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If I'm wrong about God then I wasted my life. If you're wrong about God then you wasted your eternity. -- Lecrae
I love the church, the church that God is establishing, that Jesus died for, so I'll never have any negative things to say about His church. -- Lecrae
A lot of my wounds have healed. They have left scars, and I can either hide my scars, put a long sleeve shirt on, and cover them up. Or, I can show them off and say, "Yeah, it happened." -- Lecrae
There's a lot of wounded people out there who don't believe that there's any way they'll ever be healed from those wounds. -- Lecrae
The whole time we're traveling the world. You really mature. You're not just learning truth. The truth is changing you and maturing you. -- Lecrae
Hip hop - it's an art form but it's a culture as well. You grow up in the culture and you never leave it. It's a style of dress; it's a way of thought. I always grew up in the culture, and it was part of who I was and I carried it into every world I was in. -- Lecrae
I've always been the type of person - you know, I kind of am extreme. So you know, I'm not, like, oh, let me get one tattoo. It's, like, my old whole arm has to be covered. -- Lecrae
The church didn't know what to do with Ray Charles or Al Green. And so they were kind of ostracized. -- Lecrae
Hip-hop in a lot of ways is like sports; when you go to a sports game, you see people from all ages, all ethnicities, all social classes, they're all there enjoying the game. Hip-hop has been one of the only forms of music that has provided that kind of atmosphere. -- Lecrae
Better to have a small role in God's story than to cast yourself as the lead in your own fiction. -- Lecrae
If I'm learning something, that's all I want to talk about. -- Lecrae
Never assume people's motives. It's the easiest way to find yourself upset over nothing or misjudging people -- Lecrae
Believe the best about people. Pray for their short comings. You are not the standard. We all need grace. -- Lecrae
If ignorance is bliss, it's cuz she's never heard of this ... -- Lecrae
I'm saying let's demonstrate what Jesus had done in us so the world may see a new way, God's way, Jesus' way the picture of redemption that Jesus has done in us. So Jesus redeems us and we desire to go to the world and demonstrate that so that others can see what redemption looks like. -- Lecrae
For me, Christianity is not a genre. It's faith. The Gospel is not a genre either. It's faith. I definitely understand the semantics of naming things to give them some kind of distinction but I think my faith is pretty distinct. If you want to call it hip hop, essentially it is. That's the art form. -- Lecrae
You're learning things. As you get older, you're experiencing them. You learn about what it means to be sacrificial. Then, you get married or something like that and you think, "Oh, wow! This is the real deal." -- Lecrae
Prayer isn't where we change God, but He changes us. Instead of praying for OUR desires, let's pray He burden us with HIS. -- Lecrae
Either you will determine truth by your feelings or truth will determine your feelings. Be careful following feelings alone. -- Lecrae
I was very introverted growing up and I had small circle of friends. Any opportunity I got to rap or articulate things through rhyme or hip hop was great for me. -- Lecrae
In your late teens and early twenties, everything is idealism. Everything should just work in black and white. That's good. You need that. I think most revolutions are started by people in their teens and twenties. -- Lecrae
But I'm here to serve people. I'm not here to wave my finger in people's faces and point out to them how terrible they are or what I hate about them or anything along those lines. That's not my place. I'm in no position to condemn anybody. -- Lecrae
I've always done music to push people to get them to get uncomfortable in their seat so they could wrestle with things. Not to become pew potatoes, just simply sitting there, growing fat with knowledge and not applying it. -- Lecrae
If you live for people's acceptance you will die from their rejection -- Lecrae
When you go watch "The Lord Of The Rings," you don't just buy a bag of popcorn, and go sit in the movie theater to watch where covetous people in our hearts deceive us, and then walk out the theater. That's the message that may be in that movie. -- Lecrae
Some work hard to acquire money only to find in the end that money acquired them. -- Lecrae
Artists have the unique ability to tell stories. It's not charts and graphs that get people to change. -- Lecrae
Why live for the approval of men when you can have the approval of their Creator? What can they give you that God can't? -- Lecrae
Before you complain today, be grateful you have breath to complain with. -- Lecrae
My prayer is that people will not being ashamed to know that confession is not the end of the world and it actually brings healing. -- Lecrae
We all need grace in the face of each other. -- Lecrae
Life is like an elevator, a lot of ups and downs. People pushing your buttons and getting jerked around. -- Lecrae
You're trying to figure out who you are when you're younger. However, once you've found yourself, you run your race, and you run in your own lane. -- Lecrae
My mission is not to give an apologetic for why I'm trying to impact people's lives and use the Gospel to transform. My mission is to impact people's lives and use the Gospel to transform. I want to be on that mission and not explaining it all the time. -- Lecrae
There would be some times where people wouldn't know how to act around me. Does he drink? Can I cuss? What can I do? And then there was other circumstances where it was, I just don't respect what you're trying to do. -- Lecrae
Bait is made to look SO good you OVERlook the trap. Whether scratched or scarred you ALWAYS get hurt giving in to Temptation. -- Lecrae
When you care about the culture, you can stop, pause, and say, "Okay, where do I stand in the midst of this all?" -- Lecrae
Money cannot purchase joy. It buys temporary distractions. -- Lecrae
We find worth in jobs, money, & performance so we can hide how worthless we feel inside. Acknowledge the pain to be healed. -- Lecrae
Trials show us where we are and where we need to grow. Dont run from them, grow from them. -- Lecrae
They ask me how Im doing. I say better than I deserve -- Lecrae
If you aim for only wealth, beauty, fame, & power, you aim too low. Humility, gentleness, gratitude, & service is aiming high. -- Lecrae
Dear Hip Hop, we can't scream 'murder, misogyny, lawlessness' in our music & then turn around and ask for equality & justice. -- Lecrae
Man what's the point of living if I'm living for myself
Lord empty out my life before I put you on the shelf -- Lecrae
I think we all have room to grow. I think every Christian really does need to take up their cross in a lot of areas of life and say, "Man, listen, regardless of what kind of backlash I'm going to get, I need to stand for what I believe in." -- Lecrae
Anomaly is when you don't fit the expected norm. Like "wait what is this?! It doesn't belong here." Its what the system never planned for but now has to adapt to. Its Neo in The Matrix. -- Lecrae
Life is like a dice, so watch the ones you're rolling with. -- Lecrae
There's a saying that goes around that says "I you crossover make sure you bring the cross over." That's definitely my heart and my aim. I want to remain distinct and authentically Christian in whatever realm I'm in. -- Lecrae
Instead of complaining that the rose bush is full of thorns, be grateful the thorn bush has roses. Perspective. -- Lecrae
I like to be in the zone. I like being in the studio with the artists, with the producers, with the musicians, feeling it, and going there. I feel like I have a lot of content to start writing about. -- Lecrae
God is never late, we're just impatient. -- Lecrae
A lot of people just love music, especially a lot of aspiring artists. They just want to jump in and start making music. They don't really take time to grow and appreciate the craft. -- Lecrae
I think, at the end of the day, the real antagonist is the brokenness of humanity. -- Lecrae
I think we should appreciate ethnicity and diversity, and appreciate the uniqueness of all people, but I don't think we should be ethnocentric. These things are not ultimate. -- Lecrae
I consider what I do soul music, it's music that is concerned with the soul. -- Lecrae
I'm always going to be a student. I'm always learning. I'm always trying to grow. I'm always trying to understand. I never want to feel like I've arrived. -- Lecrae
Everybody can relate to being an outsider, having to deal with that, and having to wrestle with how people view them. -- Lecrae
I like to have people around and an environment with constant feedback on what I'm doing. -- Lecrae
Prayer doesn't bend God's arm but it's guaranteed to bend our hearts toward His will. Worry less. Pray more. -- Lecrae
Ain't a soul on the planet that's better than another. -- Lecrae
Some of us are more concerned with our reputation than our character. The latter takes care of the former. -- Lecrae
We spend so much time condemning, critiquing, and copying culture we miss on actually changing it. Be a creator not a hater. -- Lecrae
It's easier to be hedonistic and just chase after whatever appeals to your senses. That's the life of an animal, you just do. It's more difficult to stand by your convictions and have people berate you on both sides and feel like there's no home for you. -- Lecrae
A proud person is so busy looking down on others they cannot humble themselves to look up at God. -- Lecrae
We live in a cold, cold world ... -- Lecrae
Live like someone died for you. -- Lecrae
Magnify the father, why bother with something lesser? -- Lecrae
We celebrate our intelligence, possessions, looks, talent, and achievements. Heaven celebrates how we used all of it. -- Lecrae
Sex, drugs, money, power etc. Just because you get to choose your master doesn't mean you aren't a slave. -- Lecrae
In heaven I'll be shocked by those who aren't there, those I didn't think would be there but are. And the fact I'm there at all. -- Lecrae
When I think about Christian hip hop I think of an individual who is a Christian who is using hip hop to communicate things that God will endorse. -- Lecrae
It's such a phenomenon for a hip-hop artist to fully embrace his Christian roots and his faith. And that becomes something that people almost need you to justify. -- Lecrae
My faith is not identified by my title. My faith is identified by how I live. Wearing the uniform is not the same as playing the game. -- Lecrae
Love is more than a word. It's a noun and a verb. -- Lecrae
For me, my faith dictates everything I do, so no matter what I'm saying in my art, my faith is the driver for that. That's what I'd encourage people to understand as they listen to my music. It's distinct. My worldview bleeds through my music. -- Lecrae
My significance is found in pointing to Someone far more significant. -- Lecrae
You plus nothing equals everything. -- Lecrae
God is not bothered by your persistence. Keep asking. -- Lecrae
Today's circumstances are out of your control but you CAN control your response. Don't let a negative outlook kill your joy today. -- Lecrae
It's depressing a little when you don't see outside the tour bus and underground in a stadium. If you go outside near the venue there are lots of fans everywhere so you can't just have a minute to enjoy the sunshine alone and think. -- Lecrae
I'm out to take the Bible, create disciples who make disciples, disciple cycles ... -- Lecrae
If you plan to excel in big things, you have to develop the habit in the small ones. -- Lecrae
All men are created to lead, but we need somebody to lead us. -- Lecrae
I grew up and still didn't know what it meant to be a man. -- Lecrae
If we can't come together, and have conversations and understand our biases and understand that hate, none of us are really the good guys here. -- Lecrae
When you're worrying you're not praying. Stop worrying start praying. -- Lecrae
If God has called you to something, He will equip you to be what He has called you to be. If He has called you to be a responsible, faithful, diligent leader, as a man, He will equip you to do that. -- Lecrae
A great storm puts out a little fire but feeds a strong one. Trials conquer weak faith but grow a strong faith. -- Lecrae
I like to use my voice as an instrument and just play along with the music. That's really how I tend to my voice. The content usually comes after or during that process of just trying to be an instrument. -- Lecrae
Your money, your singleness, marriage, talent
and time, they were loaned to you to show the world that Christ is
Divine -- Lecrae
The music does a lot for me. I'm one of those types of artists who the music really inspires my delivery, my cadence, and what I hear. -- Lecrae
A lot of time, the music reflects reality, which reflects music. -- Lecrae
As I grew older I found that I really had a knack for rhyming and I pursued that. So by thirteen I got serious about using my writing and rhyming skills. I did it everywhere I could. -- Lecrae
I'm not a Christian because I'm strong and have it all together. I'm a Christian because I'm weak and admit I need a Savior. -- Lecrae
Without the cross, there's only condemnation. If Jesus wasn't executed, there's no celebration. -- Lecrae
God gave you your own race to run, stop comparing yourself to other people. They have their race and you have yours. Run hard and don't quit. -- Lecrae
When people let youd own, God will pick you up. -- Lecrae
A wolf is no less a wolf because he's dressed in sheepskin and the devil is no less the devil because he's dressed as an angel. -- Lecrae
There is more freedom confessing our weaknesses and shortcomings than in pretending we have it all together -- Lecrae
You've got to admit you're broken before you can be made whole. -- Lecrae
Some people are scared to tell the truth, but I'm going to tell you the Good, the bad, the ugly," it's like, "Let's go there. Let's talk about it." -- Lecrae
Success isn't what you've done compared to others. Success is what you've done compared to what you were made to do. -- Lecrae
I had a dream that I was captain of fate. I lost control and then I sank. -- Lecrae
Like a hero in a dream, Christ came and He rescued me. -- Lecrae
God sometimes takes us into troubles waters not to drown us, but to cleanse us. -- Lecrae
Make the most of your life instead of comparing it to everyone else's. -- Lecrae
Forgiving the people that hurt us most allows us to heal from the wounds they left. -- Lecrae
I live by the spirit so I don't gratify all them old sinful desires that never satisfy. -- Lecrae
I don't need DRUGS, I got the Most HIGH. -- Lecrae
Christians aren't people who never sin or always do the right thing. We're people who live in continual repentance. -- Lecrae
Acting and theatrics are my forte. -- Lecrae
If people throw stones at you, pick 'em up and build something. -- Lecrae
Being humbled is always good for us, even if it doesn't feel good to us. -- Lecrae
You can't celebrate gifts without celebrating the giver of all gifts ... -- Lecrae
Character isn't who you are when life goes your way. Character is who you really are when the bottom falls out. -- Lecrae
I think the artist has an ability to draw pictures for people to where they can process these messages that otherwise they wouldn't be open to hearing. -- Lecrae
Most of the things we spend our lives chasing will turn to dust in the end. -- Lecrae
I grew up with a great sense of insecurity in figuring out what I was and where I belonged. -- Lecrae
As a revolutionary, I don't just want to sit by and say, "Oh this feels good, let's just do it." I'm going to die for what I believe in and stand for it. -- Lecrae
I think success is being exactly who God called us to be and fighting to your death to live that out. -- Lecrae
I always want to be growing in my craft. Any artist should - whether you paint, whether you do music or film - always grow and study. -- Lecrae
Suppressing your hurts is like not tending to a bullet wound. Eventually you will bleed out. Dont numb pain, express it. -- Lecrae
I think we're all wounded, but some of us, when we experience the healing of those wounds, that they scar and scab over. -- Lecrae
When you're reminded that God owes you nothing you find yourself more grateful and less entitled. -- Lecrae
We rushed to Haiti. We Adopt in Asia. We empathize with Africa. But struggle to humanize our struggles here in the states. -- Lecrae
The problem is always sin, and the answer is always the Gospel. -- Lecrae
You and I live to manifest the Glory of God. -- Lecrae
You are not defined by your possessions, looks, or popularity. You are made in God's image. -- Lecrae
A man who is too afraid to admit his fears is a man who won't overcome them. -- Lecrae
I think it's okay to ask questions. I don't think everything is answerable though. -- Lecrae
Don't follow your feeling. Just follow the word. -- Lecrae
I'm a really stoic artist. I'm serious a lot of times. I can joke and play sometimes, but most of the time, I'm stoic. -- Lecrae
Don't put your confidence in big names When they die and return to the dirt they can't do anything for you. -- Lecrae
Even in our best shape we are a brittle piece of mortality. Your life is a breath, don't waste it. -- Lecrae
I got the best of Jesus. He got the worst of me. -- Lecrae
Freedom in Christ allows you to control the desires that once controlled you. -- Lecrae
The worlds smallest package is a person wrapped up in themselves. -- Lecrae
Live for Him and live with purpose. -- Lecrae
I run in my own lanes screaming Jesus is King! -- Lecrae
People will hurt you. But don't use that as an excuse for your poor choices, use it as motivation to make the right ones. -- Lecrae
I'd rather die like Christ than live unholy. -- Lecrae
The less time you spend with Truth, the easier it is to believe lies. -- Lecrae
The real test of our character is when the bottom falls out. -- Lecrae
Sin is like an incredible meal that becomes poisonous venom in your stomach. What you eat on Earth you may digest in Hell ... -- Lecrae
Don't fool people to think you are better than who you are. Instead of trying to act changed, pray that you will be changed. -- Lecrae
Lack of prayer says you've brought into the lie that life is manageable and you've got everything under control -- Lecrae
You don't need to be accepted by everyone else to get reaccepted by the one who made you. -- Lecrae
I've always been a missionary and what people don't know is that I've always taken some strategic and eyebrow-raising steps. -- Lecrae
My perspective has blossomed. There's always more to learn and more challenges. -- Lecrae
The thing about wounded people is wounded people are scared that those wounds are going to end up killing them. They pretend like they're not there, or they ignore them. -- Lecrae
Don't use time and words carelessly - neither can be retrieved. -- Lecrae
If you really wanna be a rebel, read your bible. -- Lecrae
I don't exist to build a genre. I exist to build the Kingdom. -- Lecrae