I can't even tell you how this story has encouraged me today. God is in control of everything. I know He is, but I think we forget sometimes. We take life for granted but in a single instance everything can change. One minute life is going as normal and the very next second your entire world can come crashing down around you. But He is sovereign!

There is one thing being a father that you never want to experience and that is one of your children being called home to be with Jesus before we think it is time. I really can't imagine it and I pray that I am never put through that trial. You have to read the story of the Weinberg family and their trial over the Easter weekend. It is the most amazing miracle.

Compare this miracle to the idiots who claim they control angels and are anointed with sapphire dust and we see a complete difference between what a real miracle looks like verses one created by man. One honors God and the other honors man.

Here is a link to this story. When you start reading it you need to navigate on the right hand side up the blog posts by clicking the titles of each post. You will start off on "How it all began" and work your way up. I promise it is a blessing to read.

http://howgoodisgod.blogspot.com/2008/03/how-it-all-began.html

I really can't even describe what is shown in this video. I don't know whether I should start laughing or crying. Patricia King is a false prophet and even worse is a heretic. Here we have a ministry (extreme prophetic) who is focused on the following:

Signs and Wonders
Prosperity Gospel
Prophecies

It baffles my mind who would even be a part of this ministry. I guess someone who is looking to get rich, get healed know their future, or collect diamonds from their events might be interested. But ANYONE who has a basic understanding of the Bible would not be a part of this 3 ring circus.

In the video they claim Joshua Mills (pastor) was sprinkled with diamond and sapphire dust. I would love to get some of that "dust" (looks like glitter) and take it to a jeweler. I am sure we would find out in about 2 seconds this is no precious gem dust. Anyways take a peak at this freak show. (HT: www.littleleaven.com)

My life is no longer my own because it was bought with the highest price and that is the blood of Jesus! We who proclaim the name of Jesus as LORD and Savior are slaves to Christ.

I have listened to John MacArthur preach a message on being a slave of Christ and he has preached it again at the Shepherd’s Conference 2008. What an awesome message he presents speaking God’s truth about our position in Christ.

Here is a short excerpt of his sermon. I really suggest reading the whole thing because I believe you will be blessed by it.

The Lordship controversy with the silly notion of Christ as Savior and not Lord would’ve been far less acceptable & influential if this had been translated correctly. It’s the only issue I know of in Scripture like this. Consider what this truth would mean for the prosperity gospel: gone! Or the market-driven philosophy that appeals to people at the level of their fallenness and promises them what they want in their fallen condition. Or the postmodern concept of truth, or your “personal Jesus.” All obliterated by the kurios-doulos relationship.

He is master, we are slaves. But we are also friends, and He is also perfectly wise, kind, generous. But He is master, He alone provides all I need; my only protector. In the spiritual realm, I have only one provider, protected. He’s my great High Priest (Hebrews), my Discipliner (John 15), my Rewarder. If you’re struggling with this, turn to Philippians 2:3ff:

3 Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit, but with humility of mind regard one another as more important than yourselves; [that’s slave talk!] 4 do not merely look out for your own personal interests, but also for the interests of others. 5 Have this attitude in yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus, 6 who, although He existed in the form of God, did not regard equality with God a thing to be grasped, 7 but emptied Himself, taking the form of a SLAVE, and being made in the likeness of men. 8 Being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.

If you think slavery is beneath you, know that Jesus became like a slave!!! He denied Himself. He perfectly obeyed the will of the father, taking up His cross and denying Himself. Read More...