Disappointment

I just found out that the guy who wrote that healer song faked his cancer. How sad is that? He lied for no apparent reason other than to get money. Here's the article telling about it...

~In October 2006, Guglielmucci revealed how he had gone to the hospital for a series of tests which revealed that he had "quite an aggressive form of cancer". He said that it was this diagnosis and moment that inspired his song Healer:
"I just went home. I knew I had to go home and needed to get alone with God," he says in the video. I walked into my studio at home and for some reason. . . I sat at a piano and began to worship. I sang that song from start to finish. I was crying. I just realised that God had given me an incredible gift and I realise that song was going to be my strength."

On August 20, 2008, it came to light that Guglielmucci admitted he had lied about ever having cancer in the first place. Allegedly deceiving his church and even his own family.
Australian Christian Churches vice president Alun Davies gave a statement that Mr Guglielmucci had admitted to fabricating his illness:
"Representatives of the National Executive for the Australian Christian Churches recently met with Michael Guglielmucci. At this meeting, he read a statement indicating that his claim to have cancer was untrue." His credential with the Australian Christian Churches was immediately suspended.
So far Michael has not yet released a response to this matter, however according to The Advertiser (Adelaide) Mr Guglielmucci may release a statement on the situation soon.
Shortly after the news broke of this alleged fraud, videos that showed Guglielmucci speaking openly about his cancer and also featured various footage of him wearing an oxygen mask while leading worship were removed from Youtube. Messages on Youtube in place of the removed material indicate that Hillsong Publishing was asserting their copyright of the material in having the videos removed. However, Hillsong Publishing had not previously asserted their copyright for the video on Youtube featuring Guglielmucci and his song "Healer", which had recently reached as high as 300,000 views. Since the news of Guglielmucci's alleged fraud, every other attempt to host the videos has been met shortly thereafter by Hillsong asserting their copyright to have them removed.
It has been revealed that Guglielmucci suffers from a pornography addiction and that he'd "been living a double life" carrying a tremendous amount of guilt.
The Australian Christian Churches instructed Guglielmucci to go to police, who will investigate what has happened to money raised during his cancer deception.
People close to Guglielmucci have revealed that he'd hung around in doctors' waiting rooms as part of a web of lies to convince followers that he was dying of cancer. "He never even saw a doctor. He went to hospitals and clinics but hung around the waiting rooms"~

What's really sad is that his wife and family were duped as well. Now, Im not posting this to make him out to be a bad guy..he obviously has some issues and needs help to work through them and I am going to continue praying for him. But, it's sad how many people were deceived and how easily. I had always wondered how people (especially Christians) were going to be deceived by the Antichrist, but now it's obvious how easy it really will be. People believe almost anything without looking into it and investigating it for themselves..I mean he kept people believing for 2 whole years that he had cancer..and not just the masses, but his own wife and family! It is very sad and we need to keep him and his family in our prayers. My heart is breaking for his family..this must be a tough blow..to think for 2 years that you were going to lose a loved one, and to be praying for his healing only to find out it was never real..but mostly, my heart is broken for him. He needs Jesus now more than he ever has, and I dont think anyone reading this would talk bad about him, but just in case, before you go spewing venom, remember that even though he has been lying, God still loves him and His heart is broken because His son has fallen hard.

I've said it a few times, but keep him and his family in your prayers...they most certainly are in need of it.