Joel Osteen

God always starts in the dark.

That's a sign he's about to burst something new, something big, something unusual.

If he started in the light, it wouldn't take any faith.

If we could see how it was going to happen, we had all the resources, the connections, the solution, we wouldn't have to depend on him.

The time to show what you're made of is when it's dark and you don't see anything changing.

Thoughts will tell you, you'll never get out of debt.

You'll never meet the right person.

You'll never accomplish that dream.

Instead of getting depressed, the right attitude is, yes, it's still dark.

Yes, I don't see anything changing, but I'm not worried.

I know it's after midnight, light is coming.

God is faithful.

What he promised you, he's going to bring to pass.

In the scripture, Job went through a dark time.

Everything was going great.

Life was good.

Then the bottom fell out.

He lost his health, lost his family, lost his business.

Didn't seem fair.

The scripture says Job was the most righteous man of his day.