24 Hours To Live- an excerpt from my forthcoming book

Sup peoples,
it's been a minute since my last post
I have been busy working on a new book

I usually don't like to share stuff like this until I am finished but I decided to get some feedback and share my vision with the world.

The book is called

AJ's DAILY DEVOTION:

THE SPIRITUAL DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE FOR THE HIP-HOP GENERATION!

it's something God put on my heart to use my gift of writing that God has blessed me with to reach the youth out there, that are not reading the bible and attending anyone's church.

It's a daily devotion that blends elements of hip-hop, biblical literture, famous African-American quotes, to inspire, uplift and encourage our youth. please take a minute and look over an excerpt of the book and hit my back in the comment section with your feedback, thank you in advance for your input.

24 HOURS TO LIVE
If you had twenty four hours to live just think
Where would you go?
What would you do?
Who would you do?
And who would you wanna notify?
Or would you deny that you was about to die?
Ma$e (24 Hours To Live)

Sometimes I get frustrated with the current state of hip-hop and wanna listen to some older joints. I went for a long walk to clear my head one night and was listening to Mase’s ‘24 Hours To Live’ featuring The Lox, Black Rob and DMX. Where as you could imagine they all discussed all the various things they would do if they knew they were going to die in 24 hours. I started thinking what I would do. Do you know what you would do?
While it was a hot track, the reality is most people never know when they only have hours, days or weeks to live. The news has been full of stories of school shootings, disgruntle employees coming back to kill the boss, multiple fatalities on the highways, plane crashes, 911, Katrina, deadly wild fires in Cali, etc.
None of those people knew they were going to die that day. I’m sure many would try to get right with the Lord if they did. Do you have a personal relationship with God? In the bible in John 14:6 Jesus tells us, “I am they way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” Most people think they have plenty of time to get right with God, cause we all think we are going to live a long life. But the truth is no one is promised tomorrow. My former pastor, Rev. Michael Rouse had a favorite saying. He would say every Sunday after his sermon, ‘Don’t let hesitation cancel your reservation.’ If you die tomorrow, do you know if you would go to heaven? Good deeds, obeying lots of rules and helping your fellow man won’t get you through the final checkpoint.

Now I lay me down to sleep
I pray the Lord my soul to keep
If I should die before I wake
I pray my soul the Lord to take

These words are what we teach our children to say before they go to bed but do we teach them what they really mean. If you don’t know Christ for yourself and haven’t put your faith in Jesus as your savior, none of the other stuff will matter. While the song will go down as one of those classic hip-hop joints, not even the artists on the track know when they only have 24 hours to live. Don’t let your time run out!

It’s not what you achieve that qualifies
Its matters not if I gain wealth or fame
The only thing I must be certain of
Is ‘have I put my trust in His Son’s name’ - Hess