Apr 25, 2018
What You'll Hear:
- Jeff was born again on at age 13 at an old timey spiritual revival and was close to God
- "A lot of times it's just easier to put God on the shelf somewhere and try to do things on my own"
- Jeff got away from God as a young man and made some mistakes
- 10-12 years ago Jeff was re-anointed with the Holy Spirit and started growing close to Christ again
- Small things and decisions in our lives can totally redirect us
- Jeff started working as an engineer for a natural gas company working off-shore in Houston, TX
- Jeff then worked for a rendering company in NC and found it was one of the stinkiest jobs you could ever be in
- Jeff went through a divorce and was traveling too much away from his two sons and so he started his own dry-cleaning business
- With a hired manager in his business, Jeff started doing general contract work on the side. He now does contractor work full-time
- "The best thing is I'm doing what I love to do...I'm able to develop a lot of relationships..I'm doing what God wants me to do....it gives me a lot of flexibility"
- Jeff started a camp for high school age boys in 2011 after being a leader for his 2 boys in Boy Scouts
- Jeff brainstormed with his pastors and came up with the X60 Camp to help young man to experience God's creation and learn how to be a man in today's world
- 60 miles = 23 miles hiking on the Appalachian Trail, 17 miles biking on the Virginia Creeper, 20 miles of canoeing on the New River.
- It's a week long camp.
- They talk about false vs. real masculinity, relationships, finding and living out God's purpose for our lives and serving others.
- Many men have the wrong idea of what work should be. They dread work and think of it as agitation. We should think of it as a labor, task or duty that is one's means of livelihood.
- We need to do something that we enjoy and or at least don't dread
- If you want to be happy and enjoy the work you do, you either need to do something else or look at the good things about your work
- God doesn't want us to be miserable in the work that we do. He wants us to excel and do our best.
- Have the right attitude and each day ask for God's guidance
- The best way to share your Gospel at work is to be an example. Have integrity and consistency.
- Integrity is doing the right thing when no-one is looking. in the workplace it's real easy to lose your integrity.
- If you truly want to live out your faith at work and be a witness, you basically have to have that constant integrity
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Jeff's favorite scripture verse is Psalm 24:4-5 "
Show me Your ways, O Lord;
Teach me Your paths.
5 Lead me in Your truth and teach me,
For You are the God of my salvation;
On You I wait all the day.Proverbs 3:5-6 "Trust in the Lord with all your heart,
And lean not on your own understanding; In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct your paths" and Philippians 4:13 "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me" - Jeff encourages others to go on Mission Trips
- Jeff encourages men to develop true friendships with other men. He started developing these friendships a few years ago.
- A typical man has one true friend...it takes a lot of effort to have true friends but it's worth it
- Check out the Timothy initiative and do it with other men. It's an 8 week course.
- To contact Jeff go to http://x60mcc.com or email x60mcc@yahoo.com
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Bio: Samuel J. Carter (Jeff)
2832 Forestdale Drive
Burlington, NC
Born: March 5, 1959 Asheboro, NC
Born Again: August 1972
Member: Harvest Baptist Church, Burlington, NC
Married: Misty
Four Children: Richard, Channing, Brad, Chad
Education: BS Civil Engineering - North Carolina State
University
Licensed General Contractor since 1991
Work History: Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line (5 years)
Engineer
Carolina By-Products (15 years) Plant Engineer, Plant
Manager,
General Manager
Best Value Cleaners (13 years) Owner
SJC Construction (15 years) Owner
Other: Developed Extreme 60 Mobile Christian Camp (X60) in
2011
11 mission work teams since 2004 (Puerto Rico, Jamaica, Cuba)
Questions:
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Jeff how and when did you become a Christian?
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you’ve had an interesting career, working as an engineer, plant manager as well as owning 2 businesses. Tell us about your businesses you’ve started and run, how you got involved in them and why you chose that route instead of being an engineer or plant manager?
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Do you like having your own business?
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I want to talk about your X60 Mobile Christian camps you started in 2011. How did you get started doing those and what are they all about?
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What do you think is the biggest misunderstanding men have about their work?
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What is the best way for a Christian man to live out their faith through their work?
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Have you ever shared the Gospel while at work and do you have any suggestions for doing so?
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What is your favorite or life verse and why?
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Any final thoughts?
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How can listeners get in touch with you?