Things that I meditate, pray and/or just mentally chew on that I write out to encourage and uplift others and perhaps create meaningful discussions. The disclaimer is that traveling through a man's thoughts with him may be frustrating or you may not see the end results immediately. Bear with me, as I am a work in progress... a diamond in the rough so to speak!

Tuesday, November 20, 2012

Live It UP Countdown Blog #6: Put It ON!

Ok... last post was about putting that ol' funky, nasty, stinky, foul carcass of our old selves  and all of it's ungodly influences off, not just momentarily but for good! But what good is putting off everything and not putting anything on?! Like Andy Mineo said in one of his songs "if you only put off, you'll be waking up cold!". Well, right on! So here we go, to shop for "new clothes"! :-)

After telling us to put off the old deeds of the flesh, Paul starts directing us what to put on:

Colossians 3: 9-15
"9 Do not lie to one another, since you have put off the old man with his deeds, 10 and have put on the new man who is renewed in knowledge according to the image of Him who created him, 11 where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcised nor uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave nor free, but Christ is all and in all.

12 Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, put on tender mercies, kindness, humility, meekness, longsuffering; 13 bearing with one another, and forgiving one another, if anyone has a complaint against another; even as Christ forgave you, so you also must do. 14 But above all these things put on love, which is the bond of perfection.15 And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body; and be thankful."

As I did in the last post I will list these to make them stand out for us.
Put on:

  • Tender Mercies
  • Kindness
  • Humility
  • Meekness
  • Longsuffering
  • Forgiveness
  • Love
  • Peace of God
  • Thankfulness

I feel immeasurably better thinking about this list than the other one. The other one leads to death, destruction, depression, defilement and degradation. That is what is running rampant in the world.  This list is the salt and light, preserving and awakening it. This list is what keeps the world from consuming itself. This list is what Christ was and what we are to be. This list leads people home. It is  through God's power we do the things listed here, not of our own. Will we fall short of this list... yes, we will. Will we do things from the other list... yep. But which will we submit to... which will we let live in us and which will we try to assassinate? Which will we walk in?

Other stuff to put on:
Ephesians 6:10-18
"10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might. 11 Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. 12 For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age,[c] against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. 13 Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.

14 Stand therefore, having girded your waist with truth, having put on the breastplate of righteousness, 15 and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace; 16 above all, taking the shield of faith with which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one. 17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God; 18 praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, being watchful to this end with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints"

We need to get everything we put on out of the Word! Let's Live It UP!

ONE MORE DAY! :-D

Live It UP! Countdown Blog #5: Put It Off

I started this study with Col. 3:1-4 back in blog post #1:

"1 If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God. 2 Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth. 3 For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. 4 When Christ who is our life appears, then you also will appear with Him in glory."

And today, I am going to back up to it, because today's text begins at verse 5 with the word "therefore". When given a text starting with words like "Therefore", "Now", "Because", etc. I always like to back up a little bit to get a better understanding of the placement of the given text. My long drawn out way of saying "context", lol. 

Today, I am looking at Colossians 3: 5-11:

"5 Therefore put to death your members which are on the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry. 6 Because of these things the wrath of God is coming upon the sons of disobedience, 7 in which you yourselves once walked when you lived in them.

8 But now you yourselves are to put off all these: anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy language out of your mouth. 9 Do not lie to one another, since you have put off the old man with his deeds, 10 and have put on the new man who is renewed in knowledge according to the image of Him who created him, 11 where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcised nor uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave nor free, but Christ is all and in all."

Now, backing up to verses 3&4 we get a better outlook on what verse 5 is asking us to do. "For you died" ...I did??? When, where, how???  Keep calm... of course this death wasn't physical, as you are here reading this! However it was very real. Notice how verse 5 speaks to us: "Therefore put to death your members which are on the earth" We have already suffered spiritual death, being born into sin. We were dead in unrighteousness, of no use to God, rotting and stinking. You may still think I am using metaphors, but I am actually being very literal. We also died to ourselves, when we obeyed the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. And the act of baptism was our photograph of the operation. We died when we gave our "life" (that was no good) to Christ, was then buried, and raised again to live! We have identified ourselves with Him and as verse 3 says "...our life is hidden with Christ in God". 

Now, landing at verse 5 and examing till verse 9, our brother Paul is continuing to instruct us on living it UP by telling us to basically kill off that old man's influence. It is a right response to the grace we have been given to now go into ninja assassin mode and deal killing blows to old behaviors. "Put off" in these verses are not like taking off a coat and putting it on again because we get cold. That phrase "put off" is a lot more permanent. And in the same verse Paul assigns the charge: Idolatry. I'll drop a list, just to make them stand out:

  • Fornication
  • Uncleanness
  • Passion
  • Evil Desire
  • Covetousness
  • Anger
  • Wrath
  • Malice
  • Blasphemy
  • Filthy Language
  • Lying
Quite a list...And yet I can find Christians not only wearing these, but comfortably and even displaying it for all to see. How can you ever live it UP while mired in any of these???

 Are you wondering why anger is idolatry? These are not just lone acts, because however long we live we will find ourselves getting angry about something, we will catch ourselves having an evil desire from time to time. Paul means the giving into it, wearing it, being comfortable in it... walking and living in them (which is evidenced by verse 7). Paul is showing this is idalotrous, because it is an attitude of self-centeredness, self-worship. You make yourself and idol and catch God's wrath eventually. How far do I want that old man and his ways away from me?? As far as I can get him! 

A lot of our problems with new converts and people who walk away from church is that we don't help them put off these things. It takes someone that has done it to do it. Either that or people condemn a person instead of assisting them, or praying for them. In other words, we judge and people feel judged and they run from us and God. It won't be nice when God holds us accountable for the things we have done to the Body of Christ. Everyone is struggling with things inwardly and even outwardly, at least one reason being we have things to "put off" not just hang up for later. 

I leave you with another scripture about putting off stuff:
Hebrews 12:
Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, 2 looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. 3 For consider Him who endured such hostility from sinners against Himself, lest you become weary and discouraged in your souls.


Let's get light! Put off that stuff and Live It UP!

Monday, November 19, 2012

Live It UP! Countdown Blog #4: "After all these things the Gentiles Seek"


Matthew 6:
25 “Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing? 26 Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? 27 Which of you by worrying can add one cubit to his stature?28 “So why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; 29 and yet I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. 30 Now if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?
31 “Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ 32 For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. 33 But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you. 34 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.


Those Gentiles.... outsiders... the non-chosen! Always seeking after stuff!Stuff to eat... Stuff to drink... stuff to wear. Wait a minute! That is like 98% of everyone I know! Maybe even 99%! Matter of fact, almost everyone I know (including myself) are what is considered Gentiles! I know like three people of Jewish background and the rest are very much Gentile-ish! Huh? Oh yeah, that's right... God opened the doors for Gentiles through Jesus, whew!

Ok, now  that that pressure is off, let's look at what the Lord was saying to those around Him and later to us in these verses. He says the Gentiles seek after the things they will eat, drink and wear... but why were the Jews different? Why should God's people take a different perspective? Because God's people had forgotten about Jehovah-jireh: God the Provider. The One who when they were in the wilderness provided manna from heaven, water from a stone, healing from serpent bites, protection from enemies and made it so the shoes never wore off of their feet. The One who provided with them a choice property, and the inhabitants of that land. The One who was about to provide them with a Lamb, who would take away their sins. The Gentiles neither recognized God or His provision and didn't respect that name of God. But the Jews did. 

Jesus, is stirring an ancient remembrance here of a God that knows how to take care of His people and provide for them. Jesus, as a part of His ministry, reveals God as "the Father" and reminds the people how important they are as His children. His words immediately demand faith, because as soon as the next person there got hungry, it would be God's turn to move. Verse 33 shows the conditions and terms: "But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.". The very fact Jesus is talking about a need every last one of us will have consistently, shows that He is not talking about a long process of faith displayed over the course of many days. He is talking about right now

It's natural to think about what will dinner be, or what we will wear today. I think about what key I need to open the door to my house. But I don't worry about it! Gentile behavior is a very natural behavior. Gentiles would lack the knowledge of God and the faith in God (naturally) and follow the desires of the flesh, or the planetary alignments, or the statistical readout of the situation, etc. It was foolish thinking to the Gentiles to depend on one God (who especially at that time, had not sent prophets or shown wonders and miraculous signs). To worry (and think out the solution) was a very Gentile thing to do. Jesus counters this Gentile way of thinking in God's people by reminding them of the glory of Solomon, by showing those that believed in God, how the Father took care of the smallest, most helpless of things. He says do not worry about your life... God feeds... God clothes... Are you not of more value than a bird or lilies or grass? Jesus is in more current terms... "laying it down"!

So let's switch gears... Jesus is speaking through the ages to you and I right now. How do you feel about what He is saying? He sees you grinding, counting up the money wondering how many more meals can I afford, how will I be clothed in the coming months when seasons change, etc. And He begins saying to you: "do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on.". How do you handle when He tells you your faith is small? Look at the bird, look at the lily, look at the grass, He says. Do you think He is mistaken, do you question if He is the Christ, do you think your situation is special and outside of the reach of His words. Do you accept the challenge of increasing your faith, seeking the kingdom and it's righteousness and then look for God to add "all these things to you", by the next time you need them?? Can you accept if it's manna from heaven and after a while your taste buds may tire of the taste? Can you still appreciate the sustenance while waiting on the promise? Can you then not worry about tomorrow? I should hope so, because that is what Jesus is getting at here.

You may worry too much. Any worry is too much when you are a child of God. I am still guilty of this sometimes. But God never wants us there... faith (which pleases Him) can never chill in the same space as fear, doubt and worry. These things can make us miss blessings, affect our bodies and drive us out of our minds. But I am reminded of One who took a demon possessed man and later had that man, sitting, clothed and in his right mind.

Do this with me fam, and we can have each other's back with this.We who have been guilty of worrying, doubting the Lord or being driven by fear, let us repent, and seek the kingdom of God and His righteousness. Let our lives and the care thereof fall in line behind that objective. Let's believe Jesus and prove the devil a liar, and walk as the people of God. Pray for me, I will pray for you and if you comment or shoot me a message, I will pray for you specifically. 

Let's Live It UP! Only 3 more days! :-)

Saturday, November 17, 2012

Live It UP! Countdown Blog #3



Matthew 6:

Matt 6: 19 “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal; 20 but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. 21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also."


   This is the "UP" in Live it UP... I purposefully capitalize the U and P, to differentiate between the physical direction and the spiritual direction we should be heading in. The Lord explains to us, that everything on the earth, including you and I and even the earth itself is temporary. Everything that we have received new either has or will deteriorate, diminish or pass on. If God had nothing for us after this life, then this life would be equivalent to one huge, cruel joke. Everything we love on earth we are destined to lose. Every person, every car, every jewel... everything we can lay eyes on! We need to remember that because it holds monumental significance. It changes the way we interact with every person, every time. It causes us to hold each moment in high regard, as a blessing, whether we have a relationship with God or not. It is a bittersweet knowledge to possess alone however. When we fully grasp that there is counter-life happening to each and every natural object in existence, and time is not a friend, the knowledge of the Most High through Jesus, makes even more sense. Even Jesus submitted to the "way of the world", but showed his dominance in that He overruled it, not being able to be held by the temporary, being eternal (Acts 2:23, 24). 

   A lot of Christians don't understand when we say we look to Christ in our toughest situations. Some think this means we pray for His assistance, but that is only the surface. I look to Him in His words, in His actions, in His attitudes. Jesus amazed people with replies He gave to questions, He taught in parables knowing the link of truth between all of our earthly situations, He kept silence at times we would have fought our case with many words. Jesus wanted us to know that a relationship with the Father and with Him made everything different than we would naturally think. We look to Christ and focus on Him to overcome ourselves! Overcome our knowledge, our feelings, our tendencies, our enemies... He tells us to be of good cheer because HE overcame the world, not that we would. Christ  is the factor that makes Christians different!
So as the text directs we store up treasures in heaven, because our heart is there. And to take it further, because He is there, with all power and authority under Him. 

This is why we Live it UP! It's not about ballin' or smiling all the time... It's about faithfulness and integrity in the struggle to get through this foreign land as an ambassador of Christ. It's about remembering we have a home we are going to and a great Love there. It's about delighting ourselves in His presence, as if we were prisoners receiving a visit from a loved one, and holding that close because He is never going to leave! 
So I don't know what you are facing as a child of God... but I know you are facing something. While you face it, face God and know that He knows you, He loves you and He is directing you.... Home!

Live It UP!

Live It UP! Countdown Blog #2

Ok, my apologies that this post from day #2 is actually being posted on day #3... It's been a really challenging day, but one that has reinforced to me why it is important we live it UP, setting our affections higher.

Today started normally enough, but got very different, very quickly. In a nutshell, my wife's car lost brakes on the way to take my son to school, and I was awakened an hour after I went to sleep. After somewhat dealing with the situation, I couldn't get back to sleep which I knew was going to impact the day, because I was originally only going to get about 5 hours anyway. There were many things to get done, and some did and some didn't. I took about a 4 hour nap mid-afternoon and I am now fully awake again after midnight. I have excluded a lot of details for a reason. That reason being it was a tough, challenging, touch-and-go day, but I was alive to see it! And so was everyone I know who saw yesterday come and go! One day, I will have to deal with more than loss of sleep, time or money... one day I will have to deal with the loss of everyone I know or they will have to deal with the loss of me. But either way, that day was not today!

I want everyone to just stay encouraged and delighting yourself in the Lord. The Lord knows our problems, our conditions, our fears. He knows our desires, ambitions and attachments. He knows we have weaknesses and imperfections. His goal is to get us to know He is bigger than all that. Ephesians 3:20 starts "Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think..." and that is the precise knowledge He wants us to come to.


Proverbs 3:
5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart,
And lean not on your own understanding;
6 In all your ways acknowledge Him,
And He shall direct your paths.
7 Do not be wise in your own eyes;
Fear the Lord and depart from evil.
8 It will be health to your flesh,
And strength to your bones.

Psalm 37:4 Delight yourself also in the LORD, And He shall give you the desires of your heart.

There are tons of lines of scripture we could put upon other lines to prove the case that God wants us healthy and happy even in the face of unhappy situations. But the question is will we believe (By Live = Live By) it? Will you believe it today??? Live It UP!!!


Thursday, November 15, 2012

Live It UP! Countdown Blog #1

T minus 7 days till the release of my second Christian Music project "Live It UP!" and I am itching with excitement... So I feel doing something constructive and inspiring is in order! Like set the stage for the project with some Word based blogs and hopefully start a conversation with some Christ-following brothers and sisters. Sounds sweet right? Cool beans, let's get it in!

Day 1: Live it UP! (Set your affections)

Colossians 3 starts with verses 1 and 2 saying:
 If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God. Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth.

This is the New King James Version translation which I use most, but I was brought up on the KJV which actually uses the word "affection" in verse 2 instead of "mind". I guess there is not much difference but for me, affection is a bit more involved. When I think of being affectionate towards anyone (wife, children, etc.) I  not only am thinking about them lovingly but those thoughts make me want to touch their shoulder while I speak with them or hug them or even kiss their head. So I see this verse as not only directing our thoughts toward our home in heaven but our emotions and passions.

Ok, so this verse tells us to seek those things which are above, where Christ is... Well, how do we know what is there if we have never been there? AHA, this is where our faith kicks in... we know because He told us. John 14:2, 3 He says He goes to prepare a place for us in His father's house, and that He will receive us to Himself. I don't know about you, but I never feel like my "place" is here. I feel out of place (as we used to say) than a mugg... lol. So think like a teenager itching to get out there... "I can NOT WAIT to get my OWN place!"

But He left us with more. God tells us through Peter in 1Peter 1:3-5:
"Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant mercy has begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead , to an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled and that does not fade away, reserved in heaven for you, who are kept by the power of God through faith for salvation ready to be revealed in the last time."
This verse should bring a huge smile across your spirit, because it is packed with promises. A few that I latch on to is that we have a living hope (He is risen!), we have an inheritance and that inheritance is incorruptible, undefiled and isn't going to go away. That is the opposite from anything we have here now! Another one is that we are kept by the power of God through salvation.

I'm going to cut this short, because I have the tendency to be long winded (even in typing posts... lol), and you have 6 days to go! So I will wrap today up by challenging you, wherever you are in your faith and walk with the Lord, to tip the scale of your affection a lil more to the side holding the eternal inheritance! I leave you one last scripture for the day and encourage you to "Live It UP!"


Matthew 6:
19 “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal; 20 but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. 21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Propaganda - The Overflow Devo, "Lofty"


Ok, this post is straight borrowed from my man Prop, but I could not convey it the way he does so .... Here he is! Check it out...



Lofty

“Such knowledge is too high for me.”
This is a beautiful phase that reminds to stay in awe and reverence of Gods holiness! He is above us in every possible way. He is “other”, set apart, holy. I think really wants us to grasp His otherness. One of many examples is in the last few chapters of Job (Ch. 38). God finally responds the questions of this deeply hurt man. But doesn't answer his questions at all.
He says “Who is this who darkens council with words without knowledge? Gird yourself like a man and see if you can answer these questions!” Then He asks Job things he couldn’t in a million years answer!
“Where were you when I laid the earth’s foundation?
...While the morning stars sang together and all the angels shouted for joy?
“Have you journeyed to the springs of the sea... walked in the recesses of the deep?”
You’re out of your league buddy! Quiet down and be in AWE! I’m trying to instill this since of awe in my daughter. Every morning when she wakes up we look out her window and sing: “if they wondering how come I’m so fly, I reply the creator of the sunrise”. I want her to look at what we can see and be in awe of what we can’t see!
If you can accurately grasp that Gods holiness and that He would be perfectly just to place all his good gifts on his son Jesus and destroying us all, then you can echo these words: “What is man that you are mindful of him or the son of man that you would visit us?!”
Everything about Him is above us! The fact that he would even care to redeem us is beyond our understanding! “Such knowledge is too high!” It’s LOFTY!
Get 'Lofty' at The Overflow.com

Thursday, November 8, 2012

Seriously???

Matthew 5: 38 You have heard that it was said, ‘Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth.' 39 But I tell you, do not resist an evil person. If anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to them the other cheek also. 40 And if anyone wants to sue you and take your shirt, hand over your coat as well. 41 If anyone forces you to go one mile, go with them two miles. 42 Give to the one who asks you, and do not turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you."

There are many times the Bible speaks needing a spiritually discerning ear in order to grasp what it is saying to us. And other times, it appears to be quite literal and straightforward so that any one with an inkling of comprehension will "get it".... Unfortunately my comprehension was low in times past when it came to this verse, and now being more mature, I know it was because my pride was high!

In this passage, Jesus speaks some words that have jammed Christians for centuries. And following this up is the well-know "Love your enemies" verse that calls for further humility. So, I can say with surety that the Lord was speaking very literally and very specifically about what was expected from those who had "an ear to hear".

Check out the verbiage He uses, that gets us confused:

  • "If anyone slaps you....." - That right there is enough to get us started on the wrong road! Just the very thought of someone slapping us, brings enough pride to the surface to have us in a jail cell by the day's end. But the Lord doesn't stop there...
  • "And if anyone wants to sue you and take your shirt..." -We would go and get Johnnie Cochran (if he was still here) to keep our $20 shirt, just because it is OURS. Because it's not about the money, it's about (say it with me now)... the principle. Right... principle = justification for pride in this case!
  • " If anyone forces you to go one mile..." -Then I'm going to try to talk my way out of it, slide from under it, test the "force quotient" to see if I can indeed be forced, etc. And then I'm going to count a mile exactly... not an inch more. Tell me you do it cheerfully, when you are being forced and I shall call you fake!
  • "Give to the one who asks you...." -  This is where we believe that Jesus must have been short on time or been sleepy or something because He totally forgot the conditions. You know... if they don't ask for too much, or they don't ask for the wrong things, or if they have a plan to repay... all of the conditions of the loan. Oh wait, this isn't a loan... this is for keeps. Well, that changes things right? They have to ask for even less and even more of the things they desire is off limits, correct?
Ok, these things are hard... these things are not natural, but you know what is not natural? Our pride! It is of the devil, his first offense, his nature! The things here are directly opposite from what we want to do, how we want to feel, but He says them, because they are possible.... through Him!

Are these things just hard for me or does anyone out there feel it too... Let's chop it up. Share somethings that help you get over those prideful moments... or things to avoid. One of my motivators is that having children makes me more careful because I know they are watching me. O.O  I try to show forth Christ to them because I know they will try to handle struggle similar to the way they see me handle it. What about you?

First Blogger Blog!

Welcome to my new blog "As a Man thinks..." which is not actually a new blog per se, just in a new place. The old blog by the same name was on Tumblr, and after about a year of low intelligence I realized it was missing something... a way for people to comment! Yeah... so I often wondered why it was like the most non-interactive blog I had ever had and it hit me like a ton of bricks. So I have returned to Blogger and though not as media friendly or visually stimulating (imo) as Tumblr, at least I can have a back and forth with you.

So first blog post is about my upcoming album "Live It UP!", which will be released on Thanksgiving 2012! I didn't plan it to fall on Thanksgiving, honest! I just had to pick a day/date to let it go and I did and later found out it was Thanksgiving. So while you are full from turkey and ham and stuffing and corn and... all that, you can be listening to my offering for those of you who need encouraging. That is the main point of Live It UP! to inspire you to delight in the Lord no matter what you've been through or what you are facing. "Set your affections on things above.." (Col. 3:2)

"Live It UP!" will be a free download, just like "Contagious" and I'm excited for you to get it in your headphones/speakers, so please get it and if you find it sound, pass it on! Let it be your ministry, I don't mind a bit! One day, I may want to take the music to that next level and ask for a donation, but that time is not now... So understand, it is me doing arrangements, recording, mixing, mastering (if you want to call it that), all through the help of the Lord, so it may be rough around the edges, but the message is top-notch and laced with God's life-changing Word.

Ok, I'm going to close this post with a few links you can check out to get more info about what I'm doing and cop some free tracks! Take care, and remember that the devil's head fits your Jesus-sized boots perfectly... go ahead and step on it! Peace...

Get free copy of Contagious here >> www.noisetrade.com/cjgreen
Check for new singles and collaborations here >>>www.soundcloud.com/cjgreen
Keep up on music related blogs and movements here >>>www.reverbnation.com/cjgreen
and if you want to see content from the old blog on Tumblr, here >>> http://ceejaygreen.tumblr.com/