Joel Osteen Audio Podcast
By Joel Osteen
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Podcast Description
Welcome to the weekly audio Podcast from Joel Osteen. Joel and Victoria Osteen are pastors of Lakewood Church in Houston, Texas, a vibrant and diverse church that Forbes calls the largest and fastest - growing congregation in America.
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#539 - God's Purpose Will Come to Pass | Isaiah 14:27 says, "The LORD of hosts has purposed, and who will annul it?" (ESV) God's plan for your life can't be stopped by a bad break, someone leaving you, an injustice or a mistake. It's easy to think that because we aren't where we want to be in life, or we've made poor decisions or faced unfortunate setbacks that God's plans for our life are over. Nothing you have done or haven't done can cancel you from your destiny as long as you keep God first place and continually seek Him. When you don't see a way, God can make a way. When it looks like it's over, God has the final say. | 5/19/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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#538 - Accept People For Who They Are | It's easy to focus on others' faults and what we would like to change about them. But, God is the one that put the talents, creativity and strengths into each person. Isaiah 64:8 says, "We're the clay and you're our potter: all of us are what you made us." (The Message) Our job isn't to change people. Learn to accept that God is the one directing their steps, making them and molding them into who He wants them to be. If you'll learn to love, honor and accept people for who they are right now, your relationships will go to a whole new level. | 5/12/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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#537 - God Loves Imperfect People | God loves and uses imperfect people. We all make mistakes. But because Jesus died and rose from the grave, every mistake we will make or ever make has been paid in full. Don't let shame and guilt keep you from receiving God's love any longer. Psalm 103:12 (NIV) says, "As far as the east is from the west, our sins are removed from God's memory." Since God has removed them from His memory, it's time we do the same and move forward with God and receive His love and mercy. You may have made mistakes, but God still believes in you, loves you and has an amazing future in store. Keep your heart toward God, and He will show Himself strong on your behalf! | 5/5/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 4 | Hope For Today Vol 5.1 | Hope For Today Magazine | 3/15/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 4 Episodes |
Customer Reviews
Bringing people to God
Osteen may not have "enough bible" for hard core fire and brimstone Christians, true. But I am willing to bet the farm that Osteen is NOT aiming at that constituency. Those who want to insert Christ more forcefully into his message should remember that Christ, when asked why he dined with sinners and tax collectors answered that a doctor does not spend his time with the healthy but with the sick. In order to spend time with the "sick," Osteen needs for them to open their doors and invite him in. It may be hard to believe for those living in devoutly religious communities, but there are many places in this country where strings of biblical quotes and fire and brimstone logic will only win a door slammed in your face. Look at where he speaks on his speaking tours...and you will understand, Osteen has been given a Gift from God to speak to those who would normally turn a blind eye to the word of Christ. Some of you may say "well that is their own fault let them burn." But i ask you, if you were a parent, and the baby in your care refused to eat peas, and you considered those peas to be essential,would you say to that infant "oh well then by your own choice, you are not going to get the nourishment I know you need? Would you NOT--as many a good mother has done--mix those peas on the spoon with some tasty pears in order to slip the nourishment past the skeptical child? For those of us with Faith, Osteen provides good advice. For those without Faith, Osteen gives sane, rational, wonderful view of Christ's face-- that counteracts the hateful nauseating face that Christianity takes when the likes of Pat Robertson get the media focus, become the representatives of us all and cause people to slam the door on the Word. It's ALL ABOUT WINNING SOULS people. Osteens teachings may not quote scripture at every turn, but his teachings are not immoral--and they ARE based in Biblical Truth. And in the end, it's about our PRIMARY MISSION AS SPOKEN BY GOD...to win Souls for Jesus. In this, Osteen's message is superb.
Who are we
I have to say as a Christian minister I have had the opportunity to sit in and listen to hundreds of other ministers. I would also like to point out to everyone who is lambasting Joel Osteen because of his approach to the Gospel, to take a look at yourselves and ask if you are a Christian. You are acting just like the world when they come against Christ and us. I have found Joel's messages, yes to be encouraging; to be positive towards one's self. And with everything that happens in the world today people need to be encouraged, people need to be reminded that they were created in the image of God and they are truly worthy. So you like another ministers Pod cast over Joel's that is fine. Remember what it means to be Christ like. Are you spreading hate and hurt when posting all the negative comments? Listen to the Pod cast you like and post comments about them to get others listening. Don't cut down someone’s ministry you don't like. It gets us nowhere. It also shows the world that already thinks Christians are Hippocrates, that you may be one.
Empty
I have no doubt Mr. Osteen is well intentioned in his teaching, but his messages are often completely empty of Biblical truth and I have never heard him explain the Good News of Jesus Christ. He encourages me to be more self-focused instead of Christ-focused, and he exalts me more than he exalts Jesus. As a self-recognized sinner, I can assure you that I don't need more of me, but less. Please, point my thirsty soul to Christ, not to myself.
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