're my banner
And Father I worship You

Jehove Nissi
Lord you're my banner
Lord you're my banner
And father I worship you

I worship you oooo
Father I worship you
Jesus I worship you
I worship you

Jehova jirah
You're my provider
You're my provder
And father I worship you

Jehova jirah
Lord you're my provider
Lord you're my provider
And father I worship you
Jesus I worship you
Jesus I worship you
Lord I worship you
Jesus I worship you
Father I worship you
Oooh jesus I worship you
My provider I worship you
Ooh father I worship you

El shalom
God of peace
God of peace
And father I worship you
I worship you




After the Music Stops

Yeah, I got a question, after the show, after the set, after the music stops, what's next? Are we just writing songs or are we concerned with uniting a people to follow the great commission of Christ.
Yeah let's get it, let's go...

Back in the day I was a lunch line rapper, after that I guess I was a punch line rapper, then I got saved and sometime after, ya boy came back as a frontline rapper, and when I say the frontlines, that's not a frontline, I’m out here preachin’ Christ on the frontlines, and no it ain't about rockin' stages ‘coz some of my engagements are out on the pavements yeah.
I'm out to take the Bible, create disciples, who make disciples, disciple-cycles, that's why I want the beats to knock so after the music stops you can meet the rock i pray, that you would know him well, this is like show and tell, it's more than a show, I'm showing you Emmanuel,
So yeah I’m hopin’ that you're likin' the flow but it's only so you could know that God I’m writing it for let's go...

After the show, after the set, after the music stops what's next?
Will there be fellowship, prayer, disciples, will you open your bibles after the music stops.
After it’s over, after it ends, after the music stops, what then?
Will you understand that Christ is King? Or will you just like the words we sing after the music stops.

I recorded a couple songs some fast some slow, so the listeners would know the importance of the show, the importance of the show's not to excite these folks but make God's truth relevant, ignite these folks.
Discipleship is our call but we make disciples, this is not a suggestion, create disciples. The teachin' is a process, it's not over night and it’s not a stage and a mic nah, it's life on life Christ -
Walked with twelve, ate with twelve, talked with twelve, shaped the twelve, invested in 'em well you could say that he made the twelve. Who made many more, who made plenty more, now it's on you and me if there's anymore.
1 teach, 2 teach, 3 teach, 4 teach, 5 teach, 6 teach, 7 teach more, this is what we've been commissioned, it's the reason why I write, so that you could hear the truth, not so you can say I’m tight whoa...

After the show, after the set, after the music stops what's next?
Will there be fellowship, prayer, disciples, will you open your bibles after the music stops.
After it’s over, after it ends, after the music stops, what then?
Will you understand that Christ is King? Or will you just like the words we sing after the music stops.

So, we write this for the right the speaker was righteous, and then we might check for a culture who likes the hypeness. Some say we keep it crunk, some say we hype man; we just wanna pump the resurrection of the Christ man.
We in the -burbs and the hoods that's hostile, we share a common view like synoptic Gospels and you know we keep a couple young dudes around us and teach 'em the same truth God used to ground us.
This is a lifestyle so, when the mic's down I pray people follow Christ when they turn the lights down. I pray that everybody playin’ this song will be challenged by everything I had to say in this song.
I don’t do this for the money, I don’t do this for fame, I don’t do this so the industry can know my name, I do this and host to glorify Yeshua the King, if you’re feelin’ me you know you should be doin’ the same let’s go…

After the show, after the set, after the music stops what's next?
Will there be fellowship, prayer, disciples, will you open your bibles after the music stops.
After it’s over, after it ends, after the music stops, what then?
Will you understand that Christ is King? Or will you just like the words we sing after the music stops.

Shout out to:

Jeremy Lin!!! He plays basketball for the New York (city) Kincks. Probably one of the best players in the NBA, he has turned the knicks season around despite being paid *only* 770,000 dollars :P... Anyway, guess what music he recommends? Lecrae and Hillsong.

Look at previous posts to find what they do...

Oh, and guess what the most popular phrase searched in the biggest search engine in China is? That's right... Jeremy Lin.

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Love again

We talked about love at youth group tonight so I decided to do a follow up of my earlier post...

Basically worldly love is a selfish love that depends on what the other person does, looks like, and makes you feel like. It is conditional and can easily be ditched at anytime.

Christian brotherly love is much different. Basically we are to love others the way God loves us. He sees us as clean now that we are redeemed by Christ. Our love is unconditional an not for selfish interests. When people outside the church see how we love each other they will notice. Most people will want what we have got. That's why in Acts 2:47 it says more were being added to their number every day.

Does everything we do make Jesus look great? If it doesn't, maybe we should rethink what we are doing.

Psalm 106:1

Praise the Lord! Oh give thanks to the Lord for He is good, for his steadfast love endures forever.

Shout out to:

(you knew this was coming) Lecrae!!! And all the other 116 (there isn't 116 of them, they call themselves that because of Romans 1:16; "For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ...") rappers who are changing rap from devil music into God glorifying music. Some awesome songs:

1. Background
2. Children of the light
3. Unashamed
4. Don't waste your life
5. Fanatics

Monday, February 13, 2012

Shout out to:

Love!!!
Being that it's Valentines day I figured I would do something different today. (well actually Valentines day is in 8 minutes) I am going to find some verses from the Bible that talk about love, clearly it is an important aspect of a christian's life.

1 John 4:16
So we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.

John 3:16
For God so loved the world that he have his only begotten son into the world that whosoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.

Deuteronomy 6:5
You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might.

Luke 6:35
But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return, and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, for he is kind to the ungrateful and the evil.

John 15:13
Greater love has no man then this, that he lay down his life for a friend.

Galatians 5:13
For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.

1 John 3:17-18
But if anyone has the world's goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him, how does God's love abide in him?

1 Corinthians 13 1-3
If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give away all I have, and if I deliver up my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing.

1 Corinthians 13 4-7
Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never ends.


So there you go.. Literally if you open the Bible up to any page, it probably will have something to say about love.

Ry-Guy
2 Timothy 2:22

P.S
Yes, it is spelled with just a Ry not Rye xD

Shout out to:

Chris Tomlin!!!
Need I explain?
Anyway great songs.... Here are some examples:

1. I will Follow (will you? Cuz I will)
2. God of this City
3. Our God
4. How Great is our God
5. All to us

Sunday, February 12, 2012

Shout out to:

Balaam's Donkey!!! Haha I was reading that story today... The whole episode is quite humorous, but the best part is when the donkey asks him a question, he answers it! Just like, yeah whatever, donkeys talk... xD Then he goes to curse the Israelites and Balek takes him to a hill and prepares sacrifices. And balsam blesses Israel. Balak, undaunted, takes him to a different hill and is like maybe from this view God will let you curse them. Nope. What does Balek do? Let's try another hill... Maybe there God will let you curse them... That is actually the definition of insanity: doing the same thing and expecting different results. So Balek's anger is kindled and he "struck his hands together forcibly"