BEING INTRODUCED TO ALCOHOL AND INAPPROPRIATE SEXUAL BEHAVIOR AT THE AGE OF FIVE WAS SIMPLY THE BEGINNING OF THE TACTICS OF THE WICKED ONE TO TRY TO SABOTAGE MY GOD ORDAINED PURPOSE AND ASSIGNMENT. AT THE AGE OF TWELVE, I JOINED A GANG FOR MONEY, RESPECT, POWER AND ACCEPTANCE. MY MOTHER DID THE BEST SHE COULD TO RAISE ME WELL BUT SHE COULDN’T STOP ME FROM PURSUING MY SINFUL DESIRES. BY THE TIME I WAS TWELVE/THIRTEEN I WAS SELLING AND USING DRUGS. I DID EVERYTHING WITH A GANGSTER MENTALITY SERVING MY OWN SELFISH DESIRES (UNKNOWINGLY SERVING THE DEVIL IN THE PROCESS.) AFTER BEING INCARCERATED IN MANY JUVENILE DETENTION CENTERS AND COUNTY FACILITIES, I WAS SLOWLY BUT SURELY HEADED TO MY OWN DEMISE. AFTER BEING ROBBED AT SEVENTEEN, I ENDED UP HOMELESS ON THE EAST-SIDE OF DETROIT. I CALLED MY MOM FOR HELP AND SHE AGREED TO PAY FOR A GREYHOUND TICKET FROM DETROIT TO FLORIDA.

WHEN I WAS IN FLORIDA, I CONTINUED DOWN THE SAME PATH OF DESTRUCTION! I WAS STILL SELLING AND USING DRUGS, INVOLVED IN GANG ACTIVITY AND HAD A DEMONICALLY CHARGED MENTALITY. AFTER A DRUG DEAL GONE BAD I WAS FRAMED FOR ARMED ROBBERY IN 2007. BEING IN FRONT OF A JUDGE ON MY 20TH BIRTHDAY WAS NOT IN THE PARTY PLANS! THE JUDGE TOLD ME IF I WAS FOUND GUILTY, THE MAXIMUM SENTENCE OF THE CHARGE WAS LIFE IN PRISON. WHEN I HEARD THE WORDS “LIFE IN PRISON!” IT WAS LIKE, MY HEART STOPPED AND MY LIFE FLASHED BEFORE MY EYES! WITH ALL MY HEART AND MIND I BELIEVE THE LORD ALLOWED THIS TO HAPPEN AND USED THE SITUATION TO GET MY ATTENTION! PRIOR TO THIS, I HAD MANY NEAR DEATH SITUATIONS BUT THIS ONE HIT DIFFERENT. THE LORD BEGAN TO DRAW ME UNTO HIMSELF FOR AN INTIMATE RELATIONSHIP. I BEGAN TO READ THE WORD DILIGENTLY AND EVENTUALLY SURRENDERED MY LIFE TO THE LORD JESUS CHRIST.  MY RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD IS NOT A RELIGIOUS OBLIGATION BUT A SPIRITUAL PLEASURE AND PRIVILEGE. I SPENT MY ENTIRE LIFE CHASING A HIGH TRYING TO ACQUIRE EMOTIONAL HEALING FROM THE PAIN OF MY PAST INCLUDING FATHERLESSNESS.  THE ONLY SUBSTANCE THAT PROVIDED THE HEALING AND PEACE I NEEDED WAS FOUND IN THE LOVE OF GOD. I STILL HAVEN’T MET BY BIOLOGICAL DAD BUT I’M SO GLAD MY HEAVENLY FATHER HAS REVEALED HIS LOVE FOR ME AND I GET TO KNOW HIM MORE AND MORE DAILY! HALLELUJAH!

SHORTLY BEFORE THE TRIAL, WHAT HAPPEND WAS NOTHING SHORT OF A MIRACLE. THE “SO-CALLED VICTIM” WAS INCARCERATED FOR HABITUAL OFFENSES, AND IN THE SAME WEEK, THE ONE AND ONLY FALSE WITNESS WAS SHOT AND KILLED. I RECEIVED A REDUCED SENTENCE AND BY THE GRACE OF GOD, ESCAPED A FELONY OFFENSE!

UPON BEING RELEASED FROM JAIL, I DENOUNCED THE GANG AND HAD TO SUFFER THE CONSEQUENCES. I WAS BRUTALLY BEATEN OUT OF THE GANG AND WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD ON ARRIVAL.  I WAS RESURRECTED IN THE AMBULANCE ON THE WAY TO THE HOSPITAL!  I WOKE UP OUT OF A COMA (APPROXIMATELY ONE WEEK LATER) WITH FULL MECHANICAL FUNCTIONS.

ALTHOUGH I WAS SINCERELY IN LOVE WITH GOD (AND STILL AM) I ALSO LOVED THE LUST OF THE FLESH. FOR SEVERAL YEARS I STRUGGLED WITH SEX, DRUG AND ALCOHOL ADDICTION. THE LORD STILL USED ME AND THE GIFTS HE PLACED WITHIN ME WHILE I WAS IN SIN. WHEN I THINK ABOUT HIS GRACE, MERCY AND FAITHFULLNESS IT BRINGS ME TO IRRESISTIBLE TEARS!

I MARRIED MY WIFE ERIKA IN 2013 AND THEN WE EXPERIENCED THE WORST 3 YEARS OF OUR LIFE. MARRIED LIFE WAS HARD FOR BOTH OF US BUT PERSONALLY, I HAD NO IDEA MY LOVE WALK WAS SO HANDICAPPED TO THE POINT OF BEING PARAPLEGIC! ERIKA AND I WERE ACTUALLY SEPARATED 3 TIMES ON OUR 3RD YEAR OF MARRIAGE AND IN MY MIND DIVORCE WAS INEVITABLE. DURING THIS TIME I WAS STRESSED, DEPRESSED AND SUICIDAL. I SIMPLY DIDN’T WANT TO CONTINUE! ONE DAY ON THE SIDE OF A BUSY HIGHWAY, I WAS OVERWHELMED WITH THE FEAR OF THE LORD AND IN DESPERATION I CRIED OUT TO GOD THE FATHER, IN THE NAME OF JESUS. I BEGGED THE LORD THE HEAL ME, HEAL MY WIFE AND TO GIVE ME THE GRACE TO LOVE HER LIKE HE DOES. THAT DAY WAS ONE OF MANY FUNERALS FOR MY FLESH! AFTER THIS PIVOTAL TIME, I RETURNED HOME TO MY WIFE AND WITHIN A SPAN OF 2+ YEARS THERE WAS A SUPERNATURAL RECONCILIATION BETWEEN HER AND I. BY THE GRACE OF GOD, MY LAST DAY OF BEING INTOXICATED WAS ON JANUARY 10/11TH 2019 AND EVERY YEAR SINCE THEN, I’VE BEEN ABLE TO CELEBRATE ANOTHER YEAR OF SOBRIETY ON HER BIRTHDAY. GOD IS BEYOND FAITHFUL AND WITH GOD, ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE!

ULTIMATELY, I BELIEVE THE ONLY REASON I’M ALIVE, IS BECAUSE MY GOD ORDAINED ASSIGNMENT HASN’T BEEN COMPLETED YET. MY ASSIGNMENT REMAINS TO POSITIVELY IMPACT AND INFLUENCE THOSE WHO ARE SPIRITUALLY LOST THROUGH STREET EVANGELISM AND TOOLS LIKE MUSIC & MEDIA. I LOVE ENCOURAGING AND EXHORTING THE BODY OF CHRIST TO WALK IN LOVE AND ONENESS FOR THE GLORY OF GOD. JESUS CAME TO SEEK AND SAVE THE LOST AND I COUNT IT A PRIVILEGE AND HONOR TO CO-LABOR WITH HIM TO SEE MULTITUDES OF SOULS SAVED FOR THE GLORY OF GOD!