The Call DC 08

Good morning friends!

As you know, I’m reading through the Bible in 66 days. Started 10 days ago and I’m on page 268 of my Bible. Good news! After calculating out the numbers, I realized that I’m on pace for hitting the finish line on day 36! It’s always fun to demolish a personal goal!

This morning I read the book of 2Samuel… its crammed with amazing content from beginning to end! There’s something in chapter six I want to bless you guys with today!

As some of you know, the Ark of the covenenant was stolen by the Philistines during the evil priesthood of Eli and his two wicked sons. For Israel, this Ark represented Gods presence… so it was a huge deal for them. For more than twenty years, this Ark was passed around from place to place, resting in some Priests back yard for the majority of this time. 

Once David became King, he went and got the Ark and brought into Jerusalem making it the centerpiece of their country once again! David valued Gods presence and knew that Israel would not do well during his reign if God was not in the very heart of their land! So he built a special tabernacle for the Ark and posted worshipers to praise God 24 hours a day throughout his reign! No wonder Israel remained invincible during this time! 

As soon as the Ark of the Covenant made it into Jerusalem, David did something uncommon for Kings back in that era. He showed God an extravagant public display of affection! David got so caught up in the awe of this glorious moment that he danced like a crazy person until some of his clothes fell off. 

Davids wife wasn’t happy with him and claimed that he dishonored his throne by acting so foolishly. She went so far as to suggesting that people would no longer “respect” King David because of these undignified actions.

Davids response to his wife is so classic… “I was dancing before the Lord, who chose me… he appointed me as the leader of Israel… so I am willing to ACT LIKE A FOOL in order to show my JOY in the Lord. Yes, I am willing to LOOK EVEN MORE FOOLISH THAN THIS…”

So many people these days seem to want to HIDE their affections for God. They will tell you that your worship is a “private thing.” King David disagreed… and so should we! Let’s celebrate like crazy people all day long today… with our very own EXTRAVAGANT PUBLIC DISPLAYS OF AFFECTION towards God. He has given us so much, so let’s not be quiet about it! Maybe, when we start making God the centerpiece of our world, we will start winning battles like the glorious King David did!

 Have another perfect day on your way to a perfect week!

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Good morning all my blog fellows and fellowetts…

Take a look at this fun photoI snapped with my iphone yesterday and tell me what it is. Tell me what you like and dislike about the photo. And tell me where you see yourself in the photo. Be creative and let your imagination run wild.  

Today is WILD Wednesday… some people refer to this as “hump day.” It’s the middle of the work week, and once you get through today, the rest of the week is “downhill” from here right? Wait a minute… that doesn’t sound like much fun to me. Remember, we’re going for a PERFECT week! So how are you doing so far? No, don’t tell me you’re becoming stressed, bored, confused, or exhausted already. We still have three days to a TGIF!

Wednesday is many times, the day when everything starts to fall apart. It’s the day that most people start winding down their creative energies… and they fall into a rut that drags them very slowly to the Friday finish!

Not this week! Today is WILD WEDNESDAY! Its the midweek refreshing! Try the following 4 suggestions to make this one of your best wednesdays in a long time:

1. do my creative photo exercise to jump start your creative powers! Get out of that rut NOW!

2. go back through the list I gave you guys for magnificent Monday! http://chuckslife.wordpress.com/2008/11/17/our-first-full-week-together/ 

3. spend 15-30 minutes dreaming and doodling about your future today… and take off those limits! Dream as if ANYTHING is possible!

4. do something kind for another person today… something extravagantly kind! This always helps to get your blood moving in a positive direction!  

4. go to an ENERGETIC church somewhere tonight… or watch ours LIVE (7pm) @ www.destinyfamilycenter.com 

That’s it… a simple random list of Wednesday enhancing activities. Have fun… laugh out loud as often as possible… and go to bed with a great big smile on your face!

It’s Magnificent Monday my blog buddies…

The second day of your perfect week! Yeah, actually Sunday is the first day of our weekly calendar even though Monday is the first day of the work week. So, you’re already one day down… how did it go? How was your SUNDAY? Mine was AMAZING! As you know, I always spend the first day of every week hanging out with God at church. While some people will tell you that church is absolute boredom… I have not known a boring Sunday in 18 years! Fortunately, I hang with the funnest church goers on earth! My church friends are happy, funny, loving, energetic, creative, compassionate, giving and a bunch of other good things! Yesterday was one of the BEST Sundays ever! If you weren’t there, check out the video @ www.destinyfamilycenter.com

Notice that I’m annoucning a “perfect week” for us, you guys! Why not? If we believe for a perfect week, then at least the possibility exists… and with this vision, we’re half way there! Of course, if you screwed it up by failing to dedicate the FIRST day to God, it may be a little difficult this week… but hey, there’s always next week for you.

For me… I bounced out of bed this morning at 4AM ready for one of the best weeks of my LIFE! Was it some new super vitamin? Nope. Am I drugged? I don’t think so. Actually, I’m just riding HIGH on the blessings I picked up on my Super Sunday… and Super Sundays make for Magnificent Mondays! You see, while so many of my fellow Americans are waking up this morning with an unstable operating system, mine is REFRESHED! Unfortunately, I cannot say the same for this “windows” laptop I’m using to type today’s blog. It’s running slow and really needs to be healed… and I didn’t feel like taking the time to reboot. At some point, we all know that this thing will crash if I don’t take 15 minutes to REFRESH it. And humans are just like computers… we need to be refreshed periodically for optimum performance!

Ok… so if you didn’t refresh yesterday, take an hour sometime today and do the following:

1. thank God for all the good things you experienced last week. Reflect with the correct perspective and memorialize your victories instead of your defeats.

2. confess last weeks sins and humbly ask for Gods forgiveness. 

3. spend some quality time reading from your Bible… and notice how good you will feel almost right away.

4. pray about your day and week, dedicating it to God for his purposes. 

5. dream about the hundreds of possibilities that are already well within your reach. Take off the limits and dream bigger than usual.

6. advance God thanks for your first PERFECT week in a very long time!

There you have it… a simple little formula for a PERFECT WEEK! I’m praying for you guys… and thanking God for each of you! Thanks for reading, thanks for telling your friends about chucklife, and thanks for commenting! Happy day!