Joseph Prince...........thoughts?

I wanted to know how many of you know about Jospeh Prince? I also wanted to know what you thought about him.... Jason heard him preach a sermon on TV one night after work and thought the sermon he heard was powerful and Biblical- he was hesitant though because it's regularly televised and he'd never heard of him before- and it was the only sermon he's heard of this guy. So we went onto You Tube together to listen to a sermon but they only played snippets since those who posted it wanted listeners to purchase the DVD set. Everything we heard sounded accurate to Scripture. We went to his churches' website and read the Core Values and Mission Statement of his church of 17,000, in Singapore. We didn't notice anything that raised our eyebrows and the beliefs and core values of the church sound the same as those our church has.

I am still hesitant about him though because he is televised and preached in a "concert' type environment. We want to be careful not to listen to just anyone's preaching because God commands us to watch out for false teachers who twist the truth. This guys appears faaaaar from Joel Olsteen, yet we would still like some input if anyone has any... Thanks!

Better Dining Room Set...

So Jason and I made a purchase last week that was stressing us out. We bought a dining room set (for 6) but bought a larger fancy looking dining set. It was dark cherry-wood. Which we already knew we didn't like, so I'm not sure what we were thinking... It was solid wood but had a venure (don't know how to spell that- not even sure if I'm using the right word) top coat. To save money, we picked it up and assembled it ourselves, only to realize we hadn't been thinking clearly when we bought it. It was just not us. It looked too fancy and it made us look like we cared more than we do. Not only that but it scratched easily. SO Jason decided we should return it. Which relieved us of stress. We ended up getting a solid wood table that's more "us." And they're not charging us for delivery. So they're delivering it tomorrow.

I really appreciated Pastor Jason's sermon yesterday. It was powerful and addressed some things I really needed to hear. So much of the time I am guilt ridden by "I should haves...." I tend to focus more on the "don'ts" -rather than joyfully moving forward in my walk with God. I want to please God so much and His righteousness is beyond my comprehension. Realizing I often fail in righteosness, I desire to honor Him by striving after that. This is not wrong, but the guiliness I feel when I fail to constantly seek after Him is. I am often torn because I feel like the guilt I feel is conviction- I often have a hard time differentiating the two... If it's conviction than I want to embrace it and move forward. If it's guilt than I want to push it aside, learn from it, and move forward. Gotta go!

Random "I have nothing important to say" blog

I'm sitting here at work taking a short break and I want to write something but have no clue what to write. I did just make a batch of cookies for the maintenance guys and the rest of the staff. And when I say "make" I mean that I opened up a container of pre-made cookie dough- slapped it on a cookie sheet, and shoved it in the oven. Oh what skill. I do have to make a run to Bed Bath and Beyond. Another wedding shower- and the money racks up. Love showers and such but when they all hit you at once it's a blow to the pocket, that's fer sure.

We got a new guy for our full-time leasing consultant and his energy is contagious! So far he's transitioning super well so yay.

We got our new dining room table yesterday and regretfully did not pay for assembly and delivery. And WOW do we have a chore. Next time we may just pay the extra $100. So all kinds of boxes and crap are sitting in our apt. with pieces of the chairs. Feels like we're moving in all over again!

That's it for the useless news. Gotta get back to work.

How to Witness Honestly

Listen to this video. Paul Washer is a powerful and convicting preacher who I respect a lot for preaching truth. This small teaching helped me alot in understanding how to share Christ. I hope it speaks to you as well.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jt9V4Q5n9gs

And here is another one called "I Am Not Ashamed of the TRUE Gospel." Very powerful.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwpm1G5pVho