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February 07 A List of Healing Scriptures from Dodie Osteen
Exodus 23:25 Deuteronomy 7:15 Deuteronomy 28:1-2 Deuteronomy 30:19-20 Joshua 21:45 I Kings 8:56 B Psalm 89:34 Psalm 91:16 Psalm 103:3 Psalm 105:37 Psalm 107:20 Psalm 118:17 Proverbs 3:5-6 Proverbs 4:20-23 Isaiah 41:10 & 13 Isaiah 43:25-26 Isaiah 53:4-5 Jeremiah 1:12 Jeremiah 30:17 Hosea 4:6 Joel 3:10 Nahum 1:7 & 9 Matthew 8:17 Matthew 18:18-20 Matthew 21:21 Mark 11:23-24 Mark 16:18 Luke 10:19 John 9:31 John 10:10 Romans 4:19-21 Romans 8:11 II Corrinthians 1:20 II Corinthians 10:3-5 Galatians 3:13 Ephesians 6:10-17 Philippians 1:6 Philippians 2:13 Philippians 4:6-8 II Timothy 1:7 Hebrews 4:12 Hebrews 10:23 & 25 Hebrews 10:35 Hebrews 11:11 Hebrews 13:8 James 1:5 James 3:17 James 4:7-8 James 5:14-15 I Peter 2:24 I Peter 5:7-9 I John 3:22 I John 5:14-15 Revelation 12:11 February 06 Finding Faith
Remember this: it's not up to God whether you get faith or not, it is up to you. He has provided the means whereby faith can be received. Whether or not you continue to avail yourself of those means is entirely your choice!
Notice the first thing you must do is to give attention to the Word of God. If you want to live a free life, if you want to live a life of blessing, health and increase, you will have to give attention to the Word. How do you do that? The King James translation says, "incline thine ears" unto it and "let it not depart from thine eyes." In other words, you make it a priority in your life to hear the Word of God taught, as well as to read it and study it for yourself. December 22 Logan, The Sky Angel CowboyMeet Logan Henderson, age 13, and hear the phone call that touched hearts all around the world. When you're hurting, run to God. He understands your pain.
To learn more about Logan, click here. December 20 John 3:17 (Amplified Bible)For God did not send the Son into the world in order to judge (to reject, to condemn, to pass sentence on) the world, but that the world might find salvation and be made safe and sound through Him.
Dear God -- Thank you for Your gift of salvation through Your Son, and thank You for being my protector -- keeping me and my loved ones safe and sound. Amen. October 27 Is Heaven Now?A Christian dies today... where does he/she go?
This scripture is confusing to me. I thought it was life everlasting, not life, death, life again.
1 Corinthians 15:51-52 (New Living Translation) 51 But let me reveal to you a wonderful secret. We will not all die, but we will all be transformed! 52 It will happen in a moment, in the blink of an eye, when the last trumpet is blown. For when the trumpet sounds, those who have died will be raised to live forever. And we who are living will also be transformed.
If you can help me to grasp this I would much appreciate it! Thank you!
October 22 He Delights in Your ProsperityToday's Scripture “Let them say continually, Let the Lord be magnified Who has pleasure in the prosperity of His children” (Psalm 35:27). Today's Word from Joel and Victoria God desires that you be blessed and prosperous. He desires that you be so blessed that you can turn around and be a blessing everywhere you go! He wants you to have so much peace, so much joy, so much victory that when other people get around you it spills over onto them! In the book of Psalms, David said, “My cup runs over.” He was overflowing with the anointing—the tangible, effective power of God. Don’t let yourself have a barely-get-by-mentality. Jesus came so that you can live an abundant life! That means an abundance of joy, an abundance of peace, an abundance of health, an abundance of finances. You may not see it right now, and maybe you haven’t experienced it in the past, but don’t get complacent and just settle for where you are. Get a vision for your future! Get a vision for increase! Get a vision for abundance!” God delights to see you prosperous and successful. When you choose to think God’s thoughts and choose God’s way, you’ll see that increase and victory in every area of your life! A Prayer for Today Father in Heaven, thank you for delighting in my prosperity. Thank You for the blessings You have in store for me. Help my thoughts to be agreeable to Your will. Help me develop a vision for the abundant life You have in store so that I can be a blessing to those around me. In Jesus’ Name. Amen.
October 16 Rick WarrenRick Warren
You will enjoy the new insights that Rick Warren has, with his wife now having cancer and him having "wealth" from the book sales. This is an absolutely incredible short interview with Rick Warren, "Purpose Driven Life " author and pastor of Saddleback Church in California . In the interview by Paul Bradshaw with Rick Warren, Rick said: People ask me, What is the purpose of life? And I respond: In a nutshell, life is preparation for eternity. We were made to last forever, and God wants us to be with Him in Heaven. One day my heart is going to stop, and that will be the end of my body-- but not the end of me. I may live 60 to 100 years on earth, but I am going to spend trillions of years in eternity. This is the warm-up act - the dress rehearsal. God wants us to practice on earth what we will do forever in eternity. We were made by God and for God, and until you figure that out, life isn't going to make sense. Life is a series of problems: Either you are in one now, you're just coming out of one, or you're getting ready to go into another one. The reason for this is that God is more interested in your character than your comfort. God is more interested in making your life holy than He is in making your life happy. We can be reasonably happy here on earth, but that's not the goal of life. The goal is to grow in character, in Christ likeness. This past year has been the greatest year of my life but also the toughest, with my wife, Kay, getting cancer. I used to think that life was hills and valleys - you go through a dark time, then you go to the mountaintop, back and forth. I don't believe that anymore. Rather than life being hills and valleys, I believe that it's kind of like two rails on a railroad track, and at all times you have something good and something bad in your life. No matter how good things are in your life, there is always something bad that needs to be worked on. And no matter how bad things are in your life, there is always something good you can thank God for. You can focus on your purposes, or you can focus on your problems. If you focus on your problems, you're going into self-centeredness,†which is my problem, my issues, my pain." But one of the easiest ways to get rid of pain is to get your focus off yourself and onto God and others. We discovered quickly that in spite of the prayers of hundreds of thousands of people, God was not going to heal Kay or make it easy for her. It has been very difficult for her, and yet God has strengthened her character, given her a ministry of helping other people, given her a testimony, drawn her closer to Him and to people. You have to learn to deal with both the good and the bad of life. Actually, sometimes learning to deal with the good is harder. For instance, this past year, all of a sudden, when the book sold 15 million copies, it made me instantly very wealthy. It also brought a lot of notoriety that I had never had to deal with before. I don't think God gives you money or notoriety for your own ego or for you to live a life of ease. So I began to ask God what He wanted me to do with this money, notoriety and influence. He gave me two different passages that helped me decide what to do, II Corinthians 9 and Psalm 72 First, in spite of all the money coming in, we would not change our lifestyle one bit. We made no major purchases. Second, about midway through last year, I stopped taking a salary from the church. Third, we set up foundations to fund an initiative we call The Peace Plan to plant churches, equip leaders, assist the poor , care for the sick, and educate the next generation. Fourth, I added up all that the church had paid me in the 24 years since I started the church, and I gave it all back. It was liberating to be able to serve God for free. We need to ask ourselves: Am I going to live for possessions? Popularity? Am I going to be driven by pressures? Guilt? Bitterness? Materialism? Or am I going to be driven by God's purposes (for my life)? When I get up in the morning, I sit on the side of my bed and say, God, if I don't get anything else done today, I want to know You more and love You better. God didn't put me on earth just to fulfill a to-do list. He's more interested in what I am than what I do. That's why we're called human beings, not human doings. Happy moments, PRAISE GOD. Difficult moments, SEEK GOD. Quiet moments, WORSHIP GOD. Painful moments, TRUST GOD. Every moment, THANK GOD. NOW . PLEASE SHARE THIS WITH YOUR FRIENDS! October 12 In Case You Are Interested... an Email I Received...Dear Elizabeth, Because you are a supporter of Joel Osteen Ministries, we would like to provide you with the opportunity to tune in to several interviews Pastor Joel and Victoria will be a part of next week. A listing of the national networks and times are included below for your convenience. We hope that by watching, you will be encouraged by what God is doing through this ministry because of your faithful and generous support. Blessings, Joel Osteen Ministries Television
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October 10 The Blessing of UnityToday's Scripture “How good and pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity...for there the Lord has commanded the blessing…” (Psalm 133:1-3). Today's Word from Joel and Victoria Did you know the Lord has commanded that blessing come upon you when you are at peace with your brothers and sisters in the Lord? As believers, we are called to work together in unity in order to fulfill God’s purposes. We are called to serve one another in love and serve together in the house of the Lord. Is there someone that you don’t quite get along with? Pray for that person. Go out of your way to be a blessing to them. Do your best to walk in peace and unity. As we serve one another in love, the Bible says the world will know that we are Christians. The world will recognize that we are true followers of Christ by our actions, not by our words. Make the decision today to live in peace and unity with your brothers and sisters in the Lord. If the only thing you can agree on is that Jesus is Lord, focus on that. Focus on the love you have for God and for seeing people come to know Him. As you focus on walking in peace and unity, you will walk into the place of blessing the Lord has commanded for you! A Prayer for Today Heavenly Father, search my heart today and see if there is anything that is keeping me from walking in unity with other believers. I choose love today. I choose peace today. I choose unity today. Help me to be an example of love to those around me. In Jesus’ Name. Amen. October 05 A Link For youHere is a link to an article telling how to Plead the Blood of Jesus for protection and deliverance. I am reading it now.
October 02 Just a NoteI think this blog is going in a good direction but I want to change some things. That is why I haven't been posting. I have the wheels turning in my head... and some ideas are springing forth. I should be ready in a day or two. : ) September 24 Phillips, Craig, Dean - You Are God AloneThis video is no longer available and I have not been able to locate another copy yet. I'm sorry! They play this song a lot on the Christian radio station I listen to in the car. I love it and hope you will love it too! September 20 How Do You See Yourself?
“As a man thinks in his heart, so is he” (Proverbs 23:7). Today's Word from Joel and Victoria Your imagination is extremely powerful. God created you as a visual being. Choosing the right images in your mind's eye is important because your life will move in the direction of your thoughts. The way you see yourself in your mind's eye, over time, will drop down into your heart and become your reality. If you'll create a picture in your imagination of something you want, or a dream coming to pass and keep it in front of you, then you will move in that direction. I encourage you to get up every morning and picture yourself succeeding! Picture yourself healthy and whole! Picture yourself and your family not only being blessed, but being a bigger blessing to others. If you'll keep the right images in front of you, and always submit yourself to the Lord through prayer and thanksgiving, you’ll move forward into the life of victory God has promised you. A Prayer for Today Heavenly Father, I come to You today and submit every area of my mind and heart to You. Search my heart and show me what images I need to change in my mind. Thank You for equipping me with everything I need to live a life pleasing to You. In Jesus’ Name. Amen. September 18 Seasons of SowingToday's Scripture Those who sow in tears will reap with songs of joy. (Psalm 126:5) Today's Word from Joel and Victoria The Scripture talks about seasons of sowing and reaping in your life. In Psalms, it talks about sowing in tears and reaping in joy. That verse is saying that the sowing seasons are usually the most difficult. It’s hard to keep a good attitude when all your friends are being blessed, but you’re not. You may feel like they don’t work as hard as you do. You may feel like they don’t give like you do or don’t deserve the blessing. That’s a time of testing. It’s hard to go through disappointments and stay positive and hopeful. These are seasons of sowing. If you’ll do the right thing even when it’s hard—when you sow in tears—you will always reap in joy! I’m asking you to have a new attitude toward what God has placed in your heart. It may be taking a long time, but God still has a plan to bring it to pass. Don’t give up. Your time is coming. It’s never too late! God is saying, “This is your season. Keep your faith stirred up.” Keep sowing because in due season, you will reap the bountiful harvest with a song of joy in your heart! A Prayer for Today Heavenly Father, thank You for another day to serve You and sow into the lives of those around me. I ask for Your strength today to do Your will and keep a good attitude. Help me recognize my season of sowing so that I can be ready in the time of harvest. I love You and bless Your holy name today. In Jesus’ Name. Amen. September 16 Casting Crowns - Praise You In This StormLisa left me the lyrics to this song in the comments section of my previous entry. I wanted to play it for you all so I did a search on YouTube for it. I didn't find a music video for it but I did find this live performance of this song. I am so grateful I did because I was so moved by Mark Hall's introduction to it. It makes the song make even more sense. God is with us no matter what! Thank you Lisa! You are such a blessing to me.
September 06 Free from Condemnation
“Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, who live and walk not after the dictates of the flesh, but after the dictates of the Spirit” (Romans 8:1 AMP). Today's Word from Joel and Victoria When you accept Jesus as your Lord and Savior, you are free from condemnation! Is there something that you feel guilty about? If you have repented, the Bible says He takes your sin and throws it as far as the east is from the west. He casts your sins into the sea of forgetfulness. God actually chooses to forget your sins! That means your sins are completely removed. In fact, they aren’t even yours anymore. Don’t let the enemy dig up your past or try to make you feel guilty for something that happened a long time ago, or even yesterday. The enemy is called the “accuser of the brethren”, and he works overtime to bring you down with false accusations. Be confident that God doesn’t remember your past. You are free from condemnation through the blood of Jesus Christ. The next time the enemy brings up your past, declare that you are free from condemnation in Jesus’ Name! A Prayer for Today Heavenly Father, thank You for setting me free in Jesus! Thank You for forgiveness. Thank You washing me clean and making me new today. I receive your grace and mercy so that I can be a vessel used by You today. In Jesus’ Name. Amen. September 05 Release the Debt
“Do not say, ‘I’ll do to him as he has done to me; I’ll pay that man back for what he did’” (Proverbs 24:29). Today's Word from Joel and Victoria Is there someone in your life who has wronged you? Maybe a family member didn’t treat you right, or a boss was unfair. The Bible tells us that we need to release and forgive others so God can forgive us. If we harbor unforgiveness or bitterness towards anyone, God cannot forgive us. He cannot even hear our prayers. Forgiveness starts with a decision. It doesn’t mean you excuse another person’s behavior; it only means that you are releasing the debt they owe you. Forgiveness puts God in charge of that situation instead of you. A true sign that you have forgiven is that when you think about the other person, or see them somewhere, you are at peace. The Bible says that we should also pray for those who may be against us. Pray that God will change that person’s heart. As you release the debt of others, God will release you, and you will walk in freedom and peace in every area of your life. A Prayer for Today Father in Heaven, I humbly come to You and ask You to show me any unforgiveness that may be in my heart. I forgive and release the debt of others so that You can forgive me. I bless Your Holy Name today. In Jesus’ Name. Amen. September 04 Speak What You Seek
“And God said, 'Let there be light', and there was light” (Genesis 1:3). Today's Word from Joel and Victoria God wanted there to be light, so He spoke it into existence. He wanted there to be water, land, and plants, so He declared them to be. Did you know, as a believer, that same creative power lives inside of you by the Holy Spirit? What are you speaking into existence in your life? Are you declaring the truth of God's Word that says you are the head and not the tail - that you are above only and not beneath? Listen to the words that come out of your mouth and speak what you seek! If you seek good health, declare that God is your Healer and that you will live strong and healthy all the days of your life. If you need provision for something, declare that God is your Provider. Be proactive and speak peace into your home. Speak God's protection over your family. Speak favor over your job. Decide and declare that today will be your best day to the Glory of God! A Prayer for Today Father in Heaven, today I submit my words to You. I invite You to search my mind and heart so that I may speak Your truth. Teach me what to say so that I can live the life of victory You have in store for me today. In Jesus' Name. Amen.
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