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UJCM NEW BEGINING 2014

COMMON CLAIMS WHY PEOPLE LISTEN TO SECULAR MUSIC/RESPONSE by ymusik

ARGUMENT - I don't listen to the words, I just like the beats/music.

RESPONSE - Your sub conscience records everything! You may try to block out the lyrics, but you cannot stop them from being recorded into your mind. Your mind can even record backwards messages. It has been scientifically proven that your mind is so clever that, even when you aren't trying to, you can receive the information that is stated in the lyrics of music. Even if it is recorded backwards. And it affects you! When you listen to sex, sex, sex, or murder, murder, murder, those are things that will come out of you in the heat of the moment. They are programmed in your mind without your consent.

PROOF - How many TV commercial jingles do you know? And how many of those did you actually learn purposely? Your answer is probably that you never intended to learn them, but because they played in your mind, you learned them without putting forth any effort. Now, where do you think the foul messages from Hip Hop are going when you listen to them?

Galatians 6:8 for he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.

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ARGUMENT - I'm not influenced by music. I can listen to it and it won't even affect me.

RESPONSE - Then why do advertisers pay up to $1,000,000 for 15 minutes of commercial time during the Super Bowl? They know something that you don't even know about yourself. They can play their commercial jingle and show you pictures of things, and influence you to buy their product in a matter of seconds. Your mouth gets watery, your lips get white, and your stomach starts growling because your hunger and your ears begin to work together to cause you to desire that hamburger! Well, the same goes for sin. Your fleshly man and those lyrics/videos begin to work together to cause you to desire sin. Our flesh is already wicked and desires things that are not of God. So what happens when you mix that with sinful lyrics, or sinful video images? James 1:14 But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed. Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.

ARGUMENT - But I've got to have my music! What am I supposed to listen to? You are taking away the fun of living. Why can't we just stop being so picky about things?

RESPONSE - This thing are Spiritual. If you are thinking naturally, you will never understand the message of the SPIRIT! You will not understand what God really has for you. And you will not make it heaven without being "Spiritually minded". If you desire secular music, secular clubs, sinful movies, and sinful things all the time, you really need to check your lifestyle. Are you really saved? Has God really come in and changed you? Remember that the type of music you listen to is the soundtrack of your life. Check it out. A lot of people don’t want to see life from a spiritual point of view, they just want to live normally but the spiritual controls the physical. Those that understand this principle go all out and use and it work for them be it positively or negatively.

NEWTONS EXPERIMENT WITH GLASS PRISM IN RELATION WITH YMUSIK

This knowledge from elementary science or physics as the case may be has shown us that white light if allowed to through a triangular prism will produces all other colour popularly known as ROYGBIV. Strictly speaking, white is not a colour, but the manifestation of the presence of all colour - the complete energy of light. It stands for wholeness and completion. In many cultures it represents openness and truth. White has a cold quality. It can provide clarity as its energy is complete.
White has purification vibrations and can be used to clear blocks from your path.
It holds the potential to move toward every other colour and this makes it a good choice for new beginnings, and development in any direction. This shows that has boring, invisible and uninteresting as white is still has a whole lot of positive virtues if allowed to pass through the prism. White light shows absolute, completeness, Wholeness but there is a place of process. This explains what scriptures says in 1Tim 4:8 ‘For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come’. Secular music might be interesting, fun and entertaining but it still profits little. Other hand gospel music might not be always too appealing, some say its too dry, too slow like hymns and all that, but it still profit much just like a spectrum of white light if allowed to pass through a glass prism embeds other beautiful colour in it that the world is willing to have.
We should always learn to first test and try music and also let the song we have settled with pass through us thoroughly not in a hurry so that it can bear fruits in us.
YMUSIK
Edifying mankind.....

HOW TO TEST AND TRY MUSIC written by ymusik

Down through history, music has always been a powerful expression of emotional, social, and spiritual messages. Music is endowed with the power to bypass a person’s conscious mind and communicate deeper with the human soul and spirit than spoken words will, thus, the need to be careful and mindful of the messages that are smuggled into our minds without our conscious consent.

These wrong messages are enough to damage an adult's life lest children and adolescents who are more prone to being impacted negatively by some songs. The heightened impact of music upon youth is due to the fact that the younger the child, the more impressionable the child. Thus, it is vital that during the time young people often want to listen to the music of their peers, parents must help their children select music that will encourage godliness instead of worldliness.

Since music has always been a powerful medium for sending and receiving information, we must understand what music is, how it affects us, and how God desires us to utilize it because if we do not understand God's design for music, then we will not only miss the blessings He has for us in godly music, but may be allowing evil influences to corrupt and take charge of our lives.

Music is tonal and lyrical auditory vibrations that our ears receive and our brains interpret. Both instrumental music and verbal lyrical components of music have unique impacts on all people. Due to human design, music can make an "end run" around our conscious minds and, for better or for worse, alter our perceptions of God, ourselves, and the world. Music is so powerful that even animals and plants are affected by it.

Specifically, the two components of music illustrate how this effect occurs. The lyrics of music can be easily read, but not so often easily heard. One of many myths that people hold about music is that if the words are not easily understood, then they are not having an effect. Numerous research studies have shown this belief to be false. More significantly, and also contrary to some views, even instrumental music is not neutral or amoral. This is true for two primary reasons: (1) the spirit that is at work with the player of the music. I do not really have problem with the type of genre or groove at which a music is done be it soft rock, hard rock and classical, macosa, ballad, swing, rock n roll , but spirit that is at work with the person playing the music. Hence, the reason why music have been consistently shown to have different effects upon the body, mind, and emotions and can either be positive or evil; and (2) Different types of music have different connotations to the listener because of associations made with previously heard music.

The clearest example of how music affects us can be seen in the match between a person and the types of music one listens to. To paraphrase Aristotle, you will become like the music that you like. Or, put another way, "You are what you listen to." For good or for evil, this is why everyone listens to music. Our individual choice of music is like our personal soundtrack for the movie our life-- anthems by which to live. For example, sometimes secrets or insights about a person's self-image can be discerned by knowing the types of music with which they are programming themselves.

Some if not all secular music is illustrative of all that can be destructive in music. The emphasis on sex, drugs, alcohol, rebellion, and the occult provides a clear picture of how man can pervert music, from what God intended for His glory and our benefit, into an evil medium.

In reality, our deteriorating moral and social culture and deteriorating standard of music have a chicken and egg relationship. That is, both cause and effect, the other and are inseparable.

While mankind has twisted God's plan for music, God has given us clear principles to help us richly enjoy the blessings He has for us in a broad spectrum of godly and edifying music. It is very important that we do not repeat a primary error of Christian faith in history--diluting God's truth with the world's deception. When this happens Christians are easily tricked into thinking that they are doing what God demands of them.

From these complex ideas, it is readily apparent that this issue of music requires godly discernment and understanding. Each individual must study God's Word to receive guidance from God about how to use music in his or her life. All of us must be careful to separate our own opinions from what the Word of God actually says, because music is a personal topic to all of us. Nevertheless, God's Word does give us principles to guide our decisions in this area of grace, freedom, and responsibility.

 HERE IS A TIP ON HOW TEST MUSIC

The Vessel                                                                                 55%

The content of the music                                                     35%

The method of delivery                                                        10%

THE VESSEL: if you are not okay with the personality of the person doing the music or if the person’s lifestyle does not satisfy moral standings or the personality’s spiritual life. These are indications that you are not suppose to listen to that song. Personality involves the life style of the musician.

THE CONTENT OF THE MUSIC: If the content or concept of the music carries vague language, ambiguous or unclear messages which you are uncertain about or probably does not glorify God, then cut it out.

THE METHOD OF DELIVERY: This involves dress code, venues, event or methods through which messages are passed across. These factors cannot be under-emphasized as they mean a lot. Everything about us should speak God. A person cannot profess God and dress in an ungodly manner. Indeed we should be ambassadors of Him. If all in the name of pulling crowd to a programme for instance we begin to use some wrong approaches or methods, then what do we stand for? One cannot afford to be unequally yoked. Watch this factor!

 

YMUSIK ENTERTAINMENT

WHO WE ARE:

We are young and vibrant intellectuals that love God and are so determined to showcase our love for God and quality content music. We are dynamic change agents who are passionately concerned and driven to ensure that the young talented people of our great country do great music with blinding creativity, and tremendous depth in terms of lyrics, instrumentals, and decent videos which is birthed out of the unfathomable and incorruptible inspiration of God.

We strongly believe that ENTERTAINMENT in the real sense should minister to God, edify the people and refresh as well.  And not portraying what the bible described in I Jn. 2:16 to be lust of the eyes, Lust of the flesh and the pride of life which is not of the father-God. 

OBJECTIVE:

·         To create a platform for upcoming gospel artist to showcase their God given talent thereby ministering to God and edifying the body of Christ and also making a living for themselves.

·         To create a whole lot of Godly entertainment produced by young people for the edification of the world. Our medium ranges from dance, music, instrumental, poetry, song writing, drama, and rap. 

This medium will serve as a godly and moral substitute or perhaps replacement to the misleading content of sex, prostitution, laziness, and  cyber crime (yahoo yahoo) offered by secular entertainers. No doubt this faulty vane content is responsible for more and more juvenile delinquencies which present young people as miscreant to our society. Hence, creating an unfriendly environment for the move of God in their lives.

VISION:

To be the backbone of Godly ENTERTAINMENT first in Nigeria and the world at large.

MISSION:-

To correct the excesses, immoralities and lack of quality content in present day music, by replacing the music and video we presently have on air today with music of good quality, style, creativity and decency; and also through healthy competition that has the capacity to motivate and inspire others to live right and pursue their dreams-be it musical or something else.

We would create awareness that music isn’t something to take with levity. Music is serious business that must be taken as such. It must be tried. It must be tested. It’s our utmost passion to create a nice platform for young talents to showcase their gift, strength and creativity via healthy competition.

MISSION STATEMENT:  Raising a Standard in the Entertainment World.

If you really want to raise a standard with us

If you feel this taught is right, good and kingdom minded

If you really want to see this change in our society

If you think we’ve had enough of this decadence in our society

If you really want the ache in you to end when you try to watch TV or probably work the street and see girls walk half naked

If you ever wondered what the next generation would look like base on what you see today and you say ‘lord have mercy’

If you really want a generation of youth that will be change agent and take this great nation of ours to the next level, and  not youth that chase after filthy and mundane things, then you have God in you.

Please do well to support this course and the ymusik crew too. How?

By praying for us and following us on http://www.whymusik.blogspot.com

And the    http://www.facebook.com/groups/215562501813570/

We will keep you posted on events that are yet to come and we could also share thoughts too.

Please keep improving on anything you know how to do best, because the platform you have being waiting for will surely come.