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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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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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