TODAY’S SCRIPTURE
“The Lord your God will thrust them out from before you and drive them out of your sight, and you shall possess their land, as the Lord your God promised you.”
(Joshua 23:5, AMP)
TODAY’S WORD from Joel and Victoria
We all have giants or obstacles that try to keep us from possessing what God has promised, especially in our dreams. We have two choices: we can quit and live in mediocrity, or we can fight and take hold of the victory.
In the Bible, the children of Israel were camped right next door to their Promised Land. God had already told them He would give them the victory; all they had to do was go in and fight for the land. But, when they heard how big their opponents were, they had such a weak, defeated mentality that they just gave up. Their attitude was, “What’s the use of even trying? We’ll never defeat those people. We might as well just stay out here in the wilderness.” They settled for mediocrity because they weren’t willing to fight.
Friend, don’t let that be you! The battle you have to fight today is in your mind. You have to change your thinking in order to possess God’s promises. Start choosing thoughts of faith and victory. Declare that you are an overcomer. As you stand and fight and win the battle in your mind, you’ll move forward and embrace the promises and dreams that God has for you!
A PRAYER FOR TODAY
Father, today I come to You believing that You have given me the victory. I will not focus on the obstacles before me; instead, I will focus on You. Help me to stand strong and keep my heart and mind focused on the victory You have in store for me in Jesus’ name. Amen.
— Joel & Victoria Osteen
Not by might, nor by power, but by My Spirit, says the LORD of hosts.
Amen
As i have mentioned before, the Osteen’s are great entrepreneurs using dodgy fairy tales and myths (needless to say the BIBLE!) to sway a gullible flock. If i may ‘confuse’ the brethren, kindly enlighten me in a perceived contradiction in JOSHUA (and there are many);
Who drove the Anakim from Hebron?
In Joshua 11:21 it was Joshua- ‘And at the time came Joshua and cut off the Anakims from the mountains…….
But in Joshua 15:13-14 it was Caleb-
I say thanks to people like GALILEO who had the ‘audacity’ to inform the church that the Earth is not at center of the Universe!
God never fail its us who fail,us who are weak not God almaight
Amen, I am. Strengthened
Praise be to the Lord. Today I overcome my fears and take my decision to claim what the Lord has planned for me. In Jesus’ name. Amen
#3 Skeptico, the devil’s most effective weapon is sowing the seed of doubt. If you begin to think that the word of God is contradictory, the devil has you where he wants you because you will always take God’s word for a lie. In that condition, I’m sorry to say that you will never experience the life-changing and soul-saving power that is found in the word of God.
Whether it was Joshua or Caleb that confounded the enemies of Israel and took hold of Hebron, you and I cannot prove (does it really even matter?). However, what we can prove, is whether or not the power of God is able to make us overcome all obstacles in our lives.
O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusts in him. Psalm 34:8
Amen
iam energised
@3 Skeptico
Rule number 1. There are no contradictions in the bible.
Rule number 2. If you think you have found one refer to Rule number 1.
If you still think there is a contradiction then the Holy Spirit is telling you to study more on the topic eg, the genealogy of Jesus in Matthew and Luke is different. But a simple study of old testament clears it.
continue from @9
But Joel Osteen and his claim it and name gospel will not show all this things. You need to open the bible and dig these things for yourself.
If the ‘LORD’ decides to burn me in hell, so be it! I am glad i am not subjected to relgious dogma. Oh, before i forget, next i will be told that human beings coexisted with Dinosaurs. Wonder what the HOLY BOOK has to say about that!