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Chapter 1: What is the main message of Joel Osteen's podcast episode?
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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, social media, and you can come visit us in person. We'd love to have you be a part of one of our services. I like to start with something funny. And I heard about this man. He was on vacation in Jerusalem with his family when his mother-in-law suddenly passed.
He went to make arrangements to get the body back home. And the consulate said it would cost $5,000 to have the body shipped, but he could have her buried right there in Jerusalem for just $150. The man thought about it a moment, said, no, I'd like to have her shipped. The consulate said, wow, you must have really loved your mother-in-law. He said, no, it's not so much that.
I just remember a case here years ago when they buried someone and the third day they arose and I can't take that chance. I must say I have an amazing mother-in-law right here on the front row always, but come on, 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 your time to shine. God created you to leave your mark. You're not supposed to live and die and nobody knew you were here. You have greatness in you. But often we don't recognize who we are.
We see ourselves as ordinary and I can't do anything significant. I'm not that talented. I can't accomplish my dream. I don't have the education. I can't defeat this giant. It's too big. We can all find an excuse to shrink back and settle for mediocrity. But Psalm 45 says, God himself has blessed you. Almighty warrior, you are glorious. Go out and perform awe-inspiring deeds.
Your God has anointed you. The psalmist is saying, don't you realize who you are? You're not average, you are glorious. You're not weak, you're a mighty warrior. You're not supposed to just make it through life and survive another year. There are awe-inspiring deeds in you. Things God has destined you to accomplish that will boggle your mind.
victories that will catapult your family forward, promotion that will thrust you to a new level, giants you'll defeat that will give you greater influence, greater respect. He's saying, what are you doing shrinking back, living with an ordinary mindset when God says you're glorious? You're a mighty warrior. You were created to do awe-inspiring deeds. See, we know God is glorious.
We know he's all powerful. But do you realize you are glorious? You were created in the image of God. When he made you, he put a part of himself in you. You have the DNA of almighty God. You are powerful. You are favored. You are blessed. You can do awe-inspiring deeds. You can part red seas. You can defeat Goliath. You can bring healing to the sick. You can start your business.
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Chapter 2: How can you overcome feelings of mediocrity and embrace your greatness?
You know you're full of can-do power. You know his favor surrounds you like a shield.
after jesus borrowed peter's boat he told him to go back in the lake and throw his nets out well they had fished all night hadn't caught anything but this time they caught so many fish that his nets began to break he had to call another boat over to help they were both so loaded down they began to sink the scripture says they were awestruck at the size of their catch
God is going to do some things that leave you awestruck. He's going to take you further than you've imagined. You're going to overcome obstacles that seem permanent. This is not the time to shrink back and think, oh, I'm just ordinary. No, stir your faith up. What is God calling you to do that would be an awe-inspiring deed?
What is that dream he's placed in your heart that would be a mighty exploit? You don't see how in the natural. Every voice says there's no way, but something on the inside says, yes, this is for you. That's your destiny calling. Don't let fear hold you back. Intimidation, how you don't have the experience. You don't know where the resources would come from. Have a new attitude. You are glorious.
You are a mighty warrior. God himself has blessed you. He's raised you up for such a time as this. He wouldn't have given you that dream. He wouldn't have whispered to you that in the night if he wasn't going to bring it to pass. Now get in agreement with him. Don't talk yourself out of it. Talk yourself into it. Pray bold prayers. Ask God for what you're dreaming about.
Dare to take steps of faith. Go out and perform awe-inspiring deeds. This is what David did. He was out in the shepherd's fields, 17 years old, taking care of his father's sheep. He came from a low income family. They didn't have any influence or connections to speak of. All the circumstances said he was ordinary. No way he'd ever do something significant.
Thoughts would tell him you're stuck out here. You're limited. Nothing good is in your future. But I can imagine out there at night alone, sometimes he'd look up at the stars and he would hear something whisper, David, you're a mighty warrior. There's greatness in you. You are destined to leave your mark. These two voices were vying for his attention, the voice of doubt and the voice of faith.
You get to choose which voice becomes a reality. The voice you dwell on, the thoughts you believe, that's going to determine who you are. Don't let the voice of doubt take root, telling you that you're weak, not able to, come from the wrong family. Believe what God says about you. Listen to his voice. You are glorious. You are anointed. You are favored. You are a mighty warrior.
One day David took lunch to his brothers. They were in another city and he saw Goliath, the champion of the Philistine army, taunting the Israelites. They all ran and hid, but something rose up in David. He said, who is this man that he would defy the armies of the living God? Well, Goliath was twice David's size. He was an experienced soldier. He was wearing a full set of armor.
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Chapter 3: What does it mean to perform awe-inspiring deeds?
They were too afraid. David's father didn't believe in him. He didn't think David had what it takes to be a giant killer, to perform all inspiring deeds. Sometimes you have to do it alone. You have to ignore the naysayers. Tune out family members that are telling you what you can't do. They may not be able to see it, but you're a mighty warrior. You're surrounded by favor.
God himself has blessed you. Isaiah said, arise and shine for the glory of the Lord is upon you. It doesn't say the glory is gonna be there one day. Sometime in the future, you're gonna be blessed. You're gonna be favored, anointed. No, the glory of God is on you right now. If you're going to see it, you have to arise. You won't shine like you should if you play it safe all the time.
David was destined to defeat Goliath. He could have reasoned it out. Man, I'm too small. I don't have the training. The odds are against me. If he didn't know the glory of God was on him, if he didn't realize he was a mighty warrior, favored, anointed, he would have never left the shepherd's fields. He would have missed his destiny.
Are you missing awe-inspiring deeds, favor, victory, promotion because of fear? I'm not sure, Joel. This giant is so big. If you will arise, you'll discover the glory of God is on you. His favor will cause doors to open. You'll defeat giants that are much bigger, accomplish dreams that seem impossible.
What you have may be less than what you're up against, but the anointing on your slingshot will bring down giants. It will defy the odds. You're not just a warrior, you're a mighty warrior. You're not just called to do exploits, but mighty exploits. Not just deeds, but how about some awe-inspiring deeds? When my father passed and I stepped up to pastor the church, I had never ministered before.
By the grace of God, the church was growing and we needed a larger auditorium. A friend called and told me that the Rockets basketball team were moving out of the compact center, this place, and the city was gonna sell the building and how we should try to get that as our church. When he said that, something came alive on the inside.
I felt it so strongly, but I didn't have any experience of buying a building and convincing city council members to vote for us, raising funds. In my mind, it didn't make sense, but in my spirit, there was this faith that I can't explain, this knowing that it was going to happen. The scripture talks about the faith of God. Sometimes it's not your faith. God puts the faith in you.
He lights a fire in your spirit for something you couldn't normally believe in. That's setting you up for an awe-inspiring deed. And there were people that didn't want us to have the building. One of the largest companies in Texas, they own all the land around the property. They wanted it. So of course they were full force against us.
Business leaders, influential people telling us it would never happen. Despite all that negative chatter, people trying to push us down, talk us out of it. Deep down, I could hear God saying, Joel, I've got this. I'm fighting this battle. I myself have blessed you. You are glorious. You are favored. You are a mighty warrior.
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Chapter 4: How can faith influence your ability to achieve mighty exploits?
He said, she told me in no uncertain terms that I was to vote for Lakewood having the compact center. It was that phone call that changed his mind. What's interesting, I don't know the lady, never met her, never asked her to call, but God controls the universe. When you believe, angels go to work.
When you take steps of faith, the creator of the universe arranges things in your favor, changes people's minds, breaks chains that are limiting you, opens doors that no person can shut. You are sitting in an awe-inspiring deed. You are sitting in the glory of God. He's looking for people right now to show himself strong in their lives.
He's looking for some Davids, people that will run to the giants. He's looking for some Nehemiahs. He was a cupbearer to the king in an ordinary position when he heard that the walls of Jerusalem had been torn down and the city was open for attack. God gave him a dream to go rebuild those walls. He was living a thousand miles away.
He had no money, no supplies, no way in the natural, but he knew the favor of God was on his life. He arose and in just 52 days, he rebuilt those walls. An awe-inspiring deed. God is looking for some esters. She was an orphan. No parents to guide her. What could she do? Her uncle entered her into a beauty contest. Whoever won would get to meet the king.
Out of all the young women, she won and became the queen. When the Israelites were on the verge of being annihilated, the king had already written a decree that on a certain date, they'd all be wiped out. Esther, against protocol, went into the king's chambers unannounced. She could have not only lost her position, but lost her life. Her attitude was, I've been raised up for such a time as this.
I'm not going to shrink back, think about all the what ifs. What if he gets upset? What if he says no? What if he puts my family out? If it's going to be a mighty exploit, it's going to take faith. You're going to have to take some risk. Where there are no risks, there won't be awe-inspiring deeds.
If you can do it in your own strength, your own talent, convince the people, make it happen, that's fine, but that's not awe-inspiring. God has some things that only He can do. The way you activate that faith is by arising, by stepping out, by knowing that you are glorious, that you are a mighty warrior, that the most high God is backing you up. Because of Esther, the king changed his mind.
The Israelites were saved. God's looking for some Shadrach, Meshachs, and Abednegoes, teenagers that wouldn't bow down to the king's golden idol. They refused to compromise and fit into a culture that didn't honor God. They could have conformed, played it safe, did what everyone else was doing. After all, it was dangerous. Their life was on the line.
But they said to the king, even if you throw us into that furnace, we're still not going to bow down. They threw those teenagers into the fire thinking they were done with them. But God has the final say. When you refuse to compromise, you stay on the high road, honor God with your life, you may get thrown into the fire. The good news is God comes into the fire with you.
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Chapter 5: What role do your choices play in shaping your destiny?
But during his second year, the basketball coach noticed him and asked him to try out for the team. He not only made the team, but he became a star player. He was later drafted to play professional basketball. Our friend Dikembe Mutombo became one of the greatest players of our day. When he played for the Rockets, I would see him at our services.
In 2007, he opened a new $30 million hospital that he and the other players funded in his small village in the Congo. Since then, they have treated over a million patients. Who would have ever thought that little boy in the impoverished village would do such a mighty exploit, such an awe-inspiring deed. That's what God has in your future.
You're not limited by your surroundings, how you were raised, what you don't have. God controls the universe. He's just looking for people that recognize who they are. Mighty warriors, glorious, favored, anointed, influential, powerful. That's who you are. God himself has blessed you. People may come against you, but God himself has favored you.
The opposition may be stronger, but God himself has empowered you. The giant looks too big. God himself is fighting for you. If you will arise, you're going to shine. You're going to see the glory of God in greater ways.
But when we look back over our lives, we should see some of these times where there are mighty exploits, something that we've done that's out of the ordinary, that's beyond our natural ability. But Joel, I don't see any of that for me. Must not work. Get ready. It's coming. You are marked for greatness. God is going to show out in your life.
In these coming days, as it gets darker around you, you're going to shine brighter and brighter. You are destined to perform awe-inspiring deeds. Now rise up, mighty warrior, and possess the land. If you'll do this, I believe and declare you're going to do mighty exploits. God's about to do something you've never seen. Like Peter, you're going to be awestruck.
New doors opening, abundance, healing, breakthroughs, the fullness of your destiny in Jesus name. And if you receive it, can you say amen? I'd like to give you an opportunity to make Jesus the Lord of your life. Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord Jesus, I repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I make you my Lord and Savior. If you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you got born again.
We'd love to send you some information on your new walk with the Lord. You can text the number on the screen or go to the website. But I hope you'll get into a good Bible-based church and keep God first place.
Every day we can live discouraged, angry, depressed, defeated. Is it possible to turn these negatives into an outlook filled with purpose, happiness, and joy?
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