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Momentum: Never Faint, Loosen, or Relax!

Wednesday, April 7th, 2010 By 3 Comments

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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Seeing Into the Soul of a Celebrity

Friday, June 26th, 2009 By 5 Comments

It’s Friday!

Even though this means absolutely nothing to me, I know that most of the NORMAL people in this world get excited about TGIF! I’m wishing you guys a beautiful weekend! Destiny Family Center is throwing me a BIRTHDAY PARTY on Sunday evening… 5pm at the home of Mike and Cindy Fortin. You can get directions at the church office or by coming to church Sunday morning! I hope you’re able to show up and SHOW ME THE LOVE! lol The Fortins have a BEAUTIFUL place… with a very nice lake! Oh… and there will be delicious food and lots of FUN THINGS TO DO! 

Yesterday…

Sure was a real shocker huh? FARRAH FAWCETT and then MICHAEL JACKSON… both dead in one day? The whole world feels the epic impact of yesterdays loss… billions are mourning. A news caster for Fox News stated that Michael Jackson was possibly the most recognized human face worldwide, certainly ONE OF those faces! 

As this was going down and the news was coming out… I was praying for the very real families buried underneath the layers of fame that surrounded these two icons! Throughout the past decade, I have prayed for Michael Jackson, so many times. His life was so loaded with controversy… who can really imagine the PAIN… and maybe the GUILT this man CARRIED IN HIS HEART. None of us will ever know the truth about what was going on behind closed doors… but we do know that a REAL PERSON lived in front of us in a very high profile kind of way… and now he is gone. 

Michael Jackson lived in seclusion because of his FEARS and PHOBIAS. And despite his EXTRAVAGANT precautions… he still died young at 50!

FEAR, STRESS, GUILT, and ANXIETY… more deadly than any physical illness. Whenever I watched Michael Jackson on the news, this is what I saw… a person SHOULDERING THE WEIGHT of his own sinfulness… imploding under the PRESSURE of controversy… hiding in the dark because of his FEAR of losing it all… a man with everything and never able to enjoy anything.

I prayed for Michael Jackson. I prayed for him so many times… as I pray for many public figures. I look past their photoshopped images… and their 20,000 square foot houses… and all their luxuries… and fame. When I look hard enough… I can see the real human person… the lost and hopeless person who needs the very same savior we all need!

When humans become famous, we make them out to be gods… we assume they have arrived… that they have it all… and need nothing. Yet, they CRY just like you and me. There is nothing in all this earth lovely enough to silence that unsatisfied inner longing to BE NEAR WITH FATHER GOD. 

From this we see how badly people need Jesus! Everyone needs Jesus! Oh the PEACE of having our sins washed away… the FAITH that takes away our fears… the MERCY that removes our guilt! Proverbs 27:20 says that LUST IS NEVER SATISFIED. Meaning that there is no end of WANTING until we FIND THE INNER PEACE OF LOVING GOD and BEING LOVED BY HIM!

As I pray for the Fawcett and Jackson families today… I pray for God to LIGHT A PATH for their feet… a clear and simple path to the only place they will find GRACE for this moment. I pray for the billions of mourners… that they will see what I have written about today… their deep spiritual craving, that is only satisfied at the foot of the cross. May the whole world see the EMPTINESS of luxury… the LONELINESS of stardom… and the AMAZINGNESS of Father God… who reaches out to all who need REST!

Matthew 7:28-29 Then Jesus said, “Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you. Let me teach you, because I am humble and gentle at heart, and you will FIND REST FOR YOUR SOULS.

Matthew 9:36-37 When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them, because they were HARASSED and HELPLESS, like sheep without a shepherd. Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few.

I hope todays words add tremendous VALUE to your amazing lives! Let’s pray quite a bit today… lets help people find their way to PEACE! Please leave your comments… have a most outstanding day! 

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Run Free & Stay Young!

Saturday, April 11th, 2009 By 2 Comments

Happy Saturday Friends!

Tomorrow is Easter Sunday… hope to see you at Destiny Family Center- 10am! 

I just watched a video on Jonathan Woodard’s blogsite… and thought to share it with you guys! When I first experienced this video about six months ago, I remember thinking to myself, “How much of what I am doing every day is outdated and unproductive?”

The Bible is NEVER outdated… prayer is NEVER outdated… building the church is NEVER outdated… reaching unbelievers with salvation is NEVER outdated… but HOW we are going about our mission is always being challenged with our EVERY CHANGING SOCIETY! 

Here… watch the video and I will be back with a few closing thoughts.

Riveting aye? I think so! It makes me wonder how much of my time each and every day is wasted attempting todays and tomorrows mission with yesterdays methods.

Sadly, our world is filled with so many protesters of change. There is a STRONG undercurrent of YESTERDAY always ripping the trailblazers down.

Jesus explained it like this in Luke 5, “No one tears a patch from a new garment and sews it on an old one. If he does, he will have torn the new garment, and the patch from the new will not match the old. And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. If he does, the new wine will burst the skins, the wine will run out and the wineskins will be ruined. No, new wine must be poured into new wineskins.“

If you want to make a BIG difference in tomorrows world… you’re going to have to stay clear of small minded people and paradigms. Yes, hold on to sound doctrine… never forsake the timeless message about Christ… hold tightly to the routines of prayer, devotion, and fellowship that keep you drawn NEAR to God! Just get away from anything that backs you into a corner… things that suppress creativity and consume your days in meaningless activities. 

As Christians, we should have great concern over the spiritual state of todays world. We should SPEND much more of our time apart from the political bickering that keeps us FRUITLESS. We should be walking by FAITH and LIVING by FAITH… INNOVATING the quantum leap concepts that will lead to the modern evangelization of this empty society. 

Our message is FAR TOO AMAZING to be so UNAPPEALING in this world of broken people! 

I believe that God has a BEAUTIFUL PLAN for this generation! And I’m determined to keep pressing into it, not swayed in the least by the dangerous undercurrents of yesterday.  

We are trailblazers my dear bloggers! Stay fresh… run free and stay young… reach in to the love and mercy of God that so easily snaps the choke chains of fear and judgment… and don’t get distracted for more than a week or two. We are the church of tomorrow… and no matter how things look today… we can still emerge as the FINEST CHURCH TO EVER GRACE THIS EARTH! 

I pray that todays blog acts as a catalyst of change in your amazing lives! I pray that my dear bloggers will clearly identify those distractions that keep them going backwards… and they choose to reclaim their destinies in Christ! Have a tremendous Easter everyone!! Love you all!

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Quick 2 Listen/ Slow 2 Speak/ Slow 2 Become Angry :)

Tuesday, March 31st, 2009 By 11 Comments

Good Morning Friends,

Guess what?? We’re going to be adding a few video clips from my recent teaching “30+ Thoughts on Effective Evangelism.” Look for these clips on this blog site over the next few days!

Today’s thought deals with the subject of self control and learning to ENTRUST our lives into the loving hands of God in all life’s circumstances. Too often, we take matters into our own hands and really make a mess of things! Maybe this blog will help… 

James 1:19-20 “My dear brothers, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, for man’s anger does not bring about the righteous life that God desires.”

Quick to listen… Slow to speak

  • Because things are not usually as they first appear… don’t speak from misinformation.
  • Listening is an act of respecting others… and a sure sign of wisdom.
  • Wise people use less words and last words.
  • Being the last person to speak positions you to be the most informed speaker.
  • When possible, always talk to God before responding to people.
  • When speaking in your own defense, don’t speak unless prompted by the Holy Spirit.
  • Even perfect words can be misinterpreted… many times; silence is more powerful than a mighty argument.
  • Silence gives God a chance to do the impossible.

Slow to become angry

  • Anger is a manifestation of fear.
  • Fear is an antonym for faith.
  • Anger is mans way of responding to adverse circumstances in his humanity.
  • Anger is not a God approved method for handling adverse circumstances.
  • Victory obtained through anger is not really a victory.
  • Anger manipulates people and circumstances… and never brings the kind of lasting victory God has for his children.

A person who is quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to become angry… is a person who has learned to trust that God is bigger than people… and that life works out best when left in God’s hands. God loves, God is merciful, God is just… and God is ABLE to work ALL THINGS OUT FOR OUR GOOD AND HIS GLORY! 

Today’s blog is written from a lifetime of painful experience… it’s comes from the chronicles of this bloggers decades at the school of hard knocks! I pray it adds tremendous value to your amazing lives! We love you and we thank God for you… tootaloo!

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Fear is Still No Factor For Me Baby! :)

Wednesday, March 11th, 2009 By 2 Comments

Good Morning Friends!

Thanks for writing all your amazing stories yesterday! It was my pleasure reading YOUR blogs for the day! It amazes me how each of you took your opportunity to thank God for all he has done! As each story came up… I was FILLED WITH JOY at all the HAPPY CONTENT flowing out of your hearts! This says so much about the real condition of your hearts! When given the floor to write about whatever you wanted… you guys spent your moment telling the world how good God is! I thank God for friends like you! Thank you for adding great value to my amazing life!

I woke up this morning thinking about some of the LARGE tasks on my schedule… thinking about a few LARGE hurdles I will have to jump over in the not too distant future… thinking about all the unrealistic expectations of some of my peers… and how impossible it will be to hold everyone in the fold as I lead FORWARD from here. These thoughts haunted me for about 10 minutes, until I remembered the blog from Monday! Then I was like, “Wait a minute… I’m not going to fail… it’s all going to work out… I am just a human… God is with me and I am under a DIVINE assignment… I have special angels surrounding me right now… SO DON’T SLIDE BACK INTO FEAR CHUCK BALSAMO!”

At that, I rolled over and gave my wife a kiss on the nose, told her I loved her, and I parachuted CONFIDENTLY from my bed! (our bed is way up in the air like an eagles nest) I walked through my living room to my family room… the place I meet with God in the mornings these days! Wow… what a difference one message can make! What if I had not remembered that blog… what if I had continued to think those kinds of destructive and disempowering thoughts for another ten or twenty minutes? This could have become a disastrous day! But instead… it will end up recorded as a MOST TRIUMPHANT one! 

Here are a few verses to TURN UP YOUR CONFIDENCE TODAY!

  • Psalm 27:3 “Though an host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear: though war should rise against me, in this will I be confident.”
  • Joshua 10:8 “The LORD said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid of them; I have given them into your hand. Not one of them will be able to withstand you.”
  • Psalm 118:6 “The LORD is with me; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?”
  • Isaiah 12:2 “Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. The LORD, the LORD, is my strength and my song; he has become my salvation.”
  • Romans 8:28 “And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.”
  • Romans 8:31 “What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?”

Did you wake up in fear this morning? Scared to face the obstacles in YOUR path today! Shake this off RIGHT NOW… be confident, and bold! Move forward as if you CANNOT FAIL… because if the Lord is with you, WHO can ever stand against you? Who or WHAT will ever be able to curse what God has already blessed? Walk with the Lord and TRUST him… and he will NEVER let you down!

I hope today’s blog adds great value to your amazing lives! I love you guys and I have already prayed that your day would be AMAZING! Chat later… don’t forget church at Destiny Family Center TONIGHT at 7pm!

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