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P RAISE FOR A LIGNMENT
Chuck Parry is a wonderful gift to our Bethel community. His affection for God and his childlike faith have caused many impossibilities to bow to the name of Jesus. His new book, Alignment, puts into words the truths we see Chuck live out every day with great hope, simple faith, and contagious joy. And from that place of friendship with God, he demonstrates his love for the Holy Spirit and people. I encourage you to read this book and feed your soul. In doing so, you will no doubt fall in love with Jesus all over again and be equipped to invade the impossible in His name.
B ILL J OHNSON
Senior Leader of Bethel Church, Redding, California
Author of The Way of Life and Raising Giant-Killers
In his book Alignment, Chuck Parry stirs faith for the impossible to become a natural outworking of our relationship with Jesus. Chucks insights, revelatory soundbites, and incredible accounts of God breaking into peoples lives are simply breathtaking. In this book you will get to discover what our union with Jesus really means and how our right understanding and believing work to unlock the same empowered life that Jesus enjoyed. What I love about Chuck is that he is able to unlock supernatural life in an authentic, vulnerable way. He not only gives you theological truths to build your life on; he also gives you some of his internal dialogue and process that will empower you to actually step out into a life of revealing Gods heart to the broken and hurting world around you. Reading this book has once again stirred me to live out of who I am in Jesus and to align myself with Heaven rather than trying to perform or work hard at doing the Kingdom stuff. Alignment will do just that for you as you read this book; it will connect you and align you to the great destiny that comes from our shared life with Christ.
J ULIAN A DAMS
Director of Frequentsee
Author of The Kiss of the Father
and internationally known prophetic minister
Chuck is the real deal. He lives what he preaches. I am honored to walk side by side with this man of God. You will be amazed and touched by his stories of both connection to God and the miracles he has seen because of this great connection.
D AWNA D E S ILVA
Founder and co-leader of Bethel Church Sozo
Author of the books Sozo, Shifting Atmospheres, and Overcoming Fear
Get your highlighter ready for a read thats dense with truth and life. Chuck has a gift for making the spiritual so practical youll walk away with a Holy Spirit rush every time you pick it up. His first book, Free-Falling, rocked my world, instilling a new confidence to know that I can free-fall and land on my feet. I wanted more. Alignment may be Chuck Parrys magnum opus. He walks forward like Jesus in all his stories, dispelling lies and dispersing truth. This book lights my path and charges my world with Holy Spirit electricity like a lightning bolt from Heaven displaying Gods glory as it dispels the devils lies we all too often believe to be commonplace. Just as darkness is not an entity on its own, but rather the absence of light, so the lie is not a living entity, but rather the intentional absence of Truth. And when we agree with any lie we step outside the realm of His perfection into places of distortion in our thinking. Chuck is handing me the broom I need to sweep all the junk out of my mind. But he doesnt stop there. He goes on to replace all the junk with a unique understanding of Gods nature that fills every crevice in my heart, threading a constant reminder throughout to hold onto Gods promises and our faith, against all odds. This book will be sitting next to my Bible. Forever thank you, Chuck!
L INDSEY C LIFFORD
Writer
What a joy plus honor to scream out loud the benefits of Chuck Parrys remarkable new book. Chucks Free-Falling brought a new spiritual, practical, full-of-Joy perspective to my life, and now this book takes it further. Tell everyone you know that Chuck is in the house and that the man of God has spoken!
D R . M ICHAEL K. C LIFFORD
Entrepreneur
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Foreword
I met Chuck Parry some years ago when he first visited us in West Sussex in the UK. In our churches, we were hungry and committed, seeking to see signs and wonders become a normal part of our proclamation of the Gospel of the Kingdom. What we read in the scriptures of the life of Jesus and the early Church was not our daily experience. We needed some help. So I invited Chuck to lead us into discovery of a life of regular miracles. Yet what we received was so much more