VISION & MISSION

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Wednesday, March 14, 2012

It's Yours (— Joel & Victoria Osteen)


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- Joel & Victoria Osteen
It’s Yours
TODAY’S SCRIPTURE
“For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God”
(Ephesians 2:8, NKJV)
TODAY’S WORD from Joel and Victoria
If I stopped by your house and brought you a beautifully wrapped gift and set it in your living room, that gift would be yours. It’s in your home; I gave it to you. There’s nothing you could do to make it “more” yours or “less” yours. Now, you could see that present and be so excited. You could call your friends and tell them about it. You could even write me a thank you note; however, you really can’t enjoy the gift until you open it. It wouldn’t do you any good until you put it to use. In other words, you have to receive that gift before it affects your life.
Friend, it’s the same way with spiritual gifts. God has a package of grace, favor, mercy, forgiveness, blessing, joy, peace and so much more available to you. But you have to receive it by faith in order for it to affect your life. You can’t earn it. You can’t pay for it. You simply have to receive it by faith.
Today, if you’ve never received the gift of eternal life through Jesus Christ, that’s the first gift to receive. Click here for more information. Then once you become a child of His, you can partake of His glorious inheritance. You can receive every spiritual gift and blessing He has in store for you!
A PRAYER FOR TODAY
Father God, I bless You today. Thank You for Your goodness and faithfulness in my life. I receive, by faith, every gift You have for me. Open the eyes of my heart that I may see all the good things You have in store for me in Jesus’ name. Amen.
— Joel & Victoria Osteen

Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Undeserved, Unearned, Unexplainable (— Joel & Victoria Osteen)


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- Joel & Victoria Osteen
Undeserved, Unearned, Unexplainable
TODAY’S SCRIPTURE
“Whoever finds me finds life, and obtains favor from the LORD”
(Proverbs 8:35, NKJV)
TODAY’S WORD from Joel and Victoria
God loves you and He is for you! He is for your good; He is for your success; He is for your future. He desires for you to have every blessing and every promise declared in His Word. This is what the Bible calls His favor. At some point in our lives, even if we didn’t recognize it, we have all experienced God’s favor. It is simply His undeserved, unearned, unexplainable goodness in your life. God’s favor causes you to reap where you haven’t sown. His favor protects you, promotes you and opens new doors. His favor takes you places you could never go on your own.
Today, I declare over your life that in the coming days and weeks ahead, God is going to unleash His unprecedented favor on you — favor like you’ve never seen before! The key is to stay connected to Him, stay in fellowship with Him through prayer, worship and reading His Word. Let Him direct your steps and mold and shape your character. As you pour yourself out to Him, He will pour out Himself on you! He’ll pour out His grace, mercy and supernatural, undeserved, unearned, unexplainable favor on every area of your life!
A PRAYER FOR TODAY
Father God, thank You for Your goodness and favor in my life. I trust that You are working behind the scenes on my behalf. I trust that Your plans are to prosper me and give me a future and a hope. I set my mind and heart on You this day and expect to see Your goodness in Jesus’ name. Amen.
— Joel & Victoria Osteen

Monday, March 12, 2012

Unprecedented Favor (— Joel & Victoria Osteen )


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- Joel & Victoria Osteen
Unprecedented Favor
TODAY’S SCRIPTURE
“And [so that you can know and understand] what is the immeasurable and unlimited and surpassing greatness of His power in and for us who believe...”
(Ephesians 1:19, AMP)
TODAY’S WORD from Joel and Victoria
Every one of us can say that, in our lives, God has been good to us. We’ve all seen God’s favor at work. He has protected us, promoted us and opened doors for us. That’s God’s favor. But I believe that in the coming days, God wants to show us unprecedented favor — that’s favor like we haven’t seen before.
In today’s verse, Paul said that in the “ages to come” we would see “the immeasurable, unlimited, surpassing greatness of God’s favor.” What’s interesting is that Paul wrote this passage ages ago. I believe that we are now living in the “ages to come” that Paul was talking about. I believe you and I are going to see this unprecedented favor!
The word “unprecedented” means “unmatched, unparalleled, for the first time.” In other words, you may have seen God’s favor in the past, but you need to get ready. You haven’t seen anything yet. What God has in your future is going to be bigger, better, greater — unprecedented! He is going to show you His goodness in ways you’ve never seen before. Keep standing, keep praying, keep putting Him first and watch His unprecedented favor come on every area of your life!
A PRAYER FOR TODAY
Father God, thank You for this day and age I’m living in. I believe that You created me for such a time as this. By faith, I receive Your unprecedented favor as I serve You with my whole heart in Jesus’ name. Amen.
— Joel & Victoria Osteen

Sunday, March 11, 2012

Trust from Shared Values


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There are two major parts to being trustworthy. First there are shared values.. People only trust someone who values the same things they value. They then know that they can trust that person to make decisions that match their joint values.
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Some leaders value themselves more then they value their people. They spend lots of money on themselves and their families, but not on the people. A leader may be successful in telling the people that they share values for the "next day, next week, and next month" but that does not work for "next year" and "next five years". Sooner or later, someone finds out how the money is being spent. When they find out, they will no longer trust the leader.
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People will do a lot for someone who shares their values and who loves them. They know that they can trust that person to make the same kind of decisions they themselves would make because they share the same values.
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People trusted George Washington because they saw that he shared their values. The people valued being free from the British. Washington was a wealthy farmer, but he thought winning freedom from the British was more important than his farm. So he risked everything he owned and his life by leading the army.  That proved that he valued being free from the British. When he became general, he was general of the Northern army even though he himself was from the South. The people wondered if he valued people from the North being free or just people from the South being free. The fact that he worked hard for the Northern army led the people to see that he valued their freedom as well as Southerner's freedom.
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When battles came, Washington showed that he valued his soldiers by being close to them and running some of the same risks as the soldiers themselves did . He further showed his love for them by staying in the soldier’s cold and difficult winter camp with them. He could have gone home and enjoyed the comforts of his home. But he stayed with his soldiers because he cared for them. He pleaded with Congress to get them clothes and food. The soldiers could see that Washington valued them, and so they trusted him.
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