The respect that can come when you keep your mouth shut - interesting dichotomy. When you know that you are right, you can keep quiet. Mafia loyalty is misplaced, but there is a lesson to be learned in keeping our mouths shut.
Following your father..is what you do when your a child...we all followed our father.most of us ..god is great ,have you ever had a vision.or like a dream about god.
I've listened to this man many times I reached a very low point in my life right now before 5 years ago had a bad heroin habit they told me to stop everybody no matter on my sickest days I think that was the concept of Jesus when I would get out of my best dope s*** James can you fix my car Dad you want to play dad can you fix my bike no matter what and when I would fix your car on heroin I wouldn't charge you a dime you never said no to the kid or his friends when they wanted me to ride bikes with them fix their skateboards and things like that but I continued I didn't listen to nobody cuz I thought I could still do it but once the smoke clears and you hit your bottom and I mean your bottom after the system of white supremacy come after everybody warns you you beat it you better stop you better stop then I had to hit the bottom and I continued wherever I let the higher power take me before I obtained 6 years this year 6 year before this year I went to nine facilities continuously repeating you are not in control you are not making a difference you are not making an effort your system is not reaching me because I felt it was a higher power that already did at the rest successfully completed the whole house in Boston they discharged me to a wet shelter no matter what came in my path fights race riots block bras which means 3,400 homeless people including junkies Cruise taking on cops and s*** I still made it out during the day I would donate 18 hours a day to the community no matter who needed to hear a message or maybe they needed to hear my message volunteered my time getting other brothers and sisters into systems and programs that could assist them many women and men got their kids back after I help them with some anonymous reason everybody used Facebook to let me know how they were doing that's what got me through I've had my kids home four years now times are very very hard right now extremely hard through this particular journey I thought I would leave all the street s*** out gangster s*** out and just bring a simple message I'm 30 and we all hit that blockbetween the ages of 25 and 30 when you feel real low but it's doable you get through it I just wanted to thank Mr Francese for this evening's message I've heard it many times but I heard it differently this time and I hope this comment helps anybody that was in my position currently right now keep fighting learn anything you need to learn if you're in the street don't go anywhere by yourself in a shelter somebody tries to hurt you jump on them that's how you make it back just want to wish everybody peace and prosperity this evening you don't have to reply nobody has to say anything just read it and take it with you very hard times right now so I thought it would share a little bit I hope everybody keeps the head up peace to Ukraine in Russia and especially the United States they're playing God up there in Washington and we need to keep our conscious eyes wide Open
I may be a Jaded atheist but in my opinion Michael traded the mob for Jesus despite both having the same extreme standard of loyalty which chased Michael away from the mob. Mob: You work for us. even if your mother is dying, we call you answer! Jesus:Follow me; and let the dead bury their dead. Mob: You swore an oath to us. betray it and you will burn in hell. Michael on the subject: it is Jesus or nothing. Black or white, no grey area! Even with all his talk about being shaken from the mob life when his dad went against him, and tolerated the hit on Michael, and that the mob life is evil because it harms families, Jesus expects the same measure of loyalty even against their own family: Do not assume that I have come to bring peace to the earth; I have not come to bring peace, but a sword. For I have come to turn 'A man against his father, a daughter against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. A man’s enemies will be the members of his own household.’ Anyone who loves his father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me; anyone who loves his son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me; and anyone who does not take up his cross and follow Me is not worthy of Me. Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for My sake will find it. And I know Michael is better than that because he has said he couldn't go against his family, he joined the mob to help his dad, left the mob to preserve his young family, and even as he left he did not betray the mob even as they placed a contract on his head.
The difference is that Jesus is worthy of his loyalty. Despite both men asking for extreme amounts of loyalty, Jesus is a deity and preached about how to live a loving life, compared to a mob who's main goal is power and money through violent or immoral means.
@@rvk1522 he may agree with you now but I find it difficult to believe that Michael, reading the bible in jail, would not have realized that this god he is reading about demands the same loyalty that got him there in jail in the first place. And I dare say Michael has turned away from those he has sworn loyalty to, usually in the name of his family. He joined a life of crime to save his father, turned away from that to protect his family, and with all the parts on the bible demanding loyalty to god over the family I am just surprised he would go alone with that. And I'd argue if anything would happen to his family it would shake his faith, in another interview he quoted the line in the Bible where it said: the sins of the father pass on to the children. And he said he begged god not to be like that and if he did punish his family Michael said he may get angry with God. Michael's life shows his loyalty is to his family, not the mafia or a god.
@@kingrichardiii6280 I don't think Michael is against being loyal. Again loyalty to Jesus and loyalty to the mob is two different things with different means. As for family, yes God demands that you are loyal to him over family, but that doenst mean he can't be loyal to both. God blesses families who share their faith together. As to the interview, can you send me a link to that please? Much appreciated. I can't answer for Michael on his devotion on his family vs God, that's something only he can answer
@@rvk1522 sorry for the delay. On phone now so can't post the link. Search "Michael franzese : from crime to Christ" if your on the right video when Mike comes up to the stage his wife joins him.
Profound......Praise You Jesus...You are truly worthy of our praise....!!!
god bless. we need God
I love hearing about Michael's transformation✝️☮
The respect that can come when you keep your mouth shut - interesting dichotomy. When you know that you are right, you can keep quiet. Mafia loyalty is misplaced, but there is a lesson to be learned in keeping our mouths shut.
Praise the Lord!🙌🕊❤️🔥🩸👏🙏
Following your father..is what you do when your a child...we all followed our father.most of us ..god is great ,have you ever had a vision.or like a dream about god.
Amen
I've listened to this man many times I reached a very low point in my life right now before 5 years ago had a bad heroin habit they told me to stop everybody no matter on my sickest days I think that was the concept of Jesus when I would get out of my best dope s*** James can you fix my car Dad you want to play dad can you fix my bike no matter what and when I would fix your car on heroin I wouldn't charge you a dime you never said no to the kid or his friends when they wanted me to ride bikes with them fix their skateboards and things like that but I continued I didn't listen to nobody cuz I thought I could still do it but once the smoke clears and you hit your bottom and I mean your bottom after the system of white supremacy come after everybody warns you you beat it you better stop you better stop then I had to hit the bottom and I continued wherever I let the higher power take me before I obtained 6 years this year 6 year before this year I went to nine facilities continuously repeating you are not in control you are not making a difference you are not making an effort your system is not reaching me because I felt it was a higher power that already did at the rest successfully completed the whole house in Boston they discharged me to a wet shelter no matter what came in my path fights race riots block bras which means 3,400 homeless people including junkies Cruise taking on cops and s*** I still made it out during the day I would donate 18 hours a day to the community no matter who needed to hear a message or maybe they needed to hear my message volunteered my time getting other brothers and sisters into systems and programs that could assist them many women and men got their kids back after I help them with some anonymous reason everybody used Facebook to let me know how they were doing that's what got me through I've had my kids home four years now times are very very hard right now extremely hard through this particular journey I thought I would leave all the street s*** out gangster s*** out and just bring a simple message I'm 30 and we all hit that blockbetween the ages of 25 and 30 when you feel real low but it's doable you get through it I just wanted to thank Mr Francese for this evening's message I've heard it many times but I heard it differently this time and I hope this comment helps anybody that was in my position currently right now keep fighting learn anything you need to learn if you're in the street don't go anywhere by yourself in a shelter somebody tries to hurt you jump on them that's how you make it back just want to wish everybody peace and prosperity this evening you don't have to reply nobody has to say anything just read it and take it with you very hard times right now so I thought it would share a little bit I hope everybody keeps the head up peace to Ukraine in Russia and especially the United States they're playing God up there in Washington and we need to keep our conscious eyes wide Open
John Eldridge should have a conversation with this guy
I may be a Jaded atheist but in my opinion Michael traded the mob for Jesus despite both having the same extreme standard of loyalty which chased Michael away from the mob.
Mob: You work for us. even if your mother is dying, we call you answer!
Jesus:Follow me; and let the dead bury their dead.
Mob: You swore an oath to us. betray it and you will burn in hell.
Michael on the subject: it is Jesus or nothing. Black or white, no grey area!
Even with all his talk about being shaken from the mob life when his dad went against him, and tolerated the hit on Michael, and that the mob life is evil because it harms families, Jesus expects the same measure of loyalty even against their own family:
Do not assume that I have come to bring peace to the earth; I have not come to bring peace, but a sword. For I have come to turn 'A man against his father, a daughter against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. A man’s enemies will be the members of his own household.’ Anyone who loves his father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me; anyone who loves his son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me; and anyone who does not take up his cross and follow Me is not worthy of Me. Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for My sake will find it.
And I know Michael is better than that because he has said he couldn't go against his family, he joined the mob to help his dad, left the mob to preserve his young family, and even as he left he did not betray the mob even as they placed a contract on his head.
The difference is that Jesus is worthy of his loyalty. Despite both men asking for extreme amounts of loyalty, Jesus is a deity and preached about how to live a loving life, compared to a mob who's main goal is power and money through violent or immoral means.
@@rvk1522 he may agree with you now but I find it difficult to believe that Michael, reading the bible in jail, would not have realized that this god he is reading about demands the same loyalty that got him there in jail in the first place. And I dare say Michael has turned away from those he has sworn loyalty to, usually in the name of his family. He joined a life of crime to save his father, turned away from that to protect his family, and with all the parts on the bible demanding loyalty to god over the family I am just surprised he would go alone with that. And I'd argue if anything would happen to his family it would shake his faith, in another interview he quoted the line in the Bible where it said: the sins of the father pass on to the children. And he said he begged god not to be like that and if he did punish his family Michael said he may get angry with God. Michael's life shows his loyalty is to his family, not the mafia or a god.
@@kingrichardiii6280 I don't think Michael is against being loyal. Again loyalty to Jesus and loyalty to the mob is two different things with different means. As for family, yes God demands that you are loyal to him over family, but that doenst mean he can't be loyal to both. God blesses families who share their faith together. As to the interview, can you send me a link to that please? Much appreciated. I can't answer for Michael on his devotion on his family vs God, that's something only he can answer
@@rvk1522 sorry for the delay. On phone now so can't post the link. Search "Michael franzese : from crime to Christ" if your on the right video when Mike comes up to the stage his wife joins him.
@@kingrichardiii6280 no worries! And thanks ill check it out