{"id":17502,"date":"2012-11-09T17:00:20","date_gmt":"2012-11-10T00:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/realfaith.com\/uncategorized\/an-observation-after-breakfast-with-chuck-smith\/"},"modified":"2012-11-09T17:00:20","modified_gmt":"2012-11-10T00:00:20","slug":"an-observation-after-breakfast-with-chuck-smith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/realfaith.com\/sermons\/an-observation-after-breakfast-with-chuck-smith\/","title":{"rendered":"An observation after breakfast with Chuck Smith","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Great fruitfulness is only by the grace of God. What we can control more than fruitfulness is oftentimes faithfulness. This week, Pastor Mark shares a lesson from the life of Chuck Smith, whose ministry at Calvary Chapel saw much fruit only after many years of steady faithfulness.<\/p>\n<h2>Questions<\/h2>\n<p>Are you running at such a pace that you can finish the race?<\/p>\n<p>Are you using these years not just to see results, but to learn and grow?<\/p>\n<p>As a leader, what are three ways you can prepare for the later years of your life and ministry?<\/p>\n<h2>Share this on social media<\/h2>\n<p>Chuck Smith was 45 before Calvary Chapel took off. Great fruitfulness came after many years of faithfulness. http:\/\/jesus.to\/VWhCbi<br \/>\nToo many young leaders start off strong but don\u2019t finish well. http:\/\/jesus.to\/VWhCbi<\/p>\n<p>Young leaders, don\u2019t just focus on results now. Learn and grow to get ready for your later years of ministry. http:\/\/jesus.to\/VWhCbi<\/p>\n<p>Older leaders, your most fruitful years might be your latest years. Stay faithful. http:\/\/jesus.to\/VWhCbi\/textarea&gt;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Great fruitfulness is only by the grace of God. What we can control more than fruitfulness is oftentimes faithfulness. This week, Pastor Mark shares a lesson from the life of Chuck Smith, whose ministry at Calvary Chapel saw much fruit only after many years of steady faithfulness.<\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"author":6,"featured_media":17503,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[386],"tags":[],"ministries":[],"topics":[],"series":[467],"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"link","format":"url"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/realfaith.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17502"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/realfaith.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/realfaith.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/realfaith.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/realfaith.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17502"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/realfaith.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17502\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/realfaith.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17503"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/realfaith.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/realfaith.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/realfaith.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17502"},{"taxonomy":"ministries","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/realfaith.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ministries?post=17502"},{"taxonomy":"topics","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/realfaith.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics?post=17502"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/realfaith.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=17502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}