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We Will Not Be Silent

noreply@blogger.com (J-Mack) — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:19:00 +0000

This is the message behind "We Will Not Be Silent" off my album Intimately Consumed...

There is one way to heaven. There is one sole truth. There is one true life. There is one God. There is only one Savior. His name is Jesus Christ. Out of all the other religious - no one made such claims. Jesus said this, "I am the Way and the Truth and the Life; no one comes to the Father except by (through) Me." There is no other way to heaven.
The Lord makes very bold statements about His glory and that there is no God besides Him in the book of Isaiah (Is. 41:4; 42:8; 43:10-11; 43:13; 44:6; 45:5-6 - look these up and get you some!). He has made His truths very clear and known. For do you not know - He desires none to parish, but that all would be saved (1 Tim 2:4)?
We in our own pride and selfishness, walk apart from God and have blasphemed His Name. We have thought to ourselves - we do not need Him!
Something that has been very interesting to me throughout my years of living is that when people curse God - they always say "God - D", or "Jesus Christ," or "Jesus." I know also because I used to say them all the time. It was always Jesus... why? It's funny to me - I have never seen someone scream or curse Allah, or Buddha, or any other so called "gods." The reason is this - Jesus Christ is the real deal! He is a stumbling block to those who don't believe. He has hidden His truths to babes. To those that know that they are nothing apart from Him. He has hidden His truths to the weak. He remains hidden from the prideful and arrogant. If we would only just come to Him!
This song is a bold declaration proclaiming the liberating truth that is found in the Bible. We seek, when Jesus says that He is the way. We search for truth, when Jesus said He is the truth. We search for life, apart from the Author of life itself. How tragic!
It's a movement calling call Christians to stand on what they believe! To live with faith and deeds as the book of James boldly states. It's a call to Christians to live and be solely dedicated to Jesus Christ - fully and whole heartily abandoned to Him! We are called to boldly proclaim His truths in the midst of a fallen world. Think about this. Do you know that if one has not received into their hearts that they will literally be eternally separated from Him and be in everlasting punishment? That is horrible and I want none to go there! Neither does the Father that's in heaven. Therefore - the other option is this - tell the world that Jesus lives! Every knee will bow, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord (Phil. 2:10). Don't bow before it's too late...We will not be silent!

Hold Me Down?

noreply@blogger.com (J-Mack) — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 17:26:00 +0000

This is the message for the song "Hold Me Down" on my album Intimately Consumed.. Hope it encourages you!

I am devoted into following the will of God for the rest of my life. I want to do the Father's will! As Jesus put it - "not my will be done, but Your's (Jn. 18:11, Matt. 26:42)." I want to live a life of walking by faith, abiding in Jesus (Jn. 15:4). That is my desire.

However, in wanting to live a life like this - there is much opposition. Not only from non-believers, but also from believers. I made a decision after graduating from college to go into ministry and pursue the will of God for my own life - to pursue the dreams He has put on my heart. I had spent much time in prayer asking the Lord before this decision was made. I also sought after wise council from pastors and mentors, talked to my parents about it..etc! I won't go deep into detail, however, once the will of God was very clear that I was to go into ministry, their was immediately doubt, and persecution from others.

The enemy immediately wanted to get me de-railed and question God even though He had made things extremely clear. I continued seeking the Lord and He encouraged me and gave me the strength and grace to stand on the decision and follow His will.

It did not make sense in the natural! This is why I want to live a life of faith and... oh how exciting it is! God is so faithful to the things He calls us to. If God has called us to something or given us a vision to do something - my advice is go after it! I have seen time and time again the Lord's faithfulness. If it is truly a call from the Lord - nothing will stop it or stand in it's way for He who called you is faithful! He cannot be anything else for that is who He is! "The Lord is faithful, and He will strengthen and protect you from the evil one (2 Thes. 3:3)." Do you not know that, "The One who calls you is faithful and He will do it (2 Thes. 5:24)?" Notice it says - He will do it. This leads me to my next point...

God does not call us to things we can do in our own strength. He calls us to the impossible. The reason is this: He wants us to depend upon Him and fellowship with Him because His desire is for us. He will accomplish the work in you which He has called you to in His timing (Phil. 1:6). My prayer is that this song would encourage people to take a leap of faith and go after the dreams that He has placed on His people's heart. His creativity knows no end. His power is limitless. Nothing is too hard for Him. The question is this - will we walk in dependence upon Him? For surely, if we try in our own strength to accomplish the will of God, it will crumble. So even though people try to hold me down, through Christ I will stay off the ground. There will be people who say go this way, or that way, but by grace I will stay fixed on the face of Jesus and His will (Prov 4:25-27). Go after what He has called you to! He is faithful and will provide. Praise the Lord!

It'll Be Okay

noreply@blogger.com (J-Mack) — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 18:46:00 +0000

This is the message for the song "It'll Be Okay" off my album Intimately Consumed. Hope it encourages you to keep pushin' through no matter what!

Let me start this message off with this. I have failed over and over again. I have messed up countless times. I have sinned and turned back to the same sinful ways again and again. I have battled and wrestled against the flesh. I have cried out for freedom in certain areas of my life literally for years without seeing true break through (although He was faithful and He brought it to pass!).

I am a human being just like you! I have felt like quitting and giving up countless number of times. I have cried, weeped, mourned, yelled, etc... All through this... I have come to know several things. He is faithful even when were not. He is love and His love knows no end. He has blotted out our transgressions. He will remember them no more (Hebrews 8:12). He will not condemn us (Romans 8:1). He has nothing but goodness for His children.

Through our shortcomings, He just wants us to come back to Him (Matt 11:28-30). This song was dedicated to the body of Christ. I wrote this song to all those in the midst of struggles with sin. Whether it is lust, pornography, addictions, friends who pull you down, etc - it doesn't matter. I wrote this song for those that truly love the Lord with all their hearts. I wrote this for those that want nothing but to live their lives sold out and abandon to Jesus, but still struggle with sin (all believers haha - and if you don't... you might want to repent of pride!). I wrote this for the one's that burn to see His fire in their lives. The message is this - it's by the grace and mercy of God that you will be free from anything, not by our works or effort. Even if you could free yourself or abstain from sin for a while through strong will, you would end up being dependent on your own strength which is limited, weak and frail while God's is limitless. It's not by our own strength, but by the power of His Spirit (Zechariah 4:6).

Hebrews put's it plainly in chapter 12 when it says to lay aside or throw off the thing which so easily entangles you, fix your eyes back on Jesus, and keep running the race! What you focus on, you empower. The enemy wants you de-railed and focused on the thing which has you captive. Don't fix your eyes on that - for do you not know that it looks so small if you would re-adjust and focus your eyes elsewhere? You must keep your eyes fixed on Jesus or you will grow weary very quickly.

I have seen several Christians give their lives to Christ, get excited about living for Him, realize there is still a battle with sin, fall back into sin, and run away from God because of condemnation, guilt, and feeling like a straight up hypocrite. How tragic this is! How it grieves my heart as well as the Father's. Do you not know that you are forgiven? Do you not know that the Father looks into the thoughts and intent of your heart - not at how you perform (1 Sam 16:7)? There is a huge difference between immaturity and blatant rebellion. This message is for those in the struggle. You have to keep a heart that says "YES" to God no matter how many times you fall or turn away. Do you not know that the Father's arms are wide open to you and He is waiting for you to come back home like the prodigal son(Lk 15)?

As His children - we have to understand what justification means. It's completely by His mercy and grace that we are saved. Justification is a finished worked. He has accredited all the righteousness of Christ to our "account" through the death and resurrection of His Son (2 Cor 5:21). We never have to sit around wondering what God thinks of us. When you turn your heart back to Jesus - you are forgiven completely and wholly - no questions asked (1 Jn 1:9). As Jesus said, "It is finished." Praise the Lord Jesus Christ! Don't flatter yourself into thinking that you can out-sin the grace and love of God. Jump back into His arms and keep running the race the Lord has set before you. Don't focus on sin - focus on Jesus and move forward!

Intimately Consumed

noreply@blogger.com (J-Mack) — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:47:00 +0000

This is the message behind the song "Intimately Consumed" and my entire latest album...

intimate 1 |ˈintəmit|
adjective
1 closely acquainted; familiar, close : intimate friends
• involving very close connection
2 private and personal .
3 (of knowledge) detailed; thorough : an intimate knowledge

consume |kənˈsoōm|
• (usu. be consumed) (of a feeling) absorb all of the attention and energy of (someone):
(consuming) a consuming passion.

I have cried out for a while now, that the Father would permit me to be intimately consumed in my personal relationship with Him. That by His grace, I would be able to walk out the greatest commandments (Matt. 22:37-40). As being apart of the church, or bride of Christ, I want to be in love with Jesus, the Bridegroom King. This is only possibly today because of the cross of Jesus Christ that stands over history.
It's the greatest love story of all time. We as humans, chose to walk apart from God and disobey His commands (Gen; Rom 3:23). The Father loved us so much, that He sent His only Son to die for us and redeem us from our sin (Jn 3:16). He did nothing wrong. He was guiltless and lived a perfect life.
I do not serve a dead God, I serve a living God. Jesus Christ rose from the grave and visited people - people saw His scars, they talked with Him, they touched Him - it's a historical fact. He lives today, and even better, He lives inside me (Gal 2). I am in love with Jesus Christ and desire to go deeper in love with Him. I want to learn to recognize His voice more clearly (Jn 10:27). I desire to be completely intimately consumed with passion for Jesus. I desire to know the heart of the Father that formed me intricately in my mothers womb and I pray that the Father would stir your heart and put the same desires in you (Ps 139). He is good, and if we can see Him for who He is, we will realize that nothing else matters except being intimate with Him. Nothing matters but knowing a personal, alive God, whom is Jesus Christ. Nothing matters apart from fellowshiping with the God who created us for Himself (Jn 15; Jn 17:3). For surely, that is how He designed and fashioned you - to be in a relationship with Himself where you reflect His glory back to Himself.
When you look at the definition of the word "intimate" and "consume" the title of my album makes much more sense. The dictionary definition of the word "intimate" means to be closely acquainted, familiar, involving a very close connection, or simply put to be close with. In other words you are intimate friends. It also means to be private and personal or to have detailed, thorough knowledge of something or someone. If you take a look at the definition of the word "passion" this means to absorb all the attention and energy or someone or to have a consuming passion. Now, take those two words, combine them and their definitions together, and relate them to your relationship with Jesus Christ. This is what this album is about!
I want to be closely acquainted, familiar and have a close connection with Jesus! I want to be intimate friends with Him, even as He Himself called those who are His own (Jn 15:15). I want to be absorbed and have a consuming passion to know my Heavenly Father. The more I seek the Lord, the more I find Him. The more I find Him, the more I simply love Him. Out of loving Him, comes this consuming passion. Once you begin to see Him as He is, you will never again be the same. Once you encounter His unconditional love, you can't help but share Him with others. Once you behold His beauty, you can't help but have a passion for living abandoned to Him. For, there is none but Him, none like Him, and nothing that could be better for you were made for Him. This is my cry - Abba, I wanna be intimately consumed! You were called to live and be intimately consumed by God. Get you some of that!

Prayer:

Father of glory, this is my prayer - that I would truly be intimately consumed and in love with You. But, to limit this prayer to myself is selfishness. So I ask, Father, Abba, Daddy, that you would raise up a whole generation across the nations of a people that would be intimately consumed - in passionate love with Your Son Jesus. I pray that you would raise up a generation who truly walks out the greatest commandant of all which Jesus spoke about - to love You with our whole hearts, souls, minds, and all of our strength. Father, release the grace and anointing over your church to walk in the two greatest commands - loving you and loving others. Raise up a generation that knows the love of the Father for themselves, and for others. Raise up a generation that knows Your heart - not just facts. People who have sat at Your feet and been intimate with you. People who have rejected the simple ways of this world and been abandoned to you. I want to be intimately consumed with love for you Abba. I want to know the width, the height, the depth, the vastness of love that You have for me and for others. In Jesus Name, amen!

The Cries

noreply@blogger.com (J-Mack) — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 18:01:00 +0000

This is the message behind the song "The Cries" off my album Intimately Consumed. ...

These are real life stories. Real people actually came up to me after a show, at church, or different places and expressed these things to me. My purpose in this song is not to expose them, but to encourage and give them hope.

I realize that there is much pain, confusion, hurt, etc, across the globe. I realize that things can really be messed up in life! I realize that crazy things happen to good people. We, as but mere humans, tend to look up and point the finger at God. We tend to blame God in our own pride, harden our hearts, and come to the conclusion that God doesn't care about us or that He is not real. For if there was a God, "then how could He do this," or, "how could He have let this happen to me or the world." I know, because I have heard these things over and over again by others. I also have said them personally myself. There can be a number of reasons for this, but I believe one of the main reasons is our lack of revelation and understanding on who God REALLY IS.

I believe that there is a great revelation coming to the church and globe at large and that is this - the revelation of who the Father is. I bring this up simply because if we have a revelation of who the Father is - then when crazy things happen, nothing will be able to move us from His character. He is GOOD...and He remains GOOD... because He doesn't change (Heb 13:8).

He is good if my father dies. He is good if my mother dies. He is good if terrorists attack. He is good if disease and sickness strike a friend or family member. He is good if I get struck by these things. He is good no matter what happens. That is who He is. He can't be anything else.

We should not be looking and pointing the finger at Him. We should be running towards Him and His goodness (Matt 11:28-30). We should be casting all that we are upon Him to help us through our circumstances, for He cares (1 Peter 5:6-7). It's a very ugly mistake to make - to turn from the One who can truly help you in what you are facing. Why would you run from the only One that truly understands what's going on? Why would you run from Him, who can give you peace and joy in the midst of what you are facing? Why would you run from the One who loves you deeply and desires you?

I told other people's stories because I am positive that their are other people out there facing similar or the same circumstances and situations. I want to bring hope to you. It's not about me. It's about my friend, Jesus. He is the One who can help you! No matter how deep of a pit you are in - whether it's addiction, depression, hopelessness, sins, etc - He is the One who can reach in and pull you out!

I pray that you would put your faith wholly in Jesus! That you would ask for a revelation of the Father's heart for you and what you are facing. And finally that you would take courage in the boldness that is in Christ to face the giant that's in front of you! The Father loves you and cares for you deeply! He is saying this - "Come to Me, all you who are weary and heavy burdened - and I will give you rest." Turn your life over to Jesus, commit to His ways, and watch what happens! For surely He is faithful to His Word (2 Tim. 2:13, Prov 3). Surely He works all things together for good (Rom 8:28)! "God is not a man, that He should tell or act a lie, neither the son of man, that He should feel repentance or compunction [for what He has promised]. Has He said and shall He not do it? Or has He spoken and shall He not make it good (Numbers 23:19 - amp)?"

Trust whatever you are facing completely to Jesus and let go! I promise you this - He is faithful! Don't commit for a day, or a week, or a month, and then come to the conclusion that He isn't real or doesn't care about you. That is foolish! Commit your life and commit for a LIFETIME to follow Him - just watch! He is faithful and will be there for you every step of the way even if you don't feel Him! Don't try to figure out everything or know all the answers - just, "Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understand, in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight." Be encouraged... your going to make it! You can do all things through Him (Phil 4:13). Nothing is impossible with God (Jer. 32:17, Matt 17:20, Lk 1:37)!

Jesus - The Human Face of God

noreply@blogger.com (J-Mack) — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 15:57:00 +0000

This is the message from the song entitled "The Face of Jesus" off my album Intimately Consumed.

Psalm 27:4 - "One thing I have asked from the Lord, that I shall seek: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord and meditate in His temple."

Jacob saw God face to face (Genesis 32:20). The Lord spoke to Moses plainly, not in dark sayings, as a man speaks to his friend - He spoke with him, "mouth to mouth, even open, not in dark sayings (Numbers 12:7-8)." Enoch walked faithfully with God (Gen. 5:22). Noah walked with God (Gen. 6:9). As a child of the most high God, I desire strongly to do the same.

I want to have the same heart that Moses had when he cried out, Lord, "Show me Your glory." I want all His goodness to past before me. I want to live all of my days gazing upon the beauty of the Lord. Living and walking in Him. Abiding in Jesus - I in Him, and He in me. I want to walk in the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, not in my own ways or in the flesh. The flesh profits nothing, but the Spirit brings life and peace (John 6:63). I am deeply moved, and in love with a loving, graceful, glorious God. I want to see the Face of Jesus which is the very glory of God (2 Cor. 4:6) I want to hear His voice and learn to recognize it from the voice of the enemy or the accuser of the brethren. I seek His face because I desperately want to know the Father's heart.

The times where I choose to remain in Him and keep my heart in the position to receive His love, I realize that I need nothing else but Him. I realize that all I need is met in Him. All my soul cries out for and longs for is found in Him - in His presence. The third verse of this song goes through a list of different sayings which have been cries of my heart. I want my heart to be completely pure and open before the Lord; for the pure in heart shall see God (Matt. 5:8). I want to see Jesus. I want to gaze upon His beauty. I want my heart to be completely and wholly submitted. I want to honestly be able to say, "Lord, all that I am is Yours - do whatever you will to do with my life."

I end the song by asking for grace to be released over me to walk this out. It's a lifestyle of learning to abide in the love of the Father. I'm in a race, and by His grace, I will finish strongly! I pray that you would also cry out for these things. Not because I want them or they are my desires, but that your heart would be after God in such a way that you would see Jesus clearly. If we can see Him, we will never be the same. For whatever you behold, that is what you become like. He promises not to hide His face from us any longer (Ez. 39:29). We will be transformed the more and more we see the Father clearly. What are your eyes gazing upon? Are you longing for the beauty of Jesus, or for the world and it's simple ways? You and I were created to gaze upon the face of Jesus - let's stop looking elsewhere and gaze into His never ending beauty!

I pray that the Father's love would pierce you in the deepest parts of your heart. That you would see how amazing it is to gaze upon the beauty of the Lord. I pray that, if you are searching for more in life, that you would be willing to lay down your life at the feet of Jesus. When you choose to "lose your life," Jesus said that it's in that place where you will truly find it. I pray that you would find the abundance of life that can only be found in the name of Jesus Christ. I pray that your heart would be flooded with the depths of His unconditional love and that your heart would be in the posture to receive Him. I pray that your heart would cry out like Moses did - "Lord, show me your glory." I pray that you would see Him more clearly. I pray that you would seek and see His face. in Jesus Name, Amen

Pleasure

noreply@blogger.com (J-Mack) — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 16:17:00 +0000

This is the message behind my song "These Pleasures" off my album Intimately Consumed.

Throughout middle-school and high-school, I chose to close my heart and live for myself. In doing this, naturally, I wanted to do what felt good to my body. I have experienced many of the vain pleasures that this world has to offer. By pleasures - I mean the "high's" in life. For example, getting drunk or high or experiencing sex outside of marriage, can bring about a "high" or pleasurable feeling to us. It looks and feels satisfying, but underneath that is complete death. After years of chasing the pleasures this world has to offer (success, sex, drugs, alcohol, popularity, etc), I have realized that they are temporary and do not truly satisfy us. I jumped off the never ending treadmill of meaninglessness.

The Author of Life has created us to live and be in fellowship with Himself. When this is missing in your life- there will ALWAYS be an empty void inside you. You can try to turn to the next thing, and the next, and the next, but eventually that will get old as well. You were made to experience a love that's unconditional which is what our souls long for deep down inside. This is why Jesus says to the women at the well in John chapter seven that if you knew who He was, you would have asked Him for Living Waters and you never would thirst. When you have a relationship with the Lord Jesus, you will never thirst for more and more in life because it brings about true satisfaction. To be accepted, loved, cared for and to have a purpose and experience pleasures that are superior to those of this world. This is found, and only found, in Jesus Christ.

True pleasures and satisfaction is found in the place of intimacy with Christ. Where you are in a relationship with Abba, the Father. There are pleasures in His right hand waiting for you to search out and discover. There is fullness of joy in His presence (Ps 16:11). There is life, joy, hope, peace, patience, goodness, etc in the relationship between the Spirit of God and you. What pleasures are you seeking after? What are you trying to fill that "emptiness" inside with? If it is not fully Christ, I promise you that it will fail you everytime.

You don't have to look any further - submit to Jesus (James 4). He is all we need and the one that can truly satisfy us (2 Peter 1:3). He said, "I will give you living water, and you will never thirst." Ask Him to fill you with His streams of living water. Ask Him for the pleasures in His right hand. Open your heart and submit to Him completely. He is someone you can trust with your everything. Get off the treadmill and start living for something that lasts. Start living for Someone who is eternal, Jesus Christ. Don't waste your life building your own fame and glory, for it will soon pass and fade away. Don't waste your life seeking after the next pleasurable experience. Come to Him whose pleasures know no end. He is who you were made for and He awaits you! Come to Him and enjoy Him. I pray that you would be like Moses, "choosing rather to endure ill-treatment with the people of God than to enjoy the passing pleasures of sin (Heb 11:25-26)..."

Psalm 21:6 - "For You make Him most blessed forever; You make him joyful with gladness in Your presence."

Psalm 16:11 - In my presence is fullness of joy, and in My right hand there are pleasures forevermore.

Get you some!!

I'm Sorry (But Not Really...)

noreply@blogger.com (J-Mack) — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 01:59:00 +0000

This is the message behind the song that feature k-Drama and Nue Breed entitled "Sorry."

This is a sarcastic apology saying I'm sorry for following Jesus, living for His glory, and not being of this world any longer. There is no need to apologize, but I am sarcastic and hope that there is humor brought to the body of Christ through this song.

The Name of Jesus Christ is a stumbling block to those who don't believe (1 Cor. 1:22-24, Gal. 5:10-12, 1 Pet. 2:6-8, Rom. 9:33). His name can be and is offensive to non-believers. You can mention allah, or buddah, and it would not have the same effect. The reason is this - Jesus is the real deal! He is the actual Son of God who claims the deity of the great "I AM" (Jn 8:58). He said Himself that He is, "The way, the truth, and the life" - the only way to Heaven or to the Father. I could go on for days, but I don't want to get off track! This track features two brothers in Christ, Benjamin Farr (Nue Breed) and Regis Jones (k-Drama). We are no longer of this earth, although we live here for a short time. Our citizenship is in heaven for we have been bought with a price (1 Peter 2:9). The price was Jesus Christ and His blood which was shed on a cross (1 Cor. 6:20;2 Cor. 5:21)). We have been chosen, and set apart for His purposes and ways (Eph. 1:4-12; Eph 2:10). We now live for Him and His glory. No longer will we conform to the simple ways of this world. No longer will we live trying to leave our own self-glorified legacy. No longer will we will for the next pleasurable experience or temporary high. No longer we will live for ourselves! We, as sons of the Most High, live to reflect His glory. We live for a higher calling, and that is to make His Name famous and known amongst the nations. That's what this song is about! We are young, but unashamed to carry our cross's on our back (Matt 16:24). Could we possibly leave out the Name of Jesus and make millions, become famous, get awards, etc? Yes... It's possible... but what's the point if you gain the whole world and loose your very soul (Matt. 16:26)? Life is but a glimpse, don't waste your life chasing after things that can't hold it self together. Chase after the One thing which will be forever, Jesus Christ (1 Pet. 1:24-25)! You are like grass, and all it's glory like the flower of grass, will soon wither and fall off. You can have the money, cars, house, diamonds, etc - but when it comes down to it - you have NOTHING if you don't have a relationship with God. Without Christ in your life, your life is worthless - it's pointless. For surely you were made to reflect His image! Surely you were made for Someone who is greater than You. Surely you were made for Your Creator. Surely you were made for Him, and He is the One who desires you. Quit wasting your life and turn to Jesus! That's when real purpose begins. So... if this message offends anyone... "We're very sorry." Talk to Abba about it and He will make things very clear for you. He has spoken in His Word...humble yourself and come to Him!

Give It Up

noreply@blogger.com (J-Mack) — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 22:14:00 +0000

This is the message behind the song "Give It Up" off my very first EP. Hope it encourages you to keep pressing through even in the midst of a storm!

This is not a popular or comfortable message. It takes discipline. It takes determination. It takes a hunger and thirst for righteousness. We must learn that the Father is good, no matter what we are faced with. No matter what's going on around us, no matter how much pain we are feeling, He remains good. He cannot be anything but good - it's His nature. I've seen over the years, that very few push through when the waves of trails and testings come against the people of God. Very few choose to open their mouths and give Him the praise that is worthy to His name in the midst of the storm. Why is that? He hasn't changed - He never will - for He is the Lord, who changes NOT. It's very easy to give Him praise during His blessings..when you are "feeling good..." when you feel God.. when you feel close to Him.. What happens in the dark night of the soul. What happens when He tests you to see if your love for Him is authentic? Will you still praise Him? He hasn't changed! He is still good. His love for you is the same.

We have to learn to give God praise in the midst of the storms that life throws. Too many Christians walk by their feelings as opposed to doing what the Bible calls us to - walk by faith. We have to know that He is the God that has promised that He will never leave us. We have to learn to give Him a sacrifice of praise. This type of praise is when you are in the midst of the battle, when everything in you doesn't want to come to Him and give Him praise, you choose to thank Him and praise Him for who He is. We have to learn to continually give Him thanksgiving. Paul said, "rejoice in the Lord always, again, I say rejoice (Phil. 4:4)." It is the will of God that you would rejoice always and give thanks to His name (1 Thes. 5:16-18). We have to consider trials a joy, even though it is hard. These trials, these testings, are the very things which build and strengthen are character (Js 1:2-4; Rom. 5:1-5). Pain needs to become a good thing - not a bad thing. When pain comes we immediately want to get rid of it. "Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal among you, which comes upon you for your testing, as though some strange thing were happening to you; but to the degree that you share the sufferings of Christ, keep on rejoicing, so that also at the revelation of His glory you may rejoice with exultation (1 Peter 4:12-13)." Give it up to the Lord no matter what your going through. Rejoice in His name for it will be the very thing which pulls you through what you are in the midst of. He is worthy of our praise no matter what is going on! His is GOOD! Give it up to the Lord!!

Ya boi's in love! I can't help it...

noreply@blogger.com (J-Mack) — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 14:17:00 +0000

This is the message behind the song "Fallin' In Love" off my album Intimately Consumed... get you some!

He that has been forgiven much, loves much (Lk 7:47). Jesus said this. It is profoundly true. I have cursed God. I have turned and hardened my heart completely to Him. I have mocked and even hated His people (the Church). I have indulged myself in sinful ways and feasted on the pleasures this world offers us. I have done many things which were completely against God. I offended Him in my sins. After giving my life to Jesus, I started to realize, and come to know more of His love for me. I started to understand that out of all the things I did, He forgave all of them and blotted them out (Is 44:22; Ps 103:12).

After having such a sinful past, I was blown away that He could love someone like me. I was blown away that He could forgive completely, and even choose to forget all that I had done (Is 43:25). I never found this type of love in the world, because His love is unconditional. I found several times over again conditional loves through my years in living for myself, and they never satisfy. They never will satisfy. I was made for something greater and so were you. God Himself, for He is love. He is the unconditional love and acceptance we all long for deep down within our souls. Nothing can replace Him, for there is none like Him, and none but Him. He is God, and He created us for Himself.

I was in my college apartment room while writing the first draft of this song. I was spending time worshiping the Lord Jesus Christ through the form of singing songs to Him. His glorious presence invaded that small room, and my heart was flooded with His loving kindness. I was overwhelmed - He cared so much for me and accepted me for who I was. He loved me despite the many times that I turned and sinned against Him. His love for me remained the same. He cleansed me with His redeeming blood. He stood in my place, so that I might come to know the Father (John 17:3). He became sin for me so that I became the righteousness of God in Christ (2 Cor 5:21). He came to show me what the Father Himself was like. He forgave me completely for all that I had done. Despite all the present things I was struggling with - He loved me in the midst of them. Nothing will separate me from His love (Romans 8). Who does things like this? Who really cares that much? I have found no one, but Jesus in my years of existence. I started to fall in love with Him. After realizing His love for me, I could do nothing and wanted to do nothing other then love Him back with my whole heart.

That night in my apartment room was the very night this song was birthed. Out of understanding and knowing His love for me, I couldn't help but write Him a love song back. The lyrics started pouring out of me. So that's where this song begins... it's a letter from me to Him trying to express how much I love Him. It's a cry from my heart that I would fall deeper in love with Him. He has written me sixty-six books filled with His love for me, I figured I could at least write a song or two telling Him how much I love Him. He is amazing! The greatest commandment Jesus gave was just to love Him. You were created to know and experience His love and acceptance for YOU! He cares for you. He loves you. He desires you. He wants you to come to Him (Matthew 11:28-30). The question then remains, when will you open your heart and receive what Jesus did on the cross into the depths of your heart. When will you let His unconditional rivers of love flow into your very being? He is what you were made for. It's not about being a religious fanatic. It's about falling in love with a living, breathing God, Jesus Christ Himself. You were made for Him - don't settle for anything less!

Father, I pray that you would take this generation deep into the vastness of Your loving kindness. I pray that, by Your grace, You would raise up men and women who are submitted to You with their whole hearts, for that is what Your eyes search for. I pray that people would open their hearts, and that you would flood them with rivers of unconditional love. That this generation would be pierced to the core of their being for Your love for them, and be wholly and fully committed to serving You and being like You. In Jesus name, Amen!

Get You Some Jesus!

noreply@blogger.com (J-Mack) — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 16:57:00 +0000

This is the message behind the song I did called "Drunk In The Spirit" which most people know as "Get you some Jesus." Head over to www.myspace.com/listen2jmack to listen to the song!

Many people have believed the lie that I once believed – living for God is boring. That following God is all about following a list of "do's and "do-not's." That living for Him will be a waste of time and won't satisfy us. Since I have given my life to Jesus, I have found the direct opposite to be true. Jesus made a profound statement – in order to find true life, you must give yours away or lose your own life (Matt. 16:25). It’s in the position of giving your life away to Jesus that you truly find Life. All that we long for deep down inside (to be loved, cared for, true happiness, hope, joy, peace, purpose, destiny, identity, etc) is found in submitting your life to Jesus Christ. If living for God was boring, trust me, I would be out doing the same stuff I use to do - drinking, smoking, and partying – living life merrily for tomorrow we die (living for myself)! However, it's not. Finding new life in Jesus is the greatest thing one could encounter in his existence on earth. Even as I write this, I am cracking up with joy because living for Jesus Christ is the most fulfilling way to live! So... to the world - I don't need no hypnotic.. bacardi...etc... I will take a huge glass of living water. You may drink, and have to fill up your cup again and again. I choose to drink out of the never ending river of His delights (Ps 36:8-9). You might Wake up feeling hung over, empty, and depressed inside. Not me! I will drink of a cup that over flows and sustains my very life. A cup that never ends - The precious Holy Spirit which He gives to those who ask (Luke 11:13). You might choose to drink a cup that eventually will destroy you. I will choose to drink of a cup full of life. So I say this to you. "If anyone is thirsty, let him to Me (Jesus) and drink." For surely Jesus is saying to you today – “Come to Me (read Matthew 11:28-30).” He who believes in Me (Jesus), as the Scripture said, from his innermost being will flow rivers of living water (Jn 7:37-39). For whoever drinks of this water will never thirst, but will spring up to eternal life (Jn 4:14). Come to the fountain and drink (Is 55:1-4). His joy, His peace, His life, is better than any high this world could ever off you. This "water" I'm speaking of is symbolic of having a relationship with Jesus. So with that being said, all that is left is this... GET SOME SOME JESUS!!

"I'm Free"

noreply@blogger.com (J-Mack) — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:46:00 +0000

This is the message behind the song on my album called "I'm Free." The song features Two:Eight - check em out @ twoeight.org. I wrote some messages behind the songs on my latest album "Intimately Consumed" and am going to do my best to start posting the message... enjoy and g g get you some!

The Bible makes it clear that what you present your body to you are a slave to that thing. If you choose to constantly live apart from God, and choose not to believe in His power and freedom that's available through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, then you will choose to live in your flesh apart from the Spirit of God. You will choose to live apart from the Author of Life itself in whom should be your very life source. You will be a slave to your flesh or a slave to sin. The mind set on the flesh is death. The mind that is set on what's best for you, and living for your own glory and self is death. There is no life in it and there never will be. It's horrible (I know because I once use to live this way) and we were not created to function apart from having and being filled with God's Spirit dwelling inside our being.

When you submit your life to Jesus, there is freedom and rest. I am not talking about going to church on Sundays or maybe even Wednesdays although these things are good. I am talking about a whole hearted surrenderence where you no longer are on the throne of your own life - Christ is. Where you live completely sold out to Jesus. There is peace and hope out of this place. There is joy and life in abundance. I'm not saying that everything will be peaches and cream when you submit to Him. Life is hard whether you are a believer or not. However, even through trials, there is still a deep sense of peace, joy, and fulfillment deep down because you know that God is bigger then anything you could ever go through or face and that He's on your side. You know that He is for you and not against you (Rom 8:28, 31). A lifestyle apart from God, which I talk about in this song, led to depression, emptiness, and a lack of what the Bible talks about as "life."

Jesus said that He is the way, the truth, and THE LIFE. It says in John 10:10 that He came to give us life and life abundantly. This song is called I'm free. You might be asking, free from what? Let's start off with this - I'm free from living an eternity condemned to hell. I'm free from the mind that lived to please myself and lived for my own glory. You might say, there's no way you can be positive. The Bible teaches something different. It teaches that we have a guaranteed promise through the Holy Spirit. It says that nothing will separate us from His love - the ones that are His children (Rom 8:38-39; 1 Peter 1:3-5). I can say with confidence that I'm going to see Jesus face to face some day and I cannot wait! This is what I live for. I know that I will be in paradise with Him when I leave earth. I am not just living to "get rich or die trying" or living just to retire - I am living with the hope of an eternity of life with a good, living, amazing God. I am living with a reward that is being stored up in heaven.

Sin has a way of drawing you back for more and more. It has a way of puffing you up and putting you on the throne, where only God Himself should be in your life. It's very enticing to the eyes, and deceptively promises immediate gratification and satisfaction. When it's all said and done, it does the opposite and leaves you unsatisfied, unfulfilled, and empty. I am now free, through the grace and mercy of Jesus Christ, from this constant marry go round. I no longer have to submit to the ways of the flesh and the simple patterns that this world offers. I want to be like Moses was in his generation, "choosing rather to endure ill-treatment with the people of God than to enjoy the passing pleasures of sin, considering the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egypt (this world); for he was looking to the reward (Hebrews 11:25-26). I no longer have to drink to be cool or feel good. I no longer have to smoke weed to find a fake sense of peace. There is peace and joy in Jesus Christ that is eternal - it doesn't leave when you wake up the next morning. You will never know peace, until you meet the Prince of Peace. He will never leave you nor forsake you. You choose! I'm free from the bondage that sin had on my life. The chains that once were, have broken and I live in intimate fellowship with Jesus. I have been freed from a mind that was full of depression and questions; a mind that never truly rested.

Now, I'm not saying I don't mess up, or go through hard times - but there is life available through fellowship with Jesus. The Bible says that if we walk in the Spirit we don't gratify the sinful desires of the flesh (Gal 5:16). The Bible also teaches that who the Son sets free is free indeed, and as you know the truth, you will be free (John 8:32, 36). Jesus Christ, came here as fully God and Man, lived a perfect life which none of us could, and hung on a cross. You might be thinking, ok.. heard that a million times.. Jesus died for me blah blah blah. He did not stay on that cross. He was literally resurrected completely back to life and walked and talked to people after this. This is history. This is a proven fact. Jesus Christ has been resurrected from the dead! Now, you might be thinking... yep heard that one too. Let me put it this way - let's start all over. Adam and Eve, the first people to be created, had it all! They lived in communion with God. They lived a life that was truly amazing! They were made in the very image of God. They were created to reflect the glory of God for His own pleasure and delight. The Lord took pleasure in them, and He was pleased. They took pleasure in Him and were amazed by His matchless splendor. The beauty of His creation has been seen clearly by all (Romans 1:20). We were made to live and be connected to the Author of Life itself - a divine Creator in whom all things were created through and for (Col 1:15-18). Now you might be saying where are you going with this J-Mack? Well... this great life that they had was lost in the garden.. They sinned and turned to their own ways, which we all have done, each to our own way! This masterpiece that God had designed was now ruined. He created them in His own image. They also had the power of choice. And choose they did... They chose to go there own way. The Bible teaches that we have all gone to our own ways - we have all sinned and fallen short of His glory. The Lord sent His only and only Son to redeem all that was lost in the garden. We were created for fellowship and intimacy with a God who is love. We were created with a part of us, the spirit, that can only be filled with God's Spirit. We were created and designed to be the image of God! This point is this: you will never be truly free until you submit to the only One who can set you free - that is Jesus Himself. There will always be an empty void deep down inside apart from living from God. He restored that fellowship and it's available today through His blood, death, and resurrection. I'm free from the corruption that living apart from God caused in my life. Through the power of the resurrected Lamb, I have been set free. Chains broken... I live free! Praise the Lord!!!!!!

FREE DOWNLOAD - "Search You Out"

noreply@blogger.com (J-Mack) — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 00:38:00 +0000

Just right click on the link and save it to your computer! ENJOY!
J-Mack - Search You Out

Here is the story behind "Search You Out" along with the lyrics...

Story:
I was on my honeymoon with my wife in Mexico just relaxing in our hotel room reading Psalm 36 early in the morning. Specifically, I kept reading over verses 8-9. They say this, "They drink their fill of the abundance of Your house: And You give them to drink of the river of Your delights. For with You is the fountain of life: In Your light we see light." Pause and think about that for a second... or maybe I should just say this...selah! I was so stirred up with hunger and passion for God after reading this chapter in Psalms that I just wanted more and more of God! I started to hear a song arising in my mind and the words were the chorus of the song "Search You Out." I literally sang that melody the rest of the week with my wife. I truly do want to search out the Lord all of my days. I want to know His ways! My heart can't help but sing this song. Come and drink from His river of delights. Jesus said He is the "Life," so come and drink from the fountain of life! The Lord's love is glorious and compels me to share His love with others. Have you experienced the love of God before? If not... Open your heart to Jesus and get ready! God is love. Jesus came to show us the Father. Look at the life of Jesus in the Gospels and realize your looking at the human Face of God. He is what you were made for! Search Him out!

Lyrics:
(Chorus)
I wanna search you out O Lord all day; I wanna search you out - I wanna know Your ways
(Verse 1)
I wanna search you out; I wanna know your ways; I wanna know you Lord in the most intimate ways; better is just a day; than thousands elsewhere ; in the presence of a King; I adore Him and I sing; when I'm in your presence; I loose track of time; when I'm out of your presence; I wanna press rewind; wondering why you chose me; it doesn't make no sense; Thank you Jesus please rinse; me just like a sponge; pour me out like an offering and I'll run; straight towards the Cross by grace steady; I'm fixed on your Face ready - to take on whatever bring it on; I'm heavy like a weight in a ring ali with rhymes like lodi dodi I don't need bacardi; sip sip water water living living hotter hotter
Take my heart Abba Abba You can reign Father Father
(Verse 2)
They told me I would loose my passion; Just Stay in like the Radison; you won't make any cash son; you gonna burn out like ash son; but with all this harassment; I am moved by compassion; and when I look at His Person; I'm stuck like apprehensionnn; I see the cross and I can't help but realize; I gotta live my life with no compromise; I wanna finish the race and get my prize; hearing well done from my Daddy I arrive; into my Father's house where there are many rooms; I will fly away just like a balloon ; you won't know the time morning night or afternoon; get with Christ because He is coming back very soon
(Verse 3)
I'm like better is one day in your courts; just one day in Your house; ew I'm so in love; You make me wanna shout; I give you all the praise; O Ancient of Days; matchless in Your ways; it's Your Name I raise; just to spread Your love; this is my desire; I wanna be with you where You are; will You take me higher?; I drop the walls around my heart I surrender; like the walls of Jericho I'm like ti-mber; you can have all of me come and dwell in my domain; shower me with your goodness I wanna be under your rain; I've searched for other loves and I always come to this; this is what I'm singing lost in Your divine bliss; I wanna search you out; I wanna know Your ways; I gotta have more of You like everyday; until my hairs are grey; celebratin like a holiday
Puttin Christ on Display

Whatever You Behold... You Become Like It!

noreply@blogger.com (J-Mack) — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 15:17:00 +0000

A couple of weeks ago, I was working out with my wife in my apartments workout facility. They have TV's in there and my eyes were drawn to a music station. Out of all the other stations - for some reason my eyes were just naturally drawn there. It was almost as if there was a force or something behind the station saying, “look.” I watched for a couple of seconds not even thinking and what I saw was lifeless. What I saw was Godless. I was grieved by what I saw but to add to that...They quickly zoomed in on teenage girls and their reactions to what was happening on this show. They were laughing, joking, and having a blast as if nothing was wrong with what was happening. I was quickly disgusted, turned my eyes away, and went back to lifting weights in a part of the room where the TV's were not in view. What was on that screen was completely Godless. I’m not saying TV is evil… or anything of that nature. But, I will say boldly, what was on was not in any way glorifying to the God who created us. In fact it was the opposite. I started to cry out for this generation - "oh God, help this generation, help this generation Lord!" I use to watch all the music stations on television and I remembered all the filth that was on them (I'm not saying they are all evil or everything is bad on them - but when you match up what is shown with God's Word... well you will get your answer!) I was grieved because of all the signals they send this generation that are just completely Godless and a mockery of who He is and His perfect Word. I then looked at the people in the gym and every single one of them had stopped working out and were gazing at the television station... watching...stuck in a daze. They were beholding the filth on TV. At that moment, the Lord spoke to me and said this - "whatever you behold, you become like it." Wow! I was moved in my heart for this generation. Almost in tears, I started to really think about what God spoke. I began to think about people who listen to hip hop and rap or indulge themselves in the hip hop culture - watch the videos, know every word to the hottest song out... think about it - their lifestyle usually will reflect those things in some way - whether it's the way they dress, what they say, the way they treat women, wanting to party or indulge in a life of pre maritial sex, girls wanting to shake their bodies at parties completely disrespecting themselves, girls showing much skin in the way they dress, experimenting with drugs and alcohol etc. Let's take a popular band on TV for instance. Someone who loves the band naturally will follow them, dress like them, wear their t-shirts, etc. If the band comes in town – they will blow there whole allowance just to go and behold this band. I declare to you boldly right now – You were made to BEHOLD THE BEAUTY OF THE LORD. If you make the choice to settle for less than this (which it is what you were created for – to behold Him and therefore be more like Him) then you will always be dissatisfied in life. You can live apart from God and go your own way, but Scripture says this – sin (living apart from God) is pleasurable for only a short season…. Then what? When you behold His beauty or who He is, you become more like Him. Are you gazing upon His Word? Are you beholding the face of Jesus? Are you beholding His Truth? Whatever you behold, you become like it! What are you beholding?

Below are some verses… take a couple minutes of your day to be with the Lord! It will be well worth your time!

Psalm 27:4 – “One thing I have asked from the Lord, that I shall seek: That I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to BEHOLD the beauty of the Lord and to meditate in His temple.”

Psalm 11:7 – “For the Lord is righteous, He loves righteousness; the upright will behold His face.”
--This is what behold means in Hebrew - 2372 – chazah (khaw-zaw) – to gaze at; mentally to perceive, contemplate (with pleasure); to have a vision of: behold, look, prophesy, provide, see

We were meant to gaze upon the beauty of Jesus! We were meant to see Him! We were meant to behold Jesus. We were meant to mentally perceive Jesus. We were meant to contemplate His nature and His very essence with pleasure. We are meant to see Him in visions. We were meant to behold, look at, and see Jesus face to face! Whatever you behold you become like it. What are you beholding?

Matthew 5:8 – “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.”

The Word pure here simply means clear or clean. The word see in the Greek means, “to gaze at with wide open eyes as at something remarkable.”

Is your heart choked by the things of this world? All it takes is a simple yes or yield to God with your heart. This is the act of repentance – turning your heart to God and changing your mind or the way you think! Turn to God and be truly satisfied! Is your heart pure before Him or are there tons of things that come way before God in your heart? Shouldn’t your Creator have first place in your life? You choose. I choose to do my best to keep a pure heart before God… the reason is this… I WANT TO SEE HIM!

Free Download - "I Do (The Wedding Song)"

noreply@blogger.com (J-Mack) — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 16:10:00 +0000

This is a song that I wrote for my wife and performed for her on our wedding day. Originally, it was only going to be for her, but after prayer and talking with the wifey we decided it should be for YOU as well! I hope you enjoy it and best of all... it's FREE!!
J-Mack - I Do (The Wedding Song)

Just right click on the link above and click "Save as!"

ITUNES!!

noreply@blogger.com (J-Mack) — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 21:25:00 +0000

Download J-Mack's brand new album "Intimately Consumed" off Itunes by clicking the button!

God Is For Us

noreply@blogger.com (J-Mack) — Thu, 28 May 2009 14:42:00 +0000

Download J-Mack's Podcast for FREE! Just right click on the link below and hit "Save As" - save it to your computer and listen! Enjoy!!
God%20Is%20For%20Us.mp3

* The Lamentations reference is actually 3:23* - I got real excited and said the wrong verse haha!

Come 2 Him

noreply@blogger.com (J-Mack) — Thu, 21 May 2009 19:58:00 +0000

This is the first podcast I've ever done!! Make sure you check it out - I pray you are encouraged and blessed by it!Come%202%20Him%202.mp3 - RIGHT CLICK ON THIS LINK AND CLICK "SAVE AS" and you can save it to your computer! God bless

The Poop Story

noreply@blogger.com (J-Mack) — Tue, 05 May 2009 18:20:00 +0000

What Goes In Eventually Comes Out

So... this week I was meeting with my friend Bubba (Spencer) who I mentor each Tuesday when I'm in town.. and this is the lesson that was learned - hope you enjoy haha!

I was talking to Bubba about watching what "goes in" to him. I was telling him that was goes in eventually comes out. As I was growing up, all I would watch and listen to was movies, music videos, and shows that glorified a lifestyle of drugs, partying, getting drunk, having sex outside of marriage, cursing, making fun of God or Christians, etc. Eventually - I acted out on these things and wanted to experience them for myself. Eventually what I fed my soul with came into play in my own life. Since the people were on TV or on the radio I looked up to them and thought - "if they are doing it and it's cool, then I want to too." I did have a decision and a choice - I realize that. But I'm saying this to back up what I was talking about. I fed my soul with junk, and junk came out. Here's the opposite. I write a lot of songs... a lot a lot. These songs pour out of the overflow of my relationship with Jesus. In other words, the more I spend time with Jesus and feed my soul with His Word, the more songs and lyrics come out. The very idea for doing the album Intimately Consumed came to me out of the place of spending time with Jesus. Listen to the songs and see what came out! It's the same concept if you are a believer - what do you feed yourself with spiritually? So... I'm explaining this to Bubba, who is a 6th grade student at Heritage Christian School in Indianapolis Indiana. After talking to him about these things - he says so it's kind of like taking a POOP. You eat food and then eventually, it comes out. What you eat eventually will come out haha.. GENIOUS! hahaha I lost it. So....watch what you let come into you - watch what you feed your soul with! Watch what you feast upon in this life! The things that I use to feed my soul with promised satisfaction and immediate gratification... in the end they left me empty and broken. What goes in... eventually comes out...

First Blog

noreply@blogger.com (J-Mack) — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 16:05:00 +0000

What up Peeps! As you can see, this is the very first blog of many to come! You might have noticed that the whole entire website has been re-done and if this is your first time visiting… it used to be MUCH different! That’s what this first blog is about. I want to take time to give thanks and praise to a living, loving, caring God. I am amazed at His provision and His different ways of providing. He deserves glory and this blog is a small attempt to give Him that which He deserves and that which is His. Through His divine will and ways, He has used two whole classrooms as well as the Teacher of those classes, Dan Wagoner, at Heritage Christian School (Indianapolis, IN) to provide a website which will be used for His glory! This website which you see is a result of the hard work of many students which attend HCS and Dan. I am so grateful for all the hours in which they put in to make this dream website a reality. I am blown away at the quality of website they produced and give God all the praise! To all the students who help contribute their time and efforts into this project, who saw the vision and got behind it, may God bless you all and may you be drawn to the nature and person of Jesus Christ more each day. To Dan Wagoner, the over-seer in the whole project, there aren’t words to describe how grateful I am to you for getting behind this and helping out… so I will try – thank you from the bottom of my heart. You guys are awesome and I am truly moved as I look at this website – each time I go to update it, or whatever the case may be – I will remember all your hard-work and rejoice that you were willing to help serve. This website, I believe, will be used in a mighty way to bring people to Jesus. It’s another tool in which He can use. That is the goal! It’s not about me, or J-Mack, I pray that the God of all glory is reflected in the pages, in the music, in the blogs, and in the site as a whole! Thank you to all who helped and God bless you!

- J-Mack