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The late John Osteen served the Lord Jesus Christ as pastor, evangelist, author, and teacher for sixty years. Ordained as a Southern Baptist, he received the baptism in the Holy Ghost in 1958, an experience which revolutionized his ministry into a worldwide outreach for Jesus Christ. He traveled extensively throughout the world, taking the message of God's love, healing and power to people of all nations.
John Osteen founded Lakewood Church in Houston, Texas, widely known as "The Oasis of Love in a Troubled World", where his son Joel Osteen continues to minister to thousands weekly. He hosted the weekly "John Osteen" television program for 16 years, reaching millions in the U.S. and in many other countries with the Gospel. His numerous books, cassettes, and videotapes are widely distributed throughout the Body of Christ.
John Osteen held a Bachelor's Degree from John Brown University, a Master's Degree from Northern Baptist Seminary, a Doctor of Letters from Indiana Christian University, and a Doctor of Divinity from Oral Roberts University.
Seven Facts About Prevailing Prayer
Prayer is our contact and conversation with God, and it's so important that our very lives should be a prayer.Some people have the idea that you must be kneeling down to talk to God, and certainly that is prayer in one of its best known forms. However, that kind of...
Love and Marriage
God established the home even before the church. God intended the home to be heaven on earth. It is an example of the relationship He desires for His church. We are living in days when homes have been torn asunder. There is divorce on every hand. We are living in...
Love and Marriage – Part 2
It is a tragedy what is happening in our day. Homes are being destroyed. The Bible says, "Wives be subject to your own husbands." Some homes are destroyed because a husband or a wife has adapted themselves to somebody else's wife or husband. We need to pray for one...
Love and Marriage – Part 3
The Word of God tells us that we are to "Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it" (Prov. 22:6). This means that we should train up our children according to the instruction of the Word. Ephesians 6:1 tells us,...
Meditations & Confessions for Health and Healing
I fear the Lord and I prolong my days. I keep my heart with all diligence for out of it flows the issues of life.(Prov. 4:23; 10:27) My desire is only of the Lord and it is a tree of life. I fear the Lord and He is my fountain of life. I have a sound heart and it...
Pray With a Sense of Righteousness
Prayer is our contact and conversation with God, and it's so important that our very lives should be a prayer.Some people have the idea that you must be kneeling down to talk to God. And certainly that is prayer in one of its best known forms. However, that kind of...
Asking in Jesus’ Name
Jesus died and rose again. He went to the Father so that we might have the privilege of praying. And we are instructed to ask in faith, with no wavering. If any of you is deficient in wisdom, let him ask of the giving God [Who gives] to everyone liberally and...
Salvation Scriptures
But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.(Matt. 9:13)For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the...
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