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Raised in Houston, Texas, with a loving family of seven and world-renowned parents in full-time ministry, Joel Osteen never imagined that he would follow so closely in his father’s footsteps. As a young man, his training and interests were behind the scenes in television production, though he was close to his father in ministry.

Shift Into Gear

Shift Into Gear

For the revelation awaits an appointed time; it speaks of the end and will not prove false. Though it linger, wait for it; it will certainly come and will not delay.(Hab. 2:3 NIV) We're living in a day where God is speeding things up. What should have taken you a...

You Won’t Get Stuck

You Won’t Get Stuck

It shall come to pass in that day that his burden will be taken away from your shoulder, and his yoke from your neck, and the yoke will be destroyed because of the anointing oil.(Is. 10:27 NKJV) I read something interesting about a spider. We've all seen how a...

You Were Not an Accident

You Were Not an Accident

Before I formed you in the womb I knew you...(Jer. 1:5 NIV) God knew you before you were even born. What an amazing thought! He saw your unformed substance and said, "I have a purpose for this life. I have good plans for them!" Then He breathed His life into you...

What God Calls You

What God Calls You

And the angel of the Lord appeared to him and said to him, 'The LORD is with you, O mighty man of valor.'(Judges 6:12 ESV) In Scripture, God called Gideon a mighty man of fearless courage. Now Gideon looked around and said, "God couldn't be talking about me. I come...

Who’s Your Daddy?

Who’s Your Daddy?

...the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship. And by him we cry, 'Abba, Father.'(Rom. 8:15 NIV) There used to be a billboard that asked the question, "Who's the father?" It was advertising DNA testing. They can take a child's DNA and test...

Victor’s Mentality

Victor’s Mentality

No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.(Rom. 8:37 NIV) In scripture, Paul went through hard times. How did he come through? He wasn't complaining, living in self-pity or despair. No, he shook off that defeated mindset and chose...

Let Your Love Grow

Let Your Love Grow

We ought always to thank God for you, brothers and sisters, and rightly so, because your faith is growing more and more, and the love all of you have for one another is increasing.(2 Thess. 1:3 NIV) God’s desire is to see you grow and increase in every area of your...

Put Your Love Into Action

Put Your Love Into Action

If anyone has this world's goods (resources for sustaining life) and sees his brother and fellow believer in need, yet closes his heart of compassion against him, how can the love of God live and remain in him? Little children, let us not love [merely] in theory or...

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