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From the Desk of Chuck-JOHNEL
August 4, 2001
Being Thankful and Grateful Hello Dear ones in Christ! Tonight I'm personally reflecting on my thankfulness to JESUS and my gratitude to JESUS for having saved me, for being my best friend and for keeping me in all these past years. I'm also thankful to GOD and deeply grateful to HIM for all of you, my brothers and sisters in Christ, my heavenly family, for whom He has given me a deep abiding love. Even as I thank FATHER GOD through JESUS CHRIST and by HIS HOLY SPIRIT for all His provision, I'm also quick to thank all of you for all your loving support in monies, prayer, encouragement, kindness and help whereby we have been able to carry forth this work in Christ. Recently a brother in Christ suggested that I might add a "mission statement" to my "Bio." As I pondered this, my first thought was to simply state that my mission is to seek His Will and do it and to be wholly yielded to JESUS CHRIST in every way, all things. But on reflection, a mission statement would at best tell more about what I do; whereas a "heart statement" would tell more about who I am and where I'm at. In 1974 JESUS first called me to go out of my prayer closet to give His Word to His Church in America. I enjoyed being an intercessor, being invisible to men but visible to God and in seeing His many wonderful answers to prayer. Even more, I loved being near to JESUS `In The Spirit' and in those early years I communed with the Lord God every day
for hours at a time, often in the heavens. I kept this to myself because it was something I treasured and I was unwilling to expose my relationship with JESUS to possible critical commentary. I understood even then that men would not believe me and would regard me as "crazy." I didn't want to cast pearls before swine as the Scripture says, so I kept silent. What moved me out of my prayer closet and into open view where I soon became a target for accusation, condemnation and hatred by many brethren across this great land? It was not because I sought fame or fortune or to be honored and recognized by men! No, it had everything to do with an intense gratitude to JESUS CHRIST for having saved me, more I was deeply thankful, for I well knew myself and how much of a sinner I was. When JESUS asked me to do this work I was moved by love for Him and could not say no. I could not conceive that He could ever make use of me, knowing myself as I did. When people attacked me, accused and condemned me for many different reasons, their disapproval of me only agreed with my own self-view. I wasn't worthy and that was
obvious to me. I reminded JESUS of all my short comings, my weaknesses and inclination to sin and each time He reminded me simply by saying, "MY GRACE IS SUFFICIENT FOR THEE." I've relied on His grace and FIe has kept me to this day and will keep me