The 2020 Democratic candidate Joe Biden made an insipid comment a few weeks back during an interview with radio host Charlamagne Tha God saying that, "You're not black, if you don't vote for me." What kind of education do you think gave Biden the inkling to think that he could make such a statement like that?  How does he know what constitutes for who a black person is or isn't?How does Biden know when some black people don't even know.1 Peter 2:9 But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.Black people have been studied, measured, poked into, pulled and tugged.  They know us.  It's fine time we learn a little bit about them.Listen in as I break down a bit of the history of the Southern Democrats and the Northern Republicans; the history of behaviors that might still be in play today.----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Themes discussed:Racialized Social ConstraintCivil Rights Act of 1866The Fourteenth AmendmentThe Fifteenth AmendmentThe Roosevelt Coalition----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Thank you for listening - Follow me, Sade Graham on Instagram & Twitter or look me up on Facebook.Artwork design & logo by Dana Givens.                                                             Website: https://www.danagivens.com/   Social: www.instagram.com/danagivens/ Original music produced by professional musical production company, SweatBeatz. Website: http://www.sweatbeatz.com/   Social: www.instagram.com/ricspice/ & www.instagram.com/diasekou/----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Source(s):Holy Biblehttps://press.princeton.edu/ideas/why-are-blacks-democratshttps://www.umbc.edu/che/tahlessons/pdf/African_Americans_and_the_Democratic_Party(PrinterFriendly).pdfhttps://history.house.gov/Exhibitions-and-Publications/BAIC/Historical-Essays/Keeping-the-Faith/Party-Realignment--New-Deal/

Fortify The City

You're Not Black If You Don't Vote Democrat?

The Pharisees came to the decision to sentence Jesus to death because he would not stop resisting.  He resisted their demands to be quiet, to stop spreading the message of the one true God; He resisted their totally bias, self serving, bigoted, unjust laws; and like the multi-use of today's smart devices which are now pointing out the obvious forms of malpractice happening due to the commandments of the constitution, Jesus pointed it out, every lie.  A bit of a coordinated event, but nonetheless, if He had just listened to these men who were considered the law and just kept himself silent, maybe He wouldn't have had to endure such a death. It was all his fault, right? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Scriptures:John 10:10 - The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.Colossians 4:1 - Masters, be just and fair to your slaves. Remember that you also have a Master—in heaven.Jeremiah 34:15-17 - Recently you repented and did what pleased Me; each of you proclaimed freedom for his neighbor. You made a covenant before Me in the house that bears My Name. 16 But now you have changed your minds and profaned My name. Each of you has taken back the menservants and maidservants whom you had set at liberty to go wherever they wanted, and you have again forced them to be your slaves. 17 Therefore this is what the LORD says: You have not obeyed Me; you have not proclaimed freedom, each man for his brother and for his neighbor. So now I proclaim freedom for you, declares the LORD—freedom to fall by sword, by plague, and by famine! I will make you a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth.…Exodus 21:25-27 - burn for burn, wound for wound, and stripe for stripe. 26 If a man strikes the eye of his manservant or maidservant and blinds it, he must let the servant go free in compensation for the eye. 27 And if he knocks out the tooth of his manservant or maidservant, he must let the servant go free as compensation for the tooth.…Hosea 4:6 - My people perish for lack of knowledge.----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Thank you for listening - Follow me, Sade Graham on Instagram & Twitter or look me up on Facebook.Artwork design & logo by Dana Givens.                                                             Website: https://www.danagivens.com/   Social: www.instagram.com/danagivens/ Original music produced by professional musical production company, SweatBeatz. Website: http://www.sweatbeatz.com/   Social: www.instagram.com/ricspice/ & www.instagram.com/diasekou/----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Source(s):Holy Biblehttps://www.huffpost.com/entry/conscious-relationships_b_5226425https://www.ligonier.org/blog/why-did-pharisees-hate-jesus-so-much/

If He Had Just Stopped Resisting...

Proverbs 22:6 Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it.We all have a responsibility to protect our children from the dangers of the world.  You want them to be happy; you want them to be successful; you want them to be safe, and to feel safe! Your hope is that they will have long life and have the opportunity, opportunities to represent you well, one day.As children of God, and as parents for that matter, are we doing that?  As citizens of America, are we doing that? As our brother/sisters keepers, are we doing that?  The chances that our parents or you as a parent prays that your children will grow up to be hateful is not even a first thought I'm sure, but at what point, does that detestable thing creep in? But a different question, when do we put a stop to it?  When do we turn back all those incorrect things that we have been taught, those things that have mentally crippled us as a people? Do we care?  Consequences don't just become results, they are the results.In America, the core to our problems has always been division.  How quickly we go to creating barriers between each other based on some exterior factor, then turn around and say that all men are created equal….yup, we are created equal, on the inside. And the inside is what counts.  It is so much the innate nature of a human to pick a side, a favorite, pick a team.  Friendly competitions are rare.  Everyone is out to prove how much better they are than you.  Because of Ego, jealousy, boasting creeps in; and once that happens, it's over - here comes the fighting, here comes the separation and the divisive talk.  But the plot thickens.  Mans wicked habit of covetousness and greed sets in, we are no longer who God called.Jesus Christ was considered a threat to the Pharisees due to His confidence, fearlessness, his outspoken voice, and disregard to their man-made laws.  But there is a similar story here.  When we talk about cycles, you have to understand that these things stem deep. The United States of America was established in June 1776,  the initial attempts to absolve the 13 original colonies from all allegiance to British rule.  This need to be free was very much a thing for those who enslaved those from Africa too.  Due to the growing division between Great Britain and its American colonies, this lit the match to the American Revolutionary War.  The United States of America had to unify in order to come up against the giant that is Great Britain, with the help of its African slaves.  That's what once made us great, when we unified.  The giants we have ahead of us, we will have to unify once again - but this time, forevermore.  No more adhering to old ways and old sins. Check yourself!I can't tell you how happy I've been to see the coming together of the two groups in these last few days, just the way God had ordained, for the two to be one and at peace.  The reason why Jesus willfully bared the pain.Ephesians 2: 14-16 For he himself is our peace, who has made the two groups one and has destroyed the barrier, the dividing wall of hostility, by setting aside in his flesh the law with its commands and regulations. His purpose was to create in himself one new humanity out of the two, thus making peace, and in one body to reconcile both of them to God through the cross, by which he put to death their hostility.Fellow citizens should not be clashing, the word is clear.----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Thank you for listening - Follow me, Sade Graham on Instagram & Twitter or look me up on Facebook.Artwork design & logo by Dana Givens.                                                             Website: https://www.danagivens.com/   Social: www.instagram.com/danagivens/ Original music produced by professional musical production company, SweatBeatz. Website: http://www.sweatbeatz.com/   Social: www.instagram.com/ricspice/ & www.instagram.com/diasekou/----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Source:https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/theory-knowledge/201712/our-divided-americahttps://constitutioncenter.org/blog/it-was-239-years-ago-today-the-name-united-states-of-america-becomes-officihttps://www.bibleinoneyear.org/bioy/commentary/2256https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_United_States#American_Revolution

Divided States of America (Not Yet United)

What we are seeing with the show of acts portrayed by those who are looting and rioting in the name of George Floyd, is like when you punch into a wall after being so baited and instigated, and then pretty much laughed at for being angry.  The feeling that there isn't much else to do except wreak havoc consumes you.  And I've heard the whispers of that already, the thought that we may never overcome this.  But I have decree'd and declared that we will see the day of victory over racism and injustice.  Along with many others, I am fighting through prayer, through love, and maintaining my peace; for anger, lashing out, or pushing the divide will not do it.While our anger rages on, our pains and heartstrings being pulled and tugged in the wrong way, the set up is to fight each other - the trap.  From the very beginning, and we shall also see too, that in the end, the only thing to blame is the unresolved history.  No matter how hurt or fueled with fire, we must never allow ourselves to blow up in a disastrous kind of way.  We only add to the narrative in which our oppressors have proclaimed.  If we involve ourselves in acts that are not considered justified, how do we expect to get justice?Our seeds of peace through the peaceful protesting are now infiltrated with weeds of bad behavior.  I would like to remind you that Martin Luther King Jr. did not condone rioting when he made this statement, "Rioting is the language of the unheard," so please don't misuse his words.  While it is the language and the adverse effect in this 'cause & effect relationship', doesn't make it right, nor does it solve any real problems.  It will in turn make things worse.Are we still fighting for George, or for some free stuff?Ephesians 4:26-27 tells us to "be angry, yet do not sin.  Do not let the sun set upon your anger. Give no opportunity to the devil."What we've been seeing is the opposite manifestations of that, the sun set, and all hell has broken loose.  Images of real life zombies from the walking dead, just dazed walking towards our own demise, but not before ripping some merchandise from off a shelf.  Forcing militia to be lifted up against us, when we were only trying to fight for justice.  Now, our oppressors are looking even the more down on us.  Our fight is surely a laugh to them.We know those cops aren't innocent, we saw it on camera.  But what about you, those who are rioting and looting?  What is this, a self defense crime?  No it's not.  After committing a crime, you are no longer innocent. So what now?  Stop what you're doing, and think.  How is looting going to help our problem?  We are not hurting them, they will still have their jobs, they will still be free.  Meanwhile, after you are done committing your crimes in retaliation, our communities will be the ones to suffer from this, more of us will be the ones to have to pay for it.  Please, think.The mountains are calling!----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Thank you for listening - Follow me, Sade Graham on Instagram & Twitter or look me up on Facebook.Artwork design & logo by Dana Givens.                                                             Website: https://www.danagivens.com/   Social: www.instagram.com/danagivens/ Original music produced by professional musical production company, SweatBeatz. Website: http://www.sweatbeatz.com/   Social: www.instagram.com/ricspice/ & www.instagram.com/diasekou/----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Source:https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/psych-unseen/202005/the-psychology-rioting-the-language-the-unheard

Mountains Are Calling

Former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt said it best in her excerpt "The Minorities Question" in 1946 - '“Love Thy Neighbor as Thyself,” has often been before me when I have heard people generalize about groups of their neighbors who, like them, are citizens of the United States....'.It had not occurred to me before that I might have been totally insensitive by not breaking them down by nationality, those responsible for the years and years of deprivation of which black people have suffered in the United States of America.  Is it safe to say that they all look alike, the same way we as black people get totally pissed off as it pertains to the thought that we all look alike?  The same way white people don't all look alike, their not all responsible for racism, slavery, bigotry and those things; the same way it may bother them to be grouped with the lousy set who began it and continue the spread of white supremacists ideologies.  This is the same way we, black people don't all break the law, we're not all dangerous or violent, we're not all unintelligent, we're not all lazy, we're not all athletically, artistically inclined; and distinctively, we are not at all, any of these particular things at a higher rate than white people.I am hoping that white people will one day understand the pain that is caused every time black people are overwhelmingly categorized because of a particular reason; whether that would be levels in melanin that we carry, style of dress, style of lingo or vernacular, gender/sex, where we live or grew up, or anything like that.  So, while it always occurred to me the discrimination and abuse that black people generally faced, and continue to face due to the history of racism, to now modern day generalizing and stereotypes; for a second, it slipped my mind that all races/groups endure the same thing to some degree. Asians, Middle Easterners; people of different religions, it happens to all.  John 7:24 instructs us to stop judging by outward appearances, and start judging justly.Stereotyping is extending statistical probability to certainty.Stereotypes pass judgment; leave little or no room for exceptions; create categories that often dominate all other features of a person, not allowing for other characteristics to be seen and appreciated; stereotypes do not tend to change, even when proven wrong, supporting the idea that it is not backed by empirical/factual evidence after all; stereotypes are not formed by said factual evidence to begin with.  It is a tall tale that stereotypes help folks to understand their differences.  Stereotypes cause way more harm to the human population than good.  For the simple fact that we all carry differences both individually and among groups, stereotyping those differences actually only puts a negative filter onto things.Nobody likes it; no one likes to be put into a box.  Clearly not white people, and definitely not us.  It is the perpetuation of doing these things, whether it's to each other (whites to blacks, blacks to whites, towards other groups) or the self-affliction of it that causes us to remain in bondage - physically and mentally.How we got here, it will be tough to get over.  But the first step to deliverance is admission, friends; and that does mean white people too.  And even if you weren't the ones responsible, white people have a responsibility in this too, still, start calling out some of your cousins! We have to stop being fake, stop pretending that these things don't exist.  Like we are not capable of 1) transmitting the problem and/or 2) acting like, the problem doesn't apply to us.  Because it applies to all of us, at some point or another. Romans 12:21 Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Thank you for listening - Follow me, Sade Graham on Instagram & Twitter or look me up on Facebook.Artwork design & logo by Dana Givens.                                                             Website: https://www.danagivens.com/   Social: www.instagram.com/danagivens/ Original music produced by professional musical production company, SweatBeatz. Website: http://www.sweatbeatz.com/   Social: www.instagram.com/ricspice/ & www.instagram.com/diasekou/----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Sources:https://www.facinghistory.org/basic-thing-we-must-do-stop-generalizing-about-peoplehttps://emorywheel.com/generalizations-v-stereotypes/https://digitalcommons.nl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1334&context=diss----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------R.I.P. to George Floyd who died on Memorial Day - Monday (May 25, 2020) at the hands of Minneapolis police officers who had him pinned to the ground with a knee to the back of his neck, where before dying due to this act, caused him to plead that he could not breath.

Problems w/ Generalizing (Welcome To The Other Side)

The wealth of the rich is its fortified city, poverty is the ruin of the poor (Proverbs 10:15).Black people! Are we better off than we were?Having a black President (Barack Obama) a few years ago didn't change a thing within the black psyche, implicit biases and internalized racism still exist.  It is the tendency of my black people to fight against each other more than any other fight we pretend to battle.The existence of implicit biases and internalized racism is very prevalent within the black community; could it be that the sentiments in which whites/white cops have towards black lives are in fact the same that blacks have against other blacks?  The same struggles of our freedom fighters are still living through us today.  The result of which racism left the stain still in fact remains.  How can we talk about racism when it comes to whites vs blacks, but not the racism that we harbor within our own communities, towards our own?  Racism doesn't just happen to us, but it also happens through us, as well. Mark 3:25  If a house is divided against itself, that house cannot stand.The divide and conquer strategy of our greatest enemy against us continues to go on.  How can we ask for anything (ex. reparations, respect, etc), but then be so divided on the inside? We don't stand to receive anything until we sharpen up.  Lauryn Hill said it in her 1998 hit song 'Doo-Wop (That Thing)', "How you goin' win when you ain't right within? Come again." How can you command change but your house is in disarray?Ephesians 6:12 Our struggles are not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.Matthew 5:43 instructs us to "love your neighbor and hate your enemy".We are a mighty army together, we are stronger in our numbers; and we will need our numbers in order to take down our greatest enemy.  Your neighbor is not your greatest enemy, white people aren't even our greatest enemies. They are mere weaponry.The wealthy.  White people, they stay banned together. But my black people, we don't do that.  White people may rebuke each other, they may reprimand one another, but not in front of us.  Not in front of the outsider.  White people do not fight against each other for the world to see!  They do not encourage failure or wait to watch each other fail.  They don't celebrate each other's lack of any kind.  If nothing else, haven't we learned that much from the ones we like to call our oppressors?  But poverty: It can be situational, generational; it's not just lack of money, or lack of clothing or food.  Poverty is the state of being extremely poor, poor in judgement, poor in values, character, and so much more.  Lack in these areas, is or can be debilitating if you're not careful.  Folks, we gotta do better!Hosea 4:6  My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge.We even see the manifestations of these horrible habits within our Christian churches.  Making fun - the church should never be the joke mixed with any outsider discussion.  The putting down of our brethren's leads to a slow demise of morale.  What this does it lessen the chance of a lost soul to be found, or come to Christ. While not all black people or Christians hate one another, many of us show signs of doing so in our inabilities to stick by or stand up for each other. These are the small seeds that we don't even consider a big deal, but later turn out to be the weeds that ruin the entire crop. Because our oppressors hate or hated us, we in turn learn to hate ourselves, leading to black on black crime, not seeing the value of our own lives or why we were even blessed with life.Are you woke?  To be "woke", as so many tend to claim, is not only being mindful of social, economic, political injustices, but it is also being aware of the spiritual and psychological weapons nigh.  We miss those cues every time.So, this is proof that we haven't gotten far at all.   Why do we expect change in them when we in turn, have yet to change?  We have the capabilities of breaking from these generational ties, friends! United we stand, divided we fall! Stop falling for the okie doke.  Let's get to work on us now so then when we speak, we are found unequivocally justified!  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Thank you for listening - Follow me, Sade Graham on Instagram & Twitter or look me up on Facebook.Artwork design & logo by Dana Givens.                                                             Website: https://www.danagivens.com/   Social: www.instagram.com/danagivens/ Original music produced by professional musical production company, SweatBeatz. Website: http://www.sweatbeatz.com/   Social: www.instagram.com/ricspice/ & www.instagram.com/diasekou/----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Internalized racism: where we take negative racial stereotypes adapted to white cultural standards and record it to our own thinking - leading us to think less of ourselves - unconsciously and consciouslyImplicit biases: biases unconsciously shaped by experiences or learned associationsBlack-on-Black Racism: The Hazards of Implicit BiasUnderstanding the Nature of Poverty

United We Stand (Divided We Fall)

With the death of Ahmaud Arbery breaking news a few weeks ago, there is a familiar resonance of outrage among black people in America. People are mad all over again, history continues to repeat itself.Will Gregory and Travis McMichael ever see their day in court for the death of Ahmaud?  The protests and uproar of blacks did lead to an arrest, but how far will that go?  And were we, black people, too quick to judgement of the father and son?Is our anger a little displaced?  With all that is being said and those things not being said, it is time for black people to educate themselves on all the facts and not just some of it.  Was it a citizens arrest gone wrong or a blatant attempt at another black life?  It stinks of past cases like Trayvon Martin, Eric Garner, Michael Brown, Sandra Bland; but not every case is the same.Now, the investigation is being done with more and more unfolding, some of which we may not like- what do we do about this?Hosea 4:6 For lack of knowledge, my people perish.It's understandable the sentiments felt or shared, but have we been a little overzealous about things?  Did we take the time to do some investigating ourselves before picketing? Historical events fueled by racism, police brutality towards blacks, etc., continues to lead emotions of all watching how this thing will turn out, but while we know that white people can be racists, can black people be racists too? And with another presidential election on the way, the pandemic COVID-19 halting all campaign efforts, here is another strategy to win our votes: the Ahmaud Arbery case.James 1:19 Let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger.Proverbs 18:2 A fool takes no pleasure in understanding, but only in expressing his opinion.Be mindful the things you stand to say or do in the midst of anger for you might have to retract them later; and outrage rarely ever leads to sound actions, it sometimes leads to stupid decisions.----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Thank you for listening - Follow me, Sade Graham on Instagram & Twitter or look me up on Facebook.Artwork design & logo by Dana Givens.                                                             Website: https://www.danagivens.com/   Social: www.instagram.com/danagivens/ Original music produced by professional musical production company, SweatBeatz. Website: http://www.sweatbeatz.com/   Social: www.instagram.com/ricspice/ & www.instagram.com/diasekou/----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

This Is Outrage! (Cries for Ahmaud)

Changing my Instagram name from @SadeDizzle to @iAmSadeGraham was more than just a change as far as my social media channels were concerned; I found that my perspective and view on many things organically changed with it.  My approach on content and life, in general, became altered; and it was around that time that I truly realized my new role in life.Letting go of who you are to become who are called to be is not easy.  And with that calling, you can't be scared nor slow about it, you just have to do it.2 Timothy 1:7 For God has not given us a spirit of fear and timidity, but of power, love and self control (Holy Bible).  When on the path of elevation, as tough as it may be, we must reconcile with it.  If it means ridding yourself of a certain set of friends, practices, even a job/career that you absolutely love, you might have to make that hard decision to part with it.Most times that ultimate position will require you to wear an outfit you have never worn before.Even President Obama had to avoid lighting up his spliff during his campaign to the White House; he too had to button up if he was going to lead the free world with a particular grace.And after periods of time and frequent mistakes, hopefully some of those whom you use to look to as just reckless entertainers start to become more the wise.    Because we are all called, there comes a season when we all have to put the toys away. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Thank you for listening - Follow me, Sade Graham on Instagram & Twitter or look me up on Facebook.Artwork design & logo by Dana Givens.                                                             Website: https://www.danagivens.com/   Social: www.instagram.com/danagivens/ Original music produced by professional musical production company, SweatBeatz. Website: http://www.sweatbeatz.com/   Social: www.instagram.com/ricspice/ & www.instagram.com/diasekou/---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 

Letting Go of the Dizzle

Without further ado, Fortify The City is back with Season II!A few weeks took about a few months, but Sade Graham, the Cultural Activist is back with another season of Fortify The City; back for good and she is ready to talk.Season II topics, but not limited to:The beast that is COVID-19 (coronavirus) running ramped.Quarantine driving folks nuts.White folks using the bible to enslave black people hundreds of years ago.The separation between church and state.What is ID2020?The false equivalency that the media spews.Pop Culture personality Kanye West reaching billionaire status and coming out as a Christian shortly after.Securing the bag, poverty; all that, and more.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Thank you for listening - Follow me, Sade Graham on Instagram & Twitter @iamSadegraham or look me up on Facebook @ Sade Graham.Artwork design & logo by Dana Givens.                                                             Website: https://www.danagivens.com/   Social: www.instagram.com/danagivens/ Original music produced by professional musical production company, SweatBeatz. Website: http://www.sweatbeatz.com/   Social: www.instagram.com/ricespice/ & www.instagram.com/diasekou/--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Fortify the City - Season II Trailer

 Have you ever seen the image of the two fish, one in a fish bowl and one swimming free in the open water? Signifying the life of one committed to religion (the fish in the bowl) and the other fish living a life free & spiritual.The metaphor comparing the life of one who would be considered religious and one to be spiritual heads the movement today among many.  Steering away folks from God & religion, and instead choosing a life of a mere outlaw and calling it spirituality, a growing majority look at religion as a box that leaves hardly any room for self expression and freedom; a constraint full of strict, old laws that people are desperately trying to break away from.When studying the life of our Lord & Saviour Jesus Christ and how he came up in the ranks during His day, I have come to fully believe that Jesus was in fact that first Outlaw to break away from the religiosity of religion as it outright took away from what God intended, receiving the Good News. Galatians 5:1It is for freedom that Christ has set us free.  Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.But while breaking away and setting the people free, Jesus never intended to do away entirely with religion as He meant to set things straight, and create a new order that is Christianity.Take a quick listen to this week's discussion as we crush those notions of Jesus & Christianity being like a caged box.In Jesus, we are set free from the confines of that fish bowl.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Thank you for listening - Follow me, Sade Graham on Instagram & Twitter @sadedizzle or look me up on Facebook @ Sade Graham.Artwork design & logo by Dana Givens.                                                             Website: https://www.danagivens.com/   Social: www.instagram.com/danagivens/ Original music produced by professional musical production company, SweatBeatz. Website: http://www.sweatbeatz.com/   Social: www.instagram.com/ricespice/ & www.instagram.com/diasekou/--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Source(s):--Holy Bible

The Righteous Outlaw

 Throwing subs (subliminals)?It's more like, throwing conviction!There are too many occurrences of someone falling out with a friend or loved one because of a seemingly slide comment made that wasn't necessarily meant to hurt them, but rather reveal something to that person about themselves.  Folks rather get angry and break ties with one another before addressing what the real issue at hand might have been.  That issue being, the message that was just relayed whether indirectly or directly, although it stung, was actually meant to inadvertently correct something.Church is the same way.The messages we go to hear every week in church are meant to convert us.  Sometimes those messages are the toughest pills to swallow, and hit super close to home that they seem almost deliberately said.  It's conviction!But the word of God says when speaking of conviction:1 Thessalonians 1:5For our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Ghost, and in much assurance; as ye know what manner of men we were among you for your sake.That is to say, when the Holy Spirit led the speaker to give the message, He knew the purpose behind it, which is to disclose something (subliminal like) - something intended to convert our soul.Hebrews 6:7-9 further explains conviction...When the ground soaks up the falling rain and bears a good crop for the farmer, it has God’s blessing. But if a field bears thorns and thistles, it is useless. The farmer will soon condemn that field and burn it. Dear friends, even though we are talking this way, we really don’t believe it applies to you. We are confident that you are meant for better things, things that come with salvation.And when we refuse the message that was meant for us to receive, it is like choosing to devote to destruction.  Listen to this 10 minute discussion on why receiving the conviction - the instruction to our personal salvation is a must and not a thing to deflect from.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Thank you for listening - Follow me, Sade Graham on Instagram & Twitter @sadedizzle or look me up on Facebook @ Sade Graham.Artwork design & logo by Dana Givens.                                                             Website: https://www.danagivens.com/   Social: www.instagram.com/danagivens/ Original music produced by professional musical production company, SweatBeatz. Website: http://www.sweatbeatz.com/   Social: www.instagram.com/ricespice/ & www.instagram.com/diasekou/--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Source(s):--Holy Bible

Throwing Subs (Subliminals)

 There are many who straddle the fence of religion and Christianity, many who reject Jesus as the One true God.  Folks who believe in a higher power, but don't believe that power to be of the Son that is Jesus Christ, our Lord, is a widespread opinion.I had a social media follower refer to Jesus as a 'third party' in one of my comments and said that while he was brought up Christian, he has come into his adulthood to abandon the idea for his own personal reasons.  Many grow to fall to this assessment.Doctrine explains that before Christ, God created all things including man and woman who soon disrupted the peace and sanctity of the earth by the eating of the forbidden fruit.  It was imperative God send a Savior as sin became a constant ruin of the world and its inhabitants.While it may be easy to displace Jesus' responsibility in our salvation turning him into some general being that only maintains order on earth, it's a dangerous thing to utter as Jesus was & is God, He is Lord. John 1:1 says that "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God."John 1:14 adds to that with, "And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth." A Savior was born for you and me.Take a listen as to what I mean.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Artwork design & logo by Dana Givens.                                                             Website: https://www.danagivens.com/   Social: www.instagram.com/danagivens/ Original music produced by professional musical production company, SweatBeatz.  Website: http://www.sweatbeatz.com/   Social: www.instagram.com/ricespice/ & www.instagram.com/diasekou/--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Source(s):--Holy Bible

Jesus Is Not A Third Party

 Science is heavily used to Debunk all the doctrines and mysteries and creations of God.  It can be extremely dangerous to those who still have no idea who God is.The word "science", deriving from Latin term “Scientia” means knowledge; knowledge established through experiments & research, it is looked at as a ‘route to truth’; science sets the standard for many disciplines of which human beings practice/follow today.If you leave it up to science, there would be no mystery, there would be no Heaven, and if you leave it up to science, you will have people out here thinking there is no God.The interest into Space Exploration actively began around the 1950s with US and the Soviet Union racing to get up there; and with all the racing, researching, there is still much that has yet to be made clear.  And today, billionaires like Elon Musk is leading the quest of Life on Mars.The galaxy is considered to be one of the evidences & mysteries of God’s perfection. One of the most complex studies of science to date is the galaxy. There is  much to the imagination as to what else is out there, far and beyond.  It is said that God created all of this, not just us here on earth, but he is responsible for all things surrounding us – Sun, Moon, Stars.Genesis 1:16 – God made two great lights – the greater light to govern the day and the lesser light to govern the night. He also made the stars.   1 Corinthians 15:40-41 says – there are also heavenly bodies and earthly bodies, but the glory of the heavenly is one, and the glory of the earthly is another. 41. There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for star differs from star in glory.All this to say that our earthly bodies are not capable of making space happen, it would take a particular transformation for space to happen - or a coming to Jesus moment.Genesis 1:28 God instructed man & woman to have dominion over the earth.He said nothing about Mars.Take a listen to this quick discussion as to why science is a no-go as it pertains to the realms of heaven - space.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Artwork design & logo by Dana Givens.                                                             Website: https://www.danagivens.com/   Social: www.instagram.com/danagivens/ Original music produced by professional musical production company, SweatBeatz.  Website: http://www.sweatbeatz.com/   Social: www.instagram.com/ricespice/ & www.instagram.com/diasekou/--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Source(s):--Holy Bible--https://www.uh.edu/engines/epi12.htm--http://sciencedebate.com/science-blog/what-science-and-why-science-debate--https://aerospace.org/article/brief-history-space-exploration--https://www.inverse.com/article/51291-spacex-here-s-the-timeline-for-getting-to-mars-and-starting-a-colony

Stop Trying to Make Mars Happen

 How many can attest to all the advantages & perks of being on the VIP list of a club or a party with your friends versus only getting into the building from the General Admission line?A common misconception about Heaven is that it is one big auditorium of folks who made it passed the pearly gates, but I am here to tell you that, that's just not so.There are levels in Heaven; there's General Admission for the regular folks who did the bare minimum just to get in the door, then a tier above that, another tier above that, then there is the VIP tier for the special people, the almost perfect people; they came ready, they came dressed, and were prepared.  The Bible explicitly speaks of the man or woman who is able to store up their treasures in Heaven and are to be rewarded for their good works. Matthew 6:19 - Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But we are to store up for ourselves treasures in heaven.Matthew 16:27 - For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works.Imagine going into Heaven, General Admission to see all your friends upstairs in VIP, but you can't get up there.  Here's a quick five minute analysis on how to make it passed General Admission Heaven. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Artwork design & logo by Dana Givens.                                                                Website: https://www.danagivens.com/   Social: www.instagram.com/danagivens/  Original music produced by professional musical production company, SweatBeatz.            Website: http://www.sweatbeatz.com/   Social: www.instagram.com/ricespice/ & www.instagram.com/diasekou/--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

General Admission

 There are many who neglect to honor their God in fear of what others might think or how it might affect a particular outlook of who they are, but there is no fear in love, or at least there shouldn't be.  The one who fears is not made perfect in love - 1 John 4:18.Imagine your wife, husband or significant other disclaiming their love for you in public, being afraid to recognize or showcase that love before the world.  That union would be quite questionable if you ask me.Presidential elect Donald Trump did not mince words when addressing his beliefs, as hard as it might have been for some to receive.  Totally unapologetic and without retract, it was that same form of charisma, as gross as it may be, that landed him the seat.Our Lord & Savior Jesus Christ calls us to be that exact same way in the way that we acknowledge Him.  The bible speaks to it in 2 Timothy 2:12 saying, "if we deny Him, He will deny us".  Take heed. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Artwork design & logo by Dana Givens.                                                                Website: https://www.danagivens.com/   Social: www.instagram.com/danagivens/  Original music produced by professional musical production company, SweatBeatz.            Website: http://www.sweatbeatz.com/   Social: www.instagram.com/ricespice/ & www.instagram.com/diasekou/--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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