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Tuesday, June 16, 2009
I have heard before that leaders are readers. So grabbed l.sweets new book. Should be awesome.
-- Cham
Ok...so It has been some time since I have touched this blog site. For awhile, I felt like it served its purpose. I used it for sanity's sake during some crazy times last year. I haven't abandoned it, but just took some time off. My friend Tim Corbin (& pastor) stated that he doesn't blog because he really didn't have anything to say or talk about. That pretty much sums up the reason why I haven't put anything on here in a very long time. I do have a lot to say, but I wanted to keep P.O.C. a blog about God, randomness, thoughts, and transparencies. I have another blog cham2seattle.blogspot.com that is more specifically geared to my church planting...an update if you will. So...the planet is coming back in to orbit. I am at a new place, a new place in life, and am always on an adventure. Like I prefaced on my very first blog on here last year, this is not about "me". This blog is about everything around me and my observations. It is really a place to cut loose and see what happens, BUT BY NO MEANS IS THIS BLOG EVER TO HAVE THE INTENT OF GETTING "CHAM'S NAME" OUT THERE. I checked out of that over a year ago and could really care less about how many people know me, buy books from me, reference me, etc.. WHY? Because for me to be authentic in myself & in my relationship with GOD, then I have to be poured out daily and allow the things I do/say reflect my God and His work...not my success. So in saying that...enjoy. I hope to rearrange the look of the site soon...
Much love...
cham
Thursday, February 12, 2009
I heard this on pandora.com and forgot how great the lyrics were... Deliver me by David Crowder Deliver me out of the sadness CHORUS: Deliver me loving and caring Oh, deliver me Jesus, Jesus how I trust You
Deliver me from all the madness
Deliver me courage to guide me
Deliver me Your strength inside me
All of my life
I've been in hiding
Wishing there was someone just like You
Now that You're here
Now that I've found You
I know that You're the One to pull me through
Deliver me giving and sharing
Deliver me this cross that I'm bearing
How I've proved You o'er and o'er
Jesus, Jesus precious Jesus
Deliver me
Come and pull me through
Come pull me through
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Many men owe the grandeur of their lives to their tremendous difficulties.
~ Charles Spurgeon
I am beginning to realize....
that it is pressure, time, and solitude that creates one of the most sought after gems of this world, the diamond. As you may know, diamonds, beautiful and expensive, started as a lump of coal. Over a course of time, immense pressure, and being separated from the outside elements (or world), a diamond is formed.
I don't think we are any different. The quote above by Spurgeon reveals my suggestion. I believe God is constantly in the diamond making business. He takes the junk in our lives, the pressures, the solitude, and begins to form us for His display. The diamond making days/weeks/years are tough, but is necessary and allowed. It brings something so beautiful in our lives that when the Glory of God hits us, the radiance shines in so many directions and changes others around us.
"Take a good look, friends, at who you were when you got called into this life. I don't see many of "the brightest and the best" among you, not many influential, not many from high-society families. Isn't it obvious that God deliberately chose men and women that the culture overlooks and exploits and abuses, chose these "nobodies" to expose the hollow pretensions of the "somebodies"? That makes it quite clear that none of you can get by with blowing your own horn before God. Everything that we have—right thinking and right living, a clean slate and a fresh start—comes from God by way of Jesus Christ. That's why we have the saying, "If you're going to blow a horn, blow a trumpet for God." ~ 1Cor. 1:26-30 (msg)
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Psalms way of dealing with the....
Commit everything you do to the Lord.
Trust him, and he will help you.
He will make your innocence radiate like the dawn,
and the justice of your cause will shine like the noonday sun.
Be still in the presence of the Lord,
and wait patiently for him to act.
Don’t worry about evil people who prosper
or fret about their wicked schemes.
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
get overwhelmed from time to time. I may not show it, but I do. I allow things to overwhelm me to the point of frustration, aggravation, and sometimes apathy every so often. It might just be for a a few minutes or a few days, but it happens. It can happen to the best of us. We all process things different, but we all eventually get overwhelmed, burned out, tired, and ready to go run off somewhere or quit. Most of the time it pushes us to go in to a "coasting" mode. We just coast through everything whether it is directly associated with the situation that is overwhelming us or not. We just don't feel like doing anything. I have found out how to battle this. Its find a hiding place.
I have been locked in to a song called "Hiding Place" by New Life Worship. It is an incredible song. To sum up the song, it pretty much sings about finding a resting place in God. I think that is so key. I am find out that no matter where I am, at what time, or what is happening, I can take a few minutes to get in to my hiding place. This hiding place is the presence of God. The psalmist say, "in your presence there is fulness of joy". That is so true. When I find myself overwhelmed with life's issues, events, or problems, I take a minute to get in to God's presence...even if it's just a few minutes. I makes a world of difference. HE recharges you, and takes away that weight that feels so heavy from the situation that you are in. I am learning more and more that it's God's presence is where we thrive and survive. I leave you with the lyrics of the song...
"Hiding Place" by New Life Worship
I found myself a hiding place
I found myself a secret space
In the shelter of Amighty's love
In the safety of the Saviour's arms
Chorus:
I will run to the hiding place
I will run to the hiding place
Draw me ever closer to look upon Your face
I will run to the hiding place
Verse2:
I found myself a hiding place
I found myself a secret space
In the refuge of the Father's care
In the cleansing blood of Jesus there
Chorus:
I will run to the hiding place
I will run to the hiding place
Draw me ever closer to look upon Your face
I will run to the hiding place
Bridge:
Though my fear may overwhelm me
And troubles, they surround
Though
The wind rise up to take me
My hiding place is already found
Verse3:
I found myself a hiding place
I found myself a secret space
In the shelter of Amighty's love
In the safety of the Saviour's arms
Oh, wanna lok upon Your face
I will run to the hiding place
I found myself a secret space
In the shelter of Amighty's love
In the safety of the Saviour's arms
Chorus:
I will run to the hiding place
I will run to the hiding place
Draw me ever closer to look upon Your face
I will run to the hiding place
Verse2:
I found myself a hiding place
I found myself a secret space
In the refuge of the Father's care
In the cleansing blood of Jesus there
Chorus:
I will run to the hiding place
I will run to the hiding place
Draw me ever closer to look upon Your face
I will run to the hiding place
Bridge:
Though my fear may overwhelm me
And troubles, they surround
Though
The wind rise up to take me
My hiding place is already found
Verse3:
I found myself a hiding place
I found myself a secret space
In the shelter of Amighty's love
In the safety of the Saviour's arms
Oh, wanna lok upon Your face
I will run to the hiding place
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
self-consciousness is a byproduct of the curse. spiritual growth is caring less about what people think and more about what God thinks. ~ Mark Batterson via twitter 11:01am pacific time
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