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The Beautiful Gift of Prayer

Thursday, June 25th, 2009 By 3 Comments

Good Thursday!

The happy sun us beginning to rise this lovely morning… hey, my mimosa tree is starting to bloom, how pretty! Mr. Hopper (the bullfrog) is still singing… he’s been up all night… go to sleep little guy! Over the past few days… just after sunrise, I’ve been getting sprayed with some kind of fluid. Looking up to the branches overhead, I’ve been concerned that this “morning shower” may be coming from a squirrel going potty on my head! I even smelled my arm a few times to see what it smelled like… and it didn’t have a smell. Yesterday… when I looked up, there was a beautiful brown bird flapping her wings after bathing in the pond. Shhhwoooo, thank God!

Our God is so beautiful in so many ways. Sometimes, I can see him reaching out to me in everything that surrounds! He rides on the sound of the waterfalls… his awesomeness is felt every time Mr. Hopper, bellows out his song. God moves me with the sound of the fish every time they jump out of the water… he gives me an orchestra of birds every morning… he splashes my world with the colors of many flowers! Every song on Pandora radio increases the reality of his love towards me! And I love him back! 

Romans 1:19-20 They know the truth about God because he has made it OBVIOUS to them. For ever since the world was created, people have seen the earth and sky. THROUGH EVERYTHING GOD MADE, they can clearly see his invisible qualities-his eternal power and divine nature. So they have no excuse for not knowing God.

I thank God for my family as they sleep this morning. I pray over them while they rest, asking God to give them dreams about their future! And when they wake, they will know the effects of a praying husband and father! I pray for my friends today… that God will bless you with great peace. That he will give you all the character and vision, and all the energy you need to make a very big difference with your life today! I pray for your health… that you will make good food choices and feel healthy and be healthy! I pray for the PEACE of God that passes all understanding to FILL YOUR MINDS all day long!

Please keep praying for me… that God would bless me with GREAT WISDOM (1Kings 3:8-9)… and GREAT ENDURANCE (Galatians 6:9)… and all the RESOURCES (2Corinthains 9:8) needed to turn my amazing dreams into living realities! Pray that God would give me unusual favor with people… and that the people in my life would be emotionally mature and spiritually astute! Pray that God will inspire people of means to BLESS us in our personal and ministry initiatives

Pray for Destiny Family Center… that our people would have more joy and vision than ever before. Pray that we will attract more new people than EVER before… that we would see more transformation in peoples lives than ever before. Pray that we will have more cultural diversity than ever before! Pray for faithful workers… and more than enough money to hire key necessary positions, make desired renovations, and purchase everything we need for all our immediate initiatives. Pray that we will have great unity and a great awareness of God’s presence! Pray huge financial blessings on our members… and a burning desire for giving back large regular portions of these blessings to the ministry of DFC. 

Pray that the Balsamo’s will be able to finish our sunroom/ home office addition. Pray that I will have more than enough money to hire an editor and find the right agent or the right publisher. That I will be able to get my book UP to the level where it will be ADMIRED by the right people. Pray that God will greatly enlarge my authors platform… that thousands of new folks from all over the world will read my blog and LOVE it every single day!

Pray that I will receive speaking invitations to influential churches and influential conferences. Pray that I will be more focused, organized, creative, revelatory, powerful, spiritual, humble, forgiving, and loving than ever in my life! Pray for a new release of the gifts of the Spirit… for prophetic insight and healing power. Pray for my wife and my kids… pray a blessing on our coming vacation. Pray for peace and protection from EVERY attack… that we will be victorious in EVERY battle!

What are your requests today? Please list them as comments and I will pray for you as you sincerely pray for me! Love you guys and gals… have a super duper day!

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Grab the Initiative, Take Action, Do it Now!

Wednesday, June 24th, 2009 By 4 Comments

Happy Wednesday!

Got home from Vacation Bible School last night to find a surprise pool set up on my patio! Not a little inflatable one… it’s 15 x 4 you guys! Ok, so Emily asks me yesterday if she can get a small pool from WalMart and put it on the patio… and I just kind of looked at her like, “I think it’ll look a little tacky, but if that will make you happy, go get one.”

Thinking back on that conversation, I remember her saying, “Charlie, can I get one of those SMALL 12 foot WalMart pools and put it RIGHT HERE on the patio?” (hand motioning that the pool she had in her devious little mind was going to fit into the LITTLE area she was suggesting… and even though she said TWELVE FOOTER, my mind caught the key words SMALL and a mental picture of the THREE FOOT area she was claiming for this TINY project.

I didn’t even really think she was serious until I got home at 9:30pm last night… and there it was… a BIG BLUE… FIFTEEN FOOTER, WalMart pool. EMILY BALSAMO!

Of course, Cole Moore had helped her and Heaven put it together… and as I began to resist, they all gave me this look like, “PLEASE DAD CAN WE KEEP IT… we worked so hard in the BLAZING SUN… ALL DAY LONG… to give you this amazing FATHER’S DAY PRESENT!!!!

Actually, after I got past the initial SHOCK, I was quite happy she took INITIATIVE and made this happen for our family! So, I did some finishing touches to the liner while Cole and Heaven installed the filter system… and we turned on the water hose! Eight hours later, we have a functioning POOL!

Pool party anyone?

Matthew 7:12-14 The Message Bible: “Here is a simple, RULE-OF-THUMB GUIDE FOR BEHAVIOR: Ask yourself what you want people to do for you, then GRAB THE INITIATIVE and do it for them. Add up God’s Law and Prophets and this is what you get.”

Same verse in different translation: “DO TO OTHERS whatever YOU WOULD LIKE THEM TO DO TO YOU. This is the essence of all that is taught in the law and the prophets.”

Is this what Emily was doing with the pool… did she GRAB THE INITIATIVE and do for me, WHATEVER she WANTED me to do for her? Awww, thats so nice Emily… so Christian-like my dear dear wife! LOL

Initiative: The power or ability to BEGIN or to follow through ENERGETICALLY with a plan or task; enterprise and DETERMINATION; a beginning or introductory step; an opening move.

Seriously, I have to ADMIRE the INITIATIVE of this tiny gal… she has always been a TAKE ACTION kind of lady… NEVER lazy, never afraid to take on a challenge, never hesitant to GRAB THE INITIATIVE! Emily has way to much POWER and ability for making those INTRODUCTORY MOVES… with ENERGY and DETERMINATION… she doesn’t linger for perfect conditions!

It’s scary at times, but a VERY ADVENTUROUS 19 years!

Initiative is a vital part of turning HOPES into REALITIES. “Faith is the substance of things HOPED for, the evidence of things NOT YET SEEN.” Faith takes HOPES (dream, visions, promises, and prophecies) and manifests the power and ability to BEGIN… or to FOLLOW THROUGH energetically with a PLAN (the thing hoped for)… with ENTERPRISE and DETERMINATION… faith takes the introductory step… faith makes the opening move!

By faith, Peter JUMPED OUT OF THE BOAT when Jesus invited him out on the waters! By faith Noah started building an ark! Faith is never lazy… faith does not linger for perfect conditions… faith always says LET’S GET THIS STARTED… LET’S DO THIS NOW… LET’S TURN EVERY ONE OF THESE EXTRAVAGANT HOPES INTO LIVING REALITIES!

I pray that todays blog adds tremendous value to your amazing lives! I love you all… praying your day is filled with many BLESSINGS! Please leave your comments… tootaloooo!

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The Hope of Restoration

Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009 By 2 Comments

Good Morning Everyone!

I read in Micah this morning… and a few verses JUMPED off the page… check this out you guys.

Micah 2:12-13 

“Someday, O Israel, I will GATHER you;
      I will gather the REMNANT who are left.
   I will bring you TOGETHER AGAIN like sheep in a pen,
      like a flock in its pasture.
   Yes, your land will again
      be filled with NOISY CROWDS!
 Your LEADER WILL BREAK OUT
      and LEAD YOU OUT of exile,
   out through the gates of the enemy cities,
      back TO YOUR OWN LAND.
   Your king will lead you;
      THE LORD HIMSELF will guide you.”

Even though this prophecy contains it’s purest message to the Jewish people as a promise that God will bring them back into their stolen territories… there is a BIG message within this message to all of us TODAY!  

Someday… I will gather the remnant people who are left! God is saying… I will GATHER the ones who were able to weather the adversity and remain upright! The trees who’s roots RAN DEEPER during those times of raging winds and rainless clouds… those who have demonstrated their FAITHFULNESS in oppressive times… that they CANNOT and WILL NOT be shaken! Those who welcome challenges as opportunities to halt and prove their identity!

If you have been scattered in times of adversity… you have been ravished on the outside, but on the INSIDE you’re STILL STANDING SOLID IN YOUR FAITH! If you can just HOLD ON WHEN in times like these… and keep it together when so many others are falling apart and falling away… if you can DEMONSTRATE that YOU are a SURVIVOR…

God promises to GATHER you again… and BRING YOU TOGETHER with other SURVIVORS… not for the purpose of living in the miserable memories of yesteryear! He promises to BRING YOU TOGETHER like SHEEP IN A PEN… like a FLOCK IN ITS BEAUTIFUL PASTURE! 

He says that YOUR LAND… those places and things that God has given to you throughout the years… things that seem to have been STOLEN and not recoverable… YOUR LAND will AGAIN be FILLED with NOISY CROWDS… a sign of VICTORY, MULTIPLICATION… and GREAT CELEBRATION!

God promises to GIVE YOU A LEADER who will BREAK OUT… and LEAD YOU FROM EXILE… out through the gates of your enemies and into YOUR OWN LAND again! So pray for your leaders like never before… believe for leaders who will RISE UP AND BREAK OUT… to LEAD their FLOCKS from exile! 

At the end of this prophecy, Micah says… YOUR KING WILL LEAD YOU… THE LORD HIMSELF WILL BE YOUR GUIDE! This is a promise of Gods PRESENCE DWELLING in the hearts of all his people, LEADING us into the GREENEST PASTURES EVER! 

Psalm 23 

The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.

I realize how PREACHY this blog may sound today… I’m pretty excited about it as you can tell… hoping these words add tremendous value to your amazing lives! Please tell your friends, leave your comments, and pray for us as we PRAY SO MUCH FOR YOU! Have a super duper day everyone…

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Let’s Do Something Big Together

Monday, June 22nd, 2009 By 6 Comments

Happy Monday Everyone!

The weekend was splendid! Yesterday, my kids spent the ENTIRE day doing whatever I wanted to do… and they did this because they WANTED to! This is the greatest Father’s Day present EVER… and it’s the same present they’ve been giving me for YEARS! I’m really SHOCKED at how much they both CHERISH Mother’s Day and Father’s Day… they make Emily and I feel SO LOVED! 

I hope your weekend was just as lovely! If not, there’s another one coming up, just five days away! 

Update on the book:

This morning, my happy little fingers are writing away… on the homestretch of this first book of mine! A decent publisher is highly interested in this work… and I’m tempted to negotiate a contract with them. Yet, there is something in me saying, “Don’t settle little Chucky… there is a MUCH BIGGER platform out there… wait for that DIVINE APPOINTMENT!”

So I figured today, I would check with all my BEAUTIFUL BLOG PALS to see if you know someone who knows someone at Random House, or Harper Collins, or Harrison House, or…

Also, they tell me that I need to keep working on my “authors platform.” What I mean is that when a publisher buys a book, they’re buying a complete package that includes the BOOK, the AUTHOR, and the PLATFORM he or she has built. Major publishers don’t put a lot of time and money into midlist books. What they want to know, then, is that the author can reach readers on his own.

After researching the vital components of an authors platform, I’m very pleased with our progress. Shockingly, our blog site stats have JUMPED UP significantly in such a short time. We host regulars on this blog site from all over the world… they are feeding on every paragraph, every day! Thanks for appreciating our work! 

I’m wondering if some of you guys could TELL ALL YOUR FRIENDS about www.chuckbalsamo.com and hound them until they also come here DAILY! Just a focused week or two of synergistic networking and we can ten times this platform REAL FAST, making the book far more attractive to a top five publisher!

If any of you guys would like to volunteer at researching this further and helping to build this authors platform… God bless you! We need to start up weekly podcasting, publish some of our articles on magazine websites, expand out twitter and facebook following… and do a bunch of other exciting things to EXPAND OUR INFLUENCE!  

Romans 1:8-9 Let me say first that I THANK MY GOD through Jesus Christ FOR ALL OF YOU, because your faith in him is being talked about all over the world. God knows HOW OFTEN I PRAY FOR YOU. Day and night I BRING YOU and YOUR NEEDS in prayer to God, whom I serve WITH ALL MY HEART by spreading the Good News about his Son.

Thanks for loving us… thanks for raving over the message we bring! Together, we touch the world and make a difference! Greater things are yet to come… greater thing are still to be done! Have a super day everyone!

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Happy Fathers Day

Sunday, June 21st, 2009 By 3 Comments

Happy Sunday!

It’s Father’s Day… so Happy Father’s Day all you studly Dad’s out there! I bet you’re all snug as a bug in a rug while I type this blog in the wee hours of this lovely day! It’s beautiful out here on my patio… gonna be a perfect day for being LAVISHED!

I heard Emily telling someone yesterday that Father’s Day is no different from any other day… that EVERY DAY is Father’s Day at our house! The sad thing is that she is RIGHT! I have the best wife in the whole wide world… and the best kids to go with that! They LOVE me so much… and I can FEEL it almost every day of the year! (I did say ALMOST you guys… there are those occasional days around here when I get kicked in the face for doing or not doing something I was or wasn’t supposed to do)

Like just yesterday for example, when I failed to stop Coree from bringing home a RED FOX. (I really did try hard, and nothing I did seemed to work) I think I may still be in the DOG house for this negligent move… I’ll know in a few hours once everyone gets up and stirring around here. Please pray for me… oh, and don’t tell anyone about the FOX. lol

Please don’t forget to tell your Heavenly Father how much he means to you this morning… and all day long. He has been so great to each of us in so many ways… and because we can’t SEE him with our physical eyes, we fail to recognize all that he does to give us great lives! 

Go to church this morning… and sing to him! Love another person in his honor today! Spend some quality time alone with him in a quiet place, praying and reading your bible for 30 minutes or so. Doodle out your love for him on a journal page.

Ephesians 1:3 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has BLESSED US in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ.

2 Corinthians 1:3 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of COMPASSION and the God of all COMFORT.

God is SUCH A GOOD FATHER… and we should go out of our way to HONOR him this year, don’t you think? Be creative… and as you’re lavishing your earthly fathers this day, express LOVE to Father God in ways you’ve NEVER done before! By sunset this day, make CERTAIN that your DAD’S know how much you APPRECIATE their influence in your life! They really do deserve it… 

Ok? 

Have a super day everyone… 

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