I watched Joel Osteen, today! I got to hear the joke of the day about a Russian, an American, & a blonde. It was a very old joke with a twist on
the dumb blonde theme but I smiled anyway. I found that today message as always was positive about getting that job, or the promotion and even starting that business that God put on your heart. How when the world is saying no to never give up. You know the sermon that after you've heard it, you always feel it was directed at you personally.Yes! Well for almost 30-minutes he spoke about several different scenarios. First was "Jobs" & how sometimes you hear a lot of no's before you get the yes, you are looking for. Next he talked about an experiment that a group of scientists conducted by using a small spanish mackerel and a large barracuda, separating them in the same fish tank.With an invisible barrier that prohibited the big fish from eating the smaller fish.
 
How through a process of conditioning when the barrier was removed they were able to co-exist because of learned behavior, at least until one of them inadvertently crossed the imaginary boundry, that was formed during said experiment.

Then there was the story of "Elisha" and the drought. How according to the Bible each day he sent his assistant to look for clouds and finally on the seventh day, a small rain cloud was spotted that you could cover by holding up your fist. Oh Yeah! It rained.

After that he mentioned how "Thomas Edison" inventing the light bulb had 2000 failure before he succeeded. But he kept looking for that one "Yes". A reporter ask him after he succeeded about all those times he failed the experiments that didn't work. He said "Listen I never failed once! I just found 2000 ways that wouldn't work. Finally he closed his talk with a story about his mother wanting a swimming pool when he was a boy and his father saying No, and how a manufacturer of pools gave them one for "free" as a marketing promotion.You can probably go to: http://ww2.joelosteen.com/pages/index.aspx and check it out.

Then I watched "The Key of David with Gerald Flurry. He said many Churches, say they are the true church. However can we prove it? Using the word of God? He went on to say that the Book of "James" is an "End times Book" and that James himself didn't understand that when he wrote the book The General Epistle of James that it was prophetic writting "James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting. 2. My bretheren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; Mr. Flurry went on to say that the tribes had sinned against God and been punished. For today sermon in detail go to: The Key of David Program @ www.thetrumpet.com/keyofdavid it is very thought provoking and well worth your visit. You should come away from the experience with a deeper insight of the word of God. As for me I think it is remarkable how God became the step-child of a mere carpenter, then died for sins of the world and was resurrected again as God, waiting for the time of his return. I Just think it gives a whole "New" meaning to the term: "Treated like a Step-child"...

                                                                                            The Jester