In this message, Joel Osteen teaches that the words following «I am» have tremendous power to shape our lives, drawing from God’s name «I AM» revealed to Moses and the scripture in Joel 3:10 urging the weak to say «I am strong,» concluding that we [...]

Don't get legalistic with God about your giving. Don't count it up. Just every opportunity you get to be a blessing to somebody, whether it's giving them a compliment, praying for them, encouraging them, or hearing of a financial need [...]

I wanna preach a message this morning that I'm just calling, "Are You Working From Approval or For Approval"? So, just think about that for a minute. Do you read your Bible? Do you give? Do you pray? Do you do some kingdom work trying [...]

Back in the days of the Communist rule in East Germany, some of us have lived that history. The younger generation probably read about it in history book, but we lived it. During the terrible years when the Communists were in control of East Germany [...]

Joel Osteen teaches that our worth comes not from performance, background, or mistakes but from being children of God, made worthy through Jesus, illustrated by the stories of Mephibosheth being restored to the palace and the prodigal son welcomed [...]

It's great when people believe in us and cheer us on, make us feel valuable. We love when our spouse compliments us, a friend is there to give encouragement, a coworker stays late to help us on a project, God uses people to help move us into [...]

We all want to lead happy and healthy lives, we want relationships to thrive and minds to be at peace, but when it comes to living a full joyful faith filled life, there's one relationship that makes all the difference. It's the [...]

Well, welcome to Switch IRL and Switch Online for those of you that are joining with us. Before we get into the message for today, I wanna take a moment and ask you to pray with me for all of the craziness that's happening in our world right [...]

This is an excerpt from: The Secret Scoreboard I have to get to the point where I don't need validation from people to do what's right because it's according to my values. You don't give so people will see you. Jesus isn't [...]

This is an excerpt from: My Maker Is My Mirror The Lord has heard the questions you've been asking. He has seen the struggle you've been facing, and he wants to give you something today to see it in a different light. Joshua, chapter 14, [...]

Last week, we began talking about overcoming approval addiction which appears to be a pretty big foundation for a whole lot of other things to operate in people's lives. For example, if you live under a burden of guilt, if you live under a [...]

I'm amazed at the lives that are being destroyed and derailed over the effort of trying to earn approval from people that you don't even know, trying to buy things so that they can approve of you with money you don't even have, and [...]

I'm about to talk about something that I don't have to ask you to raise your hands. Maybe you don't know it, but everybody in here at one time or another has been impacted and affected by something called approval addiction. To be [...]

Last time I talked about the fact that in chapter 1, the Shulamite bride, who is the shadow a figure of you and I, the church, she's having an incredible experience, an incredible love encounter with the Lord but she begins to shrink back [...]

I think there are certain things that we deal with and the reason why we get frustrated, and the reason why we get discouraged, and the reason why we get depressed, and the reason why we even can get suicidal is because we're dealing with [...]

I know a woman who has struggled with depression for years. She's always been so strong, so determined, but when I saw her recently, she was very discouraged. She said, "I don't know if I have any fight left in me. I can't do it [...]

Joel Osteen reminds us from Jeremiah 1:5 that God knew us before we were born and created us as masterpieces with untapped potential, urging us to reject distorted self-images and embrace our true identity as valuable and empowered to fulfill our [...]

What do you think of yourself? You know, we all have a relationship with our self. Did you know that? And if you don't have a good relationship with yourself, you're not gonna have a good relationship with other people. It's really [...]

One of my favorite books in the Bible, the book of Ephesians, maybe you have your favorite books in the Bible. I love Ephesians, the Gospel of John, The Song of Songs. Ephesians is definitely one of my favorites. Listen to the word of God in [...]

I thought it was interesting that some people who are dissatisfied with their height, resort to an expensive and lengthy process known as limb lengthening. Surgeons can add three inches or so to a person's height by lengthening their limbs. No [...]

Now I spoke on this last time, but there's another point that I want to make from Paul's prayer in Ephesians 1:18. Paul prayed, he said, "I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened". Last time I talked about that our [...]

This is an excerpt from: Do You Realize How Valuable You Are? Now I want to go to the next parable and this is my closing thought. And this is where it comes down to you. So we go on in Matthew 13: 45–46. This is the parable I love. I know there [...]

This is an excerpt from: Do You Realize How Valuable You Are? There’s a passage in 1 Corinthians 15, which is very exciting to me. 1 Corinthians 15 Verse 45 and following. And so it is written, The first man, the first Adam and you know Adam in [...]

This is an excerpt from: Do You Realize How Valuable You Are? We’re going to begin with a proclamation. We always begin by proclaiming a Scripture. This one is taken from 1 John chapter 4 verse 16. We have known and believed, the love that God has [...]

We’re going to begin with a proclamation. We always begin by proclaiming a Scripture. This one is taken from 1 John chapter 4 verse 16. We have known and believed, the love that God has for us. God is love and he who abides in love abides in God, [...]

Beloved, God's presence is manifest through the beauty of His creation. The scripture tells us that everyone's without excuse in terms of acknowledging and worshiping God, because the scripture says that God's invisible attributes and [...]

How you see yourself determines your destiny—wrong mirrors from the enemy distort your image with flaws, failures, and limitations, but God’s Word is the right mirror showing you as fearfully and wonderfully made, talented, favored, and victorious, [...]

This is an excerpt from: Devil You've Held Me Long Enough You know, a lot of times when I'm asking God to change me and my life, and God is telling me to hold on to the teaching, I picture myself… Come here, Elijah. I picture it like [...]

This is the neatest Word. I think about it so often. I think about it a lot in prayer and will say it back to the Lord. The word that is "to know hearts" is a compound word in the Greek, so it is a putting together of... heart is [...]

So remember, we're getting some for-real rehab for approval addicts, and we're learning that it doesn't have to do with numbers. We could be as addicted to the approval of one person as someone else is to a full public of tens of [...]

We're gonna get some insight into the warnings that Jesus gave us about people pleasing and about being very, very careful when we look around us and a lot of people are really pleased with us because he's saying, "I'm gonna tell [...]

You may be seated. I want you to turn with me, if you would please, to 1 Thessalonians chapter 2 and then I would like for you to also get Galatians 1 in your hand so that you are ready to go back and forth between the two. Hold at 1 Thessalonians [...]

Joel Osteen preaches that the key to loving others and living a fulfilled life is first learning to love and accept yourself as God’s masterpiece, despite flaws and past mistakes. Drawing from Mark 12:31 and other scriptures, he urges believers to [...]

Joel Osteen explains that our worth comes from being children of God, not from performance, achievements, or comparisons; once we grasp we have nothing to prove to others or even to earn God’s approval—as He is already well pleased with us, like He [...]

Joel Osteen emphasizes that our true identity comes from God’s voice, not from others' opinions, circumstances, or our own doubts—declaring that when we affirm what God says about us («no ordinary child,» «mighty hero,» «masterpiece»), we [...]

Glory to God. Thank You, Jesus. I'm excited, more than just excited about what the Lord's given me to say to you this morning. Mark 11:22. "Have faith in God. Have faith in God". Well, what about my finances? Have faith in God. [...]

Tonight, I want to talk about something that I think is a really big deal and something that is happening right now. It's really stopping a lot of people from the change and the transformation that God really wants them to experience by [...]

Hey, everybody. Welcome! I'm so glad that you're here with us today because the message I want to share with you today is crucial. If you can figure out and begin to change this one area that we're gonna talk about today. I believe [...]

Hey, welcome! It's so good to have you with us in the program today. We're gonna talk about something that is so crucial to the Christian life. It is so basic, yet at the same time it is so powerfully deep. And so few people I run into [...]

How's your self-image? The way you see yourself and how you feel about yourself will have a tremendous impact on your destiny. The truth is: you'll never rise above the image you have of yourself in your own mind. I'm Joel Osteen, I [...]

Wonder if I can get a little bit of help from you guys today, could I? Could I? I would love it if all of our Life Church locations would help me honor my wife, my children, my family and my very close friends. Can you guys say thank you to my [...]

Hey, how you doing? How you doing? How your mama doing? How's auntie? Everybody doing well? I'm so glad. Listen, it feels like I say this all the time, but I'm so glad to see you all again. And I'm super excited about what [...]

Hello, I'm Creflo Dollar, and thank you for allowing me to bring some insight and inspiration to your world. Today's show is dealing with mistakes. We've all made them. Maybe you've been in a spot where you've made a wrong [...]

Joel Osteen explains in this message that while God hears everything, He doesn’t always listen—particularly not to our self-condemnation, guilt, or pleas of unworthiness, as illustrated in the parable of the prodigal son where the father ignores [...]

Joel Osteen delivers an uplifting message reminding believers that God has equipped them exactly as needed for their destiny, declaring «you are enough» with the right talent, personality, looks, and family; using stories like the widow’s oil, [...]

John 7 is a very interesting scenario or more accurately, episode in the life of Jesus. And I think you probably will say I never really heard a sermon on that story before and then you won't be able to say that after today. But it's a [...]

The Lord has heard the questions you've been asking. He's seen the struggle you've been facing and He wants to give you something today to see it in a different light. Joshua 14; a very pivotal Scripture for the nation of Israel and [...]

So, let me tell you a little bit about my story. Some people battle with guilt more than others do. And because I was abused in my childhood by my dad, I grew up thinking something was wrong with me. 'cause I just thought, you know, there has [...]

Now I wanna show you these are my three most recent Bibles and to tell you where I got the theme, you've got to know that I have a brand new Bible. Now, this is the one just prior to it, and this is the one just prior to it. And before this, [...]

Joel Osteen encourages believers not to let past mistakes, failures, or negative labels define their identity or limit their future, drawing from examples like Bill Buckner, Doubting Thomas, Moses, Peter, and his own father. He stresses that God’s [...]