I happened on the lesson tonight that Joel Osteen was sharing with his congregation. He is the minister at the largest church in Houston, I think it is called Lakeside Church, maybe Lakeshore. Anyway, his message was fascinating to me--he said some really inspiring things that I wanted to share.
He referred to the seasons of life and how when we go through a bad season, that God is a God of restoration and that He wants us to be restored. He not only is going to bring us out of the season of suffering, He is going to bring us out better off! He talked about how Hezekiah asked God to prove to him that He was going to restore him after his season of suffering and God turned back the clock ten degrees to show him by moving the sun backwards on the sundial.
He shared the story of Colonel Sanders and how he had worked for many years to open his store to sell his chicken and it was all destroyed overnight when they decided to build a freeway right through the location of his store. He lost everything and wondered if he had spent all of the many years he had invested in vain. He began selling his chicken to any restaurant that would buy it and had a frier in the back of his car so he could sell his recipe. One of his venders said it was so good, it was finger lickin' good. Now he has 11,000 Finger Lickin' Good stores! God can give you 1 idea that can change your life--He truly is a God of restoration!
God wants us to have a mindset of victory!! Joel 2:25--I will restore the years the locust have stolen....what a beautiful thought to put our trust in!! I love it!!
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Joel 2:25 from Joel Osteen. I actually watched that yesterday. It was on about 5 different times for some reason. 'good stuff.
Lisa,
Glad to see you writing!!
God does want us to remember that He will fight for us when we need a warrior, shelter us when we need a savior, restore us when we need restoration! He loves us so thoroughly and completely He truly is our all in all!
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