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You are a

battlefield!“For the flesh lusteth [wars/competes]

against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary [opposites] the

one to the other: so they ye cannot do the things that ye would.” – Galatians 5:17

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Song Lyrics

Methods of Communication!

Question 1:What is this song teaching me?

Question 2:What lifestyle is this song

promoting?

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The Sound

Methods of Transportation!

Question 3:How does this sound influence my

entire person (mind, heart, and behavior)?

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The Performers

Everything has a Creator!

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Question 4:What is the character of the artist I am

listening to?

“The simple believeth every word: but the prudent man looketh well to his going. A wise man

feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident.” – Proverbs 14:15-16

Nicki Minaj: “Yet for all her flamboyant self-assurance, Minaj

admits that her creative expression is rooted in a desire

for ‘emotional escape,’ stemming from a troubled

childhood.” – USA Today, 11/22/10“Nicki Minaj raises the curtain”

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“Miley Cyrus turns 18 today. But Disney’s Hannah Montana star

hasn’t waited for this legal landmark to strut her adult stuff. Her recent video for Who Owns My Heart was enough to make Mickey Mouse blush, a boudoir drama featuring black lingerie

and satin sheets.” – USA Today, 11/23/10“Not a girl, not yet a woman?”

“I look up to Em and I look up to Usher. Eminem, I have

been rapping his verses since I was a little tyke...

Usher has been a role model and mentor since

day one, he has been great.”

-Justin Bieber, 11/22/10CNN Interview @ AMA

“I am who I am because of Michael [Jackson] and I’m

going to miss him.” – Usher

“When you think back to your childhood in Santa Barbara going to church every weekend being raised not allowed to listen to songs that you now sing. If I

would have told you then that you were going to grow up and

be this sexy pin-up pop star, would you have believe me?”

“I think that was always in the back of my mind, that was the

plan.” – Katy Perry

CBS: The Early Show interview with Maggie Rodriguez,

11/29/10

“I don’t think a lot of people would consider me a

Christian. I came from a background where I wasn’t

allowed to ask questions. Now I’m asking questions.”

– Katy Perry“Perry lives a Teenage Dream”

John Mayer: “The man who writes with such insight about loving women...”

– CBS Interview

“She ‘grew up influenced by a lot of different music,’ from the country

tunes her mother crafted to the hip-hop and punk favored by her big

brother, Lagan.” – USA Today, 7/1/10“Singer/Rapper Ke$ha: ‘Really fun,’ yet serious”

“I’ve listened to a lot of rap where men talk a certain way, often about women, and I’m not offended. It’s meant to be funny. I’m throwing it

right back at them, with humor, but some people can’t take it.” – Ke$ha

“Singer/Rapper Ke$ha: ‘Really fun,’ yet serious”

“I have this formula for music. If I continue to write songs about my life, and my life is always changing, then

my music will always be changing. It’s a pretty basic formula, but it answers a lot

of questions that I have.” – Taylor Swift

“Taylor learns to ‘Speak Now’”

“Swift is taking a long-range view, looking to artists like Emmylou Harris and Paul

McCartney as her adult role models.”

– USA Today, 10/22/10“Taylor learns to ‘Speak Now’”

“Jay-Z already has a confessional outlet in songwriting. ‘It’s really like therapy sessions.

That’s why I do it in the studio. I’m not a person who will sit and talk about my

feelings. But the music just pulls it out, and it’s like, ‘Man, I can’t believe I held that in for

12 years!’” – USA Today, 11/16/10“Jay-Z decodes his life story”

As you can clearly see, the character of secular musical artists do not promote or demonstrate

lifestyles that bring glory to God.

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“We’re exposing ourselves to a message associated with the enemies of the cross – the cross that purchased our forgiveness and freed

us from the bondage of our sinful desires.”

Bob Kauflin

“For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ: Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind

earthly things.

For our conversation [conduct] is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus

Christ.”

- Philippians 3:18-20

“If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. Set your affection on things above, not on things on the

earth.”

- Colossians 3:1-2

“That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;

[Repent]

And be renewed in the spirit of your mind; [Renew]

And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.”

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- Ephesians 4:22-24

“Godly music is a powerful contributor to

the whole transformation process. It can bring the entire

context and emotion of your life into a spiritual

environment.”

Cary Schmidt

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If you are hooked on the wrong music, it will be very difficult to listen to

anything else, but if you value your spiritual health

and growth more than your secular music

preferences, God will do great and mighty things!

MUSIC ALWAYS PRODUCES A LIFESTYLE!