New Look Blog

So what do you think about the new design? Goes more with the theme. Right down to the dandelions. Looks just like my yard.

Until next time,

Pastor Paul

John Piper on Prosperity Gospel

Watch this link below. It should change your take on what it really means to have faith in God.

John Piper on Prosperity Gospel: In this three-minute video, John Piper delivers a strong and convicting message about the dangers of the prosperity gospel.

Until next time,

Pastor Paul

God is Good ALL the Time

Posts seen on Facebook over the course of the year. (These are not the actual posts but are created from pieces from actual posts I've seen). "Great day at work, God is good." "Going home to an amazing wife who has a great dinner waiting, God is good." "Great day at church today, the Spirit really moved, God is good." "I have the best husband and kids. I love my life. God is sooo good." I could go on but I think you get the picture. When everything is right in the world, when life is going good we are quick to acknowledge the source of why that is, God. That's a good thing. We should do that. Yet I wonder if I will ever see a post that looks something like this: "Just got home from an awful church service with my annoying wife and 3 bratty kids. Now I have to eat some horrible dinner she made. And oh yeah, I lost my job last week, God is good." Yes this is an exaggeration and quite a silly one, but here's my point. We like to say God is good all the time but do we really believe it and perhaps more to the point do we really understand what that means? It's pretty easy to acknowledge God and His greatness when everything is going well, but what about when the bottom falls out? Is God still good? Of course he is. Friends God doesn't change. He is good in our success and in our failure. In our joy and in our sorry. He is the source of all that is good. He doesn't cause our hardships but sometimes permits them in our lives. Either way it is all for his glory, not for our comfort. So why don't we really believe and acknowledge God's goodness all the time? In fact when the really bad stuff hits so many are closer to quitting than praising. Maybe that's because for so long the teaching of so many ministries is that believers should not have any bad times. We should be only properous and blessed all the time. If things are going bad it must be because we didn't have enough faith or because we didn't do something according to their formula. That's just plain nonsense. Bad things happen for a lot of reasons but never because we didn't have enough faith. If that were the case explain Job. No one was more faithful yet look at all that happened to him. The good news is he didn't quit. To him God was good all the time. (Job 13:15 ~ "Thou he slay me, yet I will trust in Him" KJV).

Friends there will be good times and there will be bad times in this life (Jesus said so). Neither will last forever. But in all of that God is good ALL the time. So let's remember that and acknowledge that. Let's keep on praising in the storm. Let's not become (or remain) "what have you done for me lately" Christians. You know the ones that only recognize God's goodness when things are going good. Because in spite of our circumstances of the moment, God IS good ALL the time.

Until next time,

Pastor Paul