Chuck Smith
Chuck Smith
Charles Ward "Chuck" Smithwas an American pastor who founded the Calvary Chapel. Beginning with the 25-person Costa Mesa congregation in 1965, Smith's influence now extends to "more than 1,000 churches nationwide and hundreds more overseas", some of which are among the largest churches in the United States. He has been called "one of the most influential figures in modern American Christianity."...
ProfessionReligious Leader
Date of Birth18 June 1927
CityVentura, CA
heart desire lord
As you commit your life to follow the Lord, He begins to plant His desires in your heart, then guides you according to His plan
guides god-provides
Where God guides, God provides.
self honest helping
God will allow us to follow self-help, self-improvement programs until we have tried them all, until we finally come to the honest confession, ‘I can't do it. I can't be righteous in my own strength!’ It is then, when we admit our utter powerlessness, that we find hope. For it is then when the Lord intervenes to do a work that we could not do for ourselves.
wisdom jesus prayer
So live for the kingdom of God. Seek to bring glory to Jesus Christ and the Lord will use you. It is my prayer, my constant and daily prayer, that God would keep me useable.
prayer mean battle
There are more battles won through prayer than by any other means.
knowing knowing-what-to-do knows
Wisdom is knowing what to do with what you know.
trying fruit looks
God is more interested in what we are than in what we do. He looks for fruit; we try to produce works.
spiritual real differences
Paul points out that some say, 'I'm of Paul,' while others say, 'I'm of Apollos.' He asked, 'Isn't that carnal?' But what's the difference between saying that or saying, 'I'm a Baptist,' 'I'm a Presbyterian,' 'I'm a Methodist,' 'I'm a Catholic'? I have found that the more spiritual a person becomes, the less denominational he is. We should realize that we're all part of the Body of Christ and that there aren't any real divisions in the Body. We're all one.
beautiful strong mistake
Sometimes we make the mistake of thinking God uses only 'special' people the strong, the intelligent, the beautiful. We don't think He has a place for the rest of us. We are so wrong!
might purpose spirit
The purpose is not that you might get more of the Holy Spirit, but that the Holy Spirit might get more of you.
christian prayer important
The most important thing a born again Christian can do is to pray.
christian prayer doors
Prayer is the most important activity a born-again Christian can perform. It should head your list of priorities, for certainly the world around us desperately needs prayer. Prayer will open the door for God to do a glorious work in these last days. Prayer will stem the tide of evil.
jesus judging church
Look, don't judge Christianity by the imperfect examples that we have seen in history. Judge it by Jesus Christ.
children grace gutters
God often goes to the gutter to find the recipient for His grace. He lifts him out, washes him and transforms him - making him into a child of God fit for His kingdom. That is God’s grace.