Film Directing for Jesus | Brian Ivie

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Written By @3130beloved

With over 1 billion people live streaming daily on social media, we might as well pump out some content that brings the focus back to He who remains on the throne, amen?!

We’re so excited to sit down with brother-in-Christ and American filmmaker & director, @b.ivie !! He’s most well known for his documentary film, “ @emanuelmovie ,” which tells the story of the 2015 Charleston Church Shooting that took the lives of 9 innocent African Americans. This feature was Executive Produced by @violadavis + @stephencurry30 + @therealmariskahargitay !! It made it’s TV debut on @starz for the 2020 Martin Luther King Jr. holiday. So without further ado, meet Brian!

If you want to scroll to a specific part of the conversation, these are the questions that we discussed in order. Give it a “❤️” if you enjoyed it!!

1️⃣ Share a bit about how you got to know Jesus & how God brought you to your career path?

2️⃣ When you heard about this tragedy in Charleston, South Carolina, how were you convicted to say, "Yes", to direct Emanuel? What does the title mean to you?

3️⃣ Did the Lord renew your heart & your mind in any way when you heard each person's testimony of forgiveness? If so, how?

4️⃣ Were there any moments when you asked the Lord, "How could this happen?" If so, how did He respond?

5️⃣ Did the Lord show you more of His perspective or understanding on what Racial Reconciliation looks like? How would you say we could, as followers of Jesus, pursue that as one voice today?

6️⃣Last question...

At the end of the premiere for @emanuelmovie —you got up on stage (I'll never forget this) & you said, "For my African American & Black brothers & sisters here tonight, I am so sorry that there has been so much to forgive."😭

For those who are angry & even bitter at God for the racial injustice happening all over the world now, how can we comfort them?🙏🏼✝️

@3130beloved

I’ve always hated these, “Bio” or “About me” sections— so awkward.

But… after living 25 years lost in my agnostic world chasing my own fame, glory, comfort and will I was brought to my end. After the death of my mom, ending the most manipulative & emotionally abusive relationship, a lifestyle of drug addiction, 2 abortions, and finding myself empty while standing in the middle of what the world says is “bliss”… I reached the end of myself and the beginning of seeing Jesus’ light beaming down on me.

I met His Holy Spirit for the first time at a Halloween rave called, “Day of the Dead.” To this day, I still think this is one of the darkest places to be on our planet. I raved and popped pills to numb my pain, to avoid my fears and to suppress my sadness. I was in the middle of bobbing my head and raising my arms to the electro house music blasting in my ears when images of skeletons came on the TV monitors and the weak spirit within me has a knee-jerk reaction to put my arms down. “Whoa! I don’t worship that!”, I thought. “Wait, what do I know about worship?” Now looking back, there God was! The beginning of my site for Him.

A year later, I followed my brother (his good looking friend) to church (@realityLA). I don’t remember the sermon but I heard God for the first time when worship began singing, “Spirit lead me where my trust is without borders. Let me walk upon the waters wherever you would call me.”

I LOST my mind.

It was an overwhelming & LAVISHINGGG upon me of, "Hi precious girl. I see you. I know you. I’ve been here. I know your pain. I know your loss. I know you are lost. I know you’re angry, specifically with me because you lost your mom and you think your life is unredeemable but my beloved, I’ve been coming after you because you are mine.” I cried the hardest I’d ever cried in my life because my entire being just knew… This. Is. God. This. Is. The. Master. Of. The. Universe— and He wants me? Broken, selfish, ugly me?

I soon followed this good looking friend of my brothers to a community group. There is where I met the love of God through His people as they accepted me, fed me, welcomed me, and took me in as family despite my lifestyle that rebelled against everything they believed. One year later, I said, “Fine. I’ll follow until you fail just like everything else has.” Well… He hasn’t failed nor broken any promise yet. ;) My choice to accept Jesus as my Lord, savior and new identity has brought me more freedom than I could have ever fathomed. I didn’t know what I was living for or aiming at but God truly lit up every shadow, broke down every wall, shattered every lie and came after me.

Salvation belongs to the Lord.

As the world kicks and screams trying to shout their way to justice, peace and unity on their own terms right now, may the roots of our identity in Christ grow deeper each day together as one body; as one family.

“Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked,
nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers;

but his delight is in the law of the Lord,
and on his law he meditates day and night.

He is like a tree planted by streams of water
that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither.
In all that he does, he prospers.

The wicked are not so,
but are like chaff that the wind drives away.

Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment,
nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous;
for the Lord knows the way of the righteous,
but the way of the wicked will perish.”

https://3130beloved.com
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