G.P. Are You With Me?
We've been asked a few times lately what in the world G.P. means. (Beth says it in the Esther videos.) G.P. stands for God's Property, which is from Kirk Franklin's song "Stomp." It's an LPM favorite. God's Property is actually the name of the choir that partnered with him on that song. This is not great quality, but here's the video for you. Enjoy!
Glory, glory!
posted by Amanda @ 11:55 AM
158 Comments
158 Comments:
So funny that you blogged about this! I'm facilitating our Esther group, so I always preview the videos and I was cracking up at "GP are you with me?" session. So I made sure my ladies knew what was up! I even taught them the appropriate response - "Oh Yeah, We Havin' Church - Ain't Goin' Nowhere!"
We are loving it! But I have a question. I'm facilitating two groups, so by the end of the week, I've seen each video three times and start to notice random things - like the ever-changing display on the desk in the "oval office." I particularly enjoyed the peace sign statue and what looked suspiciously like a framed photo of John Wayne. Just exactly who is responsible for dressing your set?
I LOVE IT! I am with you! I am G.P.!
Thank you for sharing the video...I can't wait for my daughter to hear it!
I can't tell you how much I love that your mom knows and I assume, likes this song. :)
Amanda,
I totally knew what G.P. was during Session 6!
I have the privilege of leading the sweetest group of about 30 ladies that meet on Thursdays and I have every age and stage imaginable represented.
I wish you could have seen my row of senior adult ladies. Not. a. clue! :) I had a ball watching them look at each other with a puzzled look every time your Mom said it.
But please don't think that the message got lost in anyone wondering what G.P. meant!
We were totally all over our reversal of destinies, chiastic structures and peripity!!!
Glory, glory...INDEED!
Blessings,
Dori
Also, Salt has come a long way since the days of "Shoop" :) Hopefully someone will know what I'm talking about.
If you only KNEW the times my coworker, Sabrina, and I have rocked out to this song on the way to Tuesday night Bible study! People who stop next to us at a red light go bug-eyed at these two middle-aged white chicks, hands in the air, in a little silver car that is rocking back and forth with some LOUD Gospel bass. I'm telling you, there is a Black woman somewhere deep inside of me that is forever trying to find her way out. I do not have the musical taste of a white woman.
This GP is with you, Kirk!
Kirk Franklin makes me smile. I love, love, his music.
Amen to your comment, Beth - I watched you dance in worship last weekend at LPM and you were the bomb diggity. Don't know too many white chicks can move like dat. Word.
I am thankful to get the real answer.....while completing the Esther study, our women's Bible study came up with God's People......
L.O.V.E. it!!!!!!!!!
Thanks for sheddin' some light on that, sista.
G.P. - that's me! I'm with you girlfriend!!
GP here...put your hands together girls!! Me neither, Beth!!
I lived in Memphis,TN for four years and I worked in a pharmacy where the pharmacist and I were the only two "white chiks" in the whole building. I loved it cause the girls taught me "ghetto" all the time. It was a hoot.
Beth...did you "bump" your hair today? I know you did! MMMMHmmm
This is Great! My 12 year old can think Christian music is cool too!
Thanks for the clear up on 'GP'. I seriously looked it up on Wikipedia!
I do know that song. I had it on my old MC Hammer tape. I can't hear it without seeing visions of Hammer pants.
Too funny....I have always been a Kirk Franklin fan....love his Christmas Cd's.....
so glad to know that Beth loves him too.
I was wondering about that!! Thanks for letting us know... I'm going to pass it on to the girl-friends in the study. We haven't gotten to that yet, but I've been listening to the audio and got to thinking Beth was talking to someone in the congregation!! (lol) now I know she definitely was!! She was talkin' to me! Blessings from Blue Lake, CA.
Oh I love it!!! Thank you for posting this.
Sister, I love this song. I am like Beth. This white girl has a soul sista deep down inside just dying to come out.
This GP is with ya.
Thanks for sharing.
Lindsey in Louisiana
All i got to say is I LOVE, LOVE that song and was blessed to see Kirk in concert! That is a song that i will have played at my Celebration Service when i have gone to meet Jesus....not sure people will understand it...but I love, love to rock out to that song (and i am 50 and a "try"athlete...so it is always playing when i am riding!)
So rock on sista's! Oh Yeah!
LOVE IT!!!!! GP all the way!
oh yeah. oh yeah.
i'm with you, Kirk.
He is The Rock, alright!
Does Travis know that song???
I love, love, love that song. I used to put the CD on in the car and the kids and I would rock out.
You can't help but get a little crazy with that song.
Oh, our group was so curious about that and kept guessing, "God Power" or "Girl power"....So glad to have the answer! :)
Thanks for the lift! I love this blog, it helps me get through my day at work. I wanted to get up and dance but I couldn't, maybe later. I can just imagine what it's like in your office. Ya all must put down the reference books, close the laptops for a spell and get up and share in some dancing gospel celebration. I would love to be a fly on the wall and see what you guys do all day!
We are on Ester chapter 5, it's so good. Now I'll know what GP means next week.
Thanks for your ministry to us!
I too am so thankful that some light was shed on "GP" we just watched that video for our study group on Tuesday Morning and I was thinking...did I miss her referring to it...I just absolutely love it. Yeah I am with Leslie-shed some light and the changing pictures on the desk behind you and was that the hamburger helper hand at one time???
Thank you so much! My senior ladies really struggled with G.P. I tried to explain it to them, but I'm not sure they believed me!! :-)
I'll have to show them this blog!
We saw this session a couple of weeks ago....DROVE US CRAZY. I love Kirk Franklin and can't believe I couldn't figure it out. I kept thinking it was a nickname she called the Houston group.
So much fun! Esther should be a requirement for all women! FABULOUS job LPM and Lifeway!
hugs,
Fran
I used to prepare the room for our MOMS group to this song. I'd be the only one in the church, this song turned up on high volume, dancing from table to table praying and decorating. Thanks for the memories!
Beth, if we ever meet, we will dance together! Dance, drink coffee and talk about Jesus. :)
So makes me wish I could dance . . . sadly, I cannot.
LOVE the JOY displayed in this video!
I'm SOO glad to know what this means! Our study group did session 6 the day before this blog was written (great timing, Amanda!)and I had guessed that Beth was asking us if we "Get the Picture?" I was starting to think she had lost all faith in our ability to follow along with what she was saying!
Our Bible Study group is mostly senior adult, and decidedly caucasian! There are only a few of us in there who are young moms, and none of us got this reference.
Esther has been WONDERFUL so far! We love you, Beth!
FYI: I really did explain what GP meant in the original taping. If it's not there in the final cut, the editors accidentally overlooked the explanation and cut it (for time's sake, of course! I am a time-nightmare in taping!). I wouldn't have intentionally left that little tidbit out! So sorry it was confusing...but you're a GP whether you knew it or not!
So funny! Our Bible study group watched that session last night. I'll have to share this with my group!
HA! Love it. My old college roomie sings with Kirk, she may be the only white girl in the group, but BOY can she sang!!! :)
I love this video! Oh my, if the fact that we are God's property doesn't make us want to dance in the streets, then I don't know what will.
This Buffaloe is kicking up her hoofs and stomping in joy!!!
Too funny! I did know what G.P was b/c I happen to have put this song on my IPOD at Beth's recommendation --- when we did the Siesta playlist a while ago. Love it! Makes me "whoop whoop" everytime! :)
cracking up- as my dear friend emailed you all to ask this--our group was coming up with all kinds of answers and then we started texting our kids to see if it stood for something...LOL..too cute!
I, too, explained to my sweet group what it meant. I had the unique privilege of having a young 20 year old in the group who is a 'graduate' of our youth group and my high school girls Sunday School class. We shared a very knowing grin as I explained it. Some of my older ladies might kick me out of the church if they could see how those girls and I would literally be dancing in the street/parking lot, whatever was handy when that song came on. So, Mama Beth...are you a Grits fan, too? We like us some Grits for praising!!
And I'm with Leslie...the set changes were great...and the peace sign...I posted earlier about the bunny ears it gave Siesta Mama during an intense teaching moment!! :)
Rachel, I am with you--Salt has indeed come a long way from her "Shoop" days (although, full disclosure, I love that song. LADIES, DO NOT DOWNLOAD IT ON MY RECOMMENDATION. NOT A GODLY SONG. JUST A FUN ONE.) Although her stint on "Surreal Life" was less than stellar. Wow, I am all about the pop culture sludge.
I'm glad to know too. I totally thought I had missed something and am in 2 groups so saw the video twice. We are not real old ladies yet (!), and my daughter (age 20) even asked me what it meant. So thanks so much for cluing us in!
I cannot tell you how powerful this study has been for me! There are so many relevant lessons in Esther, and Beth has brought them to life in a way that speaks so personally to me. I hope I remember them forever. Thank you so much for being so available to the Holy Spirit's leading, because I am one of the probably hundreds of thousands who are changed because of it!
Perhaps my favorite Kirk Franklin song.
--Terrace Crawford
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GLORY, GLORY is right! WOOOOO, WOOOOO! If that doesn't give you Glory Bumps and get you going, check your pulse! Yeah, this 56 year old granny feels the same way. The outside doesn't show it but there's a black woman in me trying to get out too! WOOOO WOOO!
Well I had never (make that nevah evah) heard this before... but I like it!
Hugs,
Adrienne
I've always LOVED LOVED LOVED that song!
LORI
Haha! I made the (incorrect) assumption that it stood for "God's People" (GP) which worked in the context and seemed right enough to me at the time!! "Are you with me, God's People??" I kept saying to the screen, "I'm with ya, I'm with Ms. Beth!!" :-)
My Esther ladies and I wondered who GP was. Thank you for sharing. I am with Dori when she said we were all over chiastic structures,peripity, and oh the reversal of destiny. It is all I can do to keep from standing up in church when the Word is being taught and saying "reversal of destiny." Oh yeah I got that one. I love GP and I love Kirk Franklin and Toby Mac. Played one of their new songs in our study.
One of my favorite song to dance and exercise too! I love the moving gospel music! I love being GP too!
I LOVE THIS SONG! And Beth, I could just imagine you dancing around! But...if I must be honest, I do the same....it's HARD NOT TO! There is also a cute video clip on the internet where they put the lyrics with Happy Feet clips. My son loves it!
I am so glad I wasn't the only obsessive person trying desperately to figure this out. Thanks for the answer!
that is WAY COOL - i'm 54 years old and i need some fresh Praise Music! thank you! mildred, fayetteville AR
Amanda, bless your little heart for filling us in on "G.P."! We had our Bible study yesterday morning and we didn't have a clue "who" or "what" G.P. was! ha I kept thinking maybe it was one of Beth's close friends from out of town or something attending that session. Glad to know she was talking to US! I'll have to fill the ladies in on what it means.
We are absolutely loving Esther! We are getting to know the Bible better, Beth better and each other better!
I loved the literary terms and explanations used in Session 6. Right down my alley!
Thanks again.
Marilyn
Beth, Thank you so much for explaining GP...our Bible group is doing Esther and didn't have a clue what GP meant...makes sense now. Love you....
Thanks so much for clearing this up! I was one of those who wrote in asking what G.P. meant. Our bible study group went nuts trying to figure it out. We guessed the following: "God's Princesses", "God Papers", "God's Peeps" -- LOL! Can't wait to share the true meaning of G.P. with my Sisters during our final Esther session this coming Saturday morning. :)
Oh HOORAY! I used to love this song but forgot about it...thanks for the reminder!! I instantly went to itunes to buy it but I cannot find it there! Do any of you Siestas see this song on there????
We love us some Kirk Franklin at Mission Raleigh! If you would like, I can hook ya'll up with some great titles that our kids (especially our teenagers) just love! I can't think of anything more "dope" than rapping scripture.
Oh yea!!! I love to put the grove on to this song!!
I'm with ya G.P.!!!!!!
Love this song! I downloaded it to my iPod after we sang it at Tuesday night bible study (during Wising Up or Breaking Free..?) - Anyway- definitely one of my favorites!
Thank you so much for telling us that Amanda. Not knowing what GP was was driving me crazy and I told the ladies that I would find out for them. So thanks.
I lead a group of about 30 women on Tuesday mornings and we finished Esther last week and this past Tuesday we had a morning of fellowship and watched the movie One Night with the King. It was great to see the differences. Even better to KNOW the difference.
All of us Ladies agree Esther was Beth's best study yet. We love taking a book of the Bible chapter by chapter, like The Patriarchs. THANK YOU MISS BETH! WE LOVE YOU!
check out a group on GODtube called relentless ministries...they do a remake to that song (a dance) that is great!!!
We love us some Kirk Franklin at Mission Raleigh! If you would like, I can hook ya'll up with some titles that are kids (especially our youth) just love! There is nothing more "dope" than rapping scripture.
LOVE IT! I have always wondered what GP meant. Thanks for the revelation!
say AMEN !
Yep! It was this study and my search for the answer...(I found it in the old blog entries last year)...that caused me to buy that CD AND another Kirk Franklin CD. I love the music, but I can't dance that good. But it doesn't stop me from trying! Much to the embarassment of my 11 year old daughter.
Can I get a witness!?
Melana in (snowy) Wyoming
THANK YOU! Muchas Gracious! I needed that-and I am almost 60 and I just rocked with the Holy Spirit right here at my desk- we need to remember God invented fun-
Siesta playlist??? Oooh, I'd love to see that one. Must search for it!
Never, ever heard the song - smiled the whole way through - love to see God's people having a good time!
Can hardly wait to tell my Esther group what GP means! Love you!!! And I'm with you!
Glory! Glory!!! Loved the video! Not sure my teenage daughter thought my moves were all that....but I'd like to think God loves our praises to Him even if we are white chicks wishin' for a little more rythym in our bones. I'm off to buy all of his cd's now....
"Oh Yea, We Havin' Church - Ain't Goin' Nowhere!"
Blessings,
Kim
My 2.5 year old little girl was sitting in her high chair enjoying some red jello and when I clicked on the vidoe she got SO EXCITED and said "mommy I get down I get down....I need to DANCE!
Of couse I let her down and we got our dancing on to Stomp in my kitchen!
GLORY, GLORY! Takes me right back to taping Breaking Free at Franklin Avenue! Oh Yeah, We Havin' Church - Ain't Goin' Nowhere! Even when the power went out! God's power is great!! G.P.!
Too funny cause my eldest's son's youth choir just performed a routine to 'Stomp' this past month. I love Kirk Franklin's music.
My son made it a point to tell me what G.P. meant. :)
Loved it! GP! Bought and paid for.
Thank you, Lord Jesus.
Hugs,
Mary
Love the song and boy do I wish I could join you in whooping it up. Unfortunately, I like Steve Martin in "The Jerk" just don't got the beat. But, I sure like that. I need to find that and get it on my MP3 player. We will be doing ESTHER in the fall so I am a step up on my sisters. Thanks and I sure would like to be in the car behind you Beth and watch you get down!
Jan Witt
I'm facilitating the Esther study at our church and we have a wonderful group of 30 women who are LOVING this study!!!! Week 6 DVD is this Sunday. Wooohoooo!
Love, love, love the video and the song!
Blessings,
Ginger
You're so cool! I'm with you! My granddaughter and I love to romp and stomp to this!
Kathy
Corinth
We were close....we thought it meant "God's People"...but I'll be sure to tell everyone next week!!
I too have been known to cause quite a commotion while "praisin'" in my car....especially when i forget to notice the light has turned green!
I loved Amanda's post.....about the mask and about "GP". We're in the second to last week of Esther and the girls have been guessing what they think Beth means when she says "GP"--noone has been right! Tomorrow, I'll tell them!
We are so thankful for your ministry at Living Proof!
love in Christ--judy
I love it! I'm going to have to visit Lifeway and find this CD. I haven't heard his music before I don't think!
Thank you for clearing that one up! We were all wondering last night...
I talk about my Beth Moore closet in my video blog today if anyone's interested.
Love you Beth and crew!
peace~elaine
Thank you! I don't think anyone in our Esther study caught it, but I was very curious.
Never heard the song before...
but I'm leaving here and going straight to ITunes...
didn't take long for me to answer back, out of my seat,
Oh Yeah, We havin' church, ain't goin' nowhere!
This kind of music stirs something inside of me I cannot explain! LOVE IT!!!
ps - my teenage son just asked me from his bedroom---"What are you doing Mom??"
"I'm havin' church in here by myself!"
I'm with ya!!!
We just finished the Esther study Tuesday night and were very reluctant to bring it to a close! It's not tough being a woman when you have siestas who will study with you, pray for you, and love you for who (and Whose) you are!!
When we got to the "G.P." mentions, about half of us knew what it was and I couldn't get the song out of my head. Love it and still turn it up when it comes on my local Christian radio station. Thanks for putting up the video,Amanda and Beth - I'm raisin' that roof right along with you, siesta!
I thought she was asking the "General Public"!! ha ha ha
Glory !
Dear siestas, please pray, Fargo (ND) and surrounding communities are getting hit hard. The flood is overwhelming and snow on top of it.
I'm leaning hard on my 1st scripture vs...Proverbs 3: 5-6 amp.
Much thanks Beth for this blog and all the reminders that we are indeed GP!
Lori Jennen
HAHAHA. I love this song too. I've been trying to bring it back into my mix these last few months. Didn't know about the video though LOL. Awesomeness.
LOVE this song - one of my all time favorites! When I'm walking with it on my Ipod I can't just walk anymore, I have to dance! (the sista in me comes out every time!) ;) Glory glory!
Oh yeah, I'm with ya'! That is one of my favorite songs/videos - you can't help but want to just get up and "get your praise on"!! And Beth, I'm am so with you on the taste in music. I've got several of Kirk's cds downloaded on my computer at work and listen to them often. The only problem is tryin' to keep still and not sing out loud!
And Rachel, I know what you mean about Salt ;o)
Oh can we please get Travis to do some of this at LPL? How fun would that be??
LOVIN' IT!!! We were trying to figure out GP at Bible Study this past Monday night. Can't wait to "enlighten" everybody!!
Love you Beth!
I love it! I'm a 61 year old moving and stomping Grandma for the LORD...G.P. all right! Hey, let's move it for the LORD..."in Him we live and move and have our being!" We are never to old to keep movin and groovin for the LORD, and I feel His pleasure when I do. Come on, Siestas! Let's do it for His pleasure, and teach your grandchildren to dance for Jesus too. They love it! They raise their little hands in joy and abandon and we have the best time praising Him.
Grandma Pam
So Cal Siesta
To Moose Mama ~ You gotta a witness, sista!
Now, let's get the groove on for Jesus!
Praise Him! I said, "Praise Him! to the beat....."
Oh yea....Oh yea....Oh yea
We're Havin' Church, Ain't Goin' Nowhere!
How's that for a GP Glory Hallelujah!
PH
BP, CA.
Do you think Kirk and his G.P. can come to the Siesta Celebration next January??????
Oh, yeah, we havin' church, we ain't goin' nowhere!
Kirk Franklin is wonderful, especially his "Hero" CD.
Thank you for the encouragment of your ministry :)
Melissa
THANK YOU! I recently added "Stomp" to my i-pod and wondered what GP stood for. I absolutely dig Kirk Franklin!
This is my personal revival song! Make the hair on my legs grow!! G.P. are you with me?!
i CAN'T WAIT to get to heaven with all you people!!
So this shed's some light as to what really goes on at the LPM office all day. We are on to you guys. I think there's alot of hairspray happening, onion rings eaten and a whole lotta dancing in the streets. I think the book of Esther has really affected you guys!
(O.k, I confess, it's starting to affect me too!)
Actually, Beth, thank you for the visual of you AND Sabrina car-praisin' - beautiful! Love it! Thanks!
Ok! So why can't I find this song on itunes? Is it locked up in the vault like old Disney movies? Seriously...I want to jam to this song. Can anybody tell me how and/or where to download it? Help!! :)
Lindsey in Louisiana
YES! Awesome! Thanks for sharing this Amanda. I will share this with my group of ladies when we get to session 6.
Much love,
Sharon, NC
We also just finished our Esther series. It was absolutely AWESOME!!! Thank you Beth for bringing me closer to the Lord!!
Is there an explanation for the peace sign?
Whoooooooooooo!!! Sitting at my desk listening to that song I could hardly sit still. I'm proud to be a GP. One of the "hip" young girls at our table knew what Beth meant by GP. She enlightened us all. Love the Esther study!!
So glad you posted about this! We all thought it was "God's People"!
We LOVED Esther! It had been almost a year since I had been able to do one of Beth's bible studies, so the minute she came on screen, I thought "ah, there's my friend Beth - I missed her!" lol
I do have to tell you though, that I was on the edge of my seat for 3 sessions waiting for Beth to turn those crazy chiastic structure sticks on their side (make an X to a T) to show that our destinies are always hinged on the CROSS!
Well, anyway! God bless you all for your faithful ministry! He definitely has used it to bless ME ABUNDANTLY!!!
Love, your sister,
laura h.
Wow.... this song took me back to a moment like what Beth described, rockin' out to KF on the way to school with a car full of girlfriends acting like we had an ounce of rythmn!Key word...acting. We loved this song! I don't think we truly understood the GP part as much as we do now. And Rachel, I know the "Shoop" song you are talking about!! She has come A LONG WAY!!
I. AM. A. KIRK. FRANKLIN. FREAK.....
"Imagine Me" is my song!!!!!
Love it.
I have loved this song forever too and have been looking for a video online! Thanks! You made my day.
(My 3-year-old watched with me and wanted to know why those people were "shaking their booties"! Too funny!)
Thank you for that explaination! I just finished Esther this week, and I had no idea who or what GP is!
We were wondering...we figured it was something with God or Girl.
We just finished up the Esther study...it was wonderful! I never walk away from your studies that I don't learn so much...I can't spell it...but I know what that X thing is!
I'm so blessed to have been the leader of our group for the study on John and Esther. We take short breaks and do small studies between your studies...but my ladies are raring to go again in about a month.
I wondered....GP: that's cute!
I love this! I saw John Tesh and his hip hop group a few months ago on Christian TV and realized what my calling is. I am to be a hip hop dancer for the Lord. By the way, I am a 46, overweight, white, homeschooling mother of 4. I was raised to love choral music and hymns (which I still love) but man this music is so much fun. Thank you for sharing.
Janet from NC
One of my favorites of all time! I can't listen to it without dancing! Salt (the young lady rapping) has moved on and I think Kirk was able to help with that. If you don't have his CD "Hero", get it..
I had heard this song before (and loved it), but hadn't heard it in years! Thanks for the reminder that good songs never go out of style! Loved the video and almost got up and danced with them!
Glad to know... we are doing week 6 on Tuesday! : )
GP are you with me!
Love it! : )
So glad you wrote about this. I just finished facilitating the Esther study. First, let me say that the study was excellent. When I previewed that particular session, Beth kept saying, "GP, are you with me?" I thought I missed the explanation, but when the group viewed it, everyone was asking, "Who is GP?" One of our hip sisters knew exactly what it was and explained, so I purchased Kirk Franklin's CD and played it for the group the next week. Very interesting to see the varied expressions on the faces of the ladies. I actually have it on my iPod now - great dancing and power walking music!!!
Oh we were so close! The ladies in my study (I was facilitating) were trying to guess and we said "God's People"!! LOVE it!!
I'm gonna go email them all right now! We just had our last session of Esther yesterday and I'm still recovering from our Purim celebration - in fact we decided to party til Easter!! WOOHOOOO!!
Thanks for filling us in!
Valarie
NC
PS - We're the ones who had baby Marley in our group! Keep praying for her and that her momma and daddy will come to know Jesus!
I've heard this song a million times, but not since I've done the Esther study... How cool is it that the song says "...TURN MY LIFE AROUND!" Wow.
I've got a cool story about the "GP" thing... A friend of mine did the Esther study, but was 2 weeks ahead of me. We were talking one day about "belonging to Him" and being His people & she told me about Beth saying "GP" several times in the video. That same day (Feb 26th), I was seeking the Lord about the verse He wanted me to memorize next. I was drawn to Psalm 112:7-8, so I was looking it up in different versions. I picked up the "Becoming 2" magazine (NT in NCV) wondering if Psalms was in there... It wasn't. But while flipping pages, my eyes landed on the February calendar, so I stopped to see what the "suggestion" was for that day... Feb 26th. It simply said "Memorize Ephesians 2:19." Well, here's what Eph 2:19 says in the New Century Version... "Now you who are not Jewish, are not foreigners or strangers any longer, but are citizens together with God's holy people. You belong to God's family." He thrills me!!! :-)
Just thought you should know that my sister (actual sister) and I have "car danced" to this song since high school. I love this album and have had it forever. And just so you know, I get the rap part every time... =)
I loved the final night of last year's Breaking Free Tuesday night Bible Study when we all got down to this song. It was like one of the wonderful moments when God lets you know that you are EXACTLY where you are supposed to be!
oh yeah! we havin' church-we ain't goin' nowhere! :)
(child of the nineties!) :)
If you're ever in our area...you've gotta visit our church! Our pastor is forever asking, "GP, are ya with me?" :)
We've even started a few worship services with STOMP...(one of the blessings of being in a church family with blended ethnicities).
hands down one of my most favorite songs! When I figure out how to use my ipod, it'll be on it for sure. (I've had it a year and haven't even tried yet... how pitiful am I!?)
Well, I am diggin' this one") We have about 120 ladies all trying to figure out GP. I went out and bought the"Stomp" today and we will play it at our closing of our Esther study next week. Thank you for turning us on to Kirk Franklin, we are rather rural here in Indiana...corn and bean country") We love you girls.
From the Queen Bee's of the Esther Study.
I LLOOVVVEE that song and LLOOVVEE Kirk Franklin!!!I know Beth listens to him as she power walks, I wonder what ya'll think is his best CD if one could only buy one?
In the middle of the study right now, and I have to admit, I was curious...
The first time I ever heard Stomp was when a boy sang it in a church we attended years ago between ministry assignments. I was proud this kid who was a new believer was willing to jump up and sing. However, most of the congregation looked like the roof of the church may just fall in on our heads for such sacrilege. It was pretty much hysterical. lol
I am so thankful that you shard the G.P thing! We are doing Esther right now and I remember us all looking at each other wonderful what Beth was referring to! We have one week left and I could do it all over again!!! To end our semester we are going to watch One Night With The Kind and make comparisons between what we've learned and they way the movie is portrayed. I think it will be very interesting!!!
Thank you for this post. We were so wondering what it meant. Can't wait for next week to go tell my group!
I am loving this....showing some emotion for our love of God!
GP indeed!!!!
Amanda - My husband just removed our 15 month old son from the house and took him to Lowe's so Mommy wouldn't go crazy! hahhaha I came to get on the blog because I actually could and this song somehow made it all better! Love you gal and praying for you in mommy land! It is a tough world but GP's can do it!!
Kelly
Clarksville, Tennessee
I am with you guys on some good moving music! I listen to it all when I am cleaning around the house.
Though, I do have a car story too. I do crank up the music and sing & dance in the car alone or with the boys. My youngest loves to get moving (always puts him back in a good mood) but my oldest is a little more reserved than us. It takes him awhile to get the rhythm going. Well, one day we all were in the car having a grand party together. We got to the store and as we were walking in a lady said to us "I saw you guys dancing in the car. Are you their mother?" I wasn't sure to laugh or gasp but I stated that "yes, I was and we have fun together" Her response to that was "Oh, neat" (her word not mine). Can mothers not dance with their boys? I do think that my 11 yr was embarrassed that he got 'caught'. I didn't tell him that everyone sees us through the windows-HaHa. You and Sabrina just keep right on dancing!
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Ya'll,
I did wonder what G.P. ment
thanks. I like that.
Now, if you would just explain what chili gravey is, I might be alright.
Becky/Brentwood
Beth
Your so hip !
I LOVE IT!!! Thank you so much for this post. I was wondering what G.P. meant and now I know. Beth introduced me to Kirk Franklin 1 1/2 years ago, and I have been so blessed.
Beth:
G.J.is GP!
I have also been told by my black girlfriends that I am sista-girl all the way...
Love it -
G.J. Georgia Jan
I knew what it was the moment she said it on the Esther video, but you should have heard the whole seminar room as women all across the seats kept wispering, "What is that?" All I could do was smile and nod. We just finished up the last session this morning and it was a sweet time. Thanks, Beth and Co. for once again astounding us with your devotion to His Word and making it a pleasant offering that we participate in! Love y'all to pieces and back together again!
Ramona from Paducah
This song makes me want to dance!Make me clap my hands. Stomp. G.P is with me. Oh yeah!!
are we with you, beth?
oh yeah, GP we're with you, oh yeah!!!
We just heard that this week on the video. I am so glad you cleared it up for us!
Love it! So grateful to be G.P!
"God's Property" makes more sense! My husband started a new job as a prison gaurd in December and would come home and tell me all about his day using the new acronyms or initials for all the different wings of the prison, and one he used commonly was GP. In January I stared Beth's Esther study and she was all about GP!! I thought,"Well, that's wierd! Calling us GENERAL POPULATION!" LOL! I thought for sure she'd probably visited a prison!
So cool! I had no idea you guys were totally hip too! Man, you got it all don't you?
THANK YOU for telling what that means! My daughter, Bri and I just finished Esther and thought that we were missing something. (Even though Bri is homeschooled, her biggest fear is that she will LOOK "homeschooled"!) So when you said GP and she didn't know what it meant she was afraid that it was a common abbreviation used by cool people and the fact that she didn't know what it was was driving her crazy!
Also, since we used the audio CDs we missed out on any pictures you showed that people who either were there or who watch the DVDs can see. Is there any way you can post the pictures that you show? I'm thinking specifically about the one of you when you were in elementary school. I always do your studies with the CDs and am always so disappointed when you show a picture and I can't see it!
Wow! I loved it. The ladies at Coffee Break (our Tuesday evening study for professional women) will too! I couldn't find the single on itunes. Is is on an album?
Melinda Bunyard
Beth this 51 year old ww is with you. I love contemporary gospel and am always telling my SS class about it (they are the elder stateswomen of our church) Kirk Franklin is one of my alltime favorites. I am dancing around my office right now praising God
Yep, I am one of those siestas inquiring about "GP". I told my
Beth Moore "groupie sisters" that I was just going to email and ask. Well, I got the "Testy" look if you know what I mean. I can't possibly wait until Bible Study on Monday to tell all my sisters that so many others were wondering, too. I'll have to email them right away. So, here I am, and being the professional that I am, I had no choice but to crank-up the video and should I say "move". Hey girlfriends, it is sure going to hurt in the morning but at least this grandma didn't break anything even though the spins weren't what the use to be and just forget those splits!!! Blessings to all.
Amanda,
Not sure if you can post this...but here it is for those wanting to learn the lyrics along with LPM
KIRK FRANKLIN LYRICS
"Stomp!"
[Kirk]: For those of you that think gospel music has gone to far.
You think we got too radical with our message.
Well I got news for you , you ain't heard nothin yet,
and if you don't know now you know. Glory, Glory!!
[Part1:] Lately I've been going through some things that really got me down.
I need someone somebody to help me come and turn my life around.
I can't explain, I can't obtain it. Jesus your love is so, it's so amazing.
It gets me high up to the sky, and when I think about your goodness it makes me wanna stomp.
Makes me clap my hands. Makes me wanna dance and stomp.
My brother can't you see I got the victory. STOMP!!!
[repeat part 1 ]
[Salt [rap]]: When I think about the goodness and fullness of God,
makes me thankful pity the hateful I'm grateful.
The Lord brought me through this far,
trying to be cute when I praise him raise him high.
I keep the live beat bumping. Keep it jumping make the Lord feel something.
Ain't no shame in my game God's Property. Kickin' it wit Kirk ain't no stoppin' me.
UH stomp
[Kirk:] GP are you wit me?
[GP:] oh yeah we having church we ain't going nowhere.
[repeat 3 times ]
[pt2:] stomp, stomp, stomp, stomp, stomp, stomp, stomp, stomp
I promise the stomp, the whole stomp, nothin but the stomp
[Kirk:] It ain't over. It ain't over
[repeat part 2 until fades.]
It's such a good thing you could not see into my office when I watched this video:)
SO happy to know what GP means! :) My 14 yo son knows every 'cool' christian song out there so we've been listening to Kirk Franklin for a while...i always thought though that it was CP and that it had something to do w/the choir! Fun thanks :) i'll tell him when he wakes up :)
Thanks!! My pastor husband was so confident it meant Gods People. I better fill him in before he uses this from the pulpit himself!
Thanks for letting us know!! I am GP and I am with you!! I love, love, love, Kirk Franklin and this was a fun video. My family sings and dances to "lose my soul" that he raps with Toby Mac. His music gets you going and I know I have a black woman with a lot of soul and rhythm dying to get out!!! (My family would tell you I have no rhythm,)
Royana
Whoo Hooo! That gets my blood going....love it!
Susie Tiemeyer
Houston, TX
I was wondering about that myself.
Tonight is our last session :( and I'll explain it to the ladies.
We have LOVED Esther. If there is anyone out there who has the opportunity to do this study, take it. You'll be blessed.
I'm so sad that tonight is our last session. What is the next one? :)
I have loved this song for YEARS!
Oh I love this song. My family of 5 had the great honor of being guests at an African American church last Sunday. We were the only white people and of course they sat us in the front center pew! We had the best time. My 4, and 12 year old sat the entire 2 hours and 15 minutes and never even moved, well except for tapping their feet and clapping their hands. They guest preacher made a comment about not forgetting the roots of their church and went on to say, "when I sat at my dying mother's bedside I was not singing Kirk Franklin's Stomp, but rather recalling the old hymns from my youth that brought me such strength and peace." I have been singing this song in my head all week, so thanks for the video. Now I need to go download it to my ipod. I also grabbed my Alan Jackson CD of old hymns and have been playing it in the car for my kids. How sweet to hear my baby singing "tis' so sweet to trust in Jesus"!!Amen!
I just found your blog so I realize that I am a little late for a comment. But...I can't resist. Our womens Bible Study is just finishing the study (1 more week). I laughed when we got to the GP week. I live in Washington (state that is) and I can remember when Gary Payton played for the Seattle Supersonics. Whenever there was a game and my husband would yell out "GP are you with me!" I couldn't help but think of Gary Payton everytime Beth said this. :)
Kelli
I have always loved this song!!
Oh Yeah, I remember STOMP! It came out about the time I became a Christian, i think?? I never knew what he was sayin, I thought he was sayin TC instead of GP, meaning "The Church" instead of "God's Property". That is funny! I'm a nerd! I always thought that song was fun, but i never saw the video:)
katiegfromtennessee
I just played this video for my 3 toddlers and they danced their little hearts out for Jesus! Thanks for the post and the cute memory.
Oh, yeah...me and the church ain't goin' nowhere!
I facilitate the Esther study at church and everyone asked this question!! I am an old school Kirk Franklin fan and was happy to share it with them! We just finished the Esther study and had a yummy brunch to celebrate!
OK, too funny that I read this! I'm doing Esther now, and haven't gotten to the G.P. part yet, but this is one of my favorite songs. Mostly because it's just so fun. Anyway, the other day I was listening to it (loudly) in my car. My 2 1/2 yr. old is just starting to start "singing" along with whatever I have playing. He listened to the whole thing, and, when it was over, he yelled out "G.P., are you in there?" Too funny!
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