Ricardo
@reason disciple
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Orlando, FL USA
Joined Jan 1, 2007
I was born, Ricardo Jerome Butler, in Orlando, FL on, December 12th, 1978. I picked up my love for hip-hop around the year of 1985 when my uncle used to play Run DMC and D.J. Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince records (that's Will Smith for you youngin's). Being in the south, I grew up around bass music like DJ. Magic Mike before it turned into the booty (then into crunk) movement. Listened to Kurtis Blow who today I've met a few times and ate out with him once because he is now a Christian Hip Hop Artist and operates two Hip Hop styled churches as I am also lead minister (apostle, teacher, pastor) of several Hip Hop ministries called Reason 4 Hip Hop Ministries, MIC Assembly Hip Hop Leadership Equipping Network, and Dead To Flesh Records. I started off in hip-hop as a graffiti artist, then into hip-hop dancing and afterwards a little break dancing. But after I heard the Nas/Illmatic album New Years Eve in 1994-95. I declared myself a rapper and hadn't written one single rhyme.
Earlier on in life I did poetry and won a lot of the contest in middle school. But I had no idea I'd actually like to do it. The Illmatic album captivated me. Around that time Christ had been calling me prior to that, but I didn't understand the going to church thing, why all the division, different denominations, or doctrinal differences, or anything like that. The only place where I saw unity was in the streets among the gang members. I joined Gangsta Disciples (later switched to Black Gangsta
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ONLINE COMMUNITY SURVEY
Nov 2, 2011
ONLINE COMMUNITY SURVEY Hey how are you doing! My name is Ricardo Butler, stage name ReAsOn Disciple out of Orlando, FL. I'm taking a quick survey of the Body of Christ. I'm not trying to sell you anything or sign you up for anything. I'd like to ask you TWELVE questions. There is no right or wrong answers, and it will take you no more than A FEW minutes of you time. 1. Are you actively attending any church (house church, Para-church), involved in a ministry and/or a Christian business (or organization)? 2. What do you think is the greatest need in the Body of Christ? 3. Why do you think most people don't attend church or are not active in a ministry? 4. If God gave you the opportunity to remove THREE 3 traditions from the existing church system what would they be? 5. If God gave you the opportunity to add THREE (3) fresh new and relevant (but Biblical) dimensions to the existing church system what would it be? 6. What kind of visions or passions do you have for your ministry? 7. What TO YOU is the hardest thing to understand in the Word of God? 8. There are three types of learning styles. Which style works best for you? A. auditory [media] ? B. visual [media] ? C. kinesthetic [media] ? 9. We are starting a Ministry/Leadership/Business Equipping and Training Online Center (Kingdom Accredited). What are some of the courses you would want to see offered? (Name as many as you can or desire): 10. What would you pay for the courses you desire? How much for a week? A month? Quarterly? For six months? A year? In 3 Years? 11. Would YOU be interested in actually becoming part of our team and maybe even hosting or teaching the courses (which you can possibly reinvent (biblically speaking and custom make) upon fulfillment of the basic courses. 12. What could I do for you? What advice can you give to a humble servant who really wants to help the Body of Christ be all that God has for it? SEND YOUR REPLIES, ANSWERS, AND ANY OTHER QUESTIONS TO micassemblyorl@gmail.com Thank you for you time! May the blessings of the KINGDOM of God come upon you and your family! If you have any questions, or if I can help you in any way, feel free to write. Love you and Christ bless! Ricardo Butler SERVANT of Jesus Christ and His Church - The Master Constructor Hip-Hop/Leadership Equipping College offers you Ministry & Leadership Training/Ordination for Music Ministry and other resources to fulfill the call on of God on your life @ http://masterconstructor.webs.com/ - We offer you Education, Training, and Equipping in all Five Fold Leadership Ministries and Kingdom Church Structure (whether or not you are called to them)! http://masterconstructor.webs.com/trainandequipform.htm "Equipping Five Fold Music Ministers to influence the Hip Hop Culture!" (Eph. 4:11-16). FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT US AT: http://masterconstructor.webs.com/apps/contactme/sites/show - Armory Beats Productions offers you affordable music production to complete your hip-hop classic projects for the Kingdom of God @ http://armorybeats.webs.com - Dead To Flesh Records offers you music not of this world which magnifies God, edifies believers, and challenges music industry standards @ http://dead2fleshrecords.webs.com/ - The 'MC' e-Shop/Written Not with Ink Publishing offers the Hip-Hop Artists of God practical resources in various areas to assist them in their missions for God such as Blogs, Vlogs, and eBooks on topic on how to conduct Hip-Hop ministry God's way @ http://the-mc-eshop.webs.com/ - MIC Assembly Network offers you fellowship/Networking with other like-minded ministries. You receive encouragement, a new spirit
ReAsOn's Story by Ricardo Butler
Jun 17, 2011
Seven Major Testimonies In the book of Revelation it says in chapter 12 verse 11, "And they [media] overcame him [media] by the blood of the Lamb [media] , and BY THE WORD OF THEIR [media] TESTIMONY [media] ; and they loved not their lives unto the death." (Revelation 12:11). Paul writes to the Thessalonians, "And to you [media] who are troubled [media] rest with us [media] , when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven [media] with His mighty angels [media] ... When He shall come to be glorified in His saints [media] , and to be admired in all them that believe [media] ( [media] because OUR [media] TESTIMONY [media] AMONG YOU [media] WAS BELIEVED) in that Day [media] ." (2nd Thessalonians 1:10). In the first verse it says that the body of Christ, NOT ONLY overcame by faith in the sacrificial blood of Jesus and dying daily to their carnal passions and lusts of the flesh (and for many throughout history this was a literal death). But they, the Body of Christ, the church of the Living God overcame Satan and his kingdom of darkness by the word of their own testimonies through shared experiences passed on to one another throughout the community of faith! Personal testimony is a POWERFUL tool of God's people! Why? Because who can't call you a liar about what you have truly been through first hand. It's your story! Uniquely and strategically, your steps are ordered by God and worked together by Him for the good of those, like us, who are loving the Lord and are called according to His own plans and age-abiding purposes. "The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD: and he [media] delighteth in His [media] Way [media] ." (Psalms 37:23). "And WE KNOW that God works all things together for good to them that love Him, to them who are the called according to His purpose." (Romans 8:28). In 2nd Thessalonians 1:10 above, Paul says at Christ's second coming we, the spiritual church of God, will be glorified because the apostles' testimony was believed. What testimony was this? It was the revealing revelation of Christ to the apostles by the Spirit, conforming them inwardly to walk, talk, acts, and think like Christ though they were still imperfect humans beings. They by God's Spirit embodied the very doctrine (teaching) that they were preaching--their testimony! "But I keep under [media] my body, and bring it into subjection [media] : lest that by any means, when I have preached [media] to others, I myself should be a castaway [media] ." (1st Corinthians 9:27). This same testimony is called the Apostles' doctrine in Acts 2. "And they [media] continued steadfastly in the APOSTLES' DOCTRINE [media] and fellowship ..." (Acts 2:42). Which is also called the New Covenant. "Forasmuch as ye [media] are manifestly declared to be the epistle [media] of Christ MINISTERED BY US [media] , written not with ink, but [media] WITH THE SPIRIT OF THE LIVING GOD; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables OF THE HEART. And such trust have we through Christ to God-ward: not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God; Who also HATH MADE US [media] ABLE MINISTERS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT [media] ; not of the letter [media] , BUT OF THE SPIRIT: fo
Internet Vision
May 26, 2011
The Spartacus Vision It will be a church in which every believer will be filled with the Word. I would like to end with a vision the Lord gave me, also based on a movie. A person would swear I watch TV all the time! Trust me I don't. I might watch Smallville on Fridays and the NEWS occasionally to see what's going on in the world. Other than that, we might get DVD movies from the library or something educational for the kids. I remember though seeing a movie way back, which was based on the life of Spartacus. Have you heard of him? Spartacus was a Roman slave. He was one of those who was taken, sold as a slave, and trained to become a gladiator. In those days the task of the gladiators was to entertain the Romans. They would flip a coin or just choose someone and say, "You and you -- you're chosen today to go and fight," and their job was to get into the ring and kill each other. The fight continued until one of them was dead. These men were trained to ultimate capability. These were mighty men. They were trained in warfare, far greater than any other person was. One day the prisoners who had been trained as gladiators became fed up, rebelled and broke out of prison. As they did this they came together as a small band of people. Now imagine you have a small band of gladiators. I am not talking about an army where you have one captain and a dozen privates. I am talking about a band where everyone is an expert, where everyone is a general. They went out and said, "We're going to other prisons and we're going to break the people free." So they went and they set other prisoners free. They took those prisoners and trained them to become gladiators. They took all the knowledge and all the ability that they had learned as gladiators, and they poured it into these ordinary men who had been prisoners for years. They trained them up, equipped them and added them to the band. Now the band of gladiators was growing and getting bigger, and a small army began to form. They were an army of gladiators, an army of experts. One man amongst them rose up, and his name was Spartacus. Spartacus became the leader of a band of gladiators. As I watched that movie something began to stir in me. I looked at this as I said, "Imagine if the church was like that. Imagine if we could take a band of men and train them up to become spiritual gladiators. Imagine if we could take every single member of the Body of Christ and train them up to become experts in war. To fill them with the Word, to fill them with the power, to make them generals in God's army as it were." When that small army of gladiators marched against the legions of Rome, you better know the Roman soldiers shook in their boots! They trembled. I do not know what the final number was, but it was just a small group of people who in the end came against the entire Roman legion, and they slaughtered them. They had power. They did not have power because of numbers. They had power because they were experts in war and because they had learned to flow together. Not one of them could say to the other, "I'm better than you. I know more than you do. I know something that you don't know." If they did they were sharing it. If I learned something new I would say, "Guys, have you ever tried this? Have you ever tried that? Let me teach you. Let me show you how to do it." Do you know who comes to my mind in the Bible? Jesus, of course! Paul did this with his team. And King David and his mighty men. I want to talk a little more about King David. Training Your Mighty Men David gave us a wonderful example in his thirty mighty men and each of them are listed in Chronicles. Some of the things that these men accomplished was incredible. They seemed almost superhuman. One of his mighty men accomplished killing eight hundred men at one time in hand to hand combat. Can you even imagine somebo
Armory Beats Productions -- Where in the Soul and Heart are the Drums
Apr 22, 2011
Buy FOUR (4) beats NOW and get SIX (6) FREE!!!! For more info go to: http://masterconstructor.webs.com/armorybeatsproductions.htm Armory Beats Productions -- Where in the Soul and Heart are the Drums of War!!! Thanks for the connection! NEED PRODUCTION? I GOT YOU!! Go to: http://masterconstructor.webs.com/armorybeatsproductions.htm, http://www.soundclick.com/armorybeats, or http://www.rocbattle.com/Reason4hiphop. Armory Beats -- Where in the Soul and Heart are the Drums of War!!! Apostle Reason Disciple http://micassemblyorl.webs.com/ Thanks for the connection! NEED PRODUCTION? I GOT YOU!! Contact me via email @ reason4hiphop@yahoo.com To hear beats, go to: http://masterconstructor.webs.com/armorybeatsproductions.htm, http://www.soundclick.com/armorybeats, or http://www.rocbattle.com/Reason4hiphop Beat Packages are real simple: BEAT LEASE: 1 BEAT: WHATEVER THE ABOVE PRICE IS RANGING FROM $11- $50 2 BEATS: $35 3 BEATS: $50 4 BEATS: $70 5 BEATS: $85 6 BEATS: $100 7 BEATS: $115 8 BEATS: $ 120 9 BEATS: $ 130 10 BEATS: $ 140 OVER 10 BEATS EMAIL ME @ reason4hiphop@yahoo.com EXCLUSIVES BEATS: 1 BEAT: $100 2 BEATS: $170 3 BEATS: $220 4 BEATS: $280 5 BEATS: $360 OVER 5 BEATS EMAIL ME @ reason4hiphop@yahoo.com Go to: http://www.soundclick.com/armorybeats, http://www.rocbattle.com/Reason4hiphop, http://www.beataddictionz.com/profile/ReasonDisciple, or www.MyBeatShop.com/ReasonDisciple Let me know if you need prayer, CHRIST bless you!!! Apostle Reason Disciple http://micassemblyorl.webs.com/
Dead To Flesh Records Presents ... ReAsOn DiSciPLe "The MC"
Apr 3, 2011
Dead To Flesh Records Presents ... ReAsOn DiSciPLe the ApOsToLic PoEt© "The MC" (The Master Constructor, Disk 1) (The LAST {5th} Album) It is our vision to reconcile ANYONE INVOLVED IN THE HIP HOP CULTURE to God through Christ bringing them into GOD'S KINGDOM as MEMBERS of His family, developing them up to Christ-like MATURITY, training them for their MINISTRY in and to GOD'S CHURCH then sending them out on their life MISSION as God's LEADERS in the world, to OVERCOME evil in all its forms with good, thus MAGNIFY God's name in the process, RESULTING IN HEALTHY GROWTH. **RELEASE DATE: MAY 3RD, 2011!!!!** Thanks for the connection! Let me know if you need prayer! -- Apostle Ricardo Butler / Reason Disciple Get ReAsOn's "The Master Constructor" SAMPLER PROMO Pt 1 FOR FREE DOWNLOAD @ http://www.zshare.net/download/8800535865e26728/ TRACK LIST ORDER: DISK 1 01 Creative Influence (Intro) (Prod by) ReAsOn DiSciPLe for Armory Beats Productions 02 Spoken Word (Prod by) Soul Theory of Soul Theory Production 03 THEE Announcement (Prod by) ReAsOn DiSciPLe for Armory Beats Productions 04 Higher Power (Prod by) ReAsOn DiSciPLe for Armory Beats Productions 05 This is All I Know (Prod by) Legendary for Legendary Beats/Czhecks Production 06 A Love So Fine (Prod by) Timeless for Timeless Beats 07 Tired of Waiting (Prod by) Timeless for Timeless Beats 08 Resonance Full (Prod by) Timeless for Timeless Beats 09 I One Two (feat) Jay Prodigal (Prod by) ReAsOn DiSciPLe for Armory Beats Productions 10 The Game of Life (Prod by) Basement Beatz 11 Paper Slang (Prod by) Timeless for Timeless Beats 12 Make Your Plans (feat) Mello-D (Prod by) Czheckz of Czheckz Production 13 Spiritual Enter Poor New (Entrepreneur) (Prod by) Soul Theory of Soul Theory Production 14 Kill Seats (Prod by) ReAsOn DiSciPLe for Armory Beats Productions 15 Back Words (Prod by) Soul Theory of Soul Theory Production 16 All I Need is You (Prod by) Soul Theory of Soul Theory Production 17 Mutual Support (Prod by) Soul Theory of Soul Theory Production 18 Count the Cost (Intermission) (Prod by) Timeless for Timeless Beats This is a Kingdom of God Inspired Dead 2 Flesh Records/MIC Assembly Network Project Purchase Album on Soundclick.com @ http://www.soundclick.com/store/digital/01_Shop_Album.cfm?bandID=649913&albumID=39078 Purchase Album on ReverbNation.com @ http://www.reverbnation.com/store/index/artist_423493
Comments
25
LokaMuthafucka
May 29, 2008
Yo dude, must say I really feel your sh***. It got a little more soul'n'meaning than a big lot of what's around here, so keep the good sh*** poppin'!
P'z
iNFINITe Pro.
Feb 15, 2008
Keep them tracks coming man, much love my man...
Think iNFINITe.
LegendaryProduction
Nov 05, 2007
just stoppin by ta say wuz good and keep up the good work...
BMI07
Aug 04, 2007
God Bless u man and keep reppin the Lord
bphilapage
Jun 26, 2007
Whats good friend...... Check out my new track called U'S a snitch
Sole Survivor Records
Jun 16, 2007
blessings....
just a stop by
nuff luv check
later...
bphilapage
May 31, 2007
Good looking out for the add make sure you check out my music page i'm out
B'Phila
Dynasty (Tha Alias Name)
May 29, 2007
My God! Its about time I finally heard a hot gospel artist. I work at the Spirit of Grace Church International in Burnham, Il. I commend you on being one of few wit' skills. I like the way you mix real hip-hop with scripture. That right there is genius. Much Love!
One Shot One Kill Productions
May 19, 2007
Just stopped by to say what up...
Hight Peace & respect
Amine
All comments (25)
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