the purpose of Esther and I was amazed a the revelation that God revealed as it relates to preparing for where He is taking you. Here's a few points: Esther's life of obedience was the key that brought her into the place of preparation. Perhaps the length of preparation depends upon how well we hear God's commands and obey His decrees... The Church cannot know the visitation of God without submitting to the dealings of God that result in brokenness. When you decide to be real and go to God broken, he will release upon you his grace to cover you. The path God chooses for us will be deteremined accordning to oursubmission to the breaking experiences that haev come into our lives by His divine appointment!
Sunday, March 27, 2011
The Purpose of Preparation
The most interesting season we can have as humans is the season of transition. Within that season, I always question my purpose. In my message today, I explored 
the purpose of Esther and I was amazed a the revelation that God revealed as it relates to preparing for where He is taking you. Here's a few points: Esther's life of obedience was the key that brought her into the place of preparation. Perhaps the length of preparation depends upon how well we hear God's commands and obey His decrees... The Church cannot know the visitation of God without submitting to the dealings of God that result in brokenness. When you decide to be real and go to God broken, he will release upon you his grace to cover you. The path God chooses for us will be deteremined accordning to oursubmission to the breaking experiences that haev come into our lives by His divine appointment!
the purpose of Esther and I was amazed a the revelation that God revealed as it relates to preparing for where He is taking you. Here's a few points: Esther's life of obedience was the key that brought her into the place of preparation. Perhaps the length of preparation depends upon how well we hear God's commands and obey His decrees... The Church cannot know the visitation of God without submitting to the dealings of God that result in brokenness. When you decide to be real and go to God broken, he will release upon you his grace to cover you. The path God chooses for us will be deteremined accordning to oursubmission to the breaking experiences that haev come into our lives by His divine appointment!
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
WE ARE HEBRON...
Wow! What a week! The scripture tells us that to whom much is given much is required. When I accepted my calling to become a pastor no one would have been able to convince me that the road would be this challenging yet rewarding. A couple of years ago there was a movie honoring The Marshall University football team that was tragically killed in an airplane crash. The title of the movie was simply "We are Marshall". The movie captured what it took to build a football program from the bottom up. It was challenging but it had to be done. After a lot of sweat and tears, the team had been rebuilt and they proudly proclaimed, "We are Marshall!"
This year we will celebrate our 5th birthday as Hebron World Church. When we began the church 4 years ago, God gave me a clear vision of revive, restore and redeem. A church in the spirit of Caleb, who even at an old age, possessed what God had promised him. We have been a very visible, giving and loving partner in our community. We believe in being the church outside of the walls of the church. Last year, we documented over 170 people dedicating their lives to Christ, we fed over 1,000 meals to community children, over 500 food boxes to those who needed assistance, a summer camp, numerous counseling sessions, community outreachs and much much more.
This past summer God sent to our ministry, Jae Soto to become our Teen and Young Adult pastor and Yvonne Hill as our children's pastor. As soon as they were in place, children started coming to our ministry through our van ministry and they are still coming. Our children and teen department has been overflowing and we are humbled that God trust us enough to minister His word and exemplify Him to the masses.
This weekend we launched our teen and young adult ministry, Revolve Church! That was after an awesome Friday night of couple's fellowshipping at our Couple's Dance! Wow! What an amazing night! Revolve Church launch was next dimension! It was church at an entirely different level. DJ, Ben Wood, BAND, GSLM, lights, TRINI, red carpet treatment, spoken word, leneil 4 Real and Minister of Mercy, holy hip hop,Milliyon Musiq, the works, nothing was spared. Children gave their lives on Saturday night to Jesus and the atmosphere was electric. Sunday we were blessed by Ric Flo and John Gray and again many people gave their lves to Jesus. No one could deny the Presence of God! People committed their lives to Christ, yolks and generational curses were broken and lives were changed! People were blessed and by the leading of the Spirit some even were given seed money for businesses as a Spirit mandate by Minister John Gray. Pretty gratifying to see God touch HIS people like that. It had been an exhilirating weekend! God used us to make an impact in earth!
Monday morning while in a Churchplanting conference session in Cumming, Ga., I received a call from the Covington City police informing me that Hebron had been broken into and the glass front door was shattered. The officer stated that some items looked to be missing so I drove an hour and half back from the conference to assess what was taken. At first, I was a little taken aback that the enemy would have the audacity to attack us but then I realized that he was simply mad because some people decided to follow Jesus and they decided at HEBRON! The thief stole our video camera that we use for stream to the world, computer monitors and units, a piano keyboard and of all things,our fundraiser Skittles. Doors and glass were shattered but not our Spirit. We will never, never give up on the vision God has given us..and that was to revive, restore and redeem a city, a region and the world unto HIM! We may be down but we are not destroyed and we will keep on making a difference and an impact in our community! WE ARE HEBRON...
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Sunday Reflections
Wow! I have the honor and priviledge to pastor some amazing people. Our message this past Sunday was What to do when the church does not work? It came from Mark 9: 14 thru the 27th verse. So many people have given up on the church because, unfortunately, the church cannot answer or fulfill their cry for help! Jesus paints a wonderful picture of how to address the conflict in your life. Even when people or the world think you are dead, He will lift you up!
Our ministry is one of lifting up the one who has been disappointed by life and all people! Our motto of Revive,Restore, Redeem is alive and well!
Be encouraged!
I invite you to join us this coming Sunday for "Back to Church Sunday"! If you have been out for awhile I encourage you to connect to a local church and let the Lord speak to you!
Our ministry is one of lifting up the one who has been disappointed by life and all people! Our motto of Revive,Restore, Redeem is alive and well!
Be encouraged!
I invite you to join us this coming Sunday for "Back to Church Sunday"! If you have been out for awhile I encourage you to connect to a local church and let the Lord speak to you!
Saturday, May 8, 2010
In the Meanwhile
First, I know, I know absence make the heart grow fonder right? Well, my life has been an absolute whirlwind as God has whispered direction to me.
A couple of weeks ago, I ministered a message titled, The in the meanwhile anointing. There is an anointing to hold on and persevere. After Jesus was crucified his followers and disciples were terrified. He told them to tarry in Jerusalem until the comforter came. They did not know what was going to happen exactly but they did know that something good was going to happen.
I just want to encourage all of you today...know that somethin good is going to happen.
God's best to you...
Charles
A couple of weeks ago, I ministered a message titled, The in the meanwhile anointing. There is an anointing to hold on and persevere. After Jesus was crucified his followers and disciples were terrified. He told them to tarry in Jerusalem until the comforter came. They did not know what was going to happen exactly but they did know that something good was going to happen.
I just want to encourage all of you today...know that somethin good is going to happen.
God's best to you...
Charles
Monday, November 9, 2009
The Real Church
What is the purpose of having a blog if you are not going to blog? My goodness...why do you
even have it? I know many of you have asked that question but honestly...I have been busy and fighting for my life. Family, life, business, life and oh yeah, a young church. Whew! What a summer.
Life will hand you a puzzle and gives you absolutely no clues on how to figure it out! Can I get an amen? Right there?
I know I owe you all something really good and profound and that will come soon.
I wanted to take this opportunity to give a BIG SHOUT out to http://www.12stone.com/ an amazing ministry located in Lawrenceville, Georgia. Since July 12th, God has graced our ministry with His hand of salvation and people are getting saved and lives are changing. During a recent visit and tour of 12stone, my gracious host showed me their baptismal pools which lead to a great conversation. As we were standing there I was able to qoute the price because I wanted one so we would not have to go back to the local swimming pool to commence this most important sacrament. My host tells me they were actually ordering some new pools that very day. I said, "Wow! great. Would you be so kind to forward me the information of the vendor so I can eventually order one for us." The young man in charge said sure but one of the church leaders said, "You know what? Order them one and call me to get the account to charge it to!" That was God in action! I was so elated at seeing God move straightway.
Yesterday, I baptized 4 people. What a public declaration and next week there will be some more! I am deeply grateful to 12stone for their heart to serve and assist. What an awesome ministry! I was even more impressed with the empowerment to make it happen for Jesus without having a vote by a board.
Again thanks 12stone! May God richly bless you beyond measure!
It's dippin time...
Be blessed,
PC
even have it? I know many of you have asked that question but honestly...I have been busy and fighting for my life. Family, life, business, life and oh yeah, a young church. Whew! What a summer.
Life will hand you a puzzle and gives you absolutely no clues on how to figure it out! Can I get an amen? Right there?
I know I owe you all something really good and profound and that will come soon.
I wanted to take this opportunity to give a BIG SHOUT out to http://www.12stone.com/ an amazing ministry located in Lawrenceville, Georgia. Since July 12th, God has graced our ministry with His hand of salvation and people are getting saved and lives are changing. During a recent visit and tour of 12stone, my gracious host showed me their baptismal pools which lead to a great conversation. As we were standing there I was able to qoute the price because I wanted one so we would not have to go back to the local swimming pool to commence this most important sacrament. My host tells me they were actually ordering some new pools that very day. I said, "Wow! great. Would you be so kind to forward me the information of the vendor so I can eventually order one for us." The young man in charge said sure but one of the church leaders said, "You know what? Order them one and call me to get the account to charge it to!" That was God in action! I was so elated at seeing God move straightway.
Yesterday, I baptized 4 people. What a public declaration and next week there will be some more! I am deeply grateful to 12stone for their heart to serve and assist. What an awesome ministry! I was even more impressed with the empowerment to make it happen for Jesus without having a vote by a board.
Again thanks 12stone! May God richly bless you beyond measure!
It's dippin time...
Be blessed,
PC
Monday, May 4, 2009
The Dryness
Wow! What a whirlwind week? As I reflect on yesterday service, I thought it not robbery to share with the blog world.
As we live in a world of such transistion and change there are times that we become overwhelmed or just burned out. We become dry and brittle and if we are not careful the very life we cherish can be taken out of us. Or as I really want to say it, sucked out of us! Ezekial was guided to a valley of dry bones and to his amazement he was told to speak life unto them. Most of us will exit stage left when we are confronted with putting work or time into something or someone we view as dead. Let's be real...because we value time so much that we don't have time to waste time so if there is not a pulse in the situation, we move on.
But Ezekiel did not, I don't think he had a choice really! The hand of the Lord was upon him.
That spoke volumes to me...where you are is where God has allowed you to be and if you are in a dry place than He is saying something to you. Many people we know are in dry places for that matter some of us are in a dry place. Dryness can cause a desperation! When your finances are dry, you become desperate for relief. When your relationships are dry and non productive, you become desperate for "real" fellowship and companionship. There are mulitple areas of dryness in our lives. I say all of that to say this:
As we live in a world of such transistion and change there are times that we become overwhelmed or just burned out. We become dry and brittle and if we are not careful the very life we cherish can be taken out of us. Or as I really want to say it, sucked out of us! Ezekial was guided to a valley of dry bones and to his amazement he was told to speak life unto them. Most of us will exit stage left when we are confronted with putting work or time into something or someone we view as dead. Let's be real...because we value time so much that we don't have time to waste time so if there is not a pulse in the situation, we move on.
But Ezekiel did not, I don't think he had a choice really! The hand of the Lord was upon him.
That spoke volumes to me...where you are is where God has allowed you to be and if you are in a dry place than He is saying something to you. Many people we know are in dry places for that matter some of us are in a dry place. Dryness can cause a desperation! When your finances are dry, you become desperate for relief. When your relationships are dry and non productive, you become desperate for "real" fellowship and companionship. There are mulitple areas of dryness in our lives. I say all of that to say this:
God places us in "dryness" to create desperation for HIM!
So if you are a little dry, seek HIM!
But Seek ye first the Kingdom of God, and his righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you. (Matthew 6:33) Go check out all these things...
Blessings upon you and have a great week!
Saturday, April 25, 2009
Incredible God
It is 6:50am and I am sitting in Atlanta Hartsfield Airport after arriving on the redeye from Los Angeles and boy am I tired. Because I love my wife so and I am not arrogant enough to ask anyone to pick me up so early on a Saturday morning, I have nothing but time. My family is coming to get me though for long day of flag football where my two youngest kids...rocks! Last week they both had interceptions and touchdowns. For you non flag football followers if you get an interception you cannot run it back so as we say in the south...they were showing out! I look forward to seeing them today since I missed their game last week due to leadership training that had been planned prior to the football shedule.
Speaking of leadership, I was blessed to work and attend an amazing conference this week called Catalyst West in Irvine, CA at an awesome church named Mariner's Church, www.marinerschurch.org. Since I work in the church related field along with being a pastor, I would say I know churches. I have seen big and small but this church beats them all. It was an appealing campus well thought out with student, children,life development and worship centers and a beautiful chapel built with glass and dark wood. This campus estimately cost over $100 million dollars. You may be asking so what is the big deal? Churches build these huge momuments to themselves all the time." Yeah ,that may be true but this was a "live" campus that was thriving and vibrant. Now, here is the catcher! No one had the faintess idea who the pastor was. This church had over 10,000 members and no where did a see the name or a picture of the pastor. Refreshing! I finally learned his name when I was in their bookstore and saw the pastor's book pick of the month. Kenton Beshore is his name. An amazing visionary he has to be.
No man can do this save God be with him...John 3:2
Speaking of leadership, I was blessed to work and attend an amazing conference this week called Catalyst West in Irvine, CA at an awesome church named Mariner's Church, www.marinerschurch.org. Since I work in the church related field along with being a pastor, I would say I know churches. I have seen big and small but this church beats them all. It was an appealing campus well thought out with student, children,life development and worship centers and a beautiful chapel built with glass and dark wood. This campus estimately cost over $100 million dollars. You may be asking so what is the big deal? Churches build these huge momuments to themselves all the time." Yeah ,that may be true but this was a "live" campus that was thriving and vibrant. Now, here is the catcher! No one had the faintess idea who the pastor was. This church had over 10,000 members and no where did a see the name or a picture of the pastor. Refreshing! I finally learned his name when I was in their bookstore and saw the pastor's book pick of the month. Kenton Beshore is his name. An amazing visionary he has to be.
No man can do this save God be with him...John 3:2
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