Sunday, November 30, 2008




Monday Morning (Theme Song) - Armond


With the recent Presidential election, if anything one picture was painted clear; in today's society, people are missing something. Seemingly feeling their way through the dark trying to find anything that "feels" right. Our society is constantly partaking in temporary solutions for permanent problems. Do we turn to our vices to help us deal with a reeling nation that seems to be at a crossroad?? Do we place all of these problems on one mortal individual & place the responsibility on them to clean up our own mess??

A lot of us look to Sunday as our day of re-energizing. Whether we attend church or not, that day is set aside to charge our battery, spend time with loved ones, enjoy a few football games, and/or hear some words of encouragement to help us prepare for Monday Morning. As the sun sets on the last day of the weekend, we begin to mentally prepare ourselves for the week to come. The hustle & daily grind that is our jobs (whether we work at one or are trying to find one), school, children, & everything else that takes up our Monday through Friday.

A good portion of us fail to take that time out on any other day than Sunday to invigorate ourselves mentally. What if we were to only eat once a week?? Our body requires constant nurturing through food & water. What if we only took a shower once a week?? All of the dirt & grime that attached itself to our bodies throughout the week would remain. We should adapt this same mindset for our spirit. A single day of spiritual rest & growth isn't rest or growth at all. It needs constant attention in order to function properly.

With Monday Morning, Armond tackles a lot of issues that we come face to face with during our week. From topics such as marriage & children to promiscuity, addiction & homosexuality, in addition to issues that are a little more mum, like self-worth, transparency & lack of motivation to even continue the week or our lives altogether. This CD should be used as a tool to challenge you in your own life to step up to your next level but also to be content with where you are currently. There is not a personality criteria in order to be accepted by God. He desires you to come to Him in your present state. In order to reach your destination, you must be honest with where you are.

2 Corinthians 12:7-10
To keep me from becoming conceited because of these surpassingly great revelations, there was given to me a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me. Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ's sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

The CD will be available for free download at www.armondwakeup.com as well as www.myspace.com/armondwakeup. Physical copies will be ready to ship shortly thereafter (these will also be free). To receive a physical copy, respond back to this email with a mailing address.
Monday Morning Press Release & 1st Leak "Theme Song"
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Monday Morning Press Release & 1st Leak "Theme Song"

Friday, November 28, 2008

Have you ever been to a family reuinion, class reunion, or maybe returned to your hometown after a brief stint away?? Did you look @ those people & say "dang I used to be with yall like this??"

I know everytime I go & pick up my daughter & see people I went to high school with, I see them doing the same things, and I grieve & am thankful @ the same time.

I see where God delivered me from literally...

Recently I think about where my life wouldve been if I hadn't gotten saved, and joined the military. Right before I did both my family was in ruins, I was a sex crazed rapper with no direction. I honestly feel I'd have like 4 babies by 3 baby mamas or something...but I don't

The Lord has placed a few people in my life, some cats that have a lot of potential. Good hearted, good natured dudes. They're just in the world. I don't blame em or even get mad, honestly I understand. But I look @ both of them & think

If it wasn't for God, I'd be you

And that's no stab at them particularly. But I mean, I'd still be knee deep in those activities. Women, alcohol (even tho I didn't drink), parties, & the like. Just trying to find where I fit in this puzzle known as the world.

And God revealed to me that a lot of people don't understand my position, but they covet it. I'm 24, married, with a kid, my own everything, and I'm HAPPY. All day, I've been playing PS2 (only have one game for PS3 & I'm not in a baseball mood) just chillin.

I remember Friday nights & if I was stuck in the house, my world was ending...now if I go out on the weekend & I'm not back home by 11-12, there's a problem.

I guess @ my age I'm still supposed to be searching. It reminds me of some scripture

Matthew 6:25
 25"Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes? 26Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? 27Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life[b]?  28"And why do you worry about clothes? See how the lilies of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. 29Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. 30If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? 31So do not worry, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?' 32For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. 33But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. 34Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.

I really think everybody needs to beat that into their heads...I remember when I was worried about God sending me a wife. Eventually I gave up & soon as I did, He gave her to me. Same goes for a lot of the things in my life. Just pray His will be done in your life & let errthing else go.

And on that note, back to Fight Night
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I Look At You & See Me
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I Look At You & See Me

Listen, real quick & without going into much detail...

Don't read anything or do anything that aint #1 authorized by the Lord or #2 if you're just trying to gain some knowledge, pray & ask God for protection before you do it

There are certain things God may not want you to know, due to things like your calling & the like, you may suffer extreme rammifications if you do so...

Bottom line, last weekend I was online reading some things (that I don't wanna get into cuz I don't wanna open any doors for anybody else) out of sheer curiosity and I paid for it. All this week I've been attacked in my sleep & I've given satan legal ground to do so. I had to repent for wanting to do my own thing & not making sure that it was in God's will.

I encourage you all to read books outside of the Bible that will help you with your walk, just make sure you pray & get the green light first before you crack that thing open...

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Before You Do...
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Before You Do...

Wednesday, November 5, 2008

got this here...tie McCain into this, tie us ALL into this really...

God can and often does use imperfect people to accomplish his purposes.

Look at the lineage of Jesus in Matthew 1:3. “Judah the father of Perez and Zerah, whose mother was Tamar.” Read Genesis 38 about how Judah fathered Perez with his daughter-in-law Tamar. She dressed up as a prostitute to get pregnant when Judah had money to spend after selling the wool from his sheep. David committed adultery with Bathsheba. (II Samuel chapter 11) David had her husband Euriah put in the front lines of battle to make sure he got killed to cover his sin. Yet God chose to have Jesus come from the “house of David.” Note that in Matthew 1:6 “David was the father of Solomon, whose mother had been Uriah's wife.” While the child David fathered while Uriah was alive died, the sinners David and Bathsheba are still in the lineage of Christ through their son Solomon!

There are other well-known examples.

Before becoming a great Christian evangelist spreading the word of Christ, the apostle Paul was called Saul and he traveled around trying to destroy Christianity (Acts 8).

Abrahm lied telling one king that his beautiful wife Sarai was his sister, because he didn’t trust God to protect him. He was afraid they would kill him to take Sarai for themselves. (Genesis 12:10-20) Later Abrahm was Abraham and he told yet another king the same lie about his wife Sarah, again not trusting God to protect him. (Genesis 20) He told the same lie twice and both time failed to trust in God’s protection!

Peter was able to walk on water until he took his eyes off Jesus and looked at the wind and waves instead. (Matthew 14:25-31) Peter also denied Christ three times.

Moses killed a man and you know how God used him. I hope you will let God use you too!


Another “imperfect person” thought. My church had a pastor who spent time as a missionary on Guam and had served successfully at several churches. Along the way, he helped many come to know Jesus. Also along the way, he also started getting emotional attachments to women in his congregation. At a minimum, he committed some kind of emotional adultery. He wound up getting asked to resign from my church in disgrace. I traded emails shortly later with a missionary our church was sponsoring. (This man was planning to enter a Muslim country where it was illegal to preach Christianity.) I mentioned this rather ugly preacher situation to him and he responded with an insightful statement. “Whatever God accomplished through Brother XXX is still valid. Those people are still saved!” We have no power on our own. God works through us. Even if we later screw up, it was still God working… and can work through us again.

have i made my point yet???
God Uses Imperfect People
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God Uses Imperfect People

Sunday, November 2, 2008

God is so amazing!!!! Let me just start off by saying that before I go into anything...

I had all intents & purposes on blogging about my birthday weekend, how God showed out (wrong grammar, I know) and did a whole lot for me. How God managed to show me patience, love, faith, favor, repentance, conviction, and joy all in a 3 day span...

But it aint about me...

Its not about Armond the name, the person, the rapper, none of that...

Everything that happens is just more reason to acknowledge, honor & praise Jesus Christ.

The above picture is from earlier tonight. I went to a play @ my sister's church entitled "The Master's Welcome". The play was about a guy that dies & goes to hell, his friend picks him up to hang out & witness to him & as he's rejecting Christ, they get in a car accident & die. His friend goes to heaven, but the main character isn't so fortunate. He's tormented by demons, he's introduced to other people in hell like Judas, Goliath, Hitler, John Lennon, gangs, a religious woman that did more tearing down than building up & a "good girl" (to show that good deeds don't get you to heaven). Ultimately the main character is introduced to Satan & dropped into the fiery pits of hell.

Some story huh??

Although I've been saved for nearly 4 years, I needed to see this to put my own walk in perspective. A lot of times our mind downplays the severity of sin & its consequences. Because we're so wrapped up in our own lives, we forget how many people are still lost & still need Jesus.

As I'm writing this, I feel an overwhelming conviction & its causing me to stay awake, read my word & just think.

I think about all the people out in the world & just feel overwhelming grief, cuz I don't want anybody to die & to end up in hell...ANYBODY.

Rappers, athletes, public figures all over...we just don't have an complete feel for the things of God. Satan's assignment on this world is getting stronger by the day. And I get so upset when I see how so many of us knowingly & unknowingly allow ourselves to be used by him.

But praise God for showing up tonight & throughout the weekend, since the play started on Friday about 2000 people gave their lives to Christ. I even saw my supervisor on stage, which gave me incredible joy.

Moreso than the great weekend I had.


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Not About Me
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Not About Me