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03
Mar

The Reason Behind: Make me a Legend!

Todays Video!

Happy Wednesday!

Facing any big challenges this week? Don’t forget last Wednesdays blog: Change the Tune, Turn Your Tide!

My facebook status this morning:

Confidence: more than a feeling, it’s my spiritual position these days. I am fearless, joyful, and creative because I BELIEVE I am! (happy morning beautiful people)

I’m not teaching anything in todays blog from this statues update… just thought you might like to read it!

A Gigantic Milestone!

Yesterday, @ about 5:30pm EST, I hit a gigantic milestone in the evolution of my book, Make Me a Legend! As of 5:30pm Tuesday, March 2-2010, I am now 100% finished with chapters 1-14 and chapter 16: ONE TO GO (chapter 15)… I’ve already written a few pages and the outline: Bow Lower as You Climb Higher!

I’m not sure why this means so much to me! Really, right after I turned the page to start on chapter 15… I went back and scrolled over several of the 354 completed word doc pages (approximately 250 book pages)… and I started crying! Every single paragraph has a quotable line!

This project has taken almost 4 years! I know it’s hard for anyone to believe… but it’s been met with opposition similar to what Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., must have went through! Please don’t think I’m downplaying the unimaginable challenges of such a legendary martyr. I’m just saying that at times, I really felt like I was going to be assassinated before the book was published. I’ve even given my wife detailed instructions about how to finish, if anything were to happen to me!

And here I am, working on the FINAL 12-15 pages! I look at this manuscript… and think, “This could really change the world!” And even if it doesn’t sell a million copies, at least I’ve been faithful to FINISH this divine assignment, despite the fiery furnace from which so much of this book was written!

The Reason Behind Make Me a Legend!

You know, there is no higher aim in a fathers life, than to help his children become EVERYTHING they were destined to be! I have a son 18 and a daughter 17… both of them will be going to college this fall.

Sometimes, I think, “What if something happened to me, and I was no longer able to cover them? What would I want to tell my precious Coree and Heaven, and all of my spiritual kids… over and over again for the rest of their lives? How would I be sure they always lived in the face of eternity? What kinds of principles would they need to master in order to fulfill EVERY last ounce of their divine purposes?”

Make me a Legend was written as this loving fathers manual to his adult kids, and to anyone else who dares to pick it up! I’ve etched my legacy in stone! Herein are contained the secret principles of those people we now call LEGENDS!

Perhaps this hyper message will possess my kids, and a few of us… perhaps we will live and die in such a way, that we won’t need a fancy funeral preacher to exaggerate us at the graveside! Perhaps, one hundred years from today… you and I will be known, as the Legends of tomorrows better world!

Thanks for being so enthusiastic everyone! Your encouragement always makes the difference! These are very exciting days for this great tribe! We’re just a few steps away from pulling off something epic!

Please leave a few comments if you have the time… say hello, let us know you’re out there! How is your life going these days? What are you working on? How can we pray for you and encourage you? I’m looking forward to reading about it! Love you all… praying for you with a smile on my face!

Dream Big, Live Bold, and Make the Difference!

Chuck

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02
Mar

My 7 Step Best Week Plan P2

Watch this video AGAIN!

Happy Tuesday!

I bet you’re wonder why I got lazy this morning and reposted yesterdays video instead of making a new video for today!

Here is why I’m asking you to RE-WATCH yesterdays video and RE-READ yesterdays written blog: because it’s too GOOD and too MUCH for any one of us to effectively process in ONE DAY!

Really, when I powered up my computer this morning, that video was still on the screen, staring me down! So I figured, what the heck I’ll watch it again… and WHAM, I realized THAT VIDEO was BETTER TODAY than it was yesterday!

Try it and you’ll see! Watch it ONE MORE TIME! This time, actually intend to follow its suggestions!

For the past two weeks, I’ve been attempting to lead this tribe towards a life of FAITH instead of FEELINGS.

On Sunday, I said the following to the people of Destiny Family Center:

“If you’re looking for another year of hard toil and little results… than BE EMOTIONAL… and keep fighting your own battles, with your two fists and your big fat brain! If you want to try one more year in your own human strength… and you’re not yet sick from all the tossing about… then keep on striving and negotiating!”

I said we have become:

  • Far more spiritually engaged in our circumstances!
  • Far less dominated by our shifting feelings!
  • Far more forward propelled, by learning how to LIVE BY FAITH!

I started to explain HOW a person can actually live by faith on a practical level.

  • By SEARCHING for specific verses concerning your unique circumstances!
  • By MEDITATING on the word of God until these specific verses become a tangible part of your lives!
  • By STANDING on the substance of scripture, despite how you might initially FEEL!
  • By GENERATING emotions out of your spiritual position… to FEEL as you believe, rather than to FEEL as things appear to be going!
  • By HAMMERING through your obstacles with FAITH, and biblically inspired actions… until circumstances shift in your favor!

Yesterdays 7 Step Best Week Plan was a practical follow up to that teaching. It’s a simple 7 step formula for getting into a position of FAITH.

This morning, I wrote the following Facebook status update… and received a very powerful reply from Jamee Rae Pineda! Check it out!

Chuck Balsamo Using the principles I’ve been teaching to remain in forward momentum! Living every day by faith instead of my shifting feelings. Let’s have a great day everyone!

Jamee Rae Pineda

Jamee Rae Pineda

“That’s the challenge … practical application of the principles. We are allowed our feelings and initial reactions, but our responses must be aligned with Biblical teachings. It’s not always easy, but it’s how Christians are to live.”

Great reply Jamee!

Let’s pray that more and more people benefit from this teaching!

Dear reader, has your life been positively affected by these recent blogs? Are you SPECIFICALLY putting some of this into action? Please comment with your stories, if you get a chance… I love hearing from you all!

Dream Big, Live Bold, and Make the Difference!

Chuck

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01
Mar

My 7 Step Best Week Plan!

Todays Video!

Happy Monday!

How are you feeling this morning? Exhausted? Anxious? Irritated? Overwhelmed? Numb? Silly? Optimistic? Creative? Adventurous?

What kind of week are you predicting from here? Tragic? Stressful? Boring? Average? Good? Very Good? AHHHH, the best week EVER!!

Are you approaching this week on purpose, or leaving it up to chance? Do have a plan, a positive expectation?

How about your TIME? Who are you spending it with? What are you spending it doing? How are you spending the first hour of each day? How much of your time will be spent reacting to problems, vs. the time you will spend on your DREAMS?

Here’s my 7 Step BEST WEEK plan…

1. Empower yourself for the first hour of every day!

  • Read your Bible, pray with some really good music playing in the background, read through your 2010 life plan, dream about your week and your amazing future!

2. Meditate on one Bible verse all day long!

  • This is the verse that jumped off the pages during your morning routine!
  • Every time something comes up that threatens to disrupt your emotional state of mind… quote that verse with passion!
  • This allows you to stay in FAITH, rather than to be tossed around with rouge feelings!

3. Resist the disempowering energies of bad people! lol

  • We run into controlling, jealous, insecure, bitter, angry people every day of our lives.
  • If we’re not very careful, these people cast spells on us… they zap our joy and creativity!
  • No more! Starting today, you’re going to stop letting other people bring you down!
  • Here’s a verse to memorize: ”For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.” -1Timothy 1:7
  • Say this a hundred times a day if you need to: God makes me POWERFUL! I am a loving person! I have a sound mind! Therefore, I will NOT be fearful… and I will not fall under the negative powers of other people!
  • If these disempowering people are authorities in your life, be sure to honor them while inwardly resisting the negative effects of their attitudes and actions.
  • Pray for such people! Overcome evil with good… make the difference!

4. Have a happy, positive, energizing conversation with one POWERFUL peer every day!

  • This is very important! You’re never going to reach your life goals in a negative peer circle. Take the time to work on this! Look around! Is there a person now within your reach… maybe a few persons… people you can better SYNERGIZE with?
  • Once you’ve created this new dream team, spend 15 minutes each day synergizing with a POWERFUL peer!

5. Increase your energy and multiply your happy endorphins!

  • I know! I was doing good until this one!
  • Trust me, life goes a million times better when we eat healthy and exercise!
  • Make it fun! Join a gym where you can swim in the pool and hang out in the hot tub after your fun workout!
  • Eat fresh fruits and vegetables! Reduce your meal portions! Replace some of your soft drinks and coffee’s with some DELICIOUS water!

6. Become a master of balance!

  • Sometimes, we have to throw our lives out of balance for various reasons. When this happens, be careful to bring your life back into balance as soon as possible.

7. Power yourself down each night with prayer! Thank God for all the good things, ask him to wake you up each next day in FAITH!

  • Create a 15-30 minute bedtime routine!
  • Read one chapter from a good book, read one chapter from the Bible, thank God for the blessings of your day, pray out loud for your friends and family, talk to God about your fears of tomorrow, and pray to wake each next morning ALIVE, AWAKE, and FULL of ENERGY!

There it is… my suggested 7 Step BEST WEEK plan! I pray that todays blog adds tremendous value to your amazing lives! Let me know what you think about this FUN little plan! Love you all…

Dream Big, Live Bold, and Make the Difference!

Chuck

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28
Feb

New Faith, New Courage, New Successes!

Happy Sunday!

I was thinking about my 10am message for Destiny Family Center this morning… and I wrote the following:

Courage is a crucial element in success! For me, courage is faith, and faith is knowing God! Today, I am FEARLESS!

Joshua 1:6-9 “Be strong and COURAGEOUS, because you will lead these people to inherit the land I swore to their forefathers to give them. Be strong and very COURAGEOUS. Be careful to obey all the law my servant Moses gave you; do not turn from it to the right or to the left, that you may be successful wherever you go. Do not let this Book of the Law depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful. Have I not commanded you? Be strong and COURAGEOUS. Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God will be with you wherever you go.”

God tells Joshua to be COURAGEOUS three times in three verses! Do you think I’m on to something here?

Now, take a closer look at this text. What else is God saying to him (and us)?

How about in the very MIDDLE or the HEART of these three verses?

“Be careful to OBEY all the law my servant Moses gave you [In the Bible, the term 'law' speaks of the revealed Word of God, the cannon of scripture, the Bible]; DO NOT TURN FROM IT to the right or to the left, that you may BE SUCCESSFUL WHEREVER YOU GO. Do not let this Book of the Law depart from your mouth; MEDITATE ON IT day and night, so that you may BE CAREFUL TO DO everything written in it. Then you will BE PROSPEROUS and SUCCESSFUL.”

Now is my phrase starting to make sense?

Courage is a crucial element is success. For me, courage is faith, and faith is knowing God! Today I am FEARLESS!

I Woke Up Scared!

Here’s what was going on with me this morning: I was thinking about a few of the discouraging aspects of my past, my shattered dreams, my insufficiencies, all the obstacles before me… and I in a few short minutes, I had been diluted down to a fraction of my potency!

Are you doing this to yourself, unbeknownst? Wanna know how to STOP IT?

Courage is Faith & Faith is Knowing God!

In three verses, God gave Joshua one of the greatest speeches about success. This is the speech that echoed into Joshua’s future and made him one of the greatest military leaders in all of history!

Romans 10:17 “So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.”

So, where can a person get faith? Where does faith come from? It comes from SPIRITUALLY KNOWING the Word of God!

This is what God was actually saying, “Joshua, I’m asking you to make history here! You’re about to go down in Israel’s chronicles as one of the greatest military leaders of all time… and it’s going to take COURAGE! So, here is HOW YOU GET COURAGE: Meditate of my Word so much that you KNOW it like few have ever known it before you, then DO WHAT IT SAYS, don’t swerve off from it to the right or the left, Be very careful to live how it leads you to live and do what it leads you to do! Don’t live by your EMOTIONS… LIVE BY FAITH! And that will produce COURAGE… and that will make you prosperous and successful EVERYWHERE YOU GO!”

New Faith, New Courage, New Successes!

Same goes for you and me! I guess NOW would be a good time to open our Bibles and meditate of a scripture until it PRODUCES NEW FAITH in our heart. NEW FAITH produces NEW COURAGE, and NEW COURAGE brings NEW SUCCESSES!

Courage is a crucial element in success! For me, courage is faith, and faith is knowing God! Today, I am FEARLESS!

Have a fearless Sunday… God bless you all!

Dream Big, Live Bold, and Make the Difference!

Chuck

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27
Feb

227 Randomness

Happy Saturday!

Wow, yesterdays blog was a smash hit! We recorded the highest stats in three weeks… thanks for LOVING IT you guys! Thanks for all the comments you sent to twitter, facebook, and here of course! I guess the topic must have been highly relevant to a pile of people!

Paper Tongues

This morning, I wanted to advertise the Debut Album for tomorrows legendary band, Paper Tongues! Lead singer, Aswan North is a long time friend of mine! What a HEART, what a SOUND!

Here’s a video interview with Randy Jackson from American Idol about how he met Aswan! They have a really FUN pre-order package with tshirts and autographed stuff! Check it out… and please pray for my friends as they charge into this dangerous secular arena with a prophetic message for todays youth!

Its Saturday!

I’m working on tomorrows message for Destiny Family Center and writing in my book all day while Emily works at Kohl’s, then going to my little nephews birthday party! I feel happy today, hope you do too!

Nothing to do tomorrow and close enough to pull it off? Come to Destiny… everybody’s doin’ it!!

Favorite Videos of The Week

Change the Tune & Turn Your Tide!

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I Heard the Audible Voice of God!

That’s it for today, see you tomorrow? I hope so!

Dream Big, Live Bold, and Make the Difference!

Chuck

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26
Feb

I Heard The Audible Voice of God!

Todays Video!

Happy Friday!

Job 1:6-11
One day the members of the heavenly court came to present themselves before the Lord, and the Accuser, Satan, came with them. “Where have you come from?” the Lord asked Satan.

Satan answered the Lord, “I have been patrolling the earth, watching everything that’s going on.”

Then the Lord asked Satan, “Have you noticed my servant Job? He is the finest man in all the earth. He is blameless-a man of complete integrity. He fears God and stays away from evil.”

Satan replied to the Lord, “Yes, but Job has good reason to fear God. You have always put a wall of protection around him and his home and his property. You have made him prosper in everything he does. Look how rich he is! But reach out and take away everything he has, and he will surely curse you to your face!”

As this story goes, Satan struck at Jobs heart so badly… here we are thousands of years later, still referencing this guy when trying to cope with life’s most fiery trials!

  • A messenger arrived at Jobs house with the news: “Your oxen were plowing, with the donkeys feeding beside them, when the Sabeans raided us. They stole all the animals and killed all the farmhands. I am the only one who escaped to tell you.”
  • While the first messenger was talking, a second messenger arrived with the news: “The fire of God has fallen from heaven and burned up your sheep and all the shepherds. I am the only one who escaped to tell you.”
  • While the second messenger was still talking, a third messenger arrived with the news: “Three bands of Chaldean raiders have stolen your camels and killed your servants. I am the only one who escaped to tell you.”
  • While that messenger was still talking still ANOTHER messenger came with the news: “Your sons and daughters were feasting in their oldest brother’s home. Suddenly, a powerful wind swept in from the wilderness and hit the house on all sides. The house collapsed, and all your children are dead. I am the only one who escaped to tell you.”
  • And later… Satan left the Lord’s presence, and he struck Job with terrible boils from head to foot. Job scraped his skin with a piece of broken pottery as he sat among the ashes. His wife said to him, “Are you still trying to maintain your integrity? Curse God and die.”

Can you IMAGINE?

Ok, so why am I talking about Job today?

Well, last night at prayer meeting… I heard the audible voice of God!

This has only happened a few times in my entire life… and not in many years! So it was a HUGE DEAL!

While we were praying, I was walking around the alter area, worship music was playing in the background… and out of NOWHERE, God said to me, “I am so proud of you!”

And then I saw a vision of everything that happened to Job… and then the past twelve months of my life, replayed right in front of me… I saw gigantic demons flying down over me… the sky lost its sunlight as they filled the skies above me… for twelve months! I saw God looking down on me, WITH GREAT CONFIDENCE, knowing that I WOULD NOT CURSE HIM!

And last night, he said to me, “I am so proud of you!”

Double 4 Your Trouble!

At the end of this Jobs trial… the Lord gave him twice as much as before! TWICE AS MUCH!

Job 42:11-17
Then all his brothers, sisters, and former friends came and feasted with him in his home. And they consoled him and comforted him because of all the trials the Lord had brought against him. And each of them brought him a gift of money and a gold ring.

So the Lord blessed Job in the second half of his life even more than in the beginning. For now he had 14,000 sheep (used to have 7000), 6,000 camels (used to have 3000), 1,000 teams of oxen (used to have 500), and 1,000 female donkeys (used to have 500).

He also gave Job seven more sons and three more daughters. He named his first daughter Jemimah, the second Keziah, and the third Keren-happuch. In all the land no women were as lovely as the daughters of Job. And their father put them into his will along with their brothers.

Job lived 140 years after that, living to see four generations of his children and grandchildren. Then he died, an old man who had lived a long, full life!

Happily Ever After!

Have you ever been through a Job like set of bizarre circumstances? Does it seem like SATAN is stalking you NOW… like YOU are the unfortunate specimen for his next VIOLENT EXPERIMENT? Do you ever feel HUNTED… pursued by dark forces… and in those times, you can’t see a single ray of light shining through the thick dark clouds over your head?

Never curse God and die! Learn from this story about Job! Why do bad things happen to good people? Because good people are the best TARGET! John 10:10 says, “The thief (the devil) comes to steal, kill, and destroy… and I (Jesus) have come that you might HAVE LIFE… ABUNDANT LIFE!”

Peter said this about fiery trials: Dear friends, do not be surprised at the painful trial you are suffering, as though something STRANGE were happening to you. But rejoice that you participate in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed when his glory is revealed.

There is a LIGHT at the end of EVERY long dark tunnel! The sun is ALWAYS shining above the storm clouds! God loves you! He’s always fighting FOR you! He is so proud of you! He’s the one thats cheering for you and always believing in you. So, never curse him… never accuse him of forsaking you.

Trust him… and you will LIVE to see a LONG FULL DOUBLY BLESSED LIFE on the other side of your FIERY TRIAL!

I hope todays blog adds tremendous value to your amazing lives! I spent so much time praying for you all today! Check out this POWERFUL VIDEO and have a super duper Friday! Tunnel: Third Day

Dream Big, Live Bold, and Make the Difference!

Chuck

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25
Feb

National Health Care: Socialism vs. Free Enterprise

Todays video!

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Happy Thursday!

Are you sitting on a pile of unanswered questions concerning National Health Care? Not sure about what to wish for? On one hand, you’re rooting for the underdog, feeling like it would be a good thing for a health care plan that’ll cover all Americans… and on the other hand, you’re at least a little nervous about taking a few giant steps into socialism? Are you confused about what socialism even means?

Here’s an EPIC and HIGHLY EDUCATIONAL 1961 audio clip from Ronald Reagan, explaining how socialized medicine leads to socialism… and the difference between socialism and free enterprise.

This youtube clip is aggressively circulating… people are talking about it all over the world. Take a listen, be educated, be informed… so that you can stand firm on a SOLID CONVICTION about the future direction of our country… a conviction that cannot be manipulated by todays liberal media.

Ronald Reagan opens his speech with the following words… “Back in 1927, an American Socialist Norman Thomas, 6 times candidate for president on the socialist ticket said the American people would never vote for socialism. But he said under the name of liberalism, the American people will adopt every fragment of the socialist program.

Now, I realize this an antitypical topic for my blog. It moved me so much, I had to pass it on. Here is the clip…

I want to re-quote Ronald Reagan’s closing remarks: “…and if you don’t, this program will pass just as surely as the sun will come up tomorrow… and behind it will come other federal programs that will invade every area of freedom as we have known it in this country, until… one day as Norman Thomas said, we will awake to find, that we have socialism! And if you don’t do this and if I don’t do it… one of these days, you and I are going to spend our sunset years telling our children, and our children’s children, what it was like to live in America, when men were free.”

Have you guys ever heard about the Manhattan Declaration? I heard about it a while back, plan to read this document today… would love to hear some of your political views from a Christian perspective. PLEASE, keep it polite.

There you have it… my political blog of the month! Please leave your comments and have a most triumphant day!

Dream Big, Live Bold, and Make the Difference!

Chuck

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24
Feb

Change the Tune & Turn Your Tide!

Todays Video!

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Happy Wednesday!

Thank God for breaking our lives down into manageable increments: days, weeks, months, years, decades. They call today the MIDWEEK. It is assumed that if a person can make it to Wednesday, they can tough out the final few days of the week, leading into the weekEND.

This morning, when I woke… I thought about the not so advantageous beginning to this final week, of the second month, of my most prolific year!

Since I woke up at 4:15am, I laid in bed for a few extra minutes today, trying to figure out HOW I was going to turn this sucky week around.

The Turning Point

Finally, I threw off the sheets, got up, put on my sweat pants and shoes, walked around to Emily’s side of the bed… gave her a long hug and a few kisses on the forehead, drove to the office, took my shower, opened up my computer…

Change the Tune

I turned on SOME HAPPY MUSIC, opened my Bible… read some HAPPY VERSES from the book of psalms, I turned the music up louder… and walked around my office praising God for all of his blessings in my life! I magnified the good things happening in my life… SHOUTED: “For every one thing going wrong, there are a HUNDRED things going right for me THIS WEEK!”

Of course, I could have left my emotions in charge… I could have kept my MIND on the throne of my total person… I could have gotten up and whimpered my battered body into the office with the FEAR of what’s next! I could have rolled over and slept a few more hours… I could have…

But I didn’t! And you why? Because this is the MIDWEEK! This is the TURNING POINT! This is the day when the HEAVENS OPEN UP OVER MY HEAD! This is the day when God swoops down to my rescue!

Turn Your Tide!

And how can I know this for sure? Because, I am the prophet over my own life… and I SAY IT SHALL BE! Not that I am above God, but that I am COOPERATING with him… I am listening to him today, instead of my EMOTIONS!

And today he says to me, “For the mountains may move and the hills disappear, but even then my faithful love for you will remain! My covenant of blessing will never be broken,” says the Lord, who has mercy on you. “O storm-battered city, troubled and desolate! I will rebuild you…” -Isaiah 54:10-11a

And today he says to me, “All goes well for those who are generous, who lend freely and conduct their business fairly. Such people will not be overcome by evil circumstances. Those who are righteous will be long remembered. They do not fear bad news; they confidently trust the Lord to care for them. They are confident and fearless and they can face their foes triumphantly!” -psalm 112:5-8

Today, I chose to live by FAITH! Today I chose to TURN MY TIDE!

Or, I could do just like most everyone else in such circumstances… I could hang my head low, and feel bad for myself, and say things like, “Oh God, I wonder what’s next, because when it rains it pours.” NO WAY!

My life is not the product of chance! My life is NOT the result of other peoples actions! My life IS the product of FAITH! I’m not sitting here with my FINGERS CROSSED… and neither should you! I’m dancing around my office like a crazy person, with my hands raised to heaven! I’m committing my day into the hands of my OMNIPOTENT FATHER! He’s my HERO! I confidently trust in the Lord to care for me, therefore, I will not fear bad news! I am CONFIDENT and FEARLESS and I CAN FACE MY FOES TRIUMPHANTLY!

I guess what I’m saying is this… our turning points begin just as soon as we CHANGE THE MUSIC!

Today is MIDWEEK! Today is the TURNING POINT! So, refuse to go out of this week as the victim of circumstance… CHANGE THE TUNE, TURN THE TIDE… you CAN DO THIS NOW!

If todays blog adds tremendous value to your amazing life, please leave a happy comment! Help us expand our REACH… invite your friends! I just finished praying for you all! Have a most triumphant day!

Here is a powerful new song for the turning of your tide!

Dream Big, Live Bold, and Make the Difference!

Chuck

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23
Feb

Sprint 2 The Finish!

Happy Tuesday!

It seems to me… we face the most resistance during the final steps to our greatest victories.

On Sunday, I announced to my church family, that I’m just 15 pages away from finishing my 4 year book project. 343 Word document pages now completed… a quotable line in EVERY paragraph! One book really can change the world… and Make Me a legend is written to do that!

Then, we went on to have the greatest church service @ Destiny Family Center in a year or more! It was a taste of heaven!

I can’t imagine the dark forces in my region are too happy with me right now. Who knows, I may have irritated a few national and international demons too.

Strike the Shepherd and the sheep will be scattered… Mark 14:27

If I was the devil, I would HUNT a man like me! I would commission all of hell to wipe this shepherd out… and I would do it FAST!

So, I asked for prayer, because I FELT the possibility of untold resistance at the finish line of such an impactful accomplishment!

I looked ahead, from where I was standing to the very short distance standing between me and the greatest victory of my life. And for a second, I wanted to turn back. The winds were blowing, the flames were white hot…

How right I was. Yesterday morning, around 10am… within a period of 10 minutes, I felt as if some beast walked into my office and beat me senseless. My whole body hurt… teeth, ears, bones, muscles, eyes, skin… even every blade of hair!

Here are two sections of scripture… my response to such last minute attempts to rip me down. You can use them for your own life situations!

Zechariah 3:1-2 Then the angel showed me Jeshua the high priest standing before the angel of the Lord. The Accuser, Satan, was there at the angel’s right hand, making accusations against Jeshua. And the Lord said to Satan, “I, the Lord, reject your accusations, Satan. Yes, the Lord, who has chosen Jerusalem, rebukes you. This man is like a burning stick that has been snatched from the fire.”

Joshua 1:5-9 No one will be able to stand against you as long as you live. For I will be with you as I was with Moses. I will not fail you or abandon you. “Be strong and courageous, for you are the one who will lead these people to possess all the land I swore to their ancestors I would give them. Be strong and very courageous. Be careful to obey all the instructions Moses gave you. Do not deviate from them, turning either to the right or to the left. Then you will be successful in everything you do. Study this Book of Instruction continually. Meditate on it day and night so you will be sure to obey everything written in it. Only then will you prosper and succeed in all you do. This is my command—be strong and courageous! Do not be afraid or discouraged. For the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.”

So, today and every day this week, one day at a time, I will stand in faith… I will run my final steps all the way to the finish, with great grace. Be inspired to do the same concerning your own FINISHING STEPS. Don’t slow down, don’t turn back… never give in, never give up… you will WIN this long race, in just a few more days!

God bless you all… have a most triumphant day!

Dream Big, Live Bold, and Make the Difference!

Chuck

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22
Feb

What a Day!

Internet problems today, not able to broadcast video… I’ll see you tomorrow.

Happy Monday!

I know I keep bragging to you guys about the amazingness of every church service @ Destiny Family Center! And just when I thought things could not get any better, yesterday happened! EVERY SECOND of that 10am service was like a PURE TASTE OF HEAVEN!

Aaron Huffer led our worship team with the BEST worship session in a YEAR! I felt like I was crossing over into another REALM at times… wanted it to last forever!

Dave Harman gave a POWERFUL prophecy at the end of worship, debunking Mr. Groundhog… saying that the long cold winter season is ending… and SPRING IS UPON US! Whether he was predicting warmer temperatures and bright sunshine in this physical world or a spiritual season of warmth and growth and fruitfulness, we all sensed the CHANGE!

Here’s the scripture Dave read to us:

Song of Solomon 2:10-13

My lover spoke and said to me,

“Arise, my darling,
my beautiful one, and come with me.

11 See! The winter is past;
the rains are over and gone.

12 Flowers appear on the earth;
the season of singing has come,
the cooing of doves
is heard in our land.

13 The fig tree forms its early fruit;
the blossoming vines spread their fragrance.
Arise, come, my darling;
my beautiful one, come with me.”

After Dave’s prophecy, we heard stories from yesterdays Washington DC Homeless Outreach Team… it was moving… VERY MOVING!

Then, we were privileged with a BEAUTIFUL SONG from Jazmin Howard, she’s ELEVEN!

The sermon was PROFOUND, if I do say so myself! I felt God possessed my body and made his appeal through me… the channel was OPEN, every single word felt to be INSPIRED… and what a difference it seemed to be MAKING!

Two people responded to my invitation, they came forward and gave their hearts to Jesus!

We spent the next hour praying for people and hearing stories about how much transformation took place during that service!

Then for the rest of the day, our friends Chef Danny & Dolly Leslie came to our house… they brought my daughter culinary gifts and cooked lunch and dinner and pastries for 5 straight hours. What a TIME WE HAD! Josh & Brittany Wade came over and helped us EAT… and that we DID… all day long!

We went to bed at 10:30pm… fell asleep thanking God for the fires of last year and how they TESTED and PROVED our friendships! I am the richest man in the world… loved and appreciated by a BOAT LOAD of BEAUTIFUL FAMILY & FRIENDS!

Selah! (emphasis)

Dream Big, Live Bold, and Make the Difference!

Chuck

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