Cowboy Church Bass
Club
2026 Northern Division
Tournament Recap
Whitney
April 25,2026
Congratulations to first place winners
Andy Vaughan of Maypearl and Adren Allen of
Waxahachie.
Andy said…. ”We didn’t get a
chance to practice before the tournament, so we went down to an area near the
State park and fished some rocks. We had a limit of 2-3 pounders within the
first hour. They came on lipless cranks, and top-waters.
2 of our 3 were smallmouth but they were eventually culled when we landed the
7.08 on a top-water and another heavy 3-pounder. The bite slowed down after the first two
hours. We then went to another area nearby
and culled another fish flipping a TX-rigged brush hog I poured (homemade) this
week, similar to the zoom watermelon magic. We also
caught keeper fish off brush on a senko I poured in
the same color. We probably caught 20
fish total all day, but the bite was very slow after about 9-10 am.
Scary side note, the split
ring on the treble hook failed as we were landing the 7-pounder in the net.”
Kevin Davis caught the big bass of
the tournament on a chartreuse & white spinner bait with a Lake
Fork trailer fishing mid lake. He said…”We were about to leave the area because we weren't getting
any bites. Then bam. She went under the trolling motor around it and then right
back out before we could get the net. Should have lost
it!” Kevin said they caught most of their bass
on underwater structure, but it had to be totally submerged.
Kevin and Byron
McFarlan also took 2nd giving them a $436 pay day.
|
Team |
#of
fish |
Big bass |
Team Weight |
Points |
Winnings |
|
Notes |
|
|
1 |
Andy Vaughan
Adren Allen |
3 |
7.09 |
13.84 |
200 |
$586.00 |
|
Traps, topwater, brush
hogs, senkos, shallow, rocks, |
|
2 |
Kevin Davis Byron McFarland |
3 |
7.59 |
11.03 |
199 |
$436.00 |
|
$241 + BB $195 = $436 on Flukes, shallow, laydowns on
flukes & spinner baits. |
|
3 |
Michael Walden |
3 |
5.67 |
10.56 |
198 |
$204.00 |
|
Niko rig on the bridge
and stumps in 10-ft water |
|
4 |
Mike Thurman Joe Lee |
3 |
|
10.44 |
197 |
$136.00 |
|
Chatter baits, swim jigs,
whopper plopper in the willow trees |
|
5 |
Joe Crouch Kenneth Mahone |
3 |
6.25 |
10.24 |
196 |
$95.00 |
|
Green Punkin craw worms |
· 30 teams fished
· 5 zeros
· 0 DOA
· 22 teams had limits (3 fish).
· Average weight was 2.50-lbs
· 71 bass weighed in
· $1,457 total payout
· Times – safe light to to
3:00 pm
Pictures: https://photos.app.goo.gl/S9jkKnG8Kkmqe8Qo6
Full results (see the Whitney tab at the bottom of the
spreadsheet)
http://www.cowboychurchbassclub.org/ccpoints26NorthDiv.htm
LAKE CONDITIONS
The lake level was 0.67-ft low. The
water clarity was
kind of murky. The air temp was
73-85. The water
temp was 73+. Winds 8-14 mph with gusts to 18 mph.
We launched at McCown Valley park. If your tournament launches
there, be sure and get an activity permit well in advance. Plenty of parking, clean
bathrooms. Grass:
found central lake in the flooded flats.
SCATTER SHOOTING
John and Al figured out what the issue was on their
boat motor at Bob Sandlin……..We shared the lake with Rough
Creek Bass Club. https://www.facebook.com/groups/1137488920101372/
I did not find a website for them……….Al Kohutek checked in the teams while
waiting for the gate to open at 6 am………There was a fish fry on fry-day after
practice. Thanks to Jon Yohner and Lee Davis for helping and
donating the fish……We had 30 teams. If
we had 1 more, then we would have paid 2 places on big bass……..Reggie
and Teri Stewart thought they were renting a screened in shelter at McCown Valley,
but they found out checking in, that they rented a pavilion. They ended up staying
at Cherokee Village Resort and were very pleased with the accommodations https://www.cherokeevillageresort.com/
……Next tournament is a 2-day tournament
on Hubbard Creek.
LAKESIDE DEVO – Al Kohutek Led the DEVO on Fellowship
What we are doing right
here, right now is true Christian fellowship.
Fellowship is one of the
most important parts of the Christian life. God did not create us to live in
isolation. God designed us to grow, encourage, and support one another through
relationships.
The Bible emphasizes the
significance of fellowship throughout its teachings, promoting a sense of
community, mutual support, and shared spiritual growth among believers.
HEBREWS
10:24-25 “And let
us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, not
giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging
one another
Believers are encouraged
not to forsake assembling together, emphasizing the
importance of meeting regularly to encourage and uplift one another.
Christian fellowship is
the mutual bond that believers share in their relationship with Jesus and with
each other. In the Bible the Greek term is “koinónia,”
Koy No Nee HA. It transulates
to fellowship, partnership, participation, and sharing
ACTS 2:42 “They devoted themselves to the apostles’
teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.”
It gets even deeper when
we fellowship one-on-one with each other.
Before I moved full time to Lake Whitney, I lived on a very cool
community lake, and we had a bass club and we fished
with a random neighbor every other tournament.
At the end of the tournament you had one of the
best opportunities to get to know your neighbor. When my partner John,
was out year after last due to back surgery, it was the perfect opportunity fish as a substitute on other team and get to know y’all better.
Look, we have some of the
best opportunities to fellowship one-on-one with are teammates…..Driving together to the lake and spending time with each
other at our lodging and being on the water.
MATTHEW
18:20 “For where
two or three gather in my name, there am I with them.”
This club gathers in Jesus name. It is our main focus.
Cowboy Church Bass Club exists to unite Christians and reach out to
non-Christians with the love of Jesus Christ through competitive bass fishing
tournaments. Mission: To Glorify God, Create Fellowship, and bring people to
know "God and His Word"
One of my favorite
proverbs is…
PROVERBS
27:17 “As iron
sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another.”
Fellowship fosters
spiritual growth and accountability. It normalizes our beliefs in the dark
world that we live in. Hopefully our
wives see this and understand what we are doing here is not just fishing.
ECCLESIASTES
4:9-10 “Two are better
than one, because they have a good return for their labor: If either of them falls down, one can help the other up. But pity anyone who
falls and has no one to help them.”
Bottom line is God created
us for community and there are plenty of scriptures that back that up. Maybe
the strongest argument for community comes from looking at the life of our
Master and Leader, Jesus Christ. He surrounded Himself with twelve disciples
and out those twelve, were three who He was especially close to – Peter, James,
and John.
If Jesus needed such deep
camaraderie and community, it’s a safe bet that we do to.
The next tournament is a 2-day
event on Hubbard Creek. There will be
many opportunities for fellowship.
If you would like to lead
a devo but don’t know where to begin, you can follow the guide on our website
at http://www.cowboychurchbassclub.org/BassClubDevo.pdf
Prayer - Dear Lord, we
thank You for placing us in this group of fisherman,
where we can grow and sharpen one another in faith. Help us to be bold in
encouraging each other and humble in receiving feedback. Give us the courage to
have honest conversations and the love to support one another through
challenges. Teach us to grow in wisdom, grace, and understanding as we seek to
follow You. Strengthen our bonds and guide us in becoming the people You’ve called us to be. Let our lives reflect Your glory
as we grow together in faith.
Amen.
Charley updated us on a
few things and encouraged us to share our testimony.
Teri Stewart closed the tournament with a prayer, and we
were dismissed.
The Classic on Bob Sandlin & Cypress Springs
April 10-12, 2026
Donna and Charley David
take the win and a $1,500 payout! Charley said…..”I
practiced by myself because Donna was taking care of some home chores and the
kids. Friday at practice I chose to start on Cypress Springs. I located some
fish on the dam and then worked my way up the lake. As I got up on the north
end, I stumbled onto a spinner bait bite on the deep
edge of the docks. Just one good fish, but it was a seed to a pattern that we
exploited on day one. I also located quite a few bed fish on the lower end of
the lake in the clear water the males were locked on, but the females were very
skittish. I went to Bob Sandlin in the afternoon and caught a few fish, but not
the quality that I was catching at Cypress Springs.
The plan was set for
Saturday. We were going to start at the dam and then go up north. When we got
to the ramp Saturday morning, there were 10 boats in
front of us. The boats in front of us beat us to the dam. We fished it briefly
and then went up north where we expanded on the pattern. We caught most of our
fish on Saturday on the double Willow leaf white spinner bait. We lost a
monster fish on my first cast with the spinner bait. I was very frustrated.
Asking God why me. His answer was have faith. On day two,
our North area was blown out, and we were not able to
catch anything. So, we scrambled finally being able to
catch some fish on crank baits around some docks further south with some
cleaner water. We were able to catch a limit, but it
was not a big one. I didn’t think we had enough for the win, but I was OK with it knowing God had blessed us and if he wanted us to
win, we would win. Donna and I fished our first tournament with the Cowboy
Church Bass Club 20 years ago this spring. We will celebrate our 20th
anniversary this year in May. This is the first Classic that we have won. It is
a very special win for us We are very thankful to God for the blessings to him
goes to the glory”.
|
Bob Sandlin &
Cypress Springs 4/11 - 4/12 |
Weight
day 1 |
1/2 pound bonus for attending
sat. fellowship dinner |
Weight
day 2 |
Total
weight |
Payout |
|
Number
of fish day 1 |
Big
bass day 1 |
Number
of fish day 2 |
Big
bass day 2 |
|
Winning
Baits |
|
Charley David & Donna David |
14.93 |
0.50 |
6.07 |
21.50 |
$1,500.00 |
|
5 |
4.86 |
3 |
|
|
white spinner bait,
crank bait |
|
Mike Thurman & Joe Lee (x) |
12.73 |
|
7.55 |
20.28 |
$700.00 |
|
5 |
4.32 |
3 |
|
|
crank bait, c-rig
brush hogs |
|
John Baran & Michele Baran |
12.53 |
0.50 |
6.97 |
20.00 |
$400.00 |
|
5 |
6.03 |
3 |
3.63 |
|
berkly power worm |
|
Eric Olsen & Kory Grelle |
13.93 |
0.50 |
5.39 |
19.82 |
$300.00 |
|
5 |
3.93 |
3 |
|
|
chatter bait, shallow |
|
Doug Powell
|
11.94 |
0.50 |
6.98 |
19.42 |
$200.00 |
|
5 |
|
3 |
|
|
shaky head, chatter
baits, jig |
|
Albert Love & Matt Love |
9.99 |
0.50 |
7.7 |
18.19 |
$100.00 |
|
5 |
3.81 |
3 |
|
|
Crank bait on wind blown points |
|
Gus Chavira Toby Turner |
9.22 |
0.50 |
8.18 |
17.90 |
$100.00 |
|
5 |
|
3 |
4.22 |
|
D2, shaky head with
long floating tail |
|
Chris Rendon & Tony Harris |
11.72 |
0.50 |
5.65 |
17.87 |
$100.00 |
|
5 |
|
3 |
|
|
senko |
|
Jason Picard & Lee Hawthorne |
11.05 |
0.50 |
5.12 |
16.67 |
$100.00 |
|
5 |
|
3 |
|
|
power worms, swim jig, shallow |
|
Joe Crouch & Kenneth Mahone |
8.42 |
0.50 |
7.71 |
16.63 |
$100.00 |
|
4 |
3.37 |
3 |
|
|
yamamoto fuzzy senko, red bug speed worm on c-rig |
|
Les Smith & Chance Barnett |
10.62 |
0.50 |
4.83 |
15.95 |
$100.00 |
|
5 |
|
3 |
|
|
DT6, Swim Jig, junk
baits |
|
Phil Crouch & Ricky Carrol |
12.11 |
0.50 |
2.77 |
15.38 |
|
|
5 |
5.07 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
Derek Sullivan & Steve Tigert |
9.68 |
0.50 |
4.6 |
14.78 |
|
|
5 |
|
3 |
|
|
|
|
Rodney Pickard & Brent Stanford |
8.46 |
0.50 |
4.24 |
13.20 |
|
|
4 |
|
3 |
|
|
|
|
Steve Bible & Gib Hoffman |
7.13 |
0.50 |
4.84 |
12.47 |
|
|
3 |
|
3 |
|
|
|
|
Doyle Ray & Thom Wilkins |
4.7 |
0.50 |
6.23 |
11.43 |
|
|
3 |
|
3 |
|
|
|
|
Mike Hooten & Nikki Barnett |
5.26 |
0.50 |
1.8 |
7.56 |
|
|
3 |
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
Al Kohutek & John Yohner |
4.96 |
0.50 |
1.26 |
6.72 |
|
|
3 |
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
James Cook & Eric Cook (x) |
5.09 |
|
0 |
5.09 |
|
|
3.00 |
|
0 |
|
|
|
|
Shannon Goad |
2.45 |
0.50 |
0 |
2.95 |
|
|
3 |
|
0 |
|
|
|
|
Reggie Stewart |
0 |
0.50 |
0 |
0.50 |
|
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
|
|
|
Totals |
184.47 |
|
97.89 |
282.36 |
$3,600.00 |
|
83 |
|
48 |
|
|
|
|
Michele Baran |
6.03-lb |
|
|
|
$150.00 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Big Bass Day-1 |
|
Gus Chavira |
4.22-lb |
|
|
|
$150.00 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Big Bass Day-2 |
|
Total Payout |
|
|
|
|
$3,900.00 |
· 21 teams fished
· 0 zeros
· 0 DOA
· 11 teams had limits (5 fish day 1 and 3 fish day 2).
· Average weight was 2.15-lbs
· 131 bass weighed in
· $3,900 total payout
· Times – Day 1 safe light to 3:00 pm
Day 2 safe light to 1 pm
Pictures: https://photos.app.goo.gl/jn9SjgCjY5MRHTyE7
Full results (see the “Classic – Sandlin & Cypress” tab at the
bottom of the spreadsheet
There is another more detail tab next to it called “Classic Gus
Version” that we used to calculate the weights).
http://www.cowboychurchbassclub.org/ccpoints26NorthDiv.htm
LAKE CONDITIONS
Day 1 - The air temp was 58-80.
Winds
5-17 mph.
Day 2
- The air temp was 67-70. Winds 10-18
mph with gusts to 23. Rain most of the
day.
The lake level was 1 ft low. The
water clarity was
clear to murky depending on where you were. The water temp was
in the 70-75. Grass: Lots of vegetation in the Monticello Cove and
Jakes Creek. There was a shad spawn
Saturday morning at different areas on the lake.
We launched at the State Park. Everything was good there, but parking was a
little tight for those getting there late. The park staff was
very helpfull!
SCATTER SHOOTING
This tournament was mostly
funded from last year’s entry fees. Congratulations
to the teams that qualified for free entry ……….Please
keep Brandon Wooddell and his family in your prayers. He recently lost
his father last week and could not be here because he was at the
funeral…..Someone other than Al fell in the lake………….Two teams were late
to the weigh-in and after much consideration by the leadership, the teams were
given a 2-pound penalty instead of a DQ. This impacted
their tournament placement. Don’t be late to weigh-in!.......……The fish limits
were switched from day 1 to day 2 due to the uncertain weather conditions
predicted for Sunday……..We were able to use the park’s
pavilion for our church service. Everything went perfect and Reggie Stwart
gave a great sermon Sunday morning…….A lot of research
went into deciding the ramp location and the final decision to use the State
Park turned out to be the best. There
were two other tournaments on Bob Samdlin. Here is the Media
tournament results https://mediabass.com/2k26/TX/INE/4.shtml and there was
another tournament on Cypress Springs, so both lakes were crowded..………Only
two teams missed the Saturday night fellowship at Vaughn’s Catfish restaurant,
thanks to Les Smith for making the reservations………….Thanks
to Gus Chavira from the Central Division. He created a custom
spreadsheet to calculate all the weights and that made things a lot easier on
day 2 when handing out the money.…….Several teams lodged
over night at the State Park. The cabins and screened in shelters were very
affordable……The next tournament is on Lake Whitney. There will be a fish fry
at Al’s house on Friday afternoon after practice.
LAKESIDE DEVO – Reggie Stewart lead us in the Lord’s Supper and gave the message
Audio: http://www.cowboychurchbassclub.org/devo/ChurchServiceClassicReggieStewart20260412.m4a
Joe Lee closed us with a prayer, and we were
dismissed.
Richland Chambers
March 21, 2026
Brandon Wooddell and Keith McMillan beat the
field using flukes and trick worms around docks. Brandon said..…”We
caught 2 keepers on our first spot. Moved to the second spot that produced in
the past and caught nothing. Went back to first spot, and it was dead. We
didn’t have anything to fall back on and no knowledge on
how to run in low water timbered areas, we started fishing
the docks. We fished several before I caught our limit fish on a 6” trick worm
at 1 o’clock. We ran the rest of the docks in that area doing the same and
culled up. Blessed to win, thought it would take much more to win on Chambers
in March” Their 11.79-pound sack was worth $470.00.
Big Bass – Carson Brock catches the big bass of the
tournament weighing in at 6.26 pound and wins $156.00 plus he and Chance
Barnett take 3rd place for $160 netting them $320.00. Their’s were
caught using Senkos and jigs in 12-ft of water near
tree stumps.
|
Team |
#of fish |
Big bass |
Team Weight |
Points |
Winnings |
|
Notes |
|
Brandon Wooddell Keith McMillan |
3 |
5.09 |
11.79 |
200 |
$470.00 |
|
1st |
|
Mike Thurman Joe Lee |
3 |
4.12 |
11.16 |
199 |
$273.00 |
|
2nd Chatter bait and craws around duck weed in 3-ft water |
|
Carson Brock Chance Barnett |
3 |
6.26 |
11.15 |
198 |
$320.00 |
|
3rd ($164 + $156 BB) Cason Brock sub for Les Smith |
|
Doyle Ray JT Rocha |
3 |
|
9.57 |
197 |
$109.00 |
|
4th Shaky head rattle snake in 4ft water |
|
Mike Hooten Nikki Barnett |
3 |
3.81 |
8.85 |
196 |
$76.00 |
|
5th Senko, chatter, grubs on sea walls |
· 24 teams fished
· 4 zeros
· 0 DOA
· 13 teams had limits (3 fish).
· Average weight was 2.85-lbs
· 49 bass weighed in
· $1,092 total payout
· Times – safe light to to
3:00 pm
Pictures: https://photos.app.goo.gl/jnkTFPABtkvxLgM68
Full results (see the Richland tab at the bottom of the
spreadsheet)
http://www.cowboychurchbassclub.org/ccpoints26NorthDiv.htm
LAKE CONDITIONS
The lake level was 1.92 ft low. The
water clarity was
murky. The air temp was
61-91. The water
temp was in the 58-63. Winds 5-17
mph.
We launched at Fisherman’s Point https://fishermanspoint.com/
Plenty of parking, good shade, great restaurant, clean bathrooms and
friendly staff. Grass: We only found one
cove that had it near Fisherman’s Cove Lodge area. There was hardly any structure near the bank
other than boat docks, seawalls, or rock.
They bass had not spawned yet and were mainly staging out in deeper
water. Later in the day, some bass did start moving
up in the shallows.
SCATTER SHOOTING
Brandon Wooddell took a picture of a huge catfish that died trying to
swallow a bass…….Al Kohutek and John
Yohner stayed in Cabin #1 at fisherman’s point. It was nice, clean, and they could park their
boat right behind the cabin………..Donna had to
recalculate the payouts 3 times……Brian Hopkins who knows this lake like
the back of his hand said: “We weren’t even getting bites. Five bites all day.
I lost a nice one on a crankbait. Got hung up. Stopped to see if it would back
off the stump. The bass came out of the water and I
set hook with it in midair. Got it nearly all the way
to the boat. Noticed it only had one hook. It jumped and away it went! Good
Times!”……..Hybrid stripers were plentiful at the water fall……….John Yohner
caught a nice 3 pound rock on a crank bait…….Donna David lost an
8-pounder…..Carol Gaines started the morning off right by spilling a
full bottle of red tail dye on the boat’s console and on her legs….Al got
a bad sun burn. He also had his hat also
fly off his head about 6 times in the wind during the tournament….……..The next tournament will be the Classic on Bob Sandlin
and Cypress Springs. More details to
come on that.
LAKESIDE DEVO – Charley David gave the DEVO on “Tina and The Fruit we produce”
Audio: http://www.cowboychurchbassclub.org/devo/DevoCharley20260321.m4a
Joe Lee closed us with a prayer, and we were
dismissed.
Palestine
February 28, 2026
Joe Crouch and Kenneth Mahone
secured first place with a just two‑fish, 1 fish shy of a limit. They
began the morning fishing boathouses across the lake from Flat Creek Marina, an
area that had produced well in the past, particularly on one point. After
failing to put any fish in the livewell, they made a
strategic move at 12:00 pm to move to the back of Flat Creek near where the cattails
are.
It was about 1:00 pm when
Kenneth hooked the first big bass. Joe
was a little slow getting the net and the fish was becoming tangled at the back
of the boat in the motor and the power poles.
After a struggle, they finally got the hawg in
the boat. It weighed 6.65-lb. Kenneth caught the second big bass soon after the
first, it was about 30-yards from the first big one. They had the net ready this time. It weighed
4.97-lb. A third big bass was hooked up
but came unbuttoned.
All the fish were caught
on green pumpkin Yamamoto Cowboy baits. After
Kenneth caught a couple of fish, Joe decided to tie a cowboy bait on and
right off noticed the legs were fastened to the body, so he unhooked the legs. They
ended up catching a lot of undersized bass in that area and at the end of the
day, Joe realized that Kenneth had been catching the big bass
with the legs fastened to the body. It
is strange how little variations of the same bait produce different
results.
Kenneth’s 2 fish weighed
11.62-lb and were good for $831.00.
First place paid $665 and Kenneth also caught the big bass of the
tournament. It paid $166.
|
Team |
#of fish |
Big bass |
Team Weight |
Points |
Winnings |
|
Place |
Winning baits |
|
Joe Crouch Kenneth Mahone |
2 |
6.65 |
11.62 |
200 |
$830.00 |
|
1st + 1BB |
Green pumpkin Yamamoto Cowboy baits with the legs
fastened to the body |
|
Matt Gaines
Carol Gaines |
3 |
5.06 |
11.52 |
199 |
$386.00 |
|
2nd |
Glitter bomb chatter bait
|
|
Jim Howard Mitch Howard |
3 |
|
11.51 |
198 |
$232.00 |
|
3rd |
Senkos TX rigged and wacky rigged & Cal craw black and
red flake |
|
Reggie Stewart Teri Stewart |
3 |
5.22 |
11.04 |
197 |
$154.00 |
|
4th |
June bug Tx rigged |
|
Merle Halcom Walter Besst |
3 |
5.34 |
10.85 |
196 |
$163.00 |
|
5th + 2BB |
TX rigged boat docks blue flake worms. |
· 34 teams fished
· 3 zeros
· 1 DOA
· 27 teams had limits (3 fish).
· Average weight was 2.69-lbs
· 87 bass weighed in
· $1,765 total payout
· Times – safe light to to 3:00
pm
Pictures: https://photos.app.goo.gl/Qyv5UU9K9kWregHe7
Full results (see the Palestine tab at the bottom of the
spreadsheet)
http://www.cowboychurchbassclub.org/ccpoints26NorthDiv.htm
LAKE CONDITIONS
The lake level was full. The water clarity was mostly
murky. The air temp was
58-82. The water
temp was in the 60-70s. Winds 0-10 mph.
We launched at
Flat Creek. Grass: Authorities had been
spraying Diquat herbicide on the aquatic vegetation in the Kickapoo and Old
Folks areas of the lake, so grass was hard to find if any.
SCATTER SHOOTING
We might as well start off
with the dock swim. Someone in the crowd said “that’s going to make the
write-up” so here it is: Al Kohutek was walking on the floating dock
next to the seawall where parts of the dock were missing. He went into the water. The dock was black and there was no light.
See the pictures of the dock. Luckly it was not cold and Al had a change of
clothes...…We had 34 teams and several new faces. Thanks to Reggie for
getting his club signed up to fish with us this year…….Many teams reported
catching undersized bass and some teams reported that the practice days were
producing better fish……..One team had boat problems.………Les Smith
received his Sportsman plaque and several teams that missed the banquet picked
up their plaques too….…….Some teams trailered to Kickapoo and Old Folks…...We
launched at Flat Creek Marina. John Yohner did all the
coordination between the club and marina.
https://www.flatcreekmarina.com/ What a great
place to hold a tournament. Plenty of
parking, great docking area and weigh-in area, nice cabins, 2 lane boat ramp, and friendly service. They went out of their way to
make the event great…..Thanks also to Big Rip's Delicious BBQ by Roy
Hightower https://www.facebook.com/Bigripsdeliciousbbq/# They served us BBQ at the weigh-in. ……..If you lost
your earbuds, Flat Creek Marina has them in the office..….Next
tournament will be on Richland Chambers.
LAKESIDE DEVO – Charley David gave the DEVO on “Your perception is your reality”
Audio: http://www.cowboychurchbassclub.org/devo/DevoCharley20260228.m4a
Transcript:
Everybody wanna come in close?
Figured out why the good Lord gave me this voice. Uh... I'll think about John
the Baptist, you know? You think that boy didn't have a voice? Didn't have no
loudspeakers back in. Spoke. Okay, so, uh, we talked about some
this morning your perception. Is your reality? But it can keep you from
the truth, right? I mean, people can talk in their mind. They can develop
thoughts, but it can also put you in a position where you're not willing to are
ready to receive the truth.
You know, my pastor did a
deal, um, a few years back. Brother Gary, would you recognize Jesus? So, I'm gonna ask you, John, who in this crowd looks most like
Jesus?
I don't know. I ain't got no pictures of you, dude. No? No? And the ones we
got, who knows how close they are. Well, I'm gonna tell you, I'm gonna tell
you this. What did Jesus send to live in us, living our hearts? Holy Spirit.
Holy Spirit. We all got Jesus living in us, boys. Girls, Jesus lives in all of
us. You gotta be prepared to get this third look for
it. The Pharisees, what were the Pharisees looking for? They were looking for a
general. They were looking for a king. They were looking for a strong, you
know, somebody like David, right? Gonna conquer the
lion, conquer Goliath. So, uh, Isaiah 714. This is 700 years before Jesus came
around. All right, then, the Lord himself will give you the sign. Look, the
virgin will conceive a child. She will give birth to a son and we'll call him
Emmanuel, which means God is with us. So the question
is, is Jesus the lion or the lamb, right? The Jews thought he was gonna be a lion. But what's the word say for the child is
born to us, the son is given to us, the government will rest on his shoulders,
and he will be called wonderful counselor, mighty God, everlasting father,
prince of peace. That's not like a warrior? Does it sound like a general?
Strong. Come, come, take back what's his. He did come back. He did take work
back for it, to see it? With love, and kindness, and healing, and sacrifice. He
didn't do it the way we think. He didn't do it the way we eat, had in our mind,
you know, that's why, why do you think the people that received Jesus the most
were the people who knew the least about the Bible? The Pharisees, the
Sadducees, the guys that were educated. They didn't get it, most of them. I
mean, there are a few of them did. Most of them didn't get it. They had this
thought, and they're mine.
You know, we were talking
this morning. I see all these freedoms, freedom hats. Charlie Kirk, the
guy that killed Charlie Kirk in his mind, that was his, he believed he was
doing the right thing. He believed he was helping the world. Taking this guy
out? Because he spoke against what he believed.
We got
little kids. in schools. Believing their cats? Dog?
Girls thinking the boys, boys thinking they're girls? I mean, my little girl thought she was gonna be a dog. How'd that work, baby girl? She didn't want
living the kennel. She didn't want to eat that. You
know what? Her reality came back. You know what I mean? Oh. I think more people
do that. Set their kids up for success. Set 'em up.
Hey, reality is reality. I'm a human being. I'm a little girl. That's where God
made me to be.
Anyway, I mean, I'm in the
construction business, and in the last 10 years, I will say my, uh... dynamic
of what I do has changed 180 degrees and a lot of it is because people keep
telling me. You're perception. perception is their
reality. But what about the church? Where does the truth come into that? Where
does the truth come into your reality? Dude, I'll be number one. Oh, it's
like... Brent said this morning, if it crash is your reality, if you're in
Christ, then fast is your reality. It wouldn't Christ believe in. The Bible,
the book. He said. These are my words right here. It's
as many people, this is John
1242. Many people did believe in him. However, including some of the Jewish
leaders, but they wouldn't admit it, for fear that the Pharisees would expel
them from the synagogue. Whoo! One, one, one, uh, it
says, for their riches, they didn't want to lose their wealth. How many know
the story about the rich ruler? Man, he's ready to give it all. He ready to do it all, except to give up his wealth. He didn't
want to sell everything. Come follow Jesus. He was pretty. own. Yes, sir.
Getting fanned by the... palm trees, you know? You didn't want to live that
reality. You want to live his reality. And the gosp
was dead, right? There's two choices. According to the
book, there's two choices there's ever the everlasting life, and there's
everlasting death. Choose you this day, which one
you're gonna follow. you know? Thank you. Joshua
says, as for me in my house, we're gonna serve the
Lord. Amen. And I hope you're serving the Lord, too. Because this is a little bitty blitz. In eternity. Probably immeasurable. You know,
10,000 years from today, if you're a Christian, you're still gonna be hanging out with Jesus. 10 years, 10,000 years
from today, if you're not, you're still gonna be
living death. I don't know what that is. A lot of thoughts on that? A lot of
theologists that have opinions, but I can tell you what it ain't.
It ain't... it ain't
paradise. It ain't live with Jesus. But whatever
we're doing, that's where I want to go hang out. So
what I'm saying to all you guys is make sure your reality fits biblical
reality. Make sure it fits the truth. Because that's what's gonna
get you eternal life. All this other stuff, the world, no matter how popular
you think it is, no matter how much money it puts in your pocket. It's gonna be worthless. 50 years from now, most of you are gonna be where I'm at. And everything you buy and
everything you acquired and everything that you got is gonna
be worthless. You know, I always wonder, why did you, why did God pay
those... streets of hair with doubles? Because he wanted you to know what it
was worth. What do we pay streets with? Concrete and asphalt. Okay? Don't don't mean nothing, it ain't
worth nothing up there. What's worth something is our soul. We got to make sure we're taking care of that. Like my little
girl, she puts on my wife. She runs through with my kids every morning, they
run through, putting on their armor. You know? Preparing for the day. You know?
That's the kind of stuff we need to be teaching our kids. That's the kind of
stuff we need to be. That needs to be their reality. Doesn't affect your own.
That's right.
Hey, Charlie. Anybody?
Yes, sir. You know what’s sad? You know, y'all may have heard the bombings
commencing over in Iran. Yep. And those people over there, their reality
is, we're infidels, and this all stems back from biblical days, and they're
here to kill us, you know, any chance they get. And so, you know, that that
whole thing... I mean, I know, for a fact, there's Christians over there. Oh,
I'm sure. And they're, you know, they're meeting secret secretly, and they're they're
under the, you know, under the gun, 'cause if they
get caught, they're dead. They just kill him. You know?
I don't know if y'all
know, you guys see the Christian fish, this little side note. You know
how the Christian fish came about?
Yes….that
was a sign. Draw it in the sand, and it would tell them that it's never a
Christian. Yep. You walked up, and you did this, another Christian would walk
up and do the same thing on the other side, and he'd make Christian fish. There
was a sign that you were safe to speak with that person. I'm sure them folks
over there that are Christian, they've got assigned to, you know? It's a crazy
reality of life. I mean, it's, uh, it's biblical. It's unfolding right here before our eyes, and, uh, we need to be paying
attention. Making sure that we got our ducks in row, and our kids got our ducks
in row, and we're speaking the truth, even if it's not popular, even if it's
not the world doesn't like it. Even if the world doesn't want to hear it, we
still got to speak it. Charlie Kirk spoke the truth.
And people hated him and loved him for it. And somebody's reality allowed him
to kill it. Kill him for you. It's a pretty crazy
world.
Prayer Request
so... Anyway, anybody got
any prayer requests? I know we always forget to talk about that.
Joe….Yes,
sir. My wife's having, uh, heart surgery, the 9th of
March. Okay. So I appreciate everybody putting her on
your prayer list. Pray for Tina. Yes. All right.
Anybody else? I got my mom's diagnosed with Alzheimer's. It's been a big adjustment
for everyone. I mean, we've kind of seen her slipping a little bit, but kind of
formally now.
Charley….Yeah,
I went to a funeral last weekend, my mom, and I was pulled into Arizona, and
she said, What are you doing here? And I said, I'm here for Abby's funeral. She
said, We just went to church last week, and Emmy died
in December 26. I know I know I know your thoughts. I mean, that's it. That's a
crazy deal. Um... Phil Hickle? Uh, I know we need to be praying for Phil. He's
going through some stuff.
Anybody else? John….I got an uncle that's in the hospital, who's got some bad
problems in his back. Got a couple of vertebras. He'd disintegrate and stuff,
and, so, he's been in some bad things for about three months, and been tough,
so... Yep. Yes, sir.
Anybody else? All right,
let's go, Lord. Heavenly Father, we need something to come before you, Lord.
Thank you so much for the gift, the gift of you and the Holy Spirit, Lord, to
guide and direct us, Lord. We just ask that we just, uh, everybody here, just...
ripped the Band Aid off, Lord. Listen, hear, hear the Spirit speak to us. Know
the truth and speak it. Lord, we pray that the fair requests that were brought
before us, Lord, that you just hold them up, Lord, that, uh, each
and every one of them, Lord, that your will be done. Lord, we love
Tina's a long time. Part of this club, and just a sweet, sweet lady, done so much for us. Phil, Lord, you know, what he's going
through, Lord, just give him comfort, healing. Lord. Just be with all of them,
God direct them, Lord. And most of all, make sure they know you, Lord. So they can be home with you when it's all over. Um, I thank you for everything. I thank
you for this club. I thank you for every man and woman here. I praise you in
Jesus' name. Amen. Amen.
All right. Let's give away
some Money.
Joe Crouch closed us with a prayer, and we were
dismissed.
For
more information about the Bass Club email cowboychurchbassclub@hotmail.com or contact Charley David at 214-878-3354