Dare To Believe | Joel Osteen
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Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. Thanks for listening to our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. If you enjoyed today's message, why don't you be a blessing and share it with a friend? We appreciate you and pray for God's very best in your life. God bless you. It's great to be with you today. And I hope you'll stay connected with us during the week through our daily podcast, our YouTube channel and social media. And you can come visit us in person. We'd love to have you be a part of one of our services. But I'd like to start with something funny. And someone sent me this interesting observation from the book of Genesis. It goes like this. In the beginning, God created the earth, then rested. Then God created man and rested.
Next, God created women. And since then, neither God nor man has rested. Amen. All right, y'all, say it like you mean it. This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. I have what it says I have. I can do what it says I can do. Today, I will be taught the Word of God. I boldly confess my mind is alert. My heart is receptive. I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want to talk to you today about dare to believe. There are times in life when our faith is high and we're filled with great expectation and we're pursuing dreams and seeing doors open, making progress, and then life happens. A person walks away, a contract falls through, the medical report isn't good. We were so close. It's like we could grasp it, but now it doesn't seem possible.
All of us face these moments when life doesn't make sense, where what we were hoping for didn't happen. Our prayers weren't answered. It's easy to get discouraged. That's when doubt comes, whispers. You must've heard God wrong. You'll never get well, never see your family restored. It's too late to accomplish your dreams. No, God wouldn't have put that dream in your heart. He wouldn't have given you that promise if he wasn't going to fulfill it. You're not going to understand the plan of God in real time. We look at what's happening now, but God knows what's coming later on. His ways are not our ways. His plans are better and bigger than our plans. If you try to understand everything that's happening in that one season, you're going to be frustrated because God is doing things now that are setting you up for something much better later on.
He may have to close a door, move a person out of the way, or take you through this detour, this difficulty. I don't understand this, God. Where are you? Why did this happen? Faith is all about trusting when you don't understand. doing the right thing when you have unanswered questions, when it doesn't make sense. All your emotions will say, be disappointed, live in self-pity, give up on your dream. No, come back to that place of peace, that place of trust. God is ordering your steps. He is the author of your story. He has planned your days for good and not for harm. And yes, there may be some seasons you don't understand and seasons of struggle where what was working is not working anymore. Seasons of silence, you're praying, doing the right thing, nothing's changing.
Seasons of closed doors, disappointments, where it looks like it's canceled your dream. but God wouldn't have allowed it if it was going to stop your purpose. It looks like a setback. The truth is it's setting you up for something you've never seen. Dare to believe, dare to trust him when it doesn't make sense, when you don't understand, when doubt comes bombarding your mind, telling you it's too late, it's over, it's never gonna happen. No, what God started, he's going to finish. What he promised you is still on the schedule. No disappointment can stop him. No sickness, no bad break. God has the final say. He has you in the palm of his hand. He sees you doing the right thing when it's hard.
What is the significance of daring to believe?
He sees you praising when you could be complaining and staying in faith when all the circumstances say you should be discouraged. Your time is coming. You're going to see God show out in your life. Jesus told Peter, you don't realize what I'm doing now, but later on, you will understand.
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–4:16
2
What is the significance of daring to believe?
4:16–6:30
3
How do we handle disappointment and doubt in our faith?
6:30–9:47
4
What role does trust play when life doesn't make sense?
9:47–12:53
5
How can setbacks lead to breakthroughs in our lives?
12:53–18:24
6
What lessons can we learn from Thomas's doubt?
18:24–30:10
7
How does God use our struggles to fulfill His purpose?
30:10–30:23