April Showers/ May Flowers!

Happy Monday Friends!

It’s raining here this morning… and you know what they say, “April showers bring May FLOWERS!”

In Psalms 126:5-6, the bible calls it like this:  

“Those who plant in tears… will harvest with shouts of joy. They weep as they go to plant their seed, but they sing as they return with the harvest.”

In other words… prayer and tears are like the April showers that bring about the May flowers! 

Farmers rejoice over the spring rains… because they ANTICIPATE the flowers and harvest that are CERTAIN to follow! We should do the same! As we water our personal situations with prayers and tears (some of them with lots and lots of prayers and tears)… we should KNOW that FLOWERS AND HARVEST are CERTAIN TO FOLLOW!

God always answers prayer… so never stop praying and trusting all things into His loving care! 

What happens if we don’t pray? What if we take matters into our own hands? Then there will be no water to bless the soil of our situations… and very little chance of FLOWERS and HARVEST! 

So as you pray about things today… KNOW that MAY IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER! Don’t get bummed out with these cold and rainy days. Look beyond this month… to NEXT MONTH! Look beyond the rainy days… on to the days of FLOWERING AND HARVEST!

I am praying more than usual for you guys and gals this morning… I’m praying about specific situations I am aware of and other things that come up in my spirit concerning you all. I pray that todays blog adds tremendous value to your amazing lives! Thanks for reading…

Great Adventures!

Happy Sunday Friends!

Having a super weekend so far? It only gets better from here! Today is SUNDAY… that means church at Destiny Family Center! If you can’t come in person, tune in LIVE. We’re introducing a new worship team and I’m preaching about “Great Adventures!”

Here’s a video to get you started in the right frame of mind! Love you guys… praying for you to really CONNECT with God today! 

Police Your Mind and Make Some Arrests! :)

Happy Saturday Everyone!

I stayed up until ALMOST the time I normally wake up every morning… and I am in PAIN this morning! Ouch, the sunlight HURTS… stop making all that noise… ooohhhh, just let me sit here quietly and stop my head from spinning. 

Ok… enough whining Chucky Baby! It’s a beautiful day… shake it off! Get outside and clean off the patio for Coree’s birthday party JUST A FEW HOURS FROM NOW! Come on… snap out of this! You will get to SLEEP again TONIGHT… it’s DAY TIME Charles! LOL

That’s kind of how I talk to myself. You guys ever talk to yourselves?

Self talk is a very important component to living victoriously. We become what we think about all the time! So, in order to become GREAT and STAY great we have to learn how to effectively POLICE our minds!

If we leave our mind to do as it pleases… it will TEAR US UP! This is because our minds have been mostly programmed by the rest of this negative, cynical world. By this time in our lives, we think the way everyone else has trained us to think. Stop it!

Romans  12:2 

“Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect.”

So then, according to this verse, we need to CHANGE THE WAY WE THINK in order for God to TRANSFORM us into NEW and FAR BETTER PEOPLE! 

Renewing our minds has to do with learning and knowing how God thinks about us… it has to do with FILLING our minds with biblical promises and consciously CANCELING all the destructive thoughts running wild up there! 

Remember the old saying, “An idol mind is the devils playground?” Well, it is! In other words… don’t let your mind do what it feels like… don’t allow your mind to lead you… tell your mind how to think and tell it how to feel! 

Romans 8:5-6 

“Those who are dominated by the sinful nature think about sinful things, but those who are controlled by the Holy Spirit think about things that please the Spirit. 6 So letting your sinful nature control your mind leads to death. But letting the Spirit control your mind leads to life and peace.”

Ok, enough intensive teaching… it’s a SATURDAY everyone! All I want you to do right now is THINK ABOUT WHATEVER YOU’VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT the past few hours and the past few days. Is it leading you to a BEAUTIFUL LIFE or a not so beautiful life? Everything can change REAL FAST just as soon as you RAID YOUR MINDS and make a few arrests! 

Think like God thinks! Think about spiritual things… think as if God is working in your life for your advantage and the advantage of his eternal purposes! Stop thinking like a loser and start thinking like the WINNER that you really are! 

Have a good day Jimmy Floyd! LOL Enjoy those kids ALL BY YOURSELF while your wife LOVES her road trip with the girls to the JOYCE MEYERS CONFERENCE! LOL Everyone else have a beautiful day as well… read my blog from yesterday and GET OUTSIDE! Love you guys so much… tootalooooo!

PS: Don’t forget church at DESTINY FAMILY CENTER tomorrow morning at 10am! Wait until you see what we’re doing for worship… gotta wait till then everyone… see you all right there on 36 Rose Avenue… it’s gonna be AMAZING!

Get Outside Everyone!

img_01771Happy Friday Everyone! 

Ok… so I am totally going to BRAG about the NICE weather we are having today and tomorrow here in Stuarts Draft Virginia! Don’t be jealous… just drive up (or down, or over) for the weekend! Crazy random road trip! Come to Coree’s 18th birthday party on Saturday at noon (at the Balsamo residence), go to church at Destiny Family Center on Sunday morning, and GO HOME ready for the rest of the year! 

Now thats a plan! 

My blog is going to be short today… I’m late blogging and the SUN IS BEAMING INTO MY WINDOW… begging me to GET OUTSIDE! I must go say good morning to the fish and the birds and the squirrels… and our EX-NEIGHBORS NASTY STRAY CATS that live in their horse barn and trespass over the property line EVERY SINGLE DAY… and maybe some rabbits… and hhhmmmmmm…. hopefully a few frogs… and maybe a few friendly neighbors walking down the street!

I LOVE SPRING SO MUCH! So catch some of my WILD energy and GET OUTSIDE as much as you can today and tomorrow! Break the chains people! Free yourselves from the dark dusty confines of your homes and your offices… eat breakfast lunch and dinner OUTSIDE! Lay a blanket on the ground and look up at the beautiful sky! Notice the birds… listen to their songs!

Hurry to the attic and UNBOX your HAPPY FACE… it’s HAPPY WEATHER EVERYONE! And no I’m not on drugs… not even coffee! I’m high on LIFE… thankful that there is a GOD residing over my entire life and HE LOVES ME LIKE CRAZY! 

I hope todays blog gets you guys and gals OUTSIDE… and it adds tremendous value to your amazing lives! See you all today, tomorrow, or Sunday! Tootalooooo!

He’s Got The Whole World In His Hands!

Happy Thursday Everyone,

I don’t really have much to say this morning… just a song!

He’s got the whole world in His hands,
He’s got the whole world in His hands,
He’s got the whole world in His hands,
He’s got the whole world in His hands.

He’s got my brothers and my sisters in His hands,
He’s got my brothers and my sisters in His hands,
He’s got my brothers and my sisters in His hands,
He’s got the whole world in His hands.

He’s got the sun and the rain in His hands,
He’s got the moon and the stars in His hands,
He’s got the wind and the clouds in His hands,
He’s got the whole world in His hands.

He’s got the rivers and the mountains in His hands,
He’s got the oceans and the seas in His hands,
He’s got you and he’s got me in His hands,
He’s got the whole world in His hands.

He’s got everybody here in His hands,
He’s got everybody there in His hands,
He’s got everybody everywhere in His hands,
He’s got the whole world in His hands.

I pray that todays blog blesses everyone with the PEACE of knowing that God has YOUR whole wide world in HIS HANDS! Fear no evil… for he is with you and he will NEVER leave you alone! Look for him in your fiery furnace and HE IS THERE!

Have an amazing day you guys… and gals! Oh, and don’t forget two things: 1. Coree’s 18th birthday party is at my house on Saturday 12noon! 2. Church are Destiny Family Center is going to be CRAZY FUN this Sunday… so make plans NOW to BE THERE… whatever it takes, make that happen for yourself!

Tootalooo…