Our readers won't be taken in by the Osteen-craze; we're not that kind of people; Anglicans have stressed a literate clergy, thankfully, but they too are in crisis; we we post this as an advisory on the frontlines for the Church Militant. We are very grateful for WHI's willingness to name names, pinch noses while booting behinds. While we struggle with our own Pharisaicism, natively, yet we must struggle also with false gospels and false doctrines. This war is not an option. If we are in Christ Jesus, we must engage.
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Some Initial Thoughts on Osteen’s Latest
So, Joel Osteen sent us an email yesterday to let us know about his new book, It’s Your Time. Joel wanted us to know that we could achieve our dreams with his new book. That was the subject line, seriously.
Here’s more encouragement from Joel O.:
Get your hopes up. Raise your expectations. Expect the unexpected. In challenging times, it may be hard to see better days ahead.
You may feel as though your struggles will never end, that things won’t ever turn around.
This is exactly the moment when you should seek and expect God’s blessings.
It’s your time to declare your faith, to look for God’s favor and to give control of your life to Him so that you can find fulfillment in His plans for you!
One of our stalwart staffers actually read through the little teaser that’s posted online and wondered how some of the following pick-me-ups would sound to believers in Africa, right before they are martyred for their faith.
God wants to breathe new life into your dreams. He wants to breathe new hope into your heart. You may be about to give up on a marriage, on a troubled child, on a lifelong goal. But God wants you to hold on. He says if you’ll get your second wind, if you’ll put on a new attitude and press forward like you’ll headed down the final stretch, you’ll see Him begin to do amazing things.
Tune out the negative messages. Quit telling yourself: I’m never landing back on my feet financially. I’m never breaking this addiction. I’m never landing a better job.
Instead, your declarations should be: I am closer than I think. I can raise this child. I can overcome this sickness. I can make this business work. I know I can find a new job.
Take your dreams and the promises God has put in your heart, and every day declare that they will come to pass. Just say something like, “Father, I want to thank you that my payday is coming. You said no good thing will You withhold because I walk uprightly. And I believe even right now you’re arranging things in my favor.”
When you’re tempted to get down and things are not going your way, you need to keep telling yourself “This may be hard. It may be taking a long time. But I know God is a faithful God. And I will believe knowing that my payday is on its way.”
Whenever life grows difficult, and the pressure is turned up, that’s a sign that your time is near. When lies bombard your mind. When you are most tempted to get discouraged. And when you feel like throwing in the towel. That’s not the time to give up. That’s not the time to back down. That’s the time to dig in your heels. Put on a new attitude. You are closer than you think.
God promises your payday is on its way. If you’ll learn to be a prisoner of hope and get up every day expecting God’s favor, you’ll see God do amazing things. You’ll overcome every obstacle. You’ll defeat every enemy. And I believe and declare you’ll see every dream, every promise God has put in your heart. It will come to pass.
One of the WHI hosts read the whole thing (God bless him) and said:
I didn’t do a search on “Jesus” or “Jesus Christ,” but I don’t think I happened across His name — let alone His work as Priest or anything even close to it? You may avoid a ticket, your wife may find a lost ring, but sub specie aeternitatus [from the persepective of the eternal] there’s real trouble up ahead, Pastor! Any idea why that might be? Or even what I’m referring to in my words?
Just for the record, out of the fourteen free pages of teaser text about “faith, favor, and fulfillment,” there isn’t one, not one mention of Jesus.
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