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

Friday Night Immaturity

So Jenny and I had so much fun being immature on Friday night. We were bored so decided to go to the Mall of America. We like to do other things at malls- Shopping and wasting money is not something we consider fun. We spontaneously decided to go into the Disney Store to look around. Upon looking around we noticed their display of princess dresses. And wow, they almost looked as if they might fit! Because Jenny is much smaller than me, we decided she should try one on. And she did. And it fit.

This just made me want to join the fun so I also tried one on. And it fit! We took some pictures and one of them is to the right. We had fun being immature together and got our share of hysteric laughing. In some respects I do hope I never grow up :)

No worries, we damaged nothing.

Politics? I don't think I care anymore...

Can I just make a comment? .........I HATE THIS ELECTION AND I HATE POLITICS!!! Want my opinions? You don't have to agree.

-Obama has way to many ideas that I don't agree with. And despite what people say, that moral issues are irrevelant in presidential elections, God is not allowing me to look past them.
-McKain is too fake. This isn't a good reason to vote against him, but I would be excessively annoyed if I had to look at him or hear him for another 4 years.
-Obama wants more government programs that hand out more money to people who already take advantage of hand-outs. Speaking from experience, this crazily promotes a trapped cycle of living.
-McKain will die in office. Why are we electiing someone so aged when retirement age is 65? I don't get it. I respect him, but being a president is stressful. Every president ages 10 yrs in office. It just worried me.
-Obama may also die in office. It's sad but true. So many people are still very prejudiced.
-McKain supports policies that give more money to those who are already rich, rather than to the "hard-working middle class."

These being just some of the issues (and not necessarily important ones), here is my opinion. This election has become a matter of choosing the "lesser of two evils." Despite what people say, there are flaws in both candidates; in both parties. For the first time ever I am tempted to vote independant party- to just not care. My family tells me it is my "Christian duty" to vote. If I hear that one more time I'm going to scream. I just don't know what to think so have been leaning towards not caring.

I hope this blog doesn't come across too strongly. I know people have opinions that differ from mine. Blogging is simply my oportunity to vent. And I am venting.

I Hope Our Economy DOES Fall Apart!

Maybe I shouldn't say I want our economy to fall apart... But I will say I don't think it'd be a bad thing. We live in such a self-sufficient culture. If we experienced another "great depression," sure, it'd be tough but we'd learn to deal with it. And a lot of values could be learned through it. Perhaps people would realize they can't rely on themselves or on money and more people would, for the first time, look to God. With riches comes self-sufficiency. Self-sufficiency is pride. And pride keeps people from turning to Christ. I believe we all need to be humbled a little more than we are.... to rely on God more than we do. When our main source of comfort is taken away, where will we look? My prayer is we'd look to God. I know all of us, Christians and non, need to learn to rely on Him. Because He's where life is found. Perhaps we all could use a wake up call...