09
Mar

Replenishing My Dangerously Low Testosterone Levels! lol

Happy Tuesday!

Last night, my wife Emily hosted a beautiful baby shower for Sarah Grizzard @ the Balsamo residence!

As the time drew near to 7pm, I had a very big decision to make. Either stay and help host this event, or find someone to go watch Alice In Wonderland 3-D, or go hang out with one of my great friends, or go to my office and write for a few hours.

Well, I decided to stay and help with parking, and pick up empty plates, and help entertain a house full of baby crazed ladies! (lol) No we’re not just talking gals here… we are talking about gals in BABY SHOWER MODE! More on this in a sec!

I did thoroughly enjoy having so many people at our house, as I always do! This had to be one of the best baby showers of all time, for one of the kindest young ladies we know! We worked on the yard and house for two days, cleaned the patio, fixed the water garden lights… everything was BEAUTIFUL, the fish even woke up from their winter nap to amuse our guests!

Emily made a stunning buffet of cupcakes (photo), and Heaven and I made a PILE of purple and pink chocolate covered strawberries and pretzels! (photo) I was primarily the taste tester, and my daughters young aspiring apprentice baker!

I Was The Only Man!

Ok, so that’s the first time I’ve EVER been to a baby shower when I was the ONLY MAN! Well, Ryan Huffer was there too, but he sat in the family room playing on my MacBook Garage Band with the headphones… which was ok, because after all, I needed to focus on hosting our guests!

Let me TELL YOU! There are certain things a man can do and still walk away feeling like a man… like, a man can watch The Notebook with his wife and even CRY more than she does at the end… and he can shake that off and return to his normal manly self in an hour or two! lol

Really, there is not much I won’t do with my wife. I can handle pretty much any girly activity she drags me into… but last night was the ULTIMATE FEMININE GATHERING!

Baby Shower Girl Talk!

For almost 3 hours, I heard enough baby shower GIRL TALK to last me a LIFETIME! lol

Here’s a sample: (Men, CLOSE YOUR EARS!) lol

  • “Awwwwww, isn’t that ADOR-A-BLE!”
  • “Oh my, is this my cup? Oh yes it is, because it has my LIPSTICK smeared on the rim! Hee Hee He!”
  • “Let me tell you, when I was pregnant with little Jimmy, I had the worse heart burn… and I was so GASSY! Hee Hee he he he!”
  • “Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!”
  • “Awwwwwwwwww!”
  • “You know, pink is my FAVORITE color, I just love baby showers when they’re having a GIRL… everything is just so PINK!”
  • “Isn’t this outfit just the CUTEST thing you’ve ever seen!”
  • “Oh my, that is just so ADOR-A-BLLLLLLLLL!”
  • “A-Dor-aBLE! A-dorable! A-DOOOOR-ABLE!” BOOOO!

Grrrrr! I never want to hear the word “ADORABLE” again, for the rest of my life! lol

Ok, so I might be exaggerating a little bit… but NOT VERY MUCH! Last night is the first time in my life that I realized on that degree HOW MUCH DIFFERENT men are from women! And this goes WAY beyond our obvious differences in anatomy!

Please Save Me!

Any ideas about how I can REPLENISH my dangerously low TESTOSTERONE levels today? Please help!! I’m thinking about dressing up in all camouflage and painting my face camo too… and maybe going to the shooting range… or maybe I can change the oil in my vehicles… or maybe I can BUILD SOMETHING!

Ooooot!

I suppose that’s it for today! Nothing spiritual, just a much needed laugh maybe! I need to go to SMACK MYSELF IN THE FACE about twenty times and go CLIMB A TREE! Have a most triumphant day everyone!

Really, I do appreciate now more than ever, the many differences between men and women! I’m VERY happy we were able to host that baby shower… and that I was able to serve and entertain all of those AMAZING ladies! Everyone was so much FUN! The energy was SO HAPPY! It was a sheer pleasure! I’m laughing out LOUD right now and I don’t know why! Love you all… please leave a comment! lol

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08
Mar

Yesterdays Panel Discussion & Motocross Illustration!

Happy Monday!

What a morning we had @ Destiny Family Center yesterday! Worship was amazing! The panel discussion was SO MUCH FUN (Cindi FortinBen ScottMelanie Thomas, Wayne Howard, and Emily Beauchamp)… then the motocross faith illustration! Transformational!

At the end of it all… three hands went up for salvation… and it was the REAL THING! Joel Gunn, Mary Kennedy, and Keith… people were crying all over the sanctuary as they turned their lives over the Christ!

If you want to watch the entire service, go to the dfc media center and CHECK IT OUT! Yesterdays video should post later today.

Ok, so as you can see in the photo (compliments of Vickie Rankin)… Cole Moore (our church motocross champion)… he demonstrated FAITH using Robby Cline’s bike (Honda cr250r 2 stroke).

In the illustration, I explained 6 symbols and I’m adding one more today: the bike, the rider, the track, the pit crew, the fans, the engine, and the fuel! PLEASE take the time to click on all the Bible verses if you can… this will greatly ENHANCE the effect!

  • Vehicle: Your Potential (Ephesians 3:20)
    • In this case, we used Robby Clines Motorcycle.
    • A person can do so many things with his life… everyone has a vehicle, a potential: it’s far greater than most people comprehend!
  • The Driver/Rider: You (Jeremiah 29:11)
    • You are special to God… he made YOU for a specific reason… to BE great and DO great things!
    • In this illustration: YOU are just like any other human creature, until YOU PLUG IN TO THE MATRIX.
    • And you can do whatever you feel like doing with your life.
    • In this illustration: everything changes for the RIDER that understands his vehicle, and all the key elements surrounding his vehicle… for the RIDER that learns to RUN HIS RACE as well as it can be run!
  • The Track: Your Specific Destiny (Acts 26:19/2Timothy 4:6-8)
    • Every person has a specific purpose in life.
    • Our vehicles were DESIGNED for a certain kind of RACE.
    • We race our best race when were on the right track.
    • We can race our whole lives on the wrong track… it’s important we get in the right race!
  • The Pit Crew: Your Pastor & Church Family (Ephesians 4:11-16)
    • These are the people who keep us doing well, and help us do BETTER on the track!
    • I’m gonna refer to these guys and gals as the spiritual mentors in our lives: especially our church leaders!
    • Without a good pit crew, we are going to race poorly, and eventually, we are going to break down!
  • The Fans: Your Church Family and Other Supporters (Hebrews 10:25)
    • Some people will tell you it does not matter where a person goes to church.
    • I believe it’s VERY IMPORTANT… where a person goes to church, how often they attend, and how involved they become!
  • The Engine: God (Acts 1:8)
    • If you are born again… you have an ENGINE.
    • I believe in varying degrees of Gods power… that a person can go through their whole lives only manifesting a “pit bike” degree of power.
    • According to the Bible and history… we see thousands of examples of men and women who manifested Gods power in a “Sci-Fi” kind of way!
    • You can always upgrade to something with more power!
  • The Fuel: Your Faith (Hebrews 11:6)
    • Without faith, we look like a serious contender… we have a personal Bible, and we might go to a cool church, and we have a few fans, and we have about 10 or 15 racing phrases we use…
    • Without faith, we have POTENTIAL, and available POWER… but nothing to FUEL OUR DREAM MACHINE!
    • In the illustration, Cole Moore pushed the bike around for a little while… and I asked him how long he would enjoy racing if he had to PUSH HIS MACHINE! He said, “About a second!”
    • This is what life is like when we live outside of FAITH! We have to PUSH our way through life in our own human strength: with mind and muscle!
    • Just as soon as we LEARN to live by FAITH, everything changes for us!

So, where does a RIDER get FUEL for his bike? At the GAS STATION! And where does a person get FAITH (fuel) for his LIFE?

Romans 10:17 “Consequently, faith comes from hearing the message, and the message is heard through the word of Christ.”

Faith comes from reading and meditating on the Word of God! So, FUEL UP RIDERS, we have a race to run… a race that REALLY MATTER in the face of eternity!
Dream Big, Live Bold, and Make the Difference!

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07
Mar

Todays Panel Discussion & an Unforgettable Illustration

Happy Sunday!

I’m in my office, drinking some H2O, hydrating my vocal cords for todays church @ Destiny Family Center! Stoked as usual… getting ready to crank some really good new worship music and leap around my office thanking God for this beautiful day! Gonna pray for all my Destiny peeps! (gansta) lol

Today, I’m doing a panel discussion… picking 5 people out of the congregation to discuss the PRACTICAL side of my current message series!

Then, I’m going to ILLUSTRATE living and thriving by FAITH (vs.) existing and toiling through physical and emotional energy!

It’s going to be poWERFUL! Hope to see you here… 10am! Watch it live if you can’t be here in person! Donate if you want to! (smile)

By the way… yesterdays blog: The Greatest Facebook Message of My Facebook Life! It was UNBELIEVABLE! See if you can get through it without making a LOUD WEIRD NOISE! lol

Have a perfect Sunday everyone! Leave a comment, let us know about it…

Dream Big, Live Bold, and Make the Difference!

Chuck

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06
Mar

The Greatest Facebook Message of My Facebook Life!

Happy Saturday!

This is a long saturday blog… BUT A VERY POWERFUL MESSAGE! Invest your time to read it slowly… and watch what happens!

Last week, I received THE GREATEST FACEBOOK MESSAGE of my facebook life! Since this was a private message to me, I will not identify the sender and I will not include the entire message… just a few of the highlights!

Let me introduce this facebook conversation with a clip from Make me a Legend, chapter 14: Mentors, Peers, and Apprentices!

Never once before that day, was I able to comprehend on that level, the unuttered passion gusting through the aging spirit of a mentor… their dire need for establishing legacy! You see, to every genuine mentor, coach, father, and shepherd… this is the meaning of life! They wake up every day yearning to give away something of great value… to someone who recognizes the great value of that something! And so, every single time an eager young apprentice flies across the universe to meet up with his brilliant Yoda mentor… every time youthful zeal and humble admiration meets up with ripe old wisdom and protective vigilance the fireworks go off!

Up until now, I’ve had a very nice circle of mentors, a very nice circle of peers… and only a FEW apprentices. I don’t have time on a saturday blog, to explain this while process… you’ll have to wait for the book! (smile)

This GREATEST FACEBOOK MESSAGE of my facebook life… it’s so valuable to me, because it comes from a VERY POWERFUL man who claims me as one of his greatest MENTORS! The things he says to me… they make me uncomfortable at times… and I’m not sharing this with you guys to raise my own value. I think there is something to be learned in our conversation, so here it is:

On February 22, 2010 7:12pm, he writes: (selected clips from that message)

Pastor Chuck!!! First, I have to say that I totally miss DFC and pray you guys are doing well, as well as you and your family.

Anyway, since God used you as a powerful vessel to lead me to Christ on fathers day 2008, he continues to do so. God has been so good to our family and we eagerly await any day now, the next addition to our family. Thats right another soldier for God’s army!

Man I’m still on fire for Christ!!! I need to tell you this, I need you to listen to me right now, so focus!!

Way back on August 24th 2008, you spoke about the Olympic Relay Race and our responsibility to pass on the baton to the generations. You expressed the longing in your heart that someone would take the message you preached and pass it on!

Well, I was asked to fill in here at our local church here in Peterstown WV. This was the third time and third church that I have been asked to speak in… so amazing!

Anyway, I spoke your same message that hit allot of hearts that day back in 08′, and my friend let me tell you, IT WAS SO AWESOME!!!! and had the same effect. The power and presence of God brought a breath of fresh air and a surge of indescribable power to a Church craving truth and practicality, craving the awakening of their church. I’m still on the Holy Spirit high!! Humble, but so energized. I can’t even begging to tell you how powerful it was. But it was powerful enough that they have asked me back this week. I will be there!!

You also expressed in that message that you craved a mentor when you were still young in Christ, and you longed for someone to pass your mantel on to. So let me just say this! You mentor more than you think! And you have been mentoring me from all the way out here in WV since Father’s Day 2008!!! Yes, I do want to be like you!! Yes I do want to preach like you!! I prayed all week long last week to God that would let me speak with even just an ounce of passion and fire you speak with, and I say all that humbly knowing God is above all.

Don’t ever stop doing what you’re doing, because there is something in you that I need! We have not had many conversations, matter of fact I don’t think we have even spoke for about a year or so now, but does it matter? The message is clear and you have helped me to discover the calling on my life, that is to preach the word of God.

Yes, I’m still a Liberty University student, and it has helped me so much! I wish to be ordained one day, and honestly, I don’t know how to do that or which way to go or what to do with that, but I suppose I will be lead at some point. I don’t know. Anyway I wanted to pass the good news on to you, to let you know your wish has been fulfilled. Thanks, Chuck… more then you know!

I replied to him on February 27 and then on March 5, 2010 5:33pm, he writes: (selected clips from that message)

I talked to your assistant this week, and I think I may have shocked her! I told her that I want to buy all of your messages from Father’s day 2008 to current… and then keep like a running subscription going.

So I hope to hear from someone soon about that. I know it’s allot of money but, I don’t care… all of those messages are well worth it!

I don’t mind paying that money because I believe so much in your ministry… and for me it is like investing back into the storehouse that’s planted so much into me… you know what I mean?

I know it’s a big undertaking but, I will pay… even for her time as well, if you want. In other words, you can’t put a price on revelation!

Here is my last reply and the capstone on a very powerful message: about recognizing value before the

Wow “T”, people don’t usually recognize VALUE until after success… or after death (like with an artist).

I was just thinking a few days ago how my book would be finished next week and then published by the holiday season… and if it does as well as it could do, all of the sudden… PEOPLE from all over the world will VALUE my life and teachings SO MUCH MORE than they have in the past.

In that day, I won’t be saying or doing ANYTHING different from what I’ve already been saying and doing… and the whole world will SUDDENLY LISTEN!

I thank God for people LIKE YOU “T”! You can’t imagine the kind of message you’re sending me by requesting these messages BEFORE everyone else says they are valuable!

It’s a message from God about how HE VALUES what I’m doing… especially on the heels of a very challenging 2009! God bless you and your family… I will NEVER forget the encouragement you’ve sent my way AGAIN AND AGAIN! I’m so HONORED to have a TINY part in your GREAT LIFE!

So, what are the messages in this facebook conversation?

VALUE the special people in your life BEFORE they “succeed” or “die.”

There is so much more I can say right now… but this is already the longest blog I’ve written in a VERY LONG TIME! Leave your comments… have a most triumphant day! Love you all & praying for you this morning!

Dream Big, Live Bold, and Make the Difference!

Chuck

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05
Mar

Collecting YOUR 2 Line Stories!

Todays video!

Happy Friday!

Is it really FRIDAY again! Wow, there goes another one-hour week! Time is flying for me this year! I am having a blast though! Hope you are too!

Here are three very powerful Bible verses for today:

James 1:22-25 “But don’t just listen to God’s word. You must do what it says. Otherwise, you are only fooling yourselves. For if you listen to the word and don’t obey, it is like glancing at your face in a mirror. You see yourself, walk away, and forget what you look like. But if you look carefully into the perfect law that sets you free, and if you do what it says and don’t forget what you heard, then God will bless you for doing it.”

Is This Working?

Last night at prayer meeting, I had this thought: I wonder how many people are actually practicing some of the principles I’ve taught this year… and I wonder what kinds of results they’re getting?

For example: over the past few weeks, I’ve spoke so much about the power and stability of living by faith and standing on the firmness of our Bibles… vs. the painful consequences of emotionally responding to every shifting circumstance.

I used one great example in my own life from last week. Remember, I told you guys about how last Monday, I felt like some mean person was stabbing needles into a Chuck Balsamo voodoo doll?

Remember, me telling you guys about opening my Bible to Psalms 112… and how verse 4 SAVED MY WEEK! “When darkness overtakes the godly, LIGHT will come BURSTING in!”

All week long, every time my emotions felt hammered by challenging circumstances, I turned to this verse and read it out loud… and LIGHT ALWAYS BURSTED IN!

Collecting YOUR 2 Line Stories!

Today, I would love to know how this teaching, and other teachings from this blog site have positively affected your lives. Think back over the past two months… and give me some PRACTICAL feedback.

You don’t have to write a book… just a TWO LINE STORY about how you’re IMPLEMENTING some of the principles presented on this blog, and the kinds of results you’re getting!

This year, more than any other year… I want to PRACTICE my own teachings… and I want to see other people ACTUALLY practice them in their own lives.

This request is not aimed at stroking my ego… it’s aimed at bringing people DEEPER into the real meaning of these messages… much DEEPER than the initial sense of encouragement they create.

Oh, and one more thing! IF there is a certain topic you would LOVE for me to write about… let me know, and I’ll see what I can whip up!

That’s it for today… a question instead of an answer! I hope this exercise adds tremendous value to your amazing lives! Love you… praying for you throughout the day!

Dream Big, Live Bold, and Make the Difference!

Chuck

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04
Mar

To Care Like Mother Teresa!

Todays Video Blog!

Happy Thursday!

On Wednesday nights @ Destiny Family Center, we have a catered dinner @ 6pm followed by small groups from 7-8:15pm. It’s been really nice for Emily and I, since neither of us have teaching responsibilities this quarter. So, we’ve been floating around… and last night, we went to the “Honors Reward” group, facilitated by Wayne Howard. WOW!

The night was all about “Honoring Your Peers!” Check out the following verses…

Matthew 10:40-42 “Anyone who receives you receives me, and anyone who receives me receives the Father who sent me. If you receive a prophet as one who speaks for God, you will be given the same reward as a prophet. And if you receive righteous people because of their righteousness, you will be given a reward like theirs. And if you give even a cup of cold water to one of the least of my followers, you will surely be rewarded.”

  1. Anyone who receives (or blesses) a prophet, receives a prophets reward!
  2. Anyone who receives (or blesses) a righteous person (a fellow follower of Christ), he receives a righteous persons reward!
  3. Anyone who gives even a cup of cold water to one of the LEAST of my followers… you will SURELY BE REWARDED!

I Got Tired!

Ok, so I’ve been working 7, 16 hour days a week for the past month… and yesterday afternoon I hit a very understandable level of exhaustion. So I went home to relax for a few hours before coming back for church. Emily was off work too… had a great time, watched a few CSI’s… a good mental diversion.

Came back to church last night… and within ten minutes, I was being approached by a pile of people with some pretty HUGE personal problems. As bad as this sounds, I was still in mental shutdown… and I wasn’t real jazzed about trying to help anyone last night.

I Hid in my Office!

So after the meal, I ran back to my office so I could HIDE AWAY for 15 minutes, before I had to go greet everyone and open the small groups.

Bad attitude for a Pastor, I know. But I’m not God and I do have my moments of weakness… and I have to work through those moments just like every other human.

I Had a Vision!

Just before I walked out of my office to welcome our guests, I told Dave Harman how bad I felt about not wanting to help anyone… and then I had a vision of Mother Teresa loving and blessing every disadvantaged person she could get her hands on! And I thought about how much more like Jesus I wanted to be… and how much I wanted to spend my life more concerned about the needs of other people than my own.

Honoring Your Peers!

Then we went to the small group and as I mentioned, the topic for our “Honors Reward Group” last night was: Honoring Your Peers!

That group REINFORCED this feeling I had in my office @ 7:55pm! I was SO MOVED with he video and with Wayne Howard’s presentation… and with the discussions that followed… especially with Greg Bakers heartfelt confession!

So I figured I’d share my experience with you guys… for your benefit! There is such a mandate on our lives to become like Jesus. No, we cannot do this in our own strength… and yes, we are allowed to have a selfish afternoon every now and then!

For me, last night was about correcting my attitude towards suffering people. Everyone likes to hang with their friends… we can do that all day long.

To Care Like Mother Theresa!

What I’m talking about here is this: Do we have the kind of LOVE Jesus had for all the WHOSOEVER’S in our world? Do we REALLY care to make a difference in other peoples lives… in the lives of people we have little or nothing in common with… in the lives of the people who disrespect us and betray us, our enemies? Or, do we pick out the easiest people and leave the rest for Mother Teresa?

And if you give even a cup of cold water to one of the least of my followers, you will surely be rewarded.

Maybe this is just something unique to me and I’m out of my mind for mentioning it on this blog… but I was pretty moved last night, and felt someone else could benefit from my transparency.

Please leave your comments… I just finished praying for you all, with great love and appreciation! Have a most triumphant day!

Dream Big, Live Bold, and Make the Difference!

Chuck

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03
Mar

The Reason Behind: Make me a Legend!

Todays Video!

Happy Wednesday!

Facing any big challenges this week? Don’t forget last Wednesdays blog: Change the Tune, Turn Your Tide!

My facebook status this morning:

Confidence: more than a feeling, it’s my spiritual position these days. I am fearless, joyful, and creative because I BELIEVE I am! (happy morning beautiful people)

I’m not teaching anything in todays blog from this statues update… just thought you might like to read it!

A Gigantic Milestone!

Yesterday, @ about 5:30pm EST, I hit a gigantic milestone in the evolution of my book, Make Me a Legend! As of 5:30pm Tuesday, March 2-2010, I am now 100% finished with chapters 1-14 and chapter 16: ONE TO GO (chapter 15)… I’ve already written a few pages and the outline: Bow Lower as You Climb Higher!

I’m not sure why this means so much to me! Really, right after I turned the page to start on chapter 15… I went back and scrolled over several of the 354 completed word doc pages (approximately 250 book pages)… and I started crying! Every single paragraph has a quotable line!

This project has taken almost 4 years! I know it’s hard for anyone to believe… but it’s been met with opposition similar to what Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., must have went through! Please don’t think I’m downplaying the unimaginable challenges of such a legendary martyr. I’m just saying that at times, I really felt like I was going to be assassinated before the book was published. I’ve even given my wife detailed instructions about how to finish, if anything were to happen to me!

And here I am, working on the FINAL 12-15 pages! I look at this manuscript… and think, “This could really change the world!” And even if it doesn’t sell a million copies, at least I’ve been faithful to FINISH this divine assignment, despite the fiery furnace from which so much of this book was written!

The Reason Behind Make Me a Legend!

You know, there is no higher aim in a fathers life, than to help his children become EVERYTHING they were destined to be! I have a son 18 and a daughter 17… both of them will be going to college this fall.

Sometimes, I think, “What if something happened to me, and I was no longer able to cover them? What would I want to tell my precious Coree and Heaven, and all of my spiritual kids… over and over again for the rest of their lives? How would I be sure they always lived in the face of eternity? What kinds of principles would they need to master in order to fulfill EVERY last ounce of their divine purposes?”

Make me a Legend was written as this loving fathers manual to his adult kids, and to anyone else who dares to pick it up! I’ve etched my legacy in stone! Herein are contained the secret principles of those people we now call LEGENDS!

Perhaps this hyper message will possess my kids, and a few of us… perhaps we will live and die in such a way, that we won’t need a fancy funeral preacher to exaggerate us at the graveside! Perhaps, one hundred years from today… you and I will be known, as the Legends of tomorrows better world!

Thanks for being so enthusiastic everyone! Your encouragement always makes the difference! These are very exciting days for this great tribe! We’re just a few steps away from pulling off something epic!

Please leave a few comments if you have the time… say hello, let us know you’re out there! How is your life going these days? What are you working on? How can we pray for you and encourage you? I’m looking forward to reading about it! Love you all… praying for you with a smile on my face!

Dream Big, Live Bold, and Make the Difference!

Chuck

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02
Mar

My 7 Step Best Week Plan P2

Watch this video AGAIN!

Happy Tuesday!

I bet you’re wonder why I got lazy this morning and reposted yesterdays video instead of making a new video for today!

Here is why I’m asking you to RE-WATCH yesterdays video and RE-READ yesterdays written blog: because it’s too GOOD and too MUCH for any one of us to effectively process in ONE DAY!

Really, when I powered up my computer this morning, that video was still on the screen, staring me down! So I figured, what the heck I’ll watch it again… and WHAM, I realized THAT VIDEO was BETTER TODAY than it was yesterday!

Try it and you’ll see! Watch it ONE MORE TIME! This time, actually intend to follow its suggestions!

For the past two weeks, I’ve been attempting to lead this tribe towards a life of FAITH instead of FEELINGS.

On Sunday, I said the following to the people of Destiny Family Center:

“If you’re looking for another year of hard toil and little results… than BE EMOTIONAL… and keep fighting your own battles, with your two fists and your big fat brain! If you want to try one more year in your own human strength… and you’re not yet sick from all the tossing about… then keep on striving and negotiating!”

I said we have become:

  • Far more spiritually engaged in our circumstances!
  • Far less dominated by our shifting feelings!
  • Far more forward propelled, by learning how to LIVE BY FAITH!

I started to explain HOW a person can actually live by faith on a practical level.

  • By SEARCHING for specific verses concerning your unique circumstances!
  • By MEDITATING on the word of God until these specific verses become a tangible part of your lives!
  • By STANDING on the substance of scripture, despite how you might initially FEEL!
  • By GENERATING emotions out of your spiritual position… to FEEL as you believe, rather than to FEEL as things appear to be going!
  • By HAMMERING through your obstacles with FAITH, and biblically inspired actions… until circumstances shift in your favor!

Yesterdays 7 Step Best Week Plan was a practical follow up to that teaching. It’s a simple 7 step formula for getting into a position of FAITH.

This morning, I wrote the following Facebook status update… and received a very powerful reply from Jamee Rae Pineda! Check it out!

Chuck Balsamo Using the principles I’ve been teaching to remain in forward momentum! Living every day by faith instead of my shifting feelings. Let’s have a great day everyone!

Jamee Rae Pineda

Jamee Rae Pineda

“That’s the challenge … practical application of the principles. We are allowed our feelings and initial reactions, but our responses must be aligned with Biblical teachings. It’s not always easy, but it’s how Christians are to live.”

Great reply Jamee!

Let’s pray that more and more people benefit from this teaching!

Dear reader, has your life been positively affected by these recent blogs? Are you SPECIFICALLY putting some of this into action? Please comment with your stories, if you get a chance… I love hearing from you all!

Dream Big, Live Bold, and Make the Difference!

Chuck

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01
Mar

My 7 Step Best Week Plan!

Todays Video!

Happy Monday!

How are you feeling this morning? Exhausted? Anxious? Irritated? Overwhelmed? Numb? Silly? Optimistic? Creative? Adventurous?

What kind of week are you predicting from here? Tragic? Stressful? Boring? Average? Good? Very Good? AHHHH, the best week EVER!!

Are you approaching this week on purpose, or leaving it up to chance? Do have a plan, a positive expectation?

How about your TIME? Who are you spending it with? What are you spending it doing? How are you spending the first hour of each day? How much of your time will be spent reacting to problems, vs. the time you will spend on your DREAMS?

Here’s my 7 Step BEST WEEK plan…

1. Empower yourself for the first hour of every day!

  • Read your Bible, pray with some really good music playing in the background, read through your 2010 life plan, dream about your week and your amazing future!

2. Meditate on one Bible verse all day long!

  • This is the verse that jumped off the pages during your morning routine!
  • Every time something comes up that threatens to disrupt your emotional state of mind… quote that verse with passion!
  • This allows you to stay in FAITH, rather than to be tossed around with rouge feelings!

3. Resist the disempowering energies of bad people! lol

  • We run into controlling, jealous, insecure, bitter, angry people every day of our lives.
  • If we’re not very careful, these people cast spells on us… they zap our joy and creativity!
  • No more! Starting today, you’re going to stop letting other people bring you down!
  • Here’s a verse to memorize: ”For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.” -1Timothy 1:7
  • Say this a hundred times a day if you need to: God makes me POWERFUL! I am a loving person! I have a sound mind! Therefore, I will NOT be fearful… and I will not fall under the negative powers of other people!
  • If these disempowering people are authorities in your life, be sure to honor them while inwardly resisting the negative effects of their attitudes and actions.
  • Pray for such people! Overcome evil with good… make the difference!

4. Have a happy, positive, energizing conversation with one POWERFUL peer every day!

  • This is very important! You’re never going to reach your life goals in a negative peer circle. Take the time to work on this! Look around! Is there a person now within your reach… maybe a few persons… people you can better SYNERGIZE with?
  • Once you’ve created this new dream team, spend 15 minutes each day synergizing with a POWERFUL peer!

5. Increase your energy and multiply your happy endorphins!

  • I know! I was doing good until this one!
  • Trust me, life goes a million times better when we eat healthy and exercise!
  • Make it fun! Join a gym where you can swim in the pool and hang out in the hot tub after your fun workout!
  • Eat fresh fruits and vegetables! Reduce your meal portions! Replace some of your soft drinks and coffee’s with some DELICIOUS water!

6. Become a master of balance!

  • Sometimes, we have to throw our lives out of balance for various reasons. When this happens, be careful to bring your life back into balance as soon as possible.

7. Power yourself down each night with prayer! Thank God for all the good things, ask him to wake you up each next day in FAITH!

  • Create a 15-30 minute bedtime routine!
  • Read one chapter from a good book, read one chapter from the Bible, thank God for the blessings of your day, pray out loud for your friends and family, talk to God about your fears of tomorrow, and pray to wake each next morning ALIVE, AWAKE, and FULL of ENERGY!

There it is… my suggested 7 Step BEST WEEK plan! I pray that todays blog adds tremendous value to your amazing lives! Let me know what you think about this FUN little plan! Love you all…

Dream Big, Live Bold, and Make the Difference!

Chuck

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28
Feb

New Faith, New Courage, New Successes!

Happy Sunday!

I was thinking about my 10am message for Destiny Family Center this morning… and I wrote the following:

Courage is a crucial element in success! For me, courage is faith, and faith is knowing God! Today, I am FEARLESS!

Joshua 1:6-9 “Be strong and COURAGEOUS, because you will lead these people to inherit the land I swore to their forefathers to give them. Be strong and very COURAGEOUS. Be careful to obey all the law my servant Moses gave you; do not turn from it to the right or to the left, that you may be successful wherever you go. Do not let this Book of the Law depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful. Have I not commanded you? Be strong and COURAGEOUS. Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God will be with you wherever you go.”

God tells Joshua to be COURAGEOUS three times in three verses! Do you think I’m on to something here?

Now, take a closer look at this text. What else is God saying to him (and us)?

How about in the very MIDDLE or the HEART of these three verses?

“Be careful to OBEY all the law my servant Moses gave you [In the Bible, the term 'law' speaks of the revealed Word of God, the cannon of scripture, the Bible]; DO NOT TURN FROM IT to the right or to the left, that you may BE SUCCESSFUL WHEREVER YOU GO. Do not let this Book of the Law depart from your mouth; MEDITATE ON IT day and night, so that you may BE CAREFUL TO DO everything written in it. Then you will BE PROSPEROUS and SUCCESSFUL.”

Now is my phrase starting to make sense?

Courage is a crucial element is success. For me, courage is faith, and faith is knowing God! Today I am FEARLESS!

I Woke Up Scared!

Here’s what was going on with me this morning: I was thinking about a few of the discouraging aspects of my past, my shattered dreams, my insufficiencies, all the obstacles before me… and I in a few short minutes, I had been diluted down to a fraction of my potency!

Are you doing this to yourself, unbeknownst? Wanna know how to STOP IT?

Courage is Faith & Faith is Knowing God!

In three verses, God gave Joshua one of the greatest speeches about success. This is the speech that echoed into Joshua’s future and made him one of the greatest military leaders in all of history!

Romans 10:17 “So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.”

So, where can a person get faith? Where does faith come from? It comes from SPIRITUALLY KNOWING the Word of God!

This is what God was actually saying, “Joshua, I’m asking you to make history here! You’re about to go down in Israel’s chronicles as one of the greatest military leaders of all time… and it’s going to take COURAGE! So, here is HOW YOU GET COURAGE: Meditate of my Word so much that you KNOW it like few have ever known it before you, then DO WHAT IT SAYS, don’t swerve off from it to the right or the left, Be very careful to live how it leads you to live and do what it leads you to do! Don’t live by your EMOTIONS… LIVE BY FAITH! And that will produce COURAGE… and that will make you prosperous and successful EVERYWHERE YOU GO!”

New Faith, New Courage, New Successes!

Same goes for you and me! I guess NOW would be a good time to open our Bibles and meditate of a scripture until it PRODUCES NEW FAITH in our heart. NEW FAITH produces NEW COURAGE, and NEW COURAGE brings NEW SUCCESSES!

Courage is a crucial element in success! For me, courage is faith, and faith is knowing God! Today, I am FEARLESS!

Have a fearless Sunday… God bless you all!

Dream Big, Live Bold, and Make the Difference!

Chuck

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