HEY PASTOR KIRK MY NAME IS YASEEN AND IM GOIN THREW HELL IN PHILADELPHIA FORREAL MY MOM SICK AND DAD WASNT THERE FOR ME AND I GOT COURT UP IN THE STREETS...MY FREIND GOT KILLED AND MY BEST FREIND GOT SHOT UP AND THE NEXT WEEK MY CAR GOT SHOT UP AS I WAS DRIVIN.....ALL I FEEL IS PAIN..I GREW UP IN THE CHURCH AND ALWAYS WENT AND I RAP AND PLAY THE DRUMS...I PRAY THAT WOULD BLESS ME WITH MY CHRISTIAN RAP SO I CAN BLESS OTHERS...I REALLY NEED HELP ITS A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH I HAVE A CHOICE TO MAKE AND ITS HARD HE WAS MY BEST FRIEND SINCE 4TH GRADE AND ALWAYS BEEN THEIR FOR EACH OTHER BUT NOW ITS WAR GOIN ON...I DONT WANNA KILL NOBODY CAUSE I KNOW WHERE MY HEART IS AND ITS WIT GOD....I ASKED GOD TO BLESS ME TO BE ATLEAST ONE OF THE TOP CHRISTIAN RAPPERS SO I CAN MAKE IT OUT THE STREETS KIRK ITS REAL AROUND HERE IF I COULD GET A LETTER FROM U WITH YOUR ADVICE I WOULD KNOW FOR SURE WHAT TO DO....I PRAY EVERYDAY AND IT FEEL LIKE GOD DOESNT HEAR ME BUT I KNOW HE DOES I CANT SEE MY WAY OUT PLEASE!!! PLEASE!!! PLEASE!!! ITS NOT MUCH TIME LEFT

HEY PASTOR KIRK MY NAME IS YASEEN AND IM GOIN THREW HELL IN PHILADELPHIA FORREAL MY MOM SICK AND DAD WASNT THERE FOR ME AND I GOT COURT UP IN THE STREETS...MY FREIND GOT KILLED AND MY BEST FREIND GOT SHOT UP AND THE NEXT WEEK MY CAR GOT SHOT UP AS I WAS DRIVIN.....ALL I FEEL IS PAIN..I GREW UP IN THE CHURCH AND ALWAYS WENT AND I RAP AND PLAY THE DRUMS...I PRAY THAT WOULD BLESS ME WITH MY CHRISTIAN RAP SO I CAN BLESS OTHERS...I REALLY NEED HELP ITS A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH I HAVE A CHOICE TO MAKE AND ITS HARD HE WAS MY BEST FRIEND SINCE 4TH GRADE AND ALWAYS BEEN THEIR FOR EACH OTHER BUT NOW ITS WAR GOIN ON...I DONT WANNA KILL NOBODY CAUSE I KNOW WHERE MY HEART IS AND ITS WIT GOD....I ASKED GOD TO BLESS ME TO BE ATLEAST ONE OF THE TOP CHRISTIAN RAPPERS SO I CAN MAKE IT OUT THE STREETS KIRK ITS REAL AROUND HERE IF I COULD GET A LETTER FROM U WITH YOUR ADVICE I WOULD KNOW FOR SURE WHAT TO DO....I PRAY EVERYDAY AND IT FEEL LIKE GOD DOESNT HEAR ME BUT I KNOW HE DOES I CANT SEE MY WAY OUT PLEASE!!! PLEASE!!! PLEASE!!! ITS NOT MUCH TIME LEFT

HEY PASTOR KIRK MY NAME IS YASEEN AND IM GOIN THREW HELL IN PHILADELPHIA FORREAL MY MOM SICK AND DAD WASNT THERE FOR ME AND I GOT COURT UP IN THE STREETS...MY FREIND GOT KILLED AND MY BEST FREIND GOT SHOT UP AND THE NEXT WEEK MY CAR GOT SHOT UP AS I WAS DRIVIN.....ALL I FEEL IS PAIN..I GREW UP IN THE CHURCH AND ALWAYS WENT AND I RAP AND PLAY THE DRUMS...I PRAY THAT WOULD BLESS ME WITH MY CHRISTIAN RAP SO I CAN BLESS OTHERS...I REALLY NEED HELP ITS A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH I HAVE A CHOICE TO MAKE AND ITS HARD HE WAS MY BEST FRIEND SINCE 4TH GRADE AND ALWAYS BEEN THEIR FOR EACH OTHER BUT NOW ITS WAR GOIN ON...I DONT WANNA KILL NOBODY CAUSE I KNOW WHERE MY HEART IS AND ITS WIT GOD....I ASKED GOD TO BLESS ME TO BE ATLEAST ONE OF THE TOP CHRISTIAN RAPPERS SO I CAN MAKE IT OUT THE STREETS KIRK ITS REAL AROUND HERE IF I COULD GET A LETTER FROM U WITH YOUR ADVICE I WOULD KNOW FOR SURE WHAT TO DO....I PRAY EVERYDAY AND IT FEEL LIKE GOD DOESNT HEAR ME BUT I KNOW HE DOES I CANT SEE MY WAY OUT PLEASE!!! PLEASE!!! PLEASE!!! ITS NOT MUCH TIME LEFT

Hello, well ive been reading alot of what everyone has been writing, so im going to tesitify to everyone and i truly do hope from the bottom of my heart that it touches you, and helps you to prosper and be closer to GOD.
At the age of 5 i was braught into sex, i didnt quite know too much about it but i did know it was bad. i continued on, till i got a breakthrough. around that same age i was millested by a relative. i cryed alot of nights and i knew it wasnt right, but i also couldnt tell my parents because i feared the consequences. i continued on with this addiction but NO ONE knew. i always wanted kids in my future and as the years went by i didnt think i would ever be able to have any because of what i did. at 10years old i was watching maury, at that tyme i thought to myself, i have to change something because i want a futue for myself and i want kids someday. i went into my bathroom, put my hand on my bible and promised to GOD that i wouldn't have sex for a wholee year. i cryed and cryed but i knew it would make me into a better person. for many years i just thought that ma past was all my fault, the millestation, the being introduced to sex, everything! well i went through that whole year without having anyyy sex, i always feared GOD because i was raised in church so i knew that if i made a promise i would HAVE to follow through with it. after that year passed, i decided to myself that i would keep on throughout my years without having sex atleast till i reach an adult age. as time went by it got harder and harder for me, i struggled tough but the only person i always ran to was GOD. i felt that it was only me and him and that i had 2 do this for us. i prayed, read scriptures, listened to Gospel, fasted a few times, and went to church when i could. i let GOD strengthen me in my weakened areas because i knew for a fact that i couldnt do it alone. The devil tempted me so much because he knew thats the 1 thing i was fighting with in my life, i never gave up, i might have cryed and thought about giving up but i didnt. i kept on praying , talking to GOD all times of the day and night, while i was showering, eating, running, at school, cleaning , or just sitting, i made sure i invited GOD into my day. i realized that the more i got closer to GOD and built my relationship wit him the easier it was to fight my addiction, eventhough i knew for a fact that satan would not go anywhere, he was going to be right there whispering in my ear tempting me, i knew that GOD would be whispering in my ear also encouraging me and that was the voice i listened to. as the years flew by i started to feel myself, i felt like i needed to feel that rush of having sex, then after a few times i realized that it wasnt right so i prayed and cried again and told GOD to help me and he did, i got clean and have been doing finee. i am now 17 years old and GOD spoke to me just a few years back and told me that he was going to use me and my expeirences to bring more youth closer to christ. he told me that i didnt have to cry and that i was made clean and new and all that i went through i would later in life testify about it and help other souls. all those years before that, i use to wonder "why me lord? why couldnt you have picked someone else? why is this happeneing to me? in only 5yrs old," there were times when i wanted to quit, and give up, and give in but i knew that i would only be satisfying satan. I know now my purpose and why i had to go through so much and its to help others. i want to tell YOU thats reading this that YOU dont have to give up, YES it will be hard, but thats why you have GOD because no one said it would be easy, NO ONE. your life is not over, you still have time to change you life around like i did, use what you been through to help young people or anyone from continuing the footsteps that you were once on. We are all here on earth to serve GOD and bring more souls (our brothers and sisters) to Him. LETS DO THAT and stop procrastinating because i know i do it too sometimes. but Your not weak, GOD didnt make us weak nor full of fear but he gave us "the spirit of POWER, LOVE, and of a strong mind" 2 Timothy 1:7 !! dont be afraid! take that next step to stopping your addiction. REMEMBER THAT YOU CAN DO IT, YOU ARE MORE THEN A CONQUERER THROUGH JESUS CHRIST. may GOD coontinue to bless you all in many ways. . . and if you need any advice or anything just message me.
p.s i will be 18 in a few months, LOOK WHAT GOD CAN DO =)
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Dear Kirk Franklin

I am writing you this letter because I find out that you were able to conquer your addiction with pornography. I would like for you to give me some advice regarding how to conquer my addiction with pornography. I would like to know if there are any Pornography Anonymous programs or websites in the USA, because this addiction has caused problems within my marriage to the point of divorce. I really need your assistance in this area. You can contact me via my email address - lesliefaith46@yahoo.com or my cell phone - 240-291-3546 or my home number - 240-863-3629. I look forward to hearing from you.

Thank You
Leslie Bishop

I read quite a few of these and I say keep praying and fasting prayer works!!!

Am writing this today,September 26.
I have masturbated a few hours ago and that was the last time. Yes, i know I have said that line a myriad times but whoever reads this,just know that today,Sept 26, was the last time. I will celebrate my birthday on November 4, 38 days from today, as free! So help me God.
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nov4!

Hello Pastor Franklin,

I have always had a problem with sex since i was a child expeirmenting and watching porn movies and and going to those stores. But no one know about it or how bad it is and how i struggle with it daily. Some days i win but most days i loose. to make matters worse i am a minister and a Prophetic Psalmist and i can't fathom how and why God would choose me with the issues i have.

I remember when you went on Oprah with your testimony i was in such amazement that you would put you self out on front street like that something i could never do. maybe a one on one testimony but that is it.

But my hearts desire is to be free. I can't tell anyone with the fear of being sat down or look down on. i can't imagine the looks and words that people would say. I have prayed went through deliverance before i would be fine for a little while and then it seems to come back with a vengence. I wish i could talk to some one that won't preach hell fire and brimstones at me but help me and walk me through this. I have a lot of pastor friends but i would not dare go to them about this one. I feel so alone in this which seems to be the story of my life raised by my grandparents because my parents didn't want me and they my grand parents were 70 and 53 when i was born i am now 39 and it seems like it is taking over my life. Well i know this probably won't reach you but maybe someone will read this and can help me.

I've been addicted to porn since i was 12 im now 16 and hating it!.. no one in my family knows about it at all, i've tried praying fighting temptations with scripture and nearly everything i just cant seem to break free please Kirk help me i dont know what ta do i dont want it to ruin my future whether it be relationships or even my relationship with God Please help me!!!?

I know that this is not normally an addiction that people would put out there but it needs to be said. I have been addicted to masturbation since i was a little kid. Some people may not thing that it is a sin but it is and I want to stop but I feel like it is a stronghold in my life. I was able to stop a few times but then I would always fall back into my old habit! I know that it is not of God to do these things but its difficult to stop when its been happening for years. I love God but I feel like this is always the main thing holding me back from getting to know Him even better. Also I wanted to put it out there because I know that it might help someone else and let them know that they are not struggling alone. No one is alone in something and there is always someone else out there you can relate to!

I have discovered that my one consuming obsession is Christ. I long to have the mind of Christ and I'm often asking God to give me a heart like His. I hunger and thirst for Him like I've never done for anything in my life.
God has not given me any reason to doubt Him at all. He's been good and faithful and kind and forgiving and loving and faithful and I'm just wowed by his mercies ad grace toward me & mine. My prayer is that I will ever love and trust Him with my whole life just as He loved me with His.

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~*The day I thought I'd never get through...I got Over You*~

Iv bn Dealing with relationships since i was 16 and when i fount 1 the devil try's 2 brake it down bc i was the b word i mean that 4 real and god has delivered me frm that bt my pattern doesnt believe me and iv bn prayin 2 god 4 him 2 understand that iv changed and im real. im tired of the old me. iv hurt him and god so bad bc i broke his will and hurt him wit my words and he loves me bt nt the way i love him. he had sex wit another girl a yr ago bt i 4gave him bc thats wat u do whenn ur saved. i just recently gav my life 2 christ. iv never cheated on him through our 3 yr relationship. and im pregnant and im 18 wit no job that still lives wit my mom and he has a job and still lives wit his parents and i dnt want 2 bring a baby n2 this world wit me bn married and haven a place. I NEED HELP KIRK I DNT KNO WHAT 2 DO IM LOSIN HOPE

wow god is amazing to me...he's like an open river that comes and show and to tell..I'm not perfect i agree with the 15 year old boy..i had almost the same prbm...we can over come if we pray..but he said ye seek me first and then seek the kingdom of heaven that's when i will provide all your needs...kirk has made a big impact in life....may god bless him and his wonderful family.....keep me up dated

i am a teenager who needs help from kirk. i have liked so many guys and my parents do not aprove of liking anyone. especially my mom she does not understand and she does not tak to me on a level of understanding, instead she is like wat do u know about love.

she does not explain to me anthing and if i try telling her she responds with yelling. i have been talking online to guy i like and my parents caught me but yet it has not changed anything in the house.

i need to know wat the right age is to like a guy and how i should talk to my parents because i dont want to be dating someone and hiding it from my parents which means lieing to them.

i am tired of this life i really need ur help kirk. thanks a lot

Hello my name is Douglas and I'm here because I have written 16 gospel songs but I have no way of getting them out to the world. I know this is what God has planned for my life because I have tried writing other songs and they take me for ever to finish them but when I sat down to write a gospel song I ended up writing 6 in a matter of hours. So if there is anyone that could help me please let me know my e-mail is dougsprow@yahoo.com I'm not looking for a hand out but a hand up. May GOD bless you and keep you.

I have an addiction that I think you can hopefully help me with. Since I was 10 years old I'ev had a problem with pornography. I heard you delt with the same thing in the past. Is there someone you think can help me? I don't want my personal problems to break my relationship with my family. thanks Kirk hope to hear from you soon.

I Love God, i have faith and i believe, but why i can't get right i don't know and i know Christ. I still do things that i know is not of him and these this are not me. I don't want to say i can't but the devil won't leave me alone. I have big dreams but those things will only come to past when i let go and let God i just need more support and guidance.

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Anitra R.

I am 19 yrs old and have been chewing tobacco since I was 16 and a half yrs old and I find strength to quit....but i always start doing it again.....i need to give it up....its a stress reliver but i dont want to shell out this money its like burning money....i am worried about long term affects....i need a new way to cope with stress instead of taking a pinch of chewing tobacco...my family doesnt know...my girlfriend doesnt know....just some friends who also do it.....my parents would be so upset if they ever found out i need strength from the lord to help me leave this addiction, it has gotten worse recently because of the stress of my academics at college....any ideas how to quit for goo....praise be to god and all his glory thank you for all the blessings in my life lord amen!!

God has used my children, now 20 and 18, to show my how much God really cares for me. I had been divorced since 1993, back then I knew of God but not personally like I do today. God used my children to strengthen, build patience, confidence, and truely relying on God for everything, all the way down to what will we eat for dinner. Like Kirk, I was born in 1970 however on February 17th. I had been a single mom for over 5 years, and truely thought that God had finally brought me a true Christian man into our lives. Ten and a half years later, he didn't want to commit. So I went into a fast and fleeced about what decision God would want me to do. God answered my prayers in a dream. I was truely freaked out, because the man that was in my dream turned out to be my best friend and drummer of our church, that had come into our church 2 1/2 yrs earlier. I broke off the 10 1/2 year relationship, and God just opened the flood gates of blessings. After all of those years of struggling spiritually, financially, and emotionally, God really showed my why I had to go through it all. You see my husband has severe bi-polar. Little did I know that the painful struggles that I went through raising my boys by myself with God, God was preparing me for my husband. You see, my youngest son also has severe bi-polar, ADHD, OCD, and has siezers in his sleep. God was preparing me for my husband, Dan. Even though my children today are not totally living for God like I hoped, they do know that God is in control and that things will happen in your life to make you stronger in preparation for things to come. All of the junk I went through in that unhealthy 10 1/2 year relationship, was ment for good and God was honored and glorified for it. Dan also has a 15 year old son who was harmed from his ex-wife (not the mother to son). That boy hated women and didn't want me even within 10 feet from his dad. Now his son loves me, respects me for who I am today, and refers to me as his spiritual mom, that my friend is God. Thank you, Jesus. God sent my husband not just for me, but for his son to heal and to trust again. When someone asks me how many kids I have I say I have 3 boys and I love them all very much and pray for them every day. Dan and I were married Aug 9, 2008, and even though Dan had recently gone through 4 months of very serious health problems (I didn't know if I was going to still have him around or if I would loose him.). God brought us through it all and to God be the glory. We are son thankful to God, our family, and our spiritual family at our church for all of their prayers and support. We appreciate them all.

I am now working full time (retail),a part-time student graduating next year with a Bachelor in Business Administration, happily married, a grandmother of a 4 month old baby girl, and I give God all the glory and praise for bringing me out of it.

When Kirk's God's Property & The Fight For My Life album came out, I couldn't wait to get it. Declaration song was the song that I sang and shouted for many, many, many months before deciding to break it off with the 10 1/2 year relationship. The song gave me strength and even though I usually cried during the song, it has inspired me to keep fighting not just for my future husband, but my kids, and my life too, The whole album was a God send and a true blessing to me and myu boys. When I play the song in the van, everyone gets with it and shouts, "This is it! I'm ready for the fight of my life...." To God be all the glory, In Jesus Name.

Thank you, Kirk for allowing God to use you to minister to us. We appreciate you and all who are involved in your projects. To God be the glory, honor, and praise. In Jesus Name. Amen

I am 37 years old with 3 school-aged children and I am thankful.
I am fighting with my quietness. I am not shy just quiet, though I have plenty to say.
I am a writer/mother/singer/minister. I have had alot of trials and tests and situations that I brought on myself and I know that I am not the only one. I just wanted to let you know that your growth is showing!
I am like a Bazooka, quiet until fired up! God is my fire and now I am ready to do what He wants me to do.
God bless you!

I am a 20 year old female and my husband who I am so in love was deported back to Guatemala. I am so lost with out him I feel like I can not even breath, and we have no idea when he will be able to come back here to me. I would go there and live but I have a kidney illness. I feel like I can not breath and my feet are never on the ground and I just try to work all the time and sleep all the other half of the time so I do not cry. I try o get phone cards to call him but anyone that has used a phone card knows it gets expensive and they do not always work.Some times I think I can not understand why God is letting this happen to me I was so happy, but then I listen to Kirk Franklin's songs especially "IMAGINE ME" I listen to it when I am depressed or can not get my thoughts together. I love the song so much I walked down the aisle at my wedding to "IMAGINE ME" My husband has bee gone for 3 months now and I think if it were not for Kirk Franklins songs I would have gone insane already. I pray for my husband to come home everyday where he lives I went to see him and it is not safe at all. Please pray for us we need all the prayers we can get right now! Thanks! Gob Bless You All and Thanks Kirk for your wonderful words.

For the past fews months following my step-moms mom's passing on life in general just seemed to go from ok to pretty much a living nightmare. Every day after school she constantly hassles me about my grades and assignments that I haven't turned in yet and, I've told her several times that the teachers don't grade them as soon as I turn them in and yet she refuses to back down.

Not only is that a problem but my real mom has been having an affair for almost 2 years and she says she kept saying that she was going to get back in church but everytime I tried to talk to her about it she just pushes me away and changes the subject. I can't tell you how many times I've gone to the altar and prayed and cried my eyes out because it hurts me so so much to not know whether or not I'll see my mom this week or not. I mean my mom and dad have been divorced since I was one and my dad being the awesome dad that he is cared enough about me to fight for most of the custody rights. My mom has problems but she refuses to believe that's true.

My older brother Michael is struggling with church and everything else I mean he got his ex-girlfriend pregnant and the girls parents told him to forget that it ever happened.

Well I went way off subject but back to what I was trying to say.

I find that every day I'm always fighting against siblings and parents and even myself. I really love god I was practically born and raised in church and I don't know and don't want to know where I would be without it. Ever since I was 4 I had a paticular liking to drums and now I'm 16 and I have been playing the drums ever since I can remeber, and what's amazing about that is that my brother thinks I took lessons to learn but I never did I just watched listened and tried it out on my own.
And this past saturday I didn't get to make it to the contest in St. Louis at Six Flags but I heard that my churches youth ensemble opened for your concert and I just wanted to be there.

I can feel the power in your music and if anyone is going through difficult times no matter what you know about god or church listen to some of Kirk Franklin's music and you will most certainly feel the raw power of the lord in this young man's music. One song that I just can't quit listening to is "Help Me Believe" from The Fight of My Life album there is so much annointing in that song it's just so overwhelming.

Well I've typed to much but there's so much more but I'm done for know so I just wanted to say first to Kirk Franklin, keep up the fantastic work and don't forget about Jesus, and secondly if anyone else out there is going through similar struggles I'll be praying for not just you but for everyone else in the world.

Thank you

Jacob Dush

I am wondering if you offer any type of scholarship opportunities. My grandson, Jordan Rogers sings in the youth choir at OCBF. He has been offered a scholarship at AMDA but it is limited and we are working feverishly to try to make up the difference to help him live out his dream. We only have six weeks left to do this, so if you do not, can you help maybe to direct us to someone in the business who might? I know you have heard him sing and know his ability. Like you, Jordan has struggled and has not always had supportive people in his life. And again like you, God has always had a way of putting just what he needed when he needed those people in his life. I just woke up this morning and you came to mind. I spoke to Pastor Carter this morning and he said to access your website and see what happens from there. I pray this finds you and I'll wait and see what happens from there.

If it weren't for Kirk and his music, I really don't know where I would be. I grew up in the church even attending church school. When the church turned on me for doing what was right at the age of 16 - rebuking gossip, I vowed that I would never return. At 18, I had a child out of wedlock and everyone, family, friends, and especially the church rejected me completely. All but my mother. Due to abuse I experienced from a young age, I always struggled with dark, protracted periods of depression, but at this point, it became worse. There were many nights I cried myself to sleep only to wake up and realise I never stopped crying, fresh tears rolling down my cheeks before I even opened my eyes. At age 20, I went back to the choir and tried my best, but I couldn't handle the blatant hypocrisy... and then came Kirk Franklin and the Family reminding me of the reasons why I sang. When the burdens were too heavy for me to bear, I prayed and cried out to Him to watch over me and protect me from the things I could not see. Since that time, I suffered so much more rejection and pain. And though I didn't get it right necessarily, trust me when I say Kirk's albums kept me ALIVE!! Through it all, every single album that has Kirk's name on it has borne a piece of my testimony.

You see, I realized from a very young age that I was not meant to fit in. Though I've always been popular and easily attract people, I am non-conformist by nature and very direct and as a result, always find myself on the outside looking in - lonely and alone in the midst of a crowd. Kirk's expression of his feelings of loneliness and exclusion have always struck a chord with me and made me feel as though at least one person has seen me...i mean really seen ME...and understood. As a direct result of Kirk's body of work, I went on to study music in college having decided to take the choir ministry seriously. Regardless, I ended up leaving the choir after 5 years due to a throat injury. Moreover, the choir drama turned me off completely from the church and though I missed the deep spiritual connection I felt to God that I experienced through music, I could not bear to face those people that had lied on me, stabbed me in the back, and generally made my life a living hell. I did try to ask the church for spiritual guidance, but unfortunately for me, I walked in on the person who was to counsel me in bed with the youth pastor and I was past done with it all for good.

Well, now I am 35 years old and world weary. I'm tired of not living for God but not ascribing to Satan's plans either. It is said that if you don't stand for something, you'll stand for anything. Thank you Kirk for standing for God, for His Monday to Friday people struggling to live the life (not just the Sunday posers) and especially for someone like myself who can say that their closest friends are Jesus and your music. Because of your music and your ministry, I will be returning to the choir in a number of weeks. I am even considering attending church. Baby steps to Jesus. I hope that before I die, one day, I will be able to sing Kirk a song, even if it's as corny as Happy Birthday.

So Mr. Franklin: Thank you for saving my life. Thank you for reminding me of why I love music. Thank you for keeping it REAL. Thank you for speaking my language. Thank you for putting my feelings into words and song. Thank you for falling and getting back up without shame. Thank you for giving me the voice to call on Him. Thank you for giving me the words to speak to Him. Thank you for helping me break the cycle of depression with music and God alone - NO PROZAC. Thank you for putting a human face on the struggles we all face. Thank you for your ministry. Thank you for truth.
THANK YOU!!

Hello my name is shanta i am 16 years old and i love in oklahoma city. most people think that teens dont go through things and thats not true we go through different stages each and everyday.I grew up in a household with a mother and a father so i see myself truly blessed, because growing up most of my friends only lived with thier mother. so during middle school I done well in school. I was making A's and B's and maybe one or two C's so then it came time to graduate and i moved up to the 6th grade and i started gangbanging and having sex and just not caring. School wasnt were my heart was at so i decided if my parents were going to make me go i wasnt going to do any work so therefore they would give up on me but they didnt and for that i truely love them. My grades dropped and I started disrespecting adults and the funny thing about it is that i grew up in church and when i remembered that the question poped up in my head i asked myself is there a reason why im going though all the things im going through and i remembered what people use to say in church trails and tribulations come to make you srtonger. but me being young and wanting to party all the time and just do me i wasnt trying to hear that i wanted to do me and me only. so one night i asked my parents if i could spend a night over my friend house they siad yes so that night we went to a party. The plan was to just dance till we fall out.We started dinking popping pills and smoking and we drove that night so we was in the car and we was on our way back to her house and a big truck was coming down the road and we was driving down the wrong side and the truck hit us and the car flipped up side down and i then started thinking about all the stuff i been through and i asked myself again is there a reason and i said yes and i begin to talk to the lord and i was making some promises to him i begin to say lord if you just hill our body if you just liet us get ot this car walking and most of all alive i wouldnt step a foot back in another party i would start back going to church and i would never ever turn my back on you again. thank god im walking till this day and im talking and im in my right mind

Thanks so much kirk for this site created for me to express my filling.i also thank God so much for using a wonderful person like you to reach out to young people like us.i have been blessed through your songs some times when i plays this songs i cries.my dear may God keep on keeping you & remain Blessed.i have been a born again for many years now but nothing to show for it. becouse this years i have spent in the church to me i supposed to have gone far in the faith.I dont know why,.

how can one get to talk to kirk himself, i've been trying to do so for years.
Its very very important

Hi Kirk, before I`ve accepted our Lord Jesus Christ in my life, my friends gave me the nickname : Nay-Dogg. There was a specific reason for this name because I was the type of guy who don`t back down or go down without a physical fight. If any of my friends were in a fight with other guys then it would be a perfect opportunity for me to physically stand up for my friends even if they were wrong. This created a HOT TEMPER in me which does not fit in my Spiritual Life. My wife and I are a young married couple and we serve the Lord together. Sometimes I feel so guilty because I`m struggling to control my bad emotions (anger) in my marriage. One night my wife and I was in argument with each other, I became so angry that I physically hurt her arm. I asked the Lord to please help me to be more patient & calm in my marriage but the devil keeps on giving me an unexpected "upper cut blow". I`m fighting really hard with my temper, I prayed about it and asked our Lord of Shalom for a SPIRIT OF PATIENCE, KINDNESS & UNDERSTANDING towards HIM & to my wife. Please pray for us to have a SUCCESSFUL MARRIAGE!
Kirk you are such a BLESSING in my Life because the Lord is using you to minister to us in every negative situation. We`ve got four albums of you, Fight of my life, Storms, Rebirth & Hero. When is your next Album going to be released?
MAY OUR HEAVENLY FATHER RICHLY BLESS YOU IN ABUNDANCE MY FRIEND, WE LOVE YOU!

sometimes i feel am rally close to him and sometimes i feel i not even close. there is always a fight between my flesh and my spirit. i realise tht there is a price to pay to partner with God so many sacrifices to make. so many things to let go. and so everyday i ask for grace to love him more, seek him more, and follow him more grace so carry evry burdenat the feet of the cross.
thanks kirk for this oppourtunity u also inspire me to be more creative in my approach to music and my worship life.

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jesus 4 life

My entire life since I was13 I've been struggling with pornography. I am 17 now and it has torn me up from the inside till this day. I cant go anywhere anymore without it popping into my mind. I have grown up in a christian home with christian values but its still hard. Every time I repent and promise myself and God that I wont do it again im back on it in a day. I dont know what else to do anymore. This has driven me to places i thought i would be from dirty thoughts to do fighting with friends. I don't know what else to do anymore. I've prayed again today to help me be delivered from this burden but i don't know what will happen. Someone please help me I love God but my fear is that due to what i have done when i get to heaven i will be rebuked by God and spend eternal separation from my heavenly father. Kirk or anybody please help me or if nothing else pray for me

I know that God is within me and with me no matter what.,but there are times I question my faith and I allow doubt to come in. I feel that its not God that I don't have faith or belief in its myself.,I feel as though I'm weak were I should be strong .at times I feel like giving up ,I've even felt that my children and family would be better off without me. Then I find myself turning to God and saying You Know I don't mean it it's just at times things get so unbearable and my mind feel as though it's about to exploded.Then I remember that they say God will give you no more then you can handle.and that all things come in his time ,because he already knows your end.I ask you Father to keep me and my family covered with the blood of your son our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.I do want to thank you father for all that you have brought me through and all that you have done for me and still doing Thank You Father . Someone Pray for me.

"Dreams are like eraser dust I blow off of my page.
They fade into the emptiness, another dark grey day.
Dreams are only memories of the plans I had back then...
Dreams are like eraser dust....and now I use a PEN!!!!"

GOD IS MY PEN!!!! ....and the PEN is mightier than the sword!!!

God can help you achieve your dreams...all you have to do is ask him...and work hard!

I believe God only has 3 responses to every prayer:

1. Yes
2. Not yet
3. ...or...I've got a better idea!!

God NEVER says NO!!!

Praise & Glory be His forever & ever!!!

AMEN

May his peace, comfort, & blessings be with you all!!!

Hello everyone,
I deceided not to write about any of my problems. I came to the conclusion that God has got my front, back, and everything in between. This post is for prayer for my wonderful brother in law.. My brother in law whose name is Chinua Hawk is a wonderful, God-fearing man with a voice that is truely amazing. He sang at our wedding and everyone was moved to tears. He is humble, slow to anger, gentle, loving, attentive, respectful, and his heart is the size of the world. My husband and I can go to him for anything and if he has it he will give it. Whether giving advice, his finances, love, guidance, or prayers. Chinua is there. He makes his living singing and recently he let me know that his calander was looking a little clear and he was praying that God would send him some more singing events. My heart went out for him. If we had a million dollars to give him we would but all I have to offer up is prayer. He is currently working on a gospel album and I pray that God sends someone with the POWER, INFLUENCE, AND ABILITY to help him out and hear his voice. Yes, singers come a dime a dozen and everyone is trying to get a deal. This man serves singers and doesn't mind taking a back seat. He has been a faithful servant and I am praying for his reward. I am asking that all of you please pray for my brother in law. I want him to succeed in every area of his life. God gave him an amazing gift and he is using it for His glory...

Listen to his myspace page his name is Chinua Hawk. I promise you will be moved by his voice.

May God keep you and Be with you all today and always. You are in my thoughts and prayers.

Mrs. Brown

The album is simply magnificent and timely.
Every song ministered and addressed the current issues that many of us face today. That can only be God.

You are blessed to be so anointed to be given the task of touching through music--so effectively. When you face uncertainty, listening to your music can truly give assurance and reassurance. I appreciate your abilities to reach the youth. That is an anointing in itself.

I just wanted to Thank You..

I wanted to thank you for allowing God to use you. You made yourself availible to Him and because of that, I am truley blessed. It never fails when I hear your music, it speaks to my situations and my life is changed.

"A ship without a sail
Battered by the raging sea
Taking any love I can to try and stop the pain
While waiting to exhale I finally got on my knees
I know it's been a long time
Do you still remember my name?"

Thank You Jesus!!!! God Bless You Kirk!

Hi i'm 27yr and i have 3 children and everyday i struggle to exists sometime i want to give up i have lost my way i moved with my boyfriend to a place i can't stand and it's just been so hard i was so used to being with family that have a strong religious background but him and his mother are not like that he's an atheist and were supposed to get married but i don't know if i can i know i'm running on but i know no other way of explaining i also have been struggling with my son son who is bipolar and addhd and i feel so bad because i just want to give up i used to be so strong i feel like i have lost every thing i used to hold my family together but now how can i hold them together i have can't find my way i have one cd that was given to me by a friend of yours i can't afford any others but that ok i can listen to this everyday because it helps me i can't find a church that i feel comfortable here it's been hard and every time i feel this way something tells me to put your music on and i cry and feel a little better i know i rambled on a little but i do want to thank you for the inspiration please pray for me and my family we need please ask god as i have to come in to the heart of my husband to be so i can feel better about marring him thank you .

this is todaly asommmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmme!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks Kirk for being real. Its by being REAL that you help people like us, strugling christians. At last a song (in fact a whole album) has been written for us to help us stand and fight even after taking a fall. The Fight of my life is a great album (a must have for all christians). One more thing. Ever since I started listening to your music since 1997, You have never gotten out of touch or lost the plot. You identify with and edify the youth. For this, I salute you! Believe me there are no many musicians out there keen to deliver a message at this personal way. God bless you and keep it up. This is it!

How can one not take up the sword and destroy as much of the evil as one finds in this world. I speak not of a sword of steel but of the word. The pain of others, those who are addicted, abused, the forgotten.The Children need us all...NOW. It is not my own battles I fear losing, for those I have won and lost many times. No it is the battle to help those who have far less then I do.....those far more abused then I will ever be, God willing. My fight is a fight against my own lazy ways, my lack of interest, the selfish ways of the enemy, Why is it my fault? Let someone with more then I have help them, I did not create the problem why should I have to clean it up?..We all can make a difference Kirk has found his way and so can we all......see yourself and all others through his eyes and there will always be things to do that will lead you down his path and away from the path of the enemy. My fight is to each and everyday remain on his path to the best of my abilities and see a measured difference in this world because I was here for and by him.

My addiction is masturbation. I started when i was 9, and sinces then i just can't stop.
I feel so ashamed when i am done, and i tell myself i will never do it again, but then...
I love God and all, but every time i make the decision to stop, it doesnt work....I feel like i'm not strong enough.....
I tired of myself because i destroy my life and hurt poeple i love...
I slept with my ex boyfriend brother when i was depressed cause he had broke with me!!!!
I don't know....I loved him, and this is what i did....I'm still in love with him, and i know he is the man of my life, but he won't forgive me and lost him forever.
I am christian and i can't beleive what i have done. It is just like i wasn't myself anymore.....
I don't know... Now i'm so depressed, I lesft my church, my faith is gone, my hope is dead....
All I want is to be free from sin, and guilt, all i want is to serve the Lord, Worship him, to have peace and joy...This is it....

GG