The Good News Blog

by Joel Osteen

Not long ago, I heard a story about a woman who had been diagnosed with ovarian cancer. She was married with two children and was very afraid. She was doing her best to stay positive and hopeful, but it was very difficult. The doctors gave her a 15% chance of surviving. She continued to pray and believe God, and she had good friends and family supporting her.

One day, a friend gave her a small, gray rock that had the words, “Expect a Miracle” written on it. When she received that rock, something leaped on the inside of her. As she looked at it, she could feel her faith being ignited. She knew right at that moment that the message was directly for her. She believed she was going to get well.

From that day forward,

Recent miracle in Egypt! As broadcasted in CBS…

A Muslim man in Egypt killed his wife because she was reading the Bible and then buried her with their infant baby and an 8-year old daughter.

The girls were buried alive! He then reported to the police that an uncle killed the kids. 15 days later, another family member died. When they went to bury him, they found the 2 little girls under the sand – ALIVE!

The country is outraged over the incident, and the man will be executed at the end of July.

The older girl was asked how she had survived and she says: – ‘A man wearing shiny white clothes, with bleeding wounds in his hands, came every day to feed us. He woke up my mom so she could nurse my sister,’ she said. She was interviewed on Egyptian national TV by a veiled Muslim woman news anchor. She said

Hi there Bro. James,

I couldn’t resist but I thought it is the right thing to do to tell you how amazed I was for only a few hours after our brief chat at YM last April 28, 2008.

If you can still remember, I shared with you that 3 of my 4 children are members of our church’ music ministry. My 2nd son is the band leader playing lead guitar, my eldest plays the bass and my youngest plays the rhythm. I also have two workers in my small business venture, one who’s the worship leader and his assistant is the drummer.

I likewise told you that we were using a drumset made up of plastic containers for more than 15 years now that we kept praying we could replace it with the real set, but our church could not afford it. We have plenty of talented young people in the music