Still Thuggin Ministry
Still Thuggin, this is something I often speak about in conversation, rap about in my music, and is also a ministry God has placed on my heart. I understand the images that may pop into one’s mind when the word thug is mentioned. At one time those negative images and ideas where true about me as I was thuggin in the street, but now that God has control of my life I’m thuggin for a righteous cause. You are probably asking, how could one thug for a righteous cause, when the definition of a thug is a toughie, and a bully – (The Freedictionary.com). Online Slang Dictionary.com defines a thug as a person who does their own thing and Urban Dictionary .com defines a thug as a person who will go to great lengths to protect his turf.
Now when I say Still Thuggin, I don’t deny that I use to be all of these things before Christ became head of my life. I had a great passion and a devotion to the thug life and the mentality that came with it. By me saying Still Thuggin, that is just me saying that God can use that zealousness. He can take the passion and devotion I had, and others had or have to do wrong within the code of the streets, and use it for His good. The Free Online Dictionary.com describes a thug as a toughie or bully, and true enough when I was thuggin in the streets, it was a negative thing, but when you’re thuggin for Christ it’s a positive. Why can’t we say we are thugs for God? Being toughies, sucking up our fear and sharing the Gospel no matter where we are, no matter how rough the neighborhood is? Why can’t we with the power of the Holy Spirit say we are bullying our sinful desires and old ways by constantly killing our flesh? (Galatians 5:24) That misconception of Christians being weak is old. Christians can and should be tough, because toughness is needed in this war we fight. (Ephesians 6:10-12) God created us and the earth for His worship and His glory; therefore we should be going to extreme lengths to protect something that was meant to exemplify Him.-(Urban Dictionary.com) This world is becoming more and more evil each day (2 Timothy 3:1-3), therefore we as Christians must go to an extent to separate from it and do our own thing (Online Slang Dictionary.com), so that we are not conformed by the world, but transformed by the Word. (Romans 12:2)
God used Paul’s zealousness. He took a man with devotion and passion, a man who used it for the
wrong purpose, changed his heart and used it for His Glory. I have a song where I state “Still
Thuggin means I’m still a hood cat, I just got a different view about the state the hood at”. Basically
this means I’m from the hood. I will always be from the hood and be able to understand the hood,
both the negatives and positives of the mentality of those becoming victims of this environment. God
is God and can do whatever He chooses with whomever He chooses. But I believe He can take and
has taken people who He has saved from certain life styles, cleaned them up and used them to touch
those still stuck in those situations. Still Thuggin in a nutshell means that God took those negative
characteristics and the passion behind them and chose to use them for His glory. The Still Thuggin
Ministry is about showing people that God wants to use you, and your testimony to touch others. He
doesn’t want you to hide the past. He wants you to use it to be real and authentic to show what He is
capable of doing.
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