M.I.A. Reveals She Is A Born-Again Christian: ‘I Saw The Vision Of Jesus Christ’
By Movieguide® Contributor
Musician M.I.A. recently revealed the moment that convinced her to become a Christian in 2017.
In an interview with Zane Lowe, she said: “Being a Tamil and being a Hindu, I was very comfortable that I’d arrived finding myself. Which is, I think, going to be weird for America to process. But I had a vision and I saw the vision of Jesus Christ.”
“It’s a very crazy thing because it turned my world upside down,” she continued. “Because everything I thought and believed was no longer the case. And I think that was maybe a sign that something major was going to happen in the world and that people were needing to be introduced to this concept.”
She confirmed that she was a born-again Christian.
“When I had this vision, it turned my world upside down,” M.I.A. explained. “I kind of couldn’t let go of the Tamil side. I think that’s why 50% of the record is sort of like that. Because I’m still me. That’s still my language. And those are still my tools to be able to create beats like that or a sound like that. But I think the message was just to get to a peaceful place. Watch the space.”
“The history is, even if it costs me my career, I won’t lie,” she said. “I will tell the truth, and I will tell you what’s on my mind and my heart.”
M.I.A. is not the only born-again Christian music star. Movieguide® previously reported on Donna Summer’s faith journey:
Most people remember Donna Summer for her disco hits, but did you know the star was also a devout Christian?
Summer’s father was a pastor and the singer said she first heard God’s voice when she was just ten years old. Summer had just finished singing a solo in her church choir when she heard an “inner voice.”
“It sort of knocked everybody out of the pews,” Summer said. “When I looked up through my tears, everyone in the whole church’s eyes were downcast and they were crying, and I thought, ‘Oh my God.’ I looked at my dad and he was crying.”
“It was that, on that first time I ever sang, that I heard God speak to me, and He said to me that I was gonna be famous,” the singer explained. “And that I was not to misuse the power that He was giving me.”
Summer rose to fame in the 1970s on the strength of disco hits like “I Feel Love” and “Bad Girls,” but fame took a toll on the star. She returned to her faith in 1979 and recommitted herself to God.
“I was finally filled by God’s Holy Spirit and gloriously born again,” Summer said of her return to faith.
“I never stopped being a Christian,” the star explained. “Being born-again is an affirmation that the person is going to make a personal effort to walk closer to God and bring Him into one’s life and start following His way.”
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