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Mali Music reveres and respects the power of his chosen art form. The singer, songwriter, and producer recognized music’s impact at a very young age, treasuring it as a gift. At only eleven-years-old and without any formal training, he would get behind the keyboard at a local Savannah, GA church and play for hours in front of a packed house every single Sunday. For the young performer, it became about inciting physical, emotional, and spiritual change with nothing more than a beat, a melody, and a smile.
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Decades later, nothing has changed on his full-length major label debut, Mali Is… [ByStorm Entertainment/RCA Records]. In fact, he’s only gotten better at impacting emotions.
“I started making music so I could help put everyone at ease,” he says. “Each Sunday that I came into this building, people were crying, praying, and repenting. My creativity had to be sharp to consistently come up with songs on the spot that reflected the emotion of the room. I had a responsibility early on, and I realized music could make you cry, make you dance, or even change your life.”
Receiving Pro Tools and a computer as a gift for his fifteenth birthday, Mali divided his time between recording hundreds of songs in his bedroom and playing football at school. After casually making a MySpace page in 2008, he quickly developed a fervent following online. A flood of booking requests came in from around the country, and his statistics began to skyrocket. Fulfilling his fans’ appetite, he released his first independent album, The Coming, selling out the pre-orders from his family’s garage. Over the next year, he started playing sold out shows across the country leading up to the release of his sophomore effort The 2econd Coming in 2009. However, 2011 saw underground R&B’s “best kept secret” get out.
Delivering a seismic performance at the BET Music Awards on the “Music Matters” stage, Mali effectively got the entire industry talking. He found himself meeting with superstar Akon the next morning as other executives clamored to learn more about this burgeoning phenomenon. He finally found the right home in 2013 though, signing to Mark Pitts’ ByStorm Entertainment label at RCA Records—the home of Grammy Award winning singer/songwriter Miguel. After another earthshaking BET Music Awards performance and his Essence Music Festival debut that year, the mainstream wholeheartedly embraced Mali’s undeniable and uplifting blend of soulful R&B, invigorating hip-hop, and inspiring lyricism.
He goes on, “I wanted to earn respect as an artist from the world before I proclaim this triumphant message. I wanted to give everybody an introduction to who I am. I’ve got a beautiful story to tell. There have been struggles, and there have been victories. The whole time, there was always song. That’s how you get Mali Music.”
Source: http://www.malimusicofficial.com/bio/
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Noah Movie Review
I watched the 2014 version of Noah and sincerely, there is much to say.
They started creation by saying, “in the beginning, there was nothing,” however the word of God says,
“In the beginning, God created the Heavens and the Earth.” Genesis 1:1
Because of sin, man seeks to forget his origin, not find it. It was disappointing to me because the movie portrayed God as being detached from His creation.
God didn’t speak to Noah in a dream. He spoke to him audibly. He communicated to Noah. He related to Noah. He comforted him.
God is all about His creation – Man. God interacts with us every day – “In Him, we move and have our being.” At the end of the movie, Noah’s daughter-in-law asks why he didn’t kill the babies and his response was that he felt love. He explained that the creator wanted him to use his will to choose life and not kill the babies. Sounds good. But it’s not true.
God expressed His remorse to Noah. God let Noah know He didn’t enjoy seeing the dead bodies. God said next time He will destroy the world by fire and gave Noah the promise with the rainbow.
The action in the movie – Noah – showed that man changed God’s purpose because Noah didn’t fulfill the duty by allowing his family to be the last on earth. It denied the second judgment to come when God will destroy the world by fire.
In my opinion, the movie wasn’t an adaptation, it was heresy. Yet, God loved us so much that He sent His Son Jesus to die for us. God will always be in control of His creation.
He initiated life. Because He initiated life, He guides and directs life. Paul says, “The love of God constrains us.” God restrains evil every day. Whatever evil is allowed to happen, there is a purpose is behind it. When God allowed Jesus to be crucified, though innocent, Jesus was paying the price for our pardon.
“In the beginning, God….
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God’s Promise: You are not alone
Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. (Heb 13:5)
I woke up this morning with that word on my mind I’ll not leave you or forsake you. What a promise; the promise of His enduring presence. Then I thought how is that?
(Isa 57:15) For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.
God live in the high heavens and He also lives in my trampled heart that He is continually repairing.
That’s a promise to remember!!!
But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. (Mat 6:33)
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There is a First Thing
But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you. (Mat 6:33)
The Kingdom of God is not the only thing I seek, but it should be the first thing. Decisions I made in the past was for the kingdom to be the only thing I seek and promote in life.
I remember I-Hop has a program for business owners. In life, there is a #1, therefore there are numbers 2 and 3 priorities.
It has set me free to learn this because life is coming into a better perspective. I call it “Divine Order”. When I put first things first, I’ll begin to see the additional things added in this life, because I have life in Christ already.
Spirit words in layman’s terms.
Divine: What God would like for you.
New Dimension: Another perspective on life, a transition in the thought process.