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spiritual war
B.I.D (back in the day) I always prided myself on my street fighting record of approx. 100 and 1. The only fight I can honestly say I lost was to a lil crip in the county jail.
It all started one day when I got pulled over in corona with an 8 ball of speed in my pocket. The cop was pretty cool, yet couldn't just let me go, so he took me in and booked me with possession. well the next few days would be spent coming down off some pretty strong lemon drop in a 10x10 cell.
At this time I was playing in a band called "long tall sally" and had fairly long hair. Not to mention the fact that I weighed about 165 pounds at 6'2". Not the toughest looking guy at this time. Well, The first couple of days were pretty bad. I could barley walk going through detox and then I got hit with a fever.
In the county jail everyone comes out of there cells for meal time. well at this time I was half asleep when I walked out and I allowed my cell door to slam shut... something you should know not to do... everyone started clowning me and like a normal dope fiend coming down from meth, i lashed out at everyone.
Well, the one little 5' 8" crip gangsta called me out on my rage and set an appointment with me in one of the empty cells on the bottom tear. I thought, "shiish, this little guy doesn't know what he's in for, sick or not". Well I had another thing coming. I remember him saying "make a move". So like I would normally do, I threw a kick to the stomach before launching my devestating right cross, that most of the time knocked people out, yet this time my leg felt like I was planted in cement. Almost like a bad dream. Anyways, he grabbed a hold of my long hair and before I knew it my lip was cut, my eye was black and he was walking out of the cell reciting one of the most popular rap lines at the time, "you can bow down to the row". All that to say this was one of the worst experiences of my life... defeated, ashamed, and broken. I had lost a fight.
One of the things I hate more than anything as a Christian is being defeated by Satan. Especially when it comes to the one's I love. I mentioned my street fighting record and probably 90% of those fights were sticking up for loved ones. I'm on a mission to teach my Christian brothers and sisters to fight spiritually. I cant wait to see the 777 army of God kicking the crap out of Satan's army. So be on the look out for training opportunities. The word for the week is "be prepared". My question is, "what are the avenues you have for being trained and prepared"? don't forsake them!!!!!
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Livin the life (john 10:10)
Jesus said, "The thief comes only to steal,kill, and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full"(john 10:10 NIV)
Back in the day we use to have this term called "livin the life". As a tattoo artist we made our own hours, cash money, partied like Rock stars, anwered to no one, and truly thought we were livin the life. In fact we would often turned to one another to say, "man, were livin the life". Ironically, this is the very life style that wound me up in prison (livin death).
As you know from a couple weeks ago, I had been searching for a 777 slogan. We'll I began thinking about this term for some reason and John 10:10 popped into my mind. Jesus is making a point here that their is no other way of life. He is the only way to heaven. He's the one that's going fulfill every part of your life. Anything outside of him is considered death and will one day fade away and this is exactly what 777 is about.
We've experienced the old way of life (the theif... steal, kill, destroy) our life has literally been destroyed, stolen, and killed by the enemy, but now we've been given a new life in Christ. He's pulled us out of the fire to give us an eternal place in His kingdom.
Notice the phrase.... to the full. Not only have we been given a new life, but we've been given an extreame life. A life of abundance. Therefore, we live our lives here on earth to the extreame. Sold out, hardcore zealots for Jesus. All that to say..... We have a new slogan!!!!!
777 "LIVIN THE LIFE"
There's only one life; it's a Christ Life. (john 10:10)
vision
- "Dying for Change"
