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kirk is a great man of god who has inspired and carry through some man men to go to see the end. He personally has inspired me and my profession which I dedicate to god. I listen to his music to uplift me and rejuve my spirit when it is low. He is helped me and inspired me at my job.

After the loss of my oldest son a few years ago, I wasn't sure anymore what my purpose was. I was lost and had no one, and as I continued to pray, finally my doors began to open and the devil has tried everything to break me. My children and I have truly experience a lot of sturggles over the past couple of years; and I am currently pre-nursing and have truly had a hard time as we do not have transportation and have had to miss a lot of class, and was recently placed on financial aide suspension, and now I am struggling because I am in no position to pay this, therefore putting my education on hold. I will not give up or be defeated anymore!! I ask for pray for my children and I, they are 12 & 7, and my son is always singing your songs in the shower! I must say I thank our Heavenly Father for you , and allowing his love to come through you, and give us strength to carry on, you are powerful and a true blessing to us and we have never met!! Thank You so much because of you with each new day I am truly able to carry on!

My fight for life is health, because up until about 7 months ago I thought I was invincible, had my family, my job and friends. I had worked since I was 16yrs old and now I'm 37. I had an illness that hit me like a ton of bricks. Severe swelling of the abdomen, face, feet and hands. Lower back pain that wouldn't stop. After seeking Doctors after Doctors I was always told the same thing. It is a mystery of why you are swelling. Finally, in Sept. I went and seen a Kidney specialist and that is when I was told that I have a disorder that has no treatment or cure. Luckily, its not fatal. Before I got sick I thought I was the only one in control. God let me find out real quick that he is the one in control. I look back now and I realized that once I turned my back on God he tried to get my attention and it took me being flat on my face with being sick and money situation that when you are flat on your face, then there is only one direction you can look and that is UP!! I'm so amazed how much God can bless you even when you think there is no way if only you trust in him. Everyone keep me in your prayers.

MY FIGHT IS THE FACT I CAN'T HAVE KID'S BECAUSE OF A ILLNESS THAT I HAVE I BLAME GOD MOST OF THE TIME SOME TIME I GET SAD TO THE POINT I DON'T EVEN WANNER TALK ABOUT IT AT ALL KEEP ME IN PRAY

MY FIGHT IS THE FACT I CAN'T HAVE KID'S BECAUSE OF A ILLNESS THAT I HAVE I BLAME GOD MOST OF THE TIME SOME TIME I GET SAD TO THE POINT I DON'T EVEN WANNER TALK ABOUT IT AT ALL KEEP ME IN PRAY

My father walked out of the house and that was the last time i saw him.

I don't know how to stop blaming god. why are there other fathers still alive torturing thier children?
and mine is gone?

why did he die on a highway, driving a truck. he had a massive heart attack..alone.

why did god want that to happen? alone..why? i didn't even get to say good bye
nobody was holding his hand.

it is 4:30 am, and i can;t sleep, i keep listening to "reason why we sing". i can't sing. i have no reason

maybe this new album will have a message to help me feel something again.

i am tired of crying, i feel empty

i just feel dead.

Praise the Lord

Faith the size of a mustard seed? Yes. I have that. I hope you both have a good weekend also.

Sincerely, Sister Ty

hi,
love what you did on lean on me. I see what collaboration can do in the body of Christ. That was a landmark in the faith. Surprising though, that that level of collaboration hasn't been matched yet in my opinion. However, I'm curious about one of the fruits of that collaboration , namely R.Kelly, will you please give him a call or visit him, he's lost. His soul is precoius, I know you can reach him Kirk, please do it, I'm praying that you do.

thanks for doing it

Well, like many others, I am yet again trying so hard to hold my peace in this thing we call a marriage. I have nothing against marriage and I believe it is a beautiful thing.. for those that are WORKING TOGETHER and NOT AGAINST ONE ANOTHER in it. Yes it's true, and I am a firm believer in praying as a family. But as for my spouse, out of 6 years, the only time I have heard him pray is before a meal. Several times, I've tried to fellowship and talk about the goodness of God and how I thank Him for sending him into my life, but then his attitude is like "uh-huh". Then he'll want to go out and get high with his friends because he'll say I'm boring him or getting on his nerves. We have 3 children, well one together and two from my past. The kids are growing up and are uncomfortable with him around. He curses and is always moping around like he's uncomfortable in the house. When I go to work, the kids say he's mean and leaves them home alone. If asked about it, he'll deny all allegations and yell at the kids then say I choose the kids over him. When it comes to talking to the children about responsibilities and cleaning up behind themselves, he's quick to give them chores, but he'll sit and order them around while he does nothing. When he's hungry, he eats, but he waits until I come around and asks "Are you going to feed these kids today?" I work nights. He works days. If I sleep during the day, then I'm being lazy. When we go to church, he laughs and plays with the youth during service, and when the Pastor is giving the Word, he's there, but not. He'll step out to smoke, or just go outside tochat on the phone. We've been together now for 6 years and it's been the same with no change. I pray day in and day out for patience, strength, temperance, and for God to bridle my tongue. I pray for God to strengthen him where he is weak and wake him up. Financially, I'll just say, only God knows what he's doing. He works, but I pay the bills. As far as addictions are concerned, I haven't had a drug in my system in over 7 years and I thank God for delivering me. My spouse told me that he had stopped smoking, but being married to me makes him want to get high. I'm not a big gurl, but I shop in plus sizes for certain areas of my body. I have a goal to lose about 4-5 inches off my waist and to get toned. Just for me, so that I can feel comfortable when I look in the mirror. He tells me that if I do lose weight, or start back working out, he's going to buy a pistol. That's ridiculous. It gets crazier.. I have had a few mild strokes in the past few months, but none too harmful, yet I need to go and get checked out. With each one I've had, the y all occured at night when I was trying to get rested for sleep. He has taken advantage of my body every time. Noting that a stroke leaves the body numb and incapable of movement, I was defenseless and could not speak during each act. Now when he touches me, I feel like dirt. He says it's just me and I need to et up on my duties as his wife and stop being selfish. He curses me daily. He looks at me strangely, and when I talk to him, he responds as if I am a nagging child. His responses are always "whatever," "I don't care," "I guess, what do you want me to say," " Do what you wanna do, I don't care" or a shouting "WHAT!!" I cannot communicate with him about very many things. If I am hurting, he'll ask "What the H*&! is wrong wit u!" He never really has a concern about anything in the house unless it has something to do with him receiving. He's starving for attention, yet he desires to show none in return. I can't say, honestly, when was the last time I was sick and he was concerned. In fact, I'm battling walking pneumonia as we speak and I am at work. Just today, he told me I was the sorriest female he has ever met and that he hates me. He cursed me so badly that my neighbors were worried that I wouldn't be able to hold up. I ask the question "Is this the really MY husband" In my heart, I am numb.. My spirit is vexed, and in my mind, I want to just leave, but I am afraid that I will be hurting my Father. I feel so unappreciated, mistreated, and used. Then I think about my kids (be mindful that they are all boys) and it hurts even more.
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At a young age I started singing and its payed off. I got to work with so many people but the money did not come in to keep me out there. So here I am, I left everything in charlotte nc and moved to atlanta to try again. But when will the door open. Most people want money fame and a new life. I love my life, I just want to enjoy my family and get paid to do what I love (SING)!!!!
Background would do me just fine to be on stage again looking at the people in the eye as they sing along. Gosple is what I'm after. I have done so much but it's so hard to get back in. (under my belt, background for) Kelly Price, Glen Jones, seven plays, (background for)-Dorthy Norwood, Ce Ce Peniston, Douglas Miller, Blanch McCallister, Tameka Scott, Crystal Collins (madea goes to jail) Lenny Williams and others. People work you but not all the time. So you go place to place job to job and hope you get your money. I got pushed back to a 9 to 5 the last time but not this time.
God said pick up and move and after 30 years in charlotte nc, ATLANTA HERE I AM, WITH MY KEY IN THE DOOR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My best friend called me sunday and said she just bought two kirk franklin cds and it was very good. She kept talking about how great it was and I said I would burn hers. She was like no, you have to buy it and I was still like ok, whatever. So my other friend burned me a copy and i could not believe how great this cd is. I went out and bought 3 of my own to give away. I don't know how you did it but you wrote about every problem that I've been going through. I love you for that. You can't find music for the younger crowd and finally we got it. I told my friend that it is good enough to be played in night clubs, lol. Anyways please keep it up, love ya!!!

Mrs Garrett
P.S. I'm destroying my burned copy!!!
www.myspace.com/chirigagarrett

--My marriage is falling apart. I had to go to the court and file an order of protection against a man I have known half my life. 18 years. Alcohol and drugs have taken his body and mind. I have two children and am fighting the fight of my life. This CD has almost dropped me. It spoke to me, The Lord spoke to me. Words I have been waiting to hear for a very long time. This CD is the best and I am going to listen to it over and over as I let the Lord battle this. I have felt the Lord's touch through this CD and Kirk Frankilin, you are so talented. A true vessel of the Alpha and Omega. Please don't stop all of the contributors to this album, thank you, Thank the Lord for your voices. I have been brought to tears in sadness and Truth throught listening. It has filled my spirit amd my soul. Thank you, thank you, thank you. I love every track.
Tonja Spencer

Not only are our competitions in running, but we also have to fight in the Christian Olympics (Christian race).Thank you Kirk Franklin for reminding us. The Greek meaning for the word fight in 1Cor. 9:26 is boxing (The Christian Olympics-Going for the Gold Crowns, chp.5, The Competitions, pg. 80). You don’t see boxers looking wimpy; all of them have muscles. They train and exercise so that they can build strong muscles. It is the same with us as spiritual boxers; we have to do spiritual training and exercises in order to get spiritual muscle to do spiritual boxing.
Kirk Franklin, your album cover is a perfect illustration of spiritual boxing.

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S.E.Gregg
www.CHRISTIANOLYMPICS.ORG

I was really going thru some issues with people not accepting me for who I am. People are always telling me what i should be and what I should not be but it all comes down to who God wants me to be. When I heard the song "I like me" I automatically just loved it cause it spoke to everything that I was going thru and now I am realizing that I am who I am and I am who God wants me to be and anyone that doesn't like that has their own problems to deal with.

I got up this morning getting ready for work and didnt even realize that Kirk had a new album out. I just happened to go on Itunes and ran into the album and after listening to a track or two decided to purchase it. I was almost at work when I finally wound up listening to the album and liked it so well decided to look up the album on the web when i got into work. Then ran into this - Fight of Your Life - I wanted to call and leave a message but for one - I am coming down with a cold right now so im not sounding so hot and for two I don't know if my voice would have held up in trying to relate my story.

See I am literally right now in the fight of my life. At this time of year when everyone is all excited about the holidays and friends and family. I have neither. This past April 5th my only son, a 19 year old college student, passed away during a surgical attempt to remove cancerous tissue. Even though he was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer at the age of 16 he fought so incredibly hard to do the things that he felt were important, namely, to finish high school, graduate on time with his classmates and to go on to college.
When his doctor's expressed doubts about him being able to even go back to school at all - he made it his business not only to go back but to go back on time and was named Valedictorian of his graduating class.

My last words to him were...."You fought so hard...."....And now I am fighting for my own life - not to succumb to the sadness that tries to engulf me every day...and to find reasons to keep going on when my heart is broken so badly - when people who don't know what to say to you keep their distance and you wind up even more alone....So prophetic a word....The fight of my life...You just don't know how true that is - and all I can say is only because of God - that i continue to fight....that i get up each day and go to work...only because of him not because of me and definitely not because of anyone else out here....but it's hard and I guess God put it on my heart to write this here since I couldn't share it over the phone in a message...

Lost and all alone like your world is about to end with no one to attempt to care
With all that you do to show love to everyone, they still don't acknowledge that you're there.
Its too intense a feeling to explain, but theres a gutwrenching pain in your chest right now
You fall on your knees to pray for the Lord to take away the pain, but your faith is not strong enough and you're stained with doubt.
Little can you acknowledge, as far as truth is concerned, because you've been hurting so long and it has become a bit of negative pride. He loves You so much but you've failed to realize that God has never left your side.
No matter how much you let this pain get the best of you, He knows how you feel and forgives you over and over again. But Satan has a strong hold on your life and his plan is to kill your spirit with showers of sin.

Your soul cries out from within and you try to hide it, but you can't see that you are not in this alone. Disgust from rejection and not being acknowledged has blinded you from unconditional love that has been shown.
With all of your hurt and pain and rejection, the love of your life suddenly seems to turn against you.
That really pushes you over the edge and you feel you have nothing left to live for, so you're contemplating on what to do.
The enemy is rejoicing because you're hurting inside and have lost all hope in the meaning of love. You're numb and about to lose your mind more than ever you before, but suddenly you hear a still voice from above..
They rejected and mocked Him, beat and tortured Him and they pierced Him in His side. But the love He had never failed, He even prayed for them before He hung His head and died.

So, you see the pain that you've endured for all this time can not compare to what He went through. He created us all and we are too concerned with ourselves to realize though we weren't there, He died for us too.
Just a reminder for whenever you feel that love is lost, or you can't go on and the weight of the world is on your shoulders On the third day He rose again, so its not over till God says its over.

2007 L. R. Parker-Taylor

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last august at the gmwa gospel announcer's guild i could barely walkbut then God touched my leg and made it better.then when I got home in september ,my leg starting acting up again.i complained to God and the devilk tried to get me angry with God and disappointed. i went to the emergency room in a hospital and got an ultrasound test on my left calf,they said nothing,but i was still feeling pain ,then i went to my dr. the next dayand he referred me to someone else and did nothing. my leg was killing me. each night i went to bed thinking i would not get up again because i knew i had a clot in my leg.i called the specialist to see me but they had no openings. i went to work on sept 11th with severe pain then left work to go to the emergency room,i told them that i know i had a blood clot in my leg and they gave me an ultrasound which revealed that i indeed had one,the doctor said you got here just in time we will send you up for a cat scan and an xray to see if it moved to your lungs and the tests revealed yes ,it moved to both lungs the dr said these things are normally fatal you're lucky and got here just in time,you've could have died instantly.all of this time death was stalking me but Jesus said no death,i have more work for you to do .God is good.This truly was a fight for my life.I have others but cannot tell it all. this cd is truly awesome and God inspired.thank you kirk.

hey kirk i have a big big problem with your newest cd. i am a radio host deejay and my big big problem with your cd is that there is too much rich material and i cant decide which song to play. everytime I say "wow i like this,I am going to play this" I listen to the rest and cannot decide.When i got to "He will supply" I said ,"now here's the song" then comes "the last Jesus" making me further crazy. This is the best cd this year and clearly in my opinion the best cd you've recorded. I feel bad for those cds next year(09) at the stellars,you will win in every category.God is truly using you,keep up the good work. From your boy and fred's homie,bigmikemiller from the bronx. love you little bro.

I'm listening to the album as I sending this. So far tracks 2, 5, 6, and 7 are right on the mark.. Like I am the target of the story.. I'm sorry.. I'm speechless!! GOD BLESS U KIRK!!!!

#8 OH YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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