Happy Wednesday!

Yesterdays blog interaction was breathtaking! I posted a nice little morning message… and then you guys ENHANCED it all day long with a pile of AMAZING additions! Outstanding! Really, I LOVED reading your comments… was very inspired ladies!

Ok… I’m very tired this morning, woke up at a little before 4am, couldn’t go back to sleep… got up and started my morning routine about an hour early… and now I am FEELING it! Grrr! lol! Grrr again! (smile)

I have to tell you guys how excited I am about tonight’s Destiny Family Center GO Outreach!

The results from our first night are reason enough for us to CELEBRATE like crazy people! 12 teams knocked on 87 doors: talked to 73 families: followed up on 46 families: and already, 2 new families are coming to DFC… from the efforts of ONE HOUR!

In addition to these immediate results, we’re VERY hopeful that SEVERAL of the other 46 families we REALLY connected with will come to visit us over the next few weeks! And when PHASE ONE of this outreach finishes up at the end of October, MANY families will have been added to the family of God!

We’ve critiqued our system and made a few necessary adjustments… and TONIGHT @ 6:30pm, we’re Going Out for night two! It’s gonna be SO MUCH FUN… can’t WAIT!

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1 Simple Principle 4 Increase in Business, Life, and Ministry

Psalm 126:5-6 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.

These verses contain a very powerful principle for success in business, life, and ministry! In the world of business, there are three ways to get new business:

1. wait for new business (hoping for someone to find out about you)
2. buy new business (launching an extravagant personal promotion campaign)
3. go out and get the new business (simply, asking lots of people if they want to do business with you)

Most people WAIT for success to HAPPEN FOR THEM. Some people purchase their way to success. Few people ever pull up their sleeves and GO OUT to gather success! Option 1 is for the lazy person. Option 2 is far to costly. Option 3 is the only option for building a PREDICTABLE and DUPLICATABLE harvest machine!

Jesus used option 3 and he taught his followers to do the same!

Mark 16:15 And then he (Jesus) told them, “Go into all the world and preach the Good News to everyone. Anyone who believes and is baptized will be saved. But anyone who refuses to believe will be condemned.

Luke 10:2 These were his instructions to them:“The harvest is great, but the workers are few. So pray to the Lord who is in charge of the harvest; ask him to send more workers into his fields.

Matthew 22:9-10 Now go out to the street corners and invite everyone you see.’ So the servants brought in everyone they could find, good and bad alike, and the banquet hall was filled with guests.

So, let us keep on PRAYING… and keep on PLANTING SEEDS… and we will surely RETURN with a HARVEST! Surely, we will! And while so many people in the rest of our world complain about why things are not happening FOR them… you and I will MODEL the profound FRUITFULNESS that results from GOING OUT to bring the harvest in!

I pray that todays blog INSPIRES you to a new level of ACTION! I hope it adds tremendous value to your amazing lives! Love you all… PRAYING for your day to be epic!

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Happy Monday!

Another week… it’s the fall season here in the northern hemisphere. People are starting to wear long pants and hoodies (sweatshirts)… leaves are starting to fall from some of our trees, plants are starting to shrivel up, our grass will be brown in a few more weeks.

Everyone seems to be focusing on work and education, slightly on edge but determined to succeed despite a challenging economy… a little more lively than they were during the summer months of rest and relaxation. The holidays are not to far away!

So many families seem to have their own unique set of personal challenges… epic challenges, forcing an overwhelming majority of us into some kind of very dangerous instinctive mode of survival. It’s like nothing I’ve seen at any other time during my 38 years here on earth.

Everyone appears distracted… unable to focus… unable to commit… sloppy and off their game. People known for a lifetime of showcase character… they are starting to display bizarre flashes of rottenness… even the very best people from our society… so many of them are right now reaching their breaking point. The pressure has become more than many can bare… and beautiful people are SNAPPING over the littlest things.

Luke 21:33-35 Amplified Version

The sky and the earth (the universe, the world) will pass away, but My words will not pass away.

But take heed to yourselves and be on your guard, lest your hearts be overburdened and depressed (weighed down) with the giddiness and headache and nausea of self-indulgence, drunkenness, and worldly worries and cares pertaining to [the business of] this life, and [lest] that day come upon you suddenly like a trap or a noose;

For it will come upon all who live upon the face of the entire earth.

Luke warned of days like these… he encouraged people not to become OVERBURDENED and DEPRESSED… not to be WEIGHED DOWN with the GIDDINESS and HEADACHE and NAUSEA of SELF-INDULGENCE, DRUNKENNESS, and WORLDY WORRIES and CARES PERTAINING TO THE BUSINESS OF THIS LIFE… and that day come upon us suddenly like a trap or noose.

Luke was obviously talking about the end of this grace age… and he warned people 2000 years ago: to BEWARE of the dangers of times like these, when WORRIES and CARES PERTAINING TO THE BUSINESS OF THIS LIFE will try to distract us from the things that really matter.

Just ten years ago, EVERY solid follower of Jesus attended church EVERY SUNDAY (morning and evening services), EVERY MIDWEEK SERVICE, and usually a WEEKLY PRAYER MEETING. Then, due to lack of interest churches stopped having Sunday evening services… and many of them no longer have a Wednesday night service or a prayer meeting… until TODAY, those who are considered the “SOLID” followers of Jesus only attend 2-3 SUNDAY services a month.

Just ten years ago, people could be counted on when they made a COMMITMENT… today: most people will not even MAKE A COMMITMENT without the promise of great reward… and those who do commit, have very little intentions of keeping the commitments they make.

The people of this hour despise authority… will not submit themselves to the slightest accountability. When they are questioned about their performance they quit or threaten to quit… forcing management to tolerate below par performance. Incompetence has become the norm of this culture.

Financial giving to churches has PLUMMETED over the past two years. Volunteerism is at an all time low. People want to be left alone to FOCUS on their personal problems alone.

For the person who is willing to WORK HARD, and sacrifice, and appreciate accountability, and make BOLD and selfless commitments, and carry out their commitments with rare precision… there is a gigantic opportunity for THIS person in TODAYS world and a tremendous difference to be made!

Meditate on todays blog ALL DAY LONG… be honest with yourself. Take a deep breath and make the necessary changes! Dare to BE DIFFERENT! Take your personal challenges to GOD in prayer and ask him for the FAITH to TRUST that all things are and WILL CONTINUE TO WORK OUT FOR YOUR BEST. Then give your time to things that REALLY matter in the face of eternity!

I hope todays blog adds tremendous value to your amazing lives! I just finished praying for you guys… so expect a BEAUTIFUL DAY! Love you all!

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Happy Saturday!

Thanks for posting your great comments on my 3-day party blog… had hoped that MORE of you guys would drop in and leave a lovely comment, but VERY INSPIRED by the comments left! I guess you just want me to be the blogger right? Thats ok… because I love blogging and I love you good people!

Here’s why I took the past 3-days off:

1. I was given a beautiful resort house from friends and couldn’t pass up that quality time with my super duper wife!
2. I really wanted to give you all the OPPORTUNITY to INTERACT with each other!

If we’re going to make a GIGANTIC global difference… we need to create far more INTERACTION between fellow tribe members. In other words: I need for you guys to communicate with EACH OTHER just as effectively as you communicate WITH ME.

One of the benefits of a blog like this is that it ATTRACTS some of the most beautiful people from all the earth. Because of the internet, all geographical boundaries have been ERASED and we can have very good friendships with people from all fifty sates and every country of the world!

This about the opportunities here!

In the not too distant future, I’m going to unveil my vision and plan for building a million member church! Do you think that maybe… just MAYBE, you are being called to a key position in this epic mission?

Would you like to lend a small or large portion of your time, talents, and resources to team of Christian people like this one: determined to INFLUENCE a million people and BEYOND?

Think about the opportunities already existing here!

I believe this blog is a GATHERING POST. As I post my messages… and they go out all over the world… and people read these messages… certain messages are RESONATING LIKE CRAZY in the hearts of a CERTAIN KIND OF PERSON… and this blog site is GATHERING PEOPLE LIKE A RALLY CALL AROUND A COMMON DREAM!

Without telling the whole story now… I’ll just encourage you all to meditate over the current and future opportunities found right here in this growing tribe. There is a gigantic world out there desperately waiting for people like us to do something FAR more epic… FAR more aggressive… FAR more Spirit powered… of FAR GREATER eternal significance!

“We have all eternity to celebrate the victories but only a few hours before sunset to win them.” -Amy Carmichael

Let’s do something with our lives that REALLY matters in the face of eternity! Together, let’s DREAM BIGGER, LIVE BOLDER, and MAKE A FAR BIGGER DIFFERENCE!

I suppose what I’m getting at is this: pray about how YOU can benefit more from this blog site by walking through the OPEN DOORS it’s creating!

I believe there are a thousand reasons to read these messages… a thousand reasons beyond the consumption of inspirational material. I want to inspire you, YES… but I desire to INSPIRE WITH YOU more!

Wow, I should take off more often you guys… this is A RED BULL! I hope it provokes the right thoughts and awakens a dormant passion in each of you today! Thanks for reading… thanks for PRAYING especially over the ideas presented this morning! I love you all… praying passionately for your great success!

Hebrews 12:1-3 Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us. 2Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. 3Consider him who endured such opposition from sinful men, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.

Habakkuk 2:2-3 Then the Lord said to me, “Write my answer plainly on tablets, so that a runner can carry the correct message to others. This vision is for a future time. It describes the end, and it will be fulfilled. If it seems slow in coming, wait patiently, for it will surely take place. It will not be delayed.

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Happy Tuesday!

Besides leading people to Christ, there is nothing in all the earth comparable to being all alone in the early morning hours, in a secret garden with God and angels… when an earthling worships God with all his heart… and suddenly, a reality of the nearness and realness of Father God overtakes such a person… and in these moments one catches a very small glimpse of what life shall be like after he has passed over into eternity…

For almost 18 years, this has been my DAILY routine… to rise EARLY while almost everyone in my time zone is still sleeping… and go face to face with the lover of my soul.

Many people are very good at many things… I am very good at PRAYING and WORSHIPING God. In fact, I am much better at this than I am at anything else in life… I would like to think I pray FAR BETTER than I preach. I want my whole life to be a prayer driven life.

Call me crazy, but I believe God considers me one of his VERY CLOSE FRIENDS. I’m not a perfect Christian… I make so many mistakes just like every other person… but I’m always shutting down the noisiness of my very busy life to have quality moments with my amazing Father… obsessively sitting and chatting with him many times each day.

This lively routine has kept me FRESH and YOUNG and STRONG… like the MIGHTY EAGLES! Even though I have been hunted more than almost anyone I know, I remain YOUNG and POWERFUL to this day. Nothing has been able to successfully bring me down. Every time my enemy rushes at me like a never ending sea of waves… my VERY CLOSE FRIEND surrounds me like an impenetrable iron wall! And I am SAFE!

Sadly, few humans ever know this kind of experience. Society teaches us to avoid such spiritual obsessions. Yet, we are encouraged to obsess over earthly things… even considered bizarre if we do not LOVE this world like EVERYONE else.

1 John 2:15-16 Do not love this world nor the things it offers you, for when you love the world, you do not have the love of the Father in you. For the world offers only a craving for physical pleasure, a craving for everything we see, and pride in our achievements and possessions. These are not from the Father, but are from this world.

Psalm 27:4-6
4 The one thing I ask of the Lord-
the thing I seek most-
is to live in the house of the Lord all the days of my life,
delighting in the Lord’s perfections
and meditating in his Temple.
5 For he will conceal me there when troubles come;
he will hide me in his sanctuary.
He will place me out of reach on a high rock.
6 Then I will hold my head high
above my enemies who surround me.
At his sanctuary I will offer sacrifices with shouts of joy,
singing and praising the Lord with music.

Psalm 84:1-4
1 How lovely is your dwelling place,
O Lord of Heaven’s Armies.
2 I long, yes, I faint with longing
to enter the courts of the Lord.
With my whole being, body and soul,
I will shout joyfully to the living God.
3 Even the sparrow finds a home,
and the swallow builds her nest and raises her young
at a place near your altar,
O Lord of Heaven’s Armies, my King and my God!
4 What joy for those who can live in your house,
always singing your praises

In the 1990’s, we were taught to beware… of being too HEAVENLY MINDED that we are no longer any EARTHLY GOOD. Today, we have gone to the other extreme: we have become too EARTHLY minded that we are no longer any HEAVENLY good.

Let us rediscover that wonder of loving God most extravagantly! Here’s a video to kick it off for you today!

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Happy Sunday!

Last night, I had the opportunity to say the opening prayer over a local pro-wrestling event. Since Emily couldn’t make it, Ricky Wade came along for the adventure… and what a TIME we had you guys! This event was first class from beginning to end… packed out venue, not an empty seat left… wrestling perfection, made me feel like I was 16 again!

My 17 year old daughter, Heaven Ashlee Balsamo absolutely obsesses over “little people.” Check out Heavens Facebook, become her friend… she’s a VERY HAPPY PERSON! Heaven watches Little People, Big World (every episode) and goes CRAZY every time we run into a little person. She even told me a few months ago she wants to go on some little person CRUISE she heard about!

I couldn’t get her to come with me to this wrestling event… until I saw SHORT SLEEVE SAMPSON climb up into the ring to promote his late match! I texted Heaven and told her a midget was wrestling… her reply: I’M ON MY WAY!

Stevie Balsley, one of the event promoters… he paused the match right in the middle of all the fan frenzy so that Heaven could get her picture taken with Short Sleeve Sampson as he was entering the ring! Stevie also arranged a photo shoot after the event… one of Heavens top three life experiences FOR SURE! Short sleeve is a profound wrestler and a SUPER person… it was so much fun meeting him and the other wrestlers… a night of good clean SMILES and LAUGHTER! (2 photos posted here… more on my facebook)

The next event is scheduled for November 7 in Waynesboro, VA.

Momentum: The Reward 4 Consecutive Successes

Today should be an EXCITING morning at Destiny Family Center… so bring your beautiful self to Stuarts Draft or catch the LIVE broadcast… if you can! We’re gonna have a SMACK DOWN, BABY! haha, still feeling some left over wrestle mania in my blood. lol

Really, church has been electrifying every service for something like a month now… we’re entering super mode: that place in MOMENTUM where ANYTHING becomes POSSIBLE! Do you understand this concept?

Let me explain! I don’t get to play Xbox-360 very much anymore… have never been obsessed, but always enjoyed the quality times my son and I had playing Xbox from time to time. If you’ve ever played even once, you probably understand the concept of MOMENTUM!

You see… in the world of video games, a person is REWARDED for CONSECUTIVE SUCCESSES! In other words… once you make a certain number of right moves consecutively, your player BURSTS INTO FLAMES with SUPER POWERS… to make SUPER MOVES and do SUPER TRICKS!

So the goal here is: BE CONSISTENT! Do the right things consecutively UNTIL YOU ALSO BURST INTO FLAMES! Then, in your SUPER MODE: use your SUPER POWERS to bust those SUPER MOVES!

If hard times cause a person to make the main thing, the main thing… and if, in hard times a person consecutively does the right thing LONG ENOUGH… eventually he will BURST INTO THE FLAMES OF MOMENTUM!

I feel as if this is right now happening in my own personal life… and for destiny family center… and for the ChuckBalsamo.com Tribe! And now, we must maximize our super powers to bust our greatest moves YET!

I hope todays blog INSPIRES you to GET FOCUSED, STAY FOCUSED, AVOID DISTRACTIONS, BE CONSISTENT, ACHIEVE MOMENTUM… and then bust the greatest moves of your entire lives! Have a SUPER day everyone!! Love you all!

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