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Saturday, January 31st, 2009 By 4 Comments

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Happy Saturday Everyone!

Isn’t that video INSPIRATIONAL! This guy Cody Jacobs posted it on his facebook and it rocked me so much I had to pass it on to my loving bloggers!

It’s superbowl weekend guys and gals… wooot wooot wooot! We’re watching it on the BIG SCREEN at Destiny Family Center… party starts at 5:30pm. Pick up the details in this weeks edition of the Destiny Times.

About 8 years ago, we we’re staying in St. Louis, preaching a 60 day extended revival at Word of Life Church. The amazing Christian people we were staying with owned a few banks and gave my son Coree and I very sweet tickets to a St. Louis Rams game. Kurt Warner was quarter back… and that was a year they ended up going to the Superbowl! At St. Louis Family Church we were able to meet Kurt Warner, Ernie Conwell, Isaac Bruce and a few other players who were authentic Christians. Most impressive was Kurt Warner and his wife… amazing people! Their love for God, for each other, and their children… and their compassion for hurting people is as real as it gets!

I few years ago… Kurt Warner was in a career slump and the whole sporting community turned on him. Kurt was kicked to the curb… traded off to the Giants and then to the Cardinals. Nobody really thought they would hear much from this washed up quarterback again… until NOW! Who would have believed that the “Arizona Cardinals” would be going to the super bowl this year? And leading in the QB position: Kurt Warner! Whatever happens at this 2009 superbowl… I am happy that Kurt Warner didn’t let us send him out to graze when he still had another super bowl in him! 

The moral to the story is this: We will all experience quite a few slumps in our lifetime. We must never let a few pathetic seasons and a drop in fan confidence force us to an early grave!

Psalms 37:23-24 KJV “23The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD: and he delighteth in his way. 24Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the LORD upholdeth him with his hand.”   

For more on comebacks… check out my Wednesday blog, “Winning From Behind- Against All Odds!”

There is so much inspiration in sports! And I am inspired with Kurt Warner’s comeback story! Check out the Kurt Warner First Things First Website when you get the time… it’s a beautiful thing! I hope you guys have a perfect Saturday… come to Destiny Family Center tomorrow morning at 10am… oh yes, tomorrow is SUNDAY! Chat with you guys throughout the day… odeos for now!

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Vision: Entire High School Turns To God

Friday, January 30th, 2009 By 7 Comments

TGIF Everyone!

The weekend is HERE… and I hope you have some really fun plans! Relax, experience something NEW, and come to church @ Destiny Family Center on Sunday @ 10am!

Our youth group is going to Richmond this weekend for Acquire the Fire… check out these two promotional videos… the first one is for Pittsburg (it’s kind of boring aimed at parents), and the second is for New York City (much more passionate aimed at teenagers and IDENTICALLY mirrors our vision for 2009)… I couldn’t find one for Richmond.

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It looks like the ATF theme for this year is “Here Comes Trouble!” And it is my earnest prayer that God would start up the FIRE OF REVOLUTION in the hearts of our emerging generations through this tour!

About ten years ago, I had a vision of ENTIRE SCHOOLS BEING taken over by Gods Spirit! I saw a helicopter cam recording high school campuses as teenagers were outside their buildings on their knees turning their lives over to Jesus! In the vision, I heard the reporter saying, “This spiritual phenomenon started up today during lunch when a teenager stood to pray over everyone’s lunch… and what began as a blessing over the food has turned into a high school revolution… classes have been suspended for the rest of the day and EVERY student is being swept into this historical event.” In the vision I knew that I was watching a national news station and this event was inspiring the entire nation!

Every year, I attend the “See You At The Pole“ events and I pray for this vision to happen in my lifetime! I pray for God to inspire our young to be brave with their faith… and for a NEW COUNTERCULTER REVOLUTION to begin!

Please pray for this Richmond Acquire the Fire event, for our teens, and for all teenagers in our land…

Have a SUPER FRIDAY! Chat with you throughout the day…

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It’s Storytime Everyone!

Thursday, January 29th, 2009 By 7 Comments

supermanHappy Thursday Everyone!

If you’ve been reading the comments to my recent blogs, you will know about a teenager named Hettie. Every once in a while someone comes along and BLOWS ME AWAY with their story. Hettie has that kind of story!

It all began with a tiny little Hettie… and I knew this Hettie when she was a tiny little girl… she grew up in a beautiful home… was taught to love Jesus and people… was told over and over how special she was and how God had something very special for her life… Hettie was perfectly on her way to a perfectly beautiful life.  

And then came hardship… and after a few years of significant family trouble… Hettie was left in the wake of a ferocious divorce… forced to leave her beautiful house… left without a beautiful home. Over the next few year, Hettie descended into the depths of living hell… doing things she vowed to never do… going places she vowed to never go… becoming a person she had vowed to NEVER be. Hettie lost her way… and mostly all the onlookers lost their hope that Hettie would ever rise again.  

And then came happiness… and just about the time when all hope was GONE… like a super hero swooping down out of nowhere, God flew down to Hettie’s rescue! The story of Hettie’s BEFORE and AFTER is so far fetched… people will wonder if she’s making it up! Yet, this is her story… an inspiration to me and so many others!

And next comes hope and future… and as god told his prophet Jeremiah, “For I know the PLANS I HAVE FOR YOU… plans to prosper you and not harm you… plans to give you a HOPE, a FUTURE, and an EXPECTED END!” I am on the EDGE OF MY SEAT about what is next for Hettie… praying for her day and night… knowing that there is something special about this young lady… hopeful that God, who has begun this MIRACLE RESTORATION is going to finish what he has begun! Hettie has a gigantic gift of influence… and Hettie is a pristine communicator.

And today comes STORYTIME… and Hettie is telling her story at Riverheads High School, in front of her peers… the story must be told… it’s burning in Hettie like a fire… this morning at 8:45am Hettie will make her case for Christ… she will describe her amazing before and after… and I WILL BE THERE TO HEAR IT LIVE!

The Apostle Paul told his story to King Agrippa in AD60… told about how badly he was persecuting the church and killing Christians… told about how Jesus SWOOPED DOWN and KNOCKED HIM OFF HIS HORSE… Paul told Agrippa what Jesus said to him…

“The voice answered, ‘I am Jesus, the One you’re hunting down like an animal. But now, up on your feet-I have a job for you. I’ve handpicked you to be a servant and witness to what’s happened today, and to what I am going to show you. 17-18“‘I’m sending you off to open the eyes of the outsiders so they can see the difference between dark and light, and choose light, see the difference between Satan and God, and choose God. I’m sending you off to present my offer of sins forgiven, and a place in the family, inviting them into the company of those who begin real living by believing in me.’ 19-20“What could I do, King Agrippa? I couldn’t just walk away from a vision like that! I became an obedient believer on the spot. I started preaching this life-change-this radical turn to God and everything it meant in everyday life-right there in Damascus, went on to Jerusalem and the surrounding countryside, and from there to the whole world.”

Have a very fun day you guys… think about your own personal story… how long has it been since you told your beautiful story? In a world overrunning with bad news… we should tell our story a hundred times a month! Oh the people out there, just waiting for storytime… longing for someone to sit down beside them and tell how it started… on to where it all fell apart… on to the mighty rescue… and on to HOPE AND A BEAUTIFUL FUTURE! Dear bloggers, please tell your story to someone today…

Chat with you guys and gals throughout the day… love you guys!

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Winning From Behind- Against All Odds!

Wednesday, January 28th, 2009 By 10 Comments

never-give-up_jpg_640Good Morning Everyone,

Bad day turns into bad week… but its not over YET. Today, I want to encourage anyone that’s ever been against all odds! I think you’re gonna LOVE IT… 

There is always a solution… always a way out of anything that threatens our survival. No matter how dark and dreary life may appear at times as circumstances rapidly deteriorate from BAD to WORSE to IMPOSSIBLE… there is ALWAYS a secret doorway well within the scope of our reach… in EVERY game, there is ALWAYS that one LUCKY play that has the power to put a struggling team back in the game. Momentum CAN shift in your favor one more time. As long as you keep on playing the game!

History proves this a million times. Comebacks are so intriguing! They give us a tangible basis for NEW faith. They suggest that we too can still come from behind and WIN OUR GAME! 

In this life, there will be many many times that each of us will find ourselves down for the count… AND counted down by every spectator. Every once in a while, even our trusty fans will start heading to the parking garage with heads hung in defeat… hoping to get a head start on the stadium traffic. And there we will be left all alone, wondering if there is ANY POSSIBLE WAY THAT WE CAN TURN THIS SLAUGHTER INTO A RESURRECTION! Can we leverage these historical odds and turn them into a historical win!   

The real challenge of every comeback is this: We must never stop scanning our scenario for solutions that most definitely exist!

When Jesus walked up to the tomb of his dead friend Lazarus, all the family was there weeping. They let Jesus know how upset they were that he didn’t get there soon enough. Jesus told them that Lazarus would live again… announcing that He was the resurrection and the life, and whoever believes in him, though he were dead, yet shall he live again! He asked for the tomb to be opened… and he called Lazarus back from the dead. From this, we can know for our own lives and our own life circumstances… that, “It’s NEVER over even WHEN it’s over!”  

So don’t accept defeat as long as there is still time on your clock! Keep your head up and your feet moving… and God will show you A WAY WHERE THERE SEEMS TO BE NO WAY! If you look again… and again… and again… you will most certainly find a way to TURN THIS MESS AROUND! Get up champ… you’ve been knocked down, but not knocked out YET! Get up and fight like there’s no tomorrow… stand for the things worth standing for… don’t get weary in well doing… for you SHALL reap victory in due season if your FAINT NOT!  

“We will never back down, never give in and never accept anything less than complete victory.” –President George W. Bush

“Let’s turn this slaughter into a resurrection!” –Chuck Balsamo 

Hope this helps you guys the next time you’re against all odds! Have a super day… chat with you later!

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Transparency…

Tuesday, January 27th, 2009 By 11 Comments

bad_dayGood Tuesday Friends,

Had a very discouraging day yesterday and I’m in my office this morning hoping to pray myself out of the slump it’s attempting to create. I figured the SNOW would lift me some… and it is… only slightly so far. I love snow… and I thank God for sending it TODAY. I just don’t know if a few inches and a bunch of ice of going to be enough… a foot maybe!

This is the challenge with writing a DAILY blog… I’m human. And I must say that there are some days I don’t feel like writing. There are some days I struggle for a very long time to push aside my own challenges so I can write something that will CHEER YOU GUYS ON. This is definitely one of those days!

So instead of greeting you with, “HAPPY TUESDAY EVERYONE” I started with, ”Good Tuesday Friends” ending with a comma instead of an explanation point. 

Please don’t send me a bunch of sympathy comments… that’s not my intention here. I just thought that I would discuss the subject of transparency while I could take advantage of my disadvantage! You never know when I will sink this low again… so hey, lets talk about being human today.

Transparency is defined as: free from pretense or deceit ; easily detected or seen through.

There is so much pressure in today’s society to APPEAR perfect all the time. We all want so badly to be strong and mighty every time we leave the house. We’ve been taught that people must never SEE us in our pajamas… never SEE us with messy hair… never SEE us have a single weak moment. 

Whereas, I agree that we should always take our problems to God… and never become a “needy” person who sucks our peers dry as they spend all their energy lifting us up all the time. I also believe that it is healthy for people to know that we are HUMAN… and we crash every once in a while… that we cry real hard every once in a while. Its healthy for people to know that we are not perfect… and its healthy for them to watch God bring us through challenges to victory.

I wish that more humans would live free from pretense and deceit. That more of us were more easily detected and seen through. Then our world would not feel intimidated by our front of perfection… they would not be turned off by the fakeness they likely see though anyway. But they would SEE into our hearts and watch our SAVIOR make all things beautiful! 

2 Corinthians 3:2b “Your lives are a letter written in our hearts; everyone can read it and recognize our good work among you.” And so it shall be with us… our lives becoming open letters for everyone to read and RECOGNIZE GODS GOOD WORK IN US! 

Have a super day everyone… we are all overcomers because of Christ working in us! Chat with you later…

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