Tag Archive for 'faith'

07
Apr

Momentum: Never Faint, Loosen, or Relax!

By chuck 3 Comments
Categories: Journal & Message

Happy Wednesday!

I decided to blog from my patio… this is the perfect morning. There is a slight chill in the air, a gentle breeze, the birds are waking. I felt like the time spent outside would be much better on my mind, than to rush off to my office. How right I was!

Momentum: Never Faint, Loosen, or Relax!

Everybody seemed to love yesterdays blog: Guess What? You’re a Guaranteed Winner! From the facebook comments, I could so feel like people were saying, “Please encourage me, build me up!”

Really, when I wrote that message, I had no idea about how many people were right now suffering with a loser spirit. I personally hate it when this happens to me… whenever I’m doing my very best for God, my family, and this world… and my efforts seem to be fruitless.

Galatians 6:9 (Amplified version) And let us not lose heart and grow weary and faint in acting nobly and doing right, for in due time and at the appointed season we shall reap, if we do not loosen and relax our courage and faint.

  1. Don’t lose heart, grow weary, and faint… in acting nobly and doing right!
  2. There is a due time, an appointed season when we will see the reward of our noble efforts!
  3. We will definitely reap the harvest, only if we do not loosen and relax our courage and faint!

Any time you’re acting nobly and doing right… it’s always making a difference! Positive in is positive out! Action causes reaction! But not usually right away… ask any farmer about the time gap between planting and harvesting!

There is a huge KEY to breakthrough waiting to be grasped here in Galatians 6:9… Don’t FAINT, LOOSEN, or RELAX! Read it again, focusing on those three words… and watch what happens!

Forward momentum is always the reward of FAITH and ENDURANCE! Backward momentum is the penalty of FEAR and INCONSISTENCY!

We have to break the destructive cycle of starting up noble and right actions… and then fainting, and loosening, and relaxing every time we encounter opposition and delay!

Do the noble things, do the right things… every day, every month, every hour, every second… without wavering… without fainting, loosening, and relaxing!

We have to believe in our dream before many others believe in our dream… we have to plant our dream and water our dream and nurture our dream… and sacrifice for our dream, long before it YIELDS a harvest! We have to get up everyday and ENCOURAGE OURSELVES in the wee hours of each morning! We have to pray UNTIL something happens! This is the ONLY way we will ever see the big things happen in our lives!

Journal & Announcement

Last Night! The church meeting with Pastor David Kumar from India… it was so beautiful! My only regret is that we were not able to spread the news to enough people before he came. I wish everyone could have attended those two very special meetings! May God bless David as he heads back to India soon.

Tonight! The anticipation has been building around Destiny Family Center for about a month! We’re finally starting a 13 week Wednesday night series: The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership! This is a John Maxwell DVD curriculum: a 10 minute DVD for each session, then some additional teaching from ME, and we’ll be breaking into small groups for discussion. I’m beside myself over what this is going to mean to so many of my dear friends! Each night starts at 7pm pronto… see you here?

Thats all for today you guys! I just finished praying for everyone… have a most triumphant day!

Dream Big, Live Bold, and Make the Difference!

Chuck

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19
Jul

A Mutual Exchange of Encouragement

By chuck 2 Comments
Categories: Journal & Message

Happy Sunday!

We’re back home and real happy about church at Destiny Family Center this morning! Wow, I have really missed everyone! (photo: Mr. Peelz says goodbye to the beach) 

Todays message is sure to ENCOURAGE and INSPIRE… gonna continue the message I started a few weeks ago: I Still Have a Dream Today!   

More than the message, is the LOVE and FAITH I feel in my heart this morning… it’s so large! I just want to HUG everyone, and let them know how much I appreciate journeying with them!

Romans 1:10-12 One of the things I always pray for is the opportunity, God willing, to come at last to SEE YOU. For I long to VISIT YOU so I can BRING YOU some spiritual gift that will HELP YOU grow strong in the Lord. WHEN WE GET TOGETHER, I want to encourage you in your faith, but I also want to be encouraged by yours.

This is how I feel today… like having a MUTUAL EXCHANGE of ENCOURAGEMENT! 

I LOVE the people I lead at church and over the internet. My family SINCERELY LOVES the people we do life with. We thank God for all the beautiful people here in our hometown and scattered throughout the world who value our leadership… for the people who admire and share our BIG DREAMS… for all the Joshua’s and Caleb’s who without hesitation, they run to the promises with FAITH in every step!

Numbers 13:30 But Caleb tried to quiet the people as they stood before Moses. “Let’s go at once to take the land,” he said. “We can certainly conquer it!”  

Yes we can! Yes we are! Yes we will! 

I hope todays blog rouses up some FAITH in you guys today! Maybe you’re down at the moment… but this is only TEMPORARY… because you and I were BORN TO TAST THE GRAPES OF PROMISE! We’re doing something historical with our lives… yes we are! 

Please click on to the 10am broadcast… leave your comments… and have a super duper Sunday!

29
Jun

Anticipating a Quantum Leap

By chuck 6 Comments
Categories: Journal & Message

Happy Monday!

Journal: Lovely weekend. Saturday… we made two birthday parties and a graduation party… and I still managed to blog and write in my book and sermonize and hang out with my family! Yesterday was a BEAUTIFUL DAY! We had the biggest technology glitch of our lives at Destiny Family Center… STRESS CITY for about 10 minutes… a PILE of kids we’re on the platform ready to sing songs they learned at vacation bible school… and no sound on the video! It was SUPER embarrassing… I think a few tech team members might have had an ACCIDENT or two! I know I did! LOL 

The service turned out PHENOMENAL… life changing for EVERYONE! The message, “I Still have a Dream” really seemed to RESONATE with so many people! The feedback was instant and keep coming throughout the entire day! 

My birthday party was UNREAL! So MANY people showed up… the food was DELICIOUS… everyone was SMILING and interacting… new friendships were formed… people were catching fish… and boating… and playing horseshoes… and! Wayne Howard, one of our newest DFCers… he’s the manager of Smoothie King and brought free smoothies for EVERYONE at the party… I had TWO!

Great day… the LOVE was therapeutic! 

Monday is my day off… today should be an interesting one! First, I’m planting my beautiful birthday plants! Then, I’m visiting two guys in jail… short of a miracle, one of them is looking at something like 25 to life… and depression seems to be taking over his heart. I pray that I’m able to give both these guys LIFE TODAY! Then, over to Charlottesville so I can pray for a man that’s having a pace maker installed. The day ends with a dear friends birthday party at Cheeseburger Paradise… FISH TACOS BABY!

Oh, and I think we’re planing to free Coree’s pet Red Fox at some point… that should be fun! And I hope to squeeze in a few hours of writing… an hour of swimming… and a few potty breaks! LOL

I feel so much anticipation this morning… like my life is building up into a GIANT QUANTUM LEAP! These have been months of change… aggressive CHANGE! And whenever I try to figure it all out, I get confused… it doesn’t really make sense. It’s so easy to wonder where God is and what God is up to. I’m tempted to make some crazy moves… to act aggressively… to take matters into my own hands.

And then I realize that God is so brilliant… his ways are so much higher than my ways! So I resolve myself to BE STILL AND KNOW THAT HE IS GOD! I keep meditating on his LOVE FOR ME… I spend hours thinking about how good he has been to me these past 38 years! And as I TRUST, his peace calms my agitated heart…

My fears FLEE AWAY… and my CONFIDENCE RISES! New visions come… and HOPE FILLS MY HUMBLED HEART. From the ashes, I see NEW LIFE and BETTER IDEAS… I climb up to my knees and then to my feet… with a message he has given me… a feeling really… a feeling that becomes a message… as I let the message in, it takes over my life… and I am UPGRADED… I am TURNED INTO ANOTHER MAN… a BETTER MAN… a SUPER MAN!

Oh, the pleasures of walking with God… the PEACE of knowing that ALL THINGS work together for our good! Sometimes, life doesn’t make sense… and in those times, we must TRUST GOD even when we he does CRAZY THINGS WITH US! 

These are my random journal thoughts for the day… I hope you’re inspired to TRUST GOD WITH YOUR OWN LIFE… on a much higher level, to ANTICIPATE something EPIC! 

Please leave a comment before you leave… it will only take a minute! I just prayed for you guys… so have an AMAZING DAY!

24
Jun

Grab the Initiative, Take Action, Do it Now!

By chuck 4 Comments
Categories: Journal & Message

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!

20
Jun

Rest

By chuck 7 Comments
Categories: All Journal

Happy Saturday!

Since I’ve been blogging so MANY WORDS lately… I thought to give you guys a REST today! I’m working on my fathers day message right now, writing in my book later this morning, doing a wedding at 2pm, and hosting 20 teenagers for dinner… to honor high school graduation. Then tomorrow is FATHER’S DAY… and hey! I’m a FATHER!

I sincerely pray that each of you have a BEAUTIFUL weekend. Let your worries go and your faith rise. You are LOVED of God and your future is safe and lovely. Come to church at Destiny Family Center tomorrow… worship God with all my beautiful friends… I just have a feeling, that this is going to be a rare service. Hope you can make it. I love you guys… thanks for all your beautiful comments and your amazing love. Truly, you are the salt of the earth…   

Check out this worship video by Kari Jobe… Beautiful. Hit play, close your eyes, and think about the Beauty of the Lord… wow, what a beautiful experience! Grace and Peace…

12
Jun

Dreaming Beyond This Mountain

By chuck 4 Comments
Categories: Journal & Message

Happy Friday!

We traveled to Pikeville Kentucky yesterday… I’m speaking at Trinity Harvest Church tonight (7pm). The Pastors here, Richard and MaLeah Homes… AMAZING couple! We have been treated like royalty since accepting their invitation… and our time together yesterday evening was so BEAUTIFUL and BLESSED! 

Matthew 10:40-42 “Anyone who receives YOU receives ME, and anyone who receives ME receives THE FATHER who sent me. If you receive a prophet as ONE WHO SPEAKS FOR GOD, you WILL BE GIVEN the same reward as a prophet. And if you receive righteous people because of their righteousness, you will be given a reward like theirs. And if you give EVEN A CUP OF COLD WATER to one of the LEAST of my followers, you will SURELY be rewarded.”

An extravagant REWARD comes to this city TONIGHT because of the way we have been RECEIVED. They gave us a refrigerator of Nestle Pure Life Water AND SO MUCH MORE! If I was God… I would BLESS THEM with a BLESSING they don’t have room enough to contain! Everything they do is excellent, their character is staggering, their faith is off the charts, their vision is NOBLE and CLEAR!

Pikeville Kentucky is known as “THE CITY THAT MOVES MOUNTAINS.” This is their slogan because of the Pikeville Cut-Through, where Pikeville MOVED A MOUNTAIN AND REROUTED A RIVER in order to significantly increase available space for development in the city. (HOW’S THAT FOR ANTICIPATION OF SUCCESS!)

The Pikeville Cut-Through is one of the largest land removal projects in the Western Hemisphere… it took 14 years to move 18,000,000 cubic yards of rock and dirt, second only to the Panama Canal project.

These people have VISION, FAITH, INITIATIVE, and GUTS like I’ve never seen before… and I cannot wait to speak to them tonight at 7pm! This should be a service for the chronicles! 

DREAMING BEYOND THIS MOUNTAIN:

Sometimes, we all face MOUNTAINS standing in the way of our SIGNIFICANT FUTURE DEVELOPMENT. The lesson here is to DREAM BEYOND THE MOUNTAINS… to ENVISION FUTURE POTENTIAL beyond our current obstacles. When the picture of POTENTIAL SUCCESS is CLEAR ENOUGH… no sacrifice will ever seem too big! All the blood, sweat, and tears… it all makes sense when we know WHY WE’RE MOVING THESE MOUNTAINS. 

Mark 11:23 For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall SAY UNTO THIS MOUNTAIN, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall NOT DOUBT in his heart, but shall BELIEVE that those things which he saith shall come to pass; HE SHALL HAVE whatsoever he saith.

Whether it’s with a pick axe, a strong back, and shovel… or 77.6 million dollars worth of professional land movers and all their mountain moving machines… or the ROCK BREAKING words of FAITH flying from our prophetic mouths… the mountains will move!

Zechariah 4:6-8 Then he said to me, “This is what the Lord says to Zerubbabel: It is not by force nor by strength, but by my Spirit, says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies. NOTHING, not even a MIGHTY Mountain, will stand in Zerubbabel’s way; IT WILL BECOME A EVEL PLAIN before him! And when Zerubbabel sets the final stone of the Temple in place, the people will shout: ‘May God bless it! May God bless it!’”

Some mountains take longer to move than others. So, don’t get discouraged… and don’t ever throw in the towel. Keep your eyes on the prize… DREAM BEYOND EVERY MOUNTAIN!

I pray that todays blog adds tremendous value to your amazing lives! Maybe we will see you tonight in Pikeville… or Sunday at Destiny Family Center! Please leave you comments… I love to read them! Have a SUPER DUPER DAY EVERYONE!

10
Jun

Learning How To Dream

By chuck 6 Comments
Categories: All Journal and Announcement

Happy Wednesday!

FYI: I’m preaching at Trinity Harvest Church in Pikeville, Kentucky Friday night at 7pm… if your close to Pikeville, see you there?

Hows life for you guys today? Things going well? I really care and I’m really praying for God to help you into the victories you desire! Everyone has dreams… you have dreams of being and doing so many things! Hold on to those dreams… and never let them out of your sight! Anything is POSSIBLE… and your DREAMS, no matter how BIG they may look from where you are standing today… they are POSSIBLE! 

Most of the time, dreams take a very long time growing up into living realities. A dream is a PICTURE of what is POSSIBLE. 

Hebrews 11:1 Now FAITH is the substance of THINGS HOPED for, the evidence of things not seen. 

Dreams are the THINGS HOPED FOR in this faith formula! Without THINGS HOPED FOR, our FAITH has nothing to go after! 

So, in order to live a miraculous kind of existence… in order to live by FAITH and not by SIGHT… in order to fully experience the super amazing destinies God has for you and me… we MUST GET BETTER AT DREAMING! 

For most people, their tiny dreams are not much more than an impression in their heart. For others… a mental photograph. There are some people who carry around mental PHOTO ALBUM of their various dreams. And then there is that very small elite group of DREAMERS out there who DREAM SO WELL they have actually GONE INTO THE FUTURE AND LIVED THEIR DREAMS ALREADY!

AGAIN… Hebrews 11:1 Now FAITH is the substance of THINGS HOPED for, the evidence of things not seen. 

FAITH is the VEHICLE that transports a person from the LAND OF HOPES into the LAND OF DESTINY. Faith CREATES SUBSTANCE out of the things WE HOPE FOR… or DREAM ABOUT!

HOPE has its very necessary purpose… hope cannot do what ONLY faith can do. Hope says, maybe someday. Hope says, that sure would be nice. Hope says, here are my dreams… my possibilities… this is my potential. 

Then, once we have HOPE… once we have a CLEAR DREAM, faith steps up and says LET US GO UP NOW, AGAINST ALL ODDS IF NECESSARY, AND LET US TURN THIS DREAM INTO A LIVING REALITY… FOR THIS DREAM IS AS GOOD AS DONE! 

If I can SEE IT, I CAN HAVE IT! Therefore, I must become an expert at DREAMING the DREAMS of God for my life! I have to stop reducing the size of my dreams down to the size of my human capabilities. I must not filter my dreams through the vastness of my obstacles… instead, I have to BELIEVE that with GOD all things are possible… to them that BELIEVE!

Are you good at DREAMING the DREAMS OF GOD? Maybe you should consider starting a DREAM JOURNAL… a place where you can doodle pages and pages of DREAMS… a place where you can DREAM WITHOUT LIMITS… DREAM as if your FATHER IS THE ONE WHO CREATED EVERYTHING AND CAN DO ANYTHING! Sounds like a good plan to me!

Have fun you guys: DREAM ON… DREAM ON… DREAM UNTIL YOUR DREAMS COME TRUUUUUUUUUUUE! I pray this blog adds tremendous future value to your amazing lives! Please leave your comments… I love to read them all! Come to church tonight at Destiny Family Center… see you there!

08
Jun

Envisioning the Best Week of This Year!

By chuck 3 Comments
Categories: All Message

It’s Monday!

Another new week… a whole new set of OPPORTUNITIES… a clean slate… a fresh start! This could be the week you… get a BIG raise at work, discover a new career, blast through a mountainous obstacle, make a new friend, break from a destructive pattern, cut off a destructive relationship, have the spiritual breakthrough of your life, help a miserable person receive the transformational breakthrough of their LIFE… THIS COULD BE THAT WEEK!

Hebrews 11:6 And without FAITH it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that HE EXISTS and that HE REWARDS those who earnestly seek him. 

This scripture contains the BEGINNING OF FAITH: to believe that God is a good and REWARDING kind of God. That he CARES and LOVES and wants the BEST for the ones who seek after him! I believe in this kind of God… and my God REWARDS me as I EARNESTLY SEEK HIM!

Life is not always easy and my life has its FAIR SHARE of adversity… but I am an overcomer because I believe that I am an OVERCOMER! 

The way we APPROACH our new weeks, makes ALL the difference. You can be like, blah, blah, blah it’s Monday ggrrrrrrrrr! Or, you can say, THANK GOD for last week… and THANK GOD for the SENSATION OF ADVENTURE I FEEL RIGHT NOW looking over the days ahead!

Are you EXPECTING a miracle THIS WEEK? Are you EXPECTING good things to happen… GREAT things to HAPPEN… for THIS WEEK to be the BEST WEEK of your year so far?

When we LOOK for destruction, we usually find it! When we look for success, we find SUCCESS! Whatever we think about all the time gets bigger and BIGGER and BIGGER. I want victory, so I think victory! I pray for victory FROM A STANCE OF VICTORY… believing that God is IN ME, WITH ME, and FOR ME… therefore NOTHING or NO-ONE in all this world can stop his beautiful plan for my life!

Today, we must choose NOT to focus on the miserable aspects of our current situations… but we SHOULD LOOK FOR THE BLESSINGS that ARE MOST DEFINITELY ALREADY HERE!

Pray with this anticipation and a SUPER BIG SMILE… think about HOW GREAT GOD IS and how much he LOVES YOU… all day long, live this day like a kid on Christmas morning… this is YOUR WEEK… this is MY WEEK TOO!

Believe bigger than you ever have before! See the whole world conspiring in YOUR FAVOR! As you head for victory… envision VICTORY COMING TO YOU! Believe in the God you are praying to… that HE WILL NEVER LET YOU DOWN. Believe that HE IS MIGHTY TO SAVE… and that he CAN MOVE THE MOUNTAIN!

Or… you can do like almost everyone else does… and grumble through everything that comes your way! Instead of LIVING BY FAITH and CREATING YOUR WORLD BY FAITH and PRAYER, you can let life happen to you… and play the victim, AGAIN. Nut-huh, not me baby! I am a mighty CHAMPION and THIS IS MY WEEK! 

Hope this blog helps you off a better start than most Mondays! Sorry its late getting posted… LONG WEEKEND… little behind! LOL

Please leave your comments… I love to read them! I just finished praying for you ALL! So go get-em tiger! LOL

13
Apr

Welcome 2 Your Next Great Adventure!

By chuck 3 Comments
Categories: All Message

Good Monday Everyone,

I wonder if diversions should be welcomed as great adventures? We work so hard to establish nice little patterns for our lives. We try to make so many perfect moves. We try so hard to automate as much as possible. We flip out when circumstances arise to shock us with unwelcomed CHANGE. 

I wonder if we should count adversity as an act of evil or an act of grace? Has all this pressure and all this agony come into your life to bring you down OR has it come to LIFT YOU UP? Is the universe rallied against you OR is the universe NUDGING you into the NEXT GREAT ADVENTURE?

Instead of weeping in a spirit of hopelessness, should we fall down and worship at the feet of our FATHER with a renewed sense of FAITH, HOPE, AND LOVE!

God is BIGGER than people… and God is BIGGER than our imperfections! Therefore, we should never feel like ANYTHING from our past has any real shot at canceling our future in Christ!

Think about this: If reaching your divine destiny depended upon YOUR PERFECTION, it would never happen! If you had to make the correct turn at all ten thousand intersections this decade, you would end up in the wrong place way out in the wastelands!

Is your life really as messed up as it may seem right now? Should you accept your current set of circumstances as a sure sign of defeat… and should you just throw in the towel… stop dreaming… stop aiming for all those beautiful dreams?

Be careful not to assess your progress through human reasonings. For GODS WAYS ARE HIGHER THAN OUR WAYS and GODS THOUGHTS ARE HIGHER THAN OUR THOUGHTS! If he is GOD than he has a trillion ways of getting each of us safely to our destinations! 

So when life seems to throw us a great big curve ball… and life seems to punch us out cold… and life seems to smack us WAY OFF THE BEATEN PATH… we should NOT despair my friends! Instead, we should raise our faces and lift hands to the deep BLUE SKIES and BLESS THIS BRAND NEW GREAT ADVENTURE! 

Proverbs 3:1-6 

 1 ”My son, do not forget my teaching, 
       but keep my commands in your heart,

 2 for they will prolong your life many years 
       and bring you prosperity.

 3 Let love and faithfulness never leave you; 
       bind them around your neck, 
       write them on the tablet of your heart.

 4 Then you will win favor and a good name 
       in the sight of God and man.

 5 Trust in the LORD with all your heart 
       and lean not on your own understanding;

 6 in all your ways acknowledge him, 
       and he will make your paths straight.”

Ok… so there you have it… another paradigm for the same set of circumstances! Selah! Think about this… meditate on all the opportunities this inconvenience could be bringing about. TRUST my friends! TRUST that God is still CRAZY ABOUT YOU… he is STILL WORKING ALL THINGS OUT FOR YOUR GOOD! 

I pray that todays blog adds TREMENDOUS value to your amazing lives! God bless you all… have a most ADVENTUROUS DAY!

02
Apr

Happy Birthday Coree/ Another Video- Clip #2

By chuck 5 Comments
Categories: Journal with Video and Message with Video

Good Morning Friends!

Today is the 18th birthday of my BABY BOY! Coree is such a delight… well, most of the time that is! At 18, he still has a young heart and he’s one of the funniest people I know!

About a year ago, youth Pastor Nathan Bain told Coree and Heaven this redneck game he used to play when he was a kid. It’s called possum stompin… ever heard of it? So, ever since then… Coree and Heaven and some of their friends drive down a bunch of our gravel country roads at nights from time to time looking for possums.

The goal is to find one trying to cross the road… stop the vehicle, get out, kick the possum, get back in the vehicle and drive away… with the bragging rights! (Please don’t turn us in to the animal rights people… we’re talking about an innocent little kick here you guys!)

Until a few days ago… they have not found a possum in more than a year of diligent searching! Coree and Lucas Wade were driving home from the gym on Sunday evening and there it was!!! A four legged furry creature was in the middle of the road! So Coree nailed the brakes, put the truck in park, and he and Lucas jumped out to go stomp their first possum! Coree didnt have his contact lenses in that night… bad boy!

As they ran around front to the headlights… Coree and Lucas had their feet back ready to kick, until Lucas YELLED to Coree, “NO, NO, Coree DON’T, It’s a SKUNK!” The only thing that would have made this story more funny would have been if the skunk had sprayed them! Unfortunately, it did not… and poor Luke and Coree and a few of their friends are still waiting for that glorious day they successfully administer their first stompin! And Emily and I are left with another laugh and the pleasure of having a son that loves the simple things in life! Happy Birthday Coree… we are so blessed to call you our son!

Ok, on the preachy side of things… from the stats, it looks like you guys loved yesterdays video! So, I’m going to include another one in todays blog. I hope it also adds tremendous value to your amazing lives! 

In todays video, I’m expounding on one of my 30+ Thoughts on Effective Evangelism, taught on this past Sunday night: “The FAITH that a person needs to be saved is contained within the message about salvation.” Great thought… I think you’re gonna LOVE it!

Enjoy the video and leave your beautiful comments! Oh… and have a super day!

Tootaloooo everyone!

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