Don't Bury It!

We'll get back to talking about the music later, but I wanted to put this out there.  First of all, let me preface this by saying I KNOW that this was for ME. I thought I'd share it anyway. Matthew 14 - 19 says "For the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods. And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one; to every man according to his several ability; and straightway took his journey. Then he that had received the five talents went and traded with the same, and made them other five talents. And likewise he that had received two, he also gained other two. But he that had received one went and digged in the earth, and hid his lord's money. After a long time the lord of those servants cometh, and reckoneth with them. " Verse 15 says he gave "to everyman according to his several ability..." God gives us what we can handle - and only what we can handle. He will bless you according to your specific abilities. He will bless you with abilities to accomplish. what only YOU could accomplish. 
When I read this, I heard in my spirit "take what I have given you and go prosper!" You can succeed right now. God has filled you with the one thing (or several things) in life that will cause you to succeed and to prosper. You don't need anything else but the gift he's given you NOW. You don't need miracles or rain from above, just go take what he's given you NOW and go succeed NOW. The story goes on to say that the first two servents prospered with what he gave them and he rewarded them. The one servent was afraid and went and hid his gift in the earth. His fear and lack of action cost him. Not only did he not prosper, he lost even the little bit that he had. The master took his talent and gave it to the one who prospered most. Take what God has given you and go prposper. He hasn't given you something that will fail, so don't be afraid. Go do what he's gifted you to do. Let it shine, let it show. The thing that you simply ARE... could save someone's life. Take what God has given you and go prosper. Just don't bury it. 

Curt

"Living This Dream"

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Discussion on the music - Jesus Loves Me

Continuing with explaining or attempting to explain the music I write.  My favorite song on the Album is "Jesus Loves Me".  Its the first track because I wanted people to pop in the CD and hear the truth about God.  That Jesus loves all of us without condition - even those who don't love him.  We know this to be true because Jesus came and died so that ALL could be saved.  Even if you didn't love him at first, you would still have the opportunity to be saved.
This song is my personal favorite because I didn't even have a pen in my hand when it started in my spirit.  So I just started singing it loud.  Wifey lookin' at me all crazy... LOL.  I sang what I heard.  I got the hook and then the bridge.  After that I just went up stairs to finish.  I wrote the music around the melody line and the lyrics.  It brought tears to my eyes.  God gave me a work so complete that all I had to do was write music around what he gave me.  Granted all my inspiration comes from God, this I know.  But this time it wasn't that he gave me an unction in my spirit to create.  He made a track and gave it to me.  I just sang what I was hearing.  I had even less work to do than I've ever had on a track.  I love this because God wrote it and just gave it to me.  Usually I hear something in my spirit and I try to imitate it as best I can.  This one came gift wrapped.
The audiences respond like CRAZY to this song.  I honestly feel like they feel what I felt as this was being POURED into my spirit.  It seems like we all get transported to the same place every time I do this song.  When I go through my challenges, I pull out this song.  This reminds me that I'm not alone in this.  

I know

There'll be times when I

Will come under attack

'cause the spirit of God lives in me (yeah)

I know

That I will face resistance

Because of my insistence

That Jesus' blood has cleansed me (yeah)

It doesn't matter what anybody says or does

I get stronger from the power of my father's love

Not afraid of anything a man can do to me

I'm standing tall because I know Jesus Loves Me

I know Jesus Loves Me

(day to day and age to age)

I know Jesus Loves Me

(no matter what his loves remains)

I know Jesus Loves Me

(Jesus Blood has made me free)

I know Jesus Loves Me

Loves Me, Loves Me

Understand

That things aren't always rosey

But my father knows me

He can deliver me from anything (yeah)

Any

Predicament I'm placed in

Decision I am facing

My God will always see me through (yeah)

It doesn't matter what anybody says or does

I get stronger from the power of my father's love

Not afraid of anything a man can do to me

I'm standing tall because I know Jesus Loves Me

I know Jesus Loves Me

(day to day and age to age)

I know Jesus Loves Me

(no matter what his loves remains)

I know Jesus Loves Me

(Jesus Blood has made me free)

I know Jesus Loves Me

Loves Me, Loves Me

No matter what the future my bring

And there'll be times when persecution comes to me

And when temptation calls I don't have to fall

Because God will deliver me from all

I know Jesus Loves Me

(day to day and age to age)

I know Jesus Loves Me

(no matter what his loves remains)

I know Jesus Loves Me

(Jesus Blood has made me free)

I know Jesus Loves Me

Loves Me, Loves Me

Loves Me

I'm in this because its the call on my life.  And man do I love doing this.  I absolutely love getting something special from God.  I blows my mind over and over again.  In this... just with this... I know Jesus Loves Me.

Curt

Livin' this Dream!

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Pour it all out

Fayetteville, NC... at Kingdom Connection Ministries this past Saturday and Sunday.  I'm grateful to Pastor Moore and his lovely wife for making me a part of their church's anniversary.  Truly honored... truly.  I was preparing for this past weekend's appearance.  Took myself through my vocal paces... worked on pitch and control... did a little ear training... just making sure that when I got in front of these people I was confident and on point.  The Bible talks a lot about "skilled" musicians.  In order to be "skilled" you have to practice.  The Bible also talks about the anointing.  And in order to be anointed, you have to spend time in the presence of God.  So Thursday morning in my prayer time I heard the words "pour it all out"  I paused because the words hit me hard and just kind of sat in my spirit like a heavy weight.  As I meditated on that I began to understand how I'm supposed to operate as an artist from now on.  First of all, I'm only an "artist" to the music business.  In every other instance, I'm a minister of music - bringing the word in song.  But I understand how I do this now.  I spend time in the presence of God - not just visiting with him, but drinking everything that I can from God.  Pull on the spirit like a mad man.  There are times when you can go to God and ask for things. There are times when you go to God with your mistakes and failures and let him heal all that you are. There are times when you can go to God and just listen to his voice.  There are times when you can go to God and simply love on him.  And then there are times when you can go to God fill up on his spirit.  Where you try to pull so much of God into yourself that there's barely enough room for you.  And that's the direction I got from God.  Fill up with the spirit.  Fill yourself so totally with the spirit of God 'til you're about to explode.  Then get up on that stage and pour it all out!
Pastor Moore told me in front of the congregation that he'd never seen me like this on stage.  He was blown away by what he had just experienced.  My good friends, the Franklins, had just ministered to me that God was going to do new things with me and were blown away by what saw - even after telling me it was going to happen. I get it now.  Yes I pump myself up like always before I go on.  I put on my game face and hit like always.  But now I don't worry about the outcome anymore.  Now I don't give them MY best anymore.  I pour out the anointing that God filled me with.  I pour it all out. Then RUN go fill back up! 

Curt

Livin' this Dream!

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Discussions on the Music - "The Blood"

Sorry sorry so sorry!!! Got wrapped up in promotions and making sure that everything is on point and I need to let the people I work with do their job.  I'm micro-managing... and now I'm going to get out of the way.  Again I apologize for my absence.  

I got an interesting piece of music called "The Blood".  I liked it because it addresses issues that religion  pounded into us for years.  They present God to us as some Angry uninformed being who can see everything, but is SHOCKED by some of the things that we do.  According to Psalm 139: 1-2 

1	O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me.
2	Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising; thou understandest my thought afar off

God KNOWS us.  He knows our thoughts before we know them.  He knows what we're going to to BEFORE we do it.  NEWS FLASH!!! He still loves us.  But what hasn't been shared with us in a lot of ministries is that EVERY sin we'd ever commit has already been covered by the blood of Jesus.  Ephesians 5:8 says - ⁸ For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light.

God wants us to walk as children of light - that actually means live as though you have NEVER sinned... as though you never knew sin!  Because the blood of Jesus doesn't just wash sin away, it washes it clean -  removes it as if you had NEVER sinned.  Think of it this way... God looks at us through the blood of Jesus.  Because of that blood He sees us as perfected.  Without sin... as if we had NEVER sinned.  That's what God sees when he looks at us.  You are free by the Blood of Jesus.  

Take this to heart

God has made you free

Like the Bible says

Romans 6:18

God wants you to reach your goals

To realize the dreams you're pursuing

But there's one thing you have to know

Get there starts with renewing your mind

To the things that the Bible says about you

You're no longer subject to 

The sin that used to own you

Jesus Blood has cleansed you

Your faith in God has saved 

Children of light God gave his life

Its time that we walked in the newness of life (here we go)

I'm free by the blood Christ shed for me

Washed clean by the blood Christ she for me

I'm free by the blood Christ shed for me

Washed clean by the blood Christ she for me

The enemy is gonna try to tell you otherwise

fill your heart with deception and a bunch of lies

But you gotta understand God loves you

He sent Jesus down to earth just to die for you

Don't matter what you said

Don't matter what you did

What matters is God's word

Repent and just start renewing your mind

To the things that the Bible says about you

You're no longer subject to 

The sin that used to own you

Jesus Blood has cleansed you

Your faith in God has saved 

Children of light God gave his life

Its time that we walked in the newness of life (here we go)

I'm free by the blood Christ shed for me

Washed clean by the blood Christ she for me

I'm free by the blood Christ shed for me

Washed clean by the blood Christ she for me

The CD is Done!!! Check it.  Rate it if you feelin' it! http://bit.ly/1aJlTar

Livin' this Dream! 

Curt