Cashflo Dollar is Wrong: God IS in Control!

"Get this in your head. YOU are in CONTROL over this planet. I'm gonna have to say it several times, because people just don't, they can't just, they just can't get ahold, they just can't grasp ahold of that concept..here it is, let's just go right ahead and say it, they can't, they have a hard time about with what I'm about to say. GOD IS NOT IN CONTROL OVER THIS PLANET."
-Creflo Dollar
Sorry, Cashflo, but God IS in control! That's fundamental to true Christian belief. If we are in control, and God is not in control, how are we not making ourselves like God? If we claim authority that rightly belongs to God, how does that not artificially exalt us and diminish the Lord?

The revelation of Scripture is this: God is in control of His entire creation, including the earth.

"The earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein." -Psalm 24:1

"Therefore David blessed the LORD in the presence of all the assembly. And David said: 'Blessed are you, O LORD, the God of Israel our father, forever and ever. Yours, O LORD, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the victory and the majesty, for all that is in the heavens and in the earth is yours. Yours is the kingdom, O LORD, and you are exalted as head above all. Both riches and honor come from you, and you rule over all. In your hand are power and might, and in your hand it is to make great and to give strength to all. And now we thank you, our God, and praise your glorious name.'" -1 Chronicles 29:10-13

"Prayer is man giving God legal right and permission to interfere in earth's affairs."
-Creflo Dollar
Are you kidding me? God doesn't need MY permission to do ANYTHING. In fact, He works out everything in conformity with the purpose of HIS OWN will, not our will (Ephesians 1:11). The clear teaching of the Bible is that when we pray, we are to ask this His will be done (see the Lord's Prayer). God doesn't need our permission to accomplish His will; rather, He needs our submission and our faith in His ability to accomplish His will in a way that works for the good of those who love Him and are called according to His purpose (Romans 8:28).

Here is a link to video of "Dr. Dollar" making this statement, just in case it's hard to believe he actually said this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQui4Ce6HXU

See also this thoughtful piece by John Piper, who is a Calvinist (which I'm not, but I agree with his assessment of "faith preachers"): Why I Abominate the Prosperity Gospel.