This is my testimony. 
I was born and raised in the South Bronx, N.Y. From the age of 13 – 20, I was very involved in the streets as a d.j; brake dancer in gangs, as well as selling drugs and using them. At the age of 20 my daughter was about to be born and knowing that the possibilities of someone using her to get at me I decided to get out of it all. I had already been using drugs and drinking. I was an addict. I had to do something to give my daughter a better chance at life. I had already knew I was going to custody of her. So I joined the Army, National Guard Branch. I was based in the south and fell in love with the lifestyle down there and how easy it would be to make money. As soon as I was done with my service and tying up loose ends in N.Y. I moved my daughter and I to the south. I still was using drugs but I thought I was just a social user as well as being street pharmacies. It wasn’t till I had lost everything, 2 wives and several very good girlfriends, jobs, upon jobs, homes upon homes. I realized I had a problem. Mind u thru my life have tried 12 step programs, but only as it suited my needs at the time. l finally surrendered fully in the summer of 2009. I was invited to my ex-wife’s church, I had told her I didn't want to live like that any more, and I was already attending N.A. meetings. I loved it and continued to go to both. When I reached step 3 I was moved in such away that I decided to devote my self to a life following The Teachings of Jesus and was Baptized and Reborn in His name, Jesus Christ! This took place on September 6th 2009, which is the date I also use as my clean time. I continued to go to N.A. meetings. At the meetings they asked me not to speak about God from The Bible & Jesus & The Holy Spirit. I can respect that. So I found a Faith Based Recovery Program, several actually! Now I'm still open to what AA & NA have to offer pple, the chance to stop using drugs and/or alcohol. But needed more than that. I had a deeper problem, sin. And I want more than just freedom here. I want everlasting life. And I believe that thru Jesus Christ I have been healed, by His stripes Isaiah 53:4-5 & add in 2 Corin 5:17. And as long as I stay on that path I will be Saved, and not fall like Peter did in Matthew 14:30.
Now I don't consider my self a religious person even though I use scripture and attend church. I really didn't feel that religion is what Yeshua was teaching I truly believe that Yeshua's message was LOVE to all, from family, friends and even enemies. And most important A personal relationship with God, who has unconditional Love for us!
I hope this gives u all alil more insight into who I am. 
I truly am not pushing my beliefs on any1. 
Thank u for allowing me to share this with u all.
Delivered since 09/06/09!
Praising God, Jesus & The Holy Spirit, as in the beginning, now & forevermore! A'men!

In order to have an revolution we have to first have an evolution because if nothing changes nothing changes. We are thinking with a 1800 hundreds mind set in a high tech world technology evolves but we stay the same only a few possessing this knowledge will lead to miss use and abuse of the ones who are unaware which only invites more suffering. We all start with the same intentions well at least the majority of us and that is to live long and prosperous lives. Example you take a devoted gang member and ask him what he wants out of life and he would tell you in his own expressions to live long and prosperous then you ask that same question to a well to do executive and in his own expressions he will tell you the same I want to live a long and prosperous life. So we all have the same core fundamentals then why do we see each other so differently I ll tell you why its because of our belief system the way we have been programmed since in the womb and for many years after from cultural beliefs political religion self worth and parenting to name just a few we are all running around thinking the same way and the same thing.weary of one another fear is leading us to self destruction if i hate your existence I hate my existence its that simple Our help God said that we turn away from the simplicity of things.

Von Syrus, born as Devon Morris on November 30, 1988 in Far Rockaway, Queens, NY has been influenced by the Hip Hop and Reggae culture all his life. His lyrical ability and knowledge of poetical devices is a breath of fresh air compared to his peers in the underground scene. He also has the unique ability to tell stories and create out of the box concepts. Even though he aspired to make it to the NBA like all inner city kids, Von was surprised himself when he found out his hidden ability to be an MC. “I’ve never thought in a million years that I’d be rapping, it’s a surprise to me and everyone else who have known me all my life.”
“The Better” was inspired by his life experiences which lead him to always strive for better he was raised by a single mother. As the oldest of three he was looked at as the man of the house and new he had to always strive for greatness not only for himself but for his family. Nas, Eminem, Damien Marley, Busy Signal, J-Cole, Lupe Fiasco, Ab-Soul, and Kendrick Lamar, are a few rappers who inspire him to be great as an MC. “From pagan, religion, Christ to Obama/ I’m steppin’ up next”, this line indicates that he would like to be amongst the elite rappers to keep the culture at its best.
Despite him losing about 100 songs from the last group he was apart of, he started fresh when he relocated to Broward County and started working immediately on his first EP, “So Surreal”. Devon is very dedicated and determined to get recognition for his strengths as a lyricist. “Sleep I lost over trying to perfect my wordplay was well worth it, now all I have to do is show people that is something I am really good at.”
Expected to be released later this year, So Surreal, has many dreamlike short stories which tells realities about people that would be so surreal to others. “Five years from now I see myself established in the industry and respected amongst the greats in Hip Hop. I’m not doing this just for money, I feel like the culture in some ways is being exploited so I wouldn’t want to add on to that. My love for music is from the heart, not for the money.”
“Tryna live life asleep, cause dreams is all a nigga need.”

Hi everybody

My goal is to rep Jesus Well, and Hear Well Done!!!
My Bio:

Born in Wichita, KS 9-22-82

grew up in Foster homes in Tacoma, WA.
Never knew about Jesus tell my first visit to juvenile hall at 13, when one of the guards came and sat down on my bed, I can remember just going nutz, like if I was demon possessed!
I weighted 135lbs, and the guard JR was a whopping 360lbs Samoan guard, everythang in me froze!
but as he began to tell me about Jesus, I felt peace, and then he asked if I would like to be saved!
I said yes, and said the sinner prayer!
I didn't get discipled at first so I found myself returning to juvenile hall! 
At 14 I was convicted of attempted murder, I got 2yrs and afterwards went back to what I knew best.
I joinned a my neighborhood gang before being locked up and found the same troubles awaiting me!
I was finding myself running from foster home to foster home and living on the streets at times.
Not hearing from my mother in over ten years and never knowing my father grew a numbness inside me.
I was sexually abused from foster brothers and foster fathers, so I couldnt trust many people.
But at 17yrs old I received a letter from my Foster program that was from my mother, when I opened it she said it was going to be her last attempt to try and contact me.
I didnt think  about how much pain I felt before, never knowing if I would get a chance to see her again, at this point 
I called the phone number and got to talk to my mother, I knew my life was going to chance from then!
My foster program paid for me to fly to Kansas to live with my Mother!
I was so happy!
As I meet my family for what seemed the first time, I now was in a little small town called Hillsboro, KS
People were nice, and that scared me for some reason...lol
but after a while I meet some people and was getting high and doing the same thang back in Tacoma
one day i was playing basketball behide this apartment building, and these people came out to offer me some water to drink, and I drank and then they offered me some tacos, at this point I was scared but very hungry!!
I soon began to come back to play basketball at those apartments, and got to know these nice people.
my aunt had moved in with her six kids, and I was looking to move out, as i couldnt talk all the noise of babies crying and only two bedrooms to go from.
one day I had it and overdosed on pills and was dying, I could fell my heart beat slower and slower, I was feeling sicker then I every felt!
at this point I ask God if he was let me live I would live from Him!
right after I said that little prayer, my heart began to beat normal again, I was ready to live for God
I got my stomach pumped, but only 3 pills came out, from 120 I took!
soon after I was asked to a dinner, were I meet some guys that were not from Kansas...lol
these guys were from L.A. , STL, Oakland, etc
they were use to be gang members and drug dealers, and had a back ground like me!
but they had this Joy inside that I wanted!, So they invited me out to this ranch were they lived and got tought
the Bible!
I said I wanted this!
So I was asked if I ever ask Jesus into my Heart, I said yes but dont know if He said...lol
so I Prayed again, and when I did I felt a peace hit me like I never felt , but I could see alot better for some reason too
Now you got to know I didnt like reading at all, I would get mad soon as I began reading, but after that day I opened the bible and I couldnt stop reading, I felt and understood like nothing could hold me back!
I joined this Discipleship leadership progam, and spent two years just diving into the Word on God and being mentored and going on mission trips to L.A. , Denver, STL, Dallas, KC, Philly,NJ, and NY
I never thought I would leave Tacoma, WA
and know since then its been 10 years, and Ive been thought a lot more, and u can hear it in my music, but I will let u hear it for ur self!! God has a Plan, all u got to do is talk His hand!!

Thank you for reading this, I hope you seek the Lord Jesus like I did, but remember its no religion its a real-lasting-ship...lol 
Amen


We are a group of choirs currently based in Yorkshire with a growing number of All for One choirs based in Hull, Beverley Cleethorpes/Grimsby, Lincoln, Leeds and Bradford Our latest addition to our family is in Grimsby/Cleethorpes. We want to get everyone into singing and would ask everyone to just give it a try. Open to all ages* male female ALL.

All of our choirs learn the same material so all choirs can perform together and be interchangeable, so you never have to miss a session. We sing Pop, Gospel and Rock and we are passionate about making singing accessible to everyone. There are NO AUDITIONS, and you do not need to read music, its about having fun and achieving something great through working together for a common purpose. Its also a great way to make new friends and strengthen communities.

We perform many of our concerts in association with various local and national charities. Our annual concerts are not little but more like a huge rock concert, where choirs get to show how fab they are and perform on a big stage in front of thousands.

We will encourage you to perform as it is a powerful motivator and natural endorphins producer, and many of our choir members cant wait to do the next gig, but you don't have to! (and don't worry we will not force you to stand on the front row) The emphasis is in belonging to this very special club and enjoying this fantastically healthy activity and all that you will achieve in belonging! Please see all the choir benefits you will enjoy in being part of this new phenomenon that is sweeping the nation.

The object of this choir is to bring out the fundamental ability to naturally sing through our effective and simple learning format and get you ALL singing your hearts out. The ability to read music is not a requirement just a genuine desire to sing!!! Even if you haven’t sung before you will be surprised by what you will learn as vocal coaching and performance skills will be taught to all.

There are so many proven physical and mental health benefits to singing in a choir both in the short long term and long term your self-esteem, confidence and well-being could surprise you. Have a read through our testimonies from existing choir members. We look forward to hearing your story.

Remember All For One is for ALL, regardless of *age or ability, male or female. All for One Choirs welcomes people of all ages, abilities and faiths. We operate in an equal opportunities inclusive environment. We do not discriminate on the grounds of voice, gender, age, sex, race, ethnicity, sexuality, religion nor disability. You DO NOT NEED TO READ MUSIC. We also encourage children and young people to attend. Our choirs welcome children, but we do ask that children under 16 years of age are accompanied by an adult unless by prior arrangement by All For One Choir. *Please read our terms and conditions. Thank you. We look forward to welcoming you.

God 1st Get Money(G1GM), that’s the slogan that independent hip hop artist MD UNO lives by. MD UNO, which stands for Mookie Da1, is from the South Side of Atlanta, Georgia by way of Roosevelt Long Island, New York. Uno began rapping at 8 years old. He started to take the art form serious at the age of 10 and has been on a pursuit to “Change the world” ever since. Uno has been influenced by artists such as Biggie Smalls, Andre 3000, Jay-z, Kendrick Lamar and a number of other artists. In light of his influences, Uno has developed a distinct and unique style of his own. His subject matter encompasses the sensitive topics of social injustices, God & Religion as well as the touchy yet, real and sophisticated urban issues that many artists of today tend to avoid entirely. MD UNO’s music will inevitably appeal to the masses in an appointed time, and it definitely encompasses the potential to bring forth a shift or change to hip hop culture. His music relates to the public in an artistically expressive way that has not been met since the likeness of 2Pac Shakur, who happens to be Uno’s biggest musical inspiration and influence. To date, MD UNO has released a total of 4 mixtapes. He released his first Mixtape entitled “Zoned Out” in October of 2006. On September 26th of 2010 he followed up with the release of his second project entitled “Closed Chapters”, he released his 3rd project entitled “The Reality of Tomorrow” on March 9th of 2012 and his fourth and most current project entitled “I Want the Streets” on October 31st of 2013. Despite a number of obstacles faced by Uno as a teenager, he was able to graduate high school on a scholarship and go on to receive his BA in Business Management. His undeniable dedication, consistency, substance and passion is what separates him from the pact. Outside of rapping, Uno is an actor and an active songwriter of multiple genres of music ranging from gospel to pop. Changing the world and dominating the music industry are just two things on this artists to do list.

John 3:3-7

3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.

4 Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother's womb, and be born?

5 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.

6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

7 Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.


Christ's discourse with Nicodemus.

Nicodemus was afraid, or ashamed to be seen with Christ, therefore came in the night. When religion is out of fashion, there are many Nicodemites. But though he came by night, Jesus bid him welcome, and hereby taught us to encourage good beginnings, although weak. And though now he came by night, yet afterward he owned Christ publicly. He did not talk with Christ about state affairs, though he was a ruler, but about the concerns of his own soul and its salvation, and went at once to them.

Our Saviour spoke of the necessity and nature of regeneration or the new birth, and at once directed Nicodemus to the source of holiness of the heart. Birth is the beginning of life; to be born again, is to begin to live anew, as those who have lived much amiss, or to little purpose. We must have a new nature, new principles, new affections, new aims. By our first birth we were corrupt, shapen in sin; therefore we must be made new creatures. No stronger expression could have been chosen to signify a great and most remarkable change of state and character.

We must be entirely different from what we were before, as that which begins to be at any time, is not, and cannot be the same with that which was before. This new birth is from heaven, ch. 1:13, and its tendency is to heaven. It is a great change made in the heart of a sinner, by the power of the Holy Spirit. It means that something is done in us, and for us, which we cannot do for ourselves.

Something is wrong, whereby such a life begins as shall last for ever. We cannot otherwise expect any benefit by Christ; it is necessary to our happiness here and hereafter. What Christ speak, Nicodemus misunderstood, as if there had been no other way of regenerating and new-moulding an immortal soul, than by new-framing the body. But he acknowledged his ignorance, which shows a desire to be better informed. It is then further explained by the Lord Jesus. He shows the Author of this
blessed change.

It is not wrought by any wisdom or power of our own, but by the power of the blessed Spirit. We are shapen in iniquity, which makes it necessary that our nature be changed. We are not to marvel at this; for, when we consider the holiness of God, the depravity of our nature, and the happiness set before us, we shall not think it strange that so much stress is laid upon this. The regenerating work of the Holy Spirit is compared to water. It is also probable that Christ had reference to the ordinance of baptism.

Not that all those, and those only, that are baptized, are saved; but without that new birth which is wrought by the Spirit, and signified by baptism, none shall be subjects of the kingdom of heaven. The same word signifies both the wind and the Spirit. The wind bloweth where it listeth for us; God directs it. The Spirit sends his influences where, and when, on whom, and in what measure and degree, he pleases. Though the causes are hidden, the effects are
plain, when the soul is brought to mourn for sin, and to breathe after Christ.

Christ's stating of the doctrine and the necessity of regeneration, it should seem, made it not clearer to Nicodemus. Thus the things of the Spirit of God are foolishness to the natural man. Many think that cannot be proved, which they cannot believe. Christ's discourse of gospel truths, ver. #(11 to 13), shows the folly of those who make these things strange unto them; and it recommends us to search them out. Jesus Christ is every way able to reveal the will of God to us; for he came down from heaven, and yet is in heaven. We have here a notice of Christ's two distinct natures in one person, so that while he is the Son of man, yet he is in heaven. God is the HE THAT IS, and heaven is the dwelling-place of his holiness. The knowledge of this must be from above, and can be received by faith alone. Jesus Christ came to save us by healing us, as the children of
Israel, stung with fiery serpents, were cured and lived by looking up to the brazen serpent, Nu 21:6 to 9. In this observe the deadly and destructive nature of sin. Ask awakened consciences, ask damned sinners, they will tell you, that how charming soever the allurements of sin may be, at the last it bites like a serpent. See the powerful remedy against this fatal malady. Christ is plainly set forth to us in the gospel.

He whom we offended is our Peace, and the way of applying for a cure is by believing. If any so far slight either their disease by sin, or the method of cure by Christ, as not to receive Christ upon his own terms, their ruin is upon their own heads. He has said, Look and be saved, look and live; lift up the eyes of your faith to Christ crucified. And until we have grace to do this, we shall not be cured, but still are wounded with the stings of Satan, and in a dying state. Jesus Christ came to save us by pardoning us, that we might not die by the sentence of the law. Here is gospel, good news indeed. Here is God's love in giving his Son for the world. God so loved the world; so really, so richly. Behold and wonder, that the great God should love such a worthless world! Here, also, is the great gospel duty, to believe in Jesus Christ. God having given him to be our Prophet, Priest, and King, we must give up ourselves to be ruled, and taught, and saved by him. And here is the great gospel benefit, that whoever believes in Christ, shall not perish, but shall have everlasting life.

God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself, and so saving it. It could not be saved, but through him; there is no salvation in any other. From all this is shown the happiness of true believers; he that believeth in Christ is not condemned. Though he has been a great sinner, yet he is not dealt with according to what his sins deserve. How great is the sin of unbelievers! God sent One to save us, that was dearest to himself; and shall he not be dearest to us? How great is the misery of unbelievers! they are condemned already; which speaks a certain condemnation; a present condemnation. The wrath of God now fastens upon them; and their own hearts condemn them. There is also a condemnation grounded on their former guilt; they are open to the law for all their sins; because they are not by faith interested in the gospel pardon. Unbelief is a sin against the remedy. It springs from the enmity of the heart of man to God, from love of sin in some form. Read also the doom of those that would not know Christ. Sinful works are works of darkness. The wicked world keep as far from this light as they can, lest their deeds should be reproved. Christ is hated, because sin is loved. If they had not hated saving knowledge, they would not sit down contentedly in condemning ignorance. On the other hand, renewed hearts bid this light welcome. A good man acts truly and sincerely in all he does. He desires to know what the will of God is, and to do it, though against his own worldly interest. A change in his whole character and conduct has taken place.

The love of God is shed abroad in his heart by the Holy Ghost, and is become the commanding principle of his actions. So long as he continues under a load of unforgiven guilt, there can be little else than slavish fear of God; but when his doubts are done away, when he sees the righteous ground whereon this forgiveness is built, he rests on it as his own,
and is united to God by unfeigned love. Our works are good when the will of God is the rule of them, and the glory of God the end of them; when they are done in his strength, and for his sake; to him, and not to men. Regeneration, or the new birth, is a subject to which the world is very averse; it is, however, the grand concern, in comparison with which every thing else is but trifling. What does it signify though we have food to eat in plenty, and variety of raiment to put on, if we are not born again? if after a few mornings and evenings spent in unthinking mirth, carnal pleasure, and riot, we die in our sins, and lie down in sorrow?

What does it signify though we are well able to act our parts in life, in every other respect, if at last we hear from the Supreme Judge, Depart from me, I know you not, ye workers of iniquity?

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