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I would like to start my sermon by saying how humble I am on this Sunday to have met the Royal Family of Norway and President Obama.
When I met president Obama, I wanted to say so much but he did most of the talking. He said “Gone till November” is on his iPod and “Guantamera” too.
I was taught by my dad to never believe in men but he passed around the time of 9/11 so he never got a chance to see Obama elected. But my dad would agree that Obama is a true inspiration for the twenty first century.
At the Nobel Peace Prize, I jumped off the stage and made my way to the Royal Family of Norway and had them rockin’ like it was a hip hop concert. When I started, I told you how humble I was to be playing in the presence of great company: its because I was born in a hut!
So I start by saying that I felt a sense of humbleness when I shook the hands of the Prince and Princess of Norway and President Obama. So I say to you this morning, be careful when speaking to people and saying you will never be nothing for your momma was never nothing! I say to you, be careful who you wish harm upon for the harm that you wish on others will bounce back to you. I say to you, remain humble no matter how high you climb the ladder, its a long fall down.
Stay with me. At my momma’s birth, the nurse told my momma to shut the hell up. She told my mom, “I aint the one that told you to go get pregnant”.
Yes, this comment happened at my birthplace in Haiti. The nurse could not foresee what I would become.
King David used to take care of the animals, he liked to dance and play the harp and no one ever thought that he would be King! So where my Davids at? Esther went from nothing to being the Queen. Where my Esthers at? Yes people, you are worth more than diamonds and gold, for we are Kings and Queens of this universe!
At times your own family will flip on you. Did you guys know that Joseph’s own brothers sold him into slavery but Joseph still became King? No man or woman can stop what you are destined to be! There are pawns planted on this chessboard as a distraction, for if you pay close attention to the game, you will checkmate. If a man is calling you a bitch, you are not such. He just keeps saying that just so he can brainwash you into believing that you are but you are a Queen.
Life is like a race. When someone sees that you are about to take the lead that is when they plant hurdles to slow you down. People who are supposed to encourage you are the ones discouraging you because their ego will not allow them to let you get ahead of them. Ego breeds jealousy. I say to you, there are those that celebrate your birthday but when you turn around they curse the date of your birth. If we practice humility towards each other, we will soon learn the more humble we are, the more we will accomplish together.
At my birth, I almost died so life for me is a celebration of knowing that I was born for a purpose, and so were you. Stay with me. We must be humble but not naïve. Men must protect women and children and sometimes to get to peace it takes war!
So did President Obama deserve the Nobel Peace Prize? Yes, some may argue and say no but he did not start war; it was there before his term. Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize represents to me the start of a peaceful dialogue around the world; willing to talk first as force is the last result.
Joshua marched around the walls of Jerico with the troops and they took the city. Samson slewed the Philistine with a donkey jawbone and David slewed Goliath with his sling.
War is not the answer but if a man comes in to your house to kill your wife and child, would you not defend them with your life? So let us strive to be humble and be peacemakers first for this is the way of Christ, Muhammad, Gandhi, Martin Luther King, etc.
I will leave you with some Clef proverbs now:
If he loves you why are your eyes always black n blue?
Do not get into a deep conversation if you can’t swim stay in the shallow part.
Be not afraid of death for you will only die once.
If you are the only girl around, do not play manhunt with a group of boys.
If he is rushing to have sex with you, tell him he must crawl before he walks.
If you just left church, most likely you are short 5 dollars.
If you believe that beauty is on the inside, tomorrow go to work with no make up on.
May the creator guide you and always be with you. May you have a beautiful Sunday and please join our Warriors movement around the world!
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I begin my sermon by saying, I am no greater then any man or women walking this planet 4 we are all great, equal in the eyes of the creator. Many are called, but a few are chosen for a greater purpose in life, how do you know that you are chosen?
If you have been persecuted you are chosen. If you are being hated, on you are chosen. If they say u will never be shit, because I ain’t shit you are chosen.
If we never cried, we would never know how good it feels to laugh. If you did not love life so much, we would not cry when our loved ones die.
Some don’t believe the story of daniel in the good book. They say the lions would have eaten him alive, Daniel’s faith is what keeps me alive. When daniel prayed it took god a while to get back to him. Make sure that you are praying to the right person, for evil spirits live in the air.
Some may say Wyclef you are bugging man, ain’t no such thing as evil spirits. I say to you, you never seen the wind but you’ve felt it. Believe in what you can’t see, so that you leave a little room for miracles in your life, you dig.
I am not trying to get you to follow my Religion, but my Spirituality. RELIGION sometimes separates us but Spirituality binds us together. Who is Wyclef? The son of a minister? The grandson of a Vodoo Priest? Nephew of a Mason? I am here to tell you god is real!
Your definition of god might be different then mine, but we both know the difference between what is right and what is wrong. I follow the god of Daniel. Christ was barely in the church, search for the unsaved not the saved! They are on the blocks! They are in the alley. Talk to my homies in the gangs. Besides talking about what prophets did 2000 years ago, lets act on what you we are doing now in 2009 to make the world a better place!
A man in a mansion is no greater then the garbage man that picks up trash from his home. For if it was not for the garbage man he would live in filth
I have seen man play king only to lose the thrown from the slave!
- WYCLEF
