It wasn’t that long ago that most of the winners in major award shows like the Academy Awards would thank God before anyone else. That has faded in recent years.
So it is not surprising that many major media outlets noted that when Matthew McConaughey won Best Actor for his role in “Dallas Buyers Club” Sunday night that they pointed out his strong thank you to God.
“First off I want to thank God, because that’s who I look up to. He’s graced my life with opportunities that I know are not of my hand or any other human hand,” McConaughey said in his speech. “He has shown me that it’s a scientific fact that gratitude reciprocates. In the words of the late Charlie Laughton, who said, ‘When you got God you got a friend and that friend is you.'”
He went on to thank his family with special thanks to his mother and his late father.
Critics immediately pounced on the actor for his speech, slamming his credit to God.
“Just stop the stupid God talk,” wrote one critic quoted by Fox News. “I thought we could get through the Oscars without someone thanking God but no he had to ruin it….”
A Hollywood actress says that God has always honored her following the Holy Spirit when He led her to turn down certain movie roles.
Meagan Good said that her Christian beliefs have led her to turn down some major movie roles but that God has always delivered.
“I have my parameters of what I feel in my spirit is appropriate,” Good told the LA Times. “There have been times where it’s been tough because it’s something I really wanted, but the nudity would be exploitative and I’d lose the opportunity, but what I’ve found is that the more I stick to my convictions, the more God sticks to his promises. When I would lose something, something better would come up than what I turned down. And I’ve been able to pay my bills doing nothing else since I was 13.”
Good is married to Preacher DeVon Franklin and strongly believes that you can maintain your Christian faith and be successful in Hollywood.
“We believe that both can come together and one can be used to promote the other, using what we do in the business to promote the kingdom,” Good said.
The Bible is filled with examples of the Lord coming to people in dreams to give them guidance, correction and wisdom. Now a National Football League star is telling the story of how Jesus came to him in a dream and changed his life.
Russell Wilson, star quarterback for the Seattle Seahawks, tells in the new documentary “The Making of a Champion” that when he was 14, Jesus came to him in a dream.
“I had a dream that my dad passed away and that Jesus came into the room and he was basically knocking on my door, saying, ‘Hey, you need to find out more about me,’” Wilson said. “So that Sunday morning I ended up going to church and that’s when I got saved.”
Wilson talks about how he was a “bad kid” and that seeking Christ helped him to mature. He credits God for the talent that has allowed him to become a top player in the NFL.
“No one can stop what God has for you,” Wilson said.
