Marvin Sapp
Marvin Sapp
Pastor Marvin Louis Sappis an American Gospel music singer-songwriter who recorded with the group Commissioned during the 1990s before beginning a record-breaking solo career. Sapp is also the founder and senior pastor of Lighthouse Full Life Center Church, located in Grand Rapids, Michigan...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionGospel Singer
Date of Birth28 January 1967
CityGrand Rapids, MI
CountryUnited States of America
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I want people to understand that tragedy and trial does not necessarily mean that you are a victim.
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Now we have so many different genres of music, it's amazing to me. Even in the gospel music arena, you've got hip-hop, you got contemporary, urban contemporary, you got traditional, you got neo-soul gospel, you've got all of these different things.
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I tell people all the time, 'As long as my kids are doing good, I'm gonna be alright.'
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In the African-American community, we struggle with a lot of health problems that have a lot to do with our diet.
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Throughout my career, my family and I have fallen victim to inappropriate attempts to contact me by several unknown individuals.
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Gospel music allows us to become closer to God and closer to each other.
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My church has a health and fitness ministry to encourage our members to take care of spiritually and physically; how could I not?
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Some men don't have the opportunity to be the type of father they need to be, and I hope my example teaches them to step up.
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We live in a world full of people who are ready to be uplifted.
Being a pastor is pressure because we have to counsel people.
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Marvin's Motivational Moments actually started as something that was actually therapeutic for me. I would sit up late at night after my wife passed trying to adjust to being alone.
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The Bible tells us that we're supposed to leave an inheritance for children.
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D.C. is one my largest audiences. They buy tons of records of mine in Washington, D.C.
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I have to prioritize: father first, and then a pastor and a recording artist and entrepreneur. I try to put everything in proper perspective, and then the proper priority.