Pastor Joel Osteen Daily Devotional January 26 2024 : The theme of today’s word by Joel Osteen is ”Fire”.
You are invited to read and meditate on today’s message by Joel Osteen as shared by Joel Osteen Ministries. Today’s Joel Osteen’s word is designed to lift your spirit, motivate and encourage you and as well strengthen your faith in God.
Read Pastor Joel Osteen daily devotional for today January 26, 2024 ”Fire” :
Today’s Scripture
Isaiah 43:2, NLT
“When you walk through the fire of oppression, you will not be burned up; the flames will not consume you.”
Today’s Word
California’s magnificent sequoia trees can stand over three hundred feet tall and live over two thousand years. What’s significant is that the sequoia cones are full of seeds that are locked up inside. Fire dries out the cones, enabling them to crack open and deposit their seeds on the forest floor. Then the seeds are able to germinate and become what they were created to be. The fire is necessary for new growth.
In a similar way, there are seeds that are locked up in you—seeds of favor, greatness, and purpose. The only way they’ll come out is through fire—the business slows, a friend walks away, the medical report isn’t good. It’s easy to get discouraged, but God won’t allow a difficulty unless He has a purpose for it. There is potential locked up in you, gifts and talents that you won’t discover without going through times of adversity when it’s uncomfortable and you don’t understand. The fire is a part of God’s plan so you can become everything you were created to be.
Prayer for Today
“Father, thank You for Your promise to be with me through life’s fires. I know that You’re here with me now, and I invite You into every challenging situation in my life. I believe that You are using the fire to unlock gifts and talents in my life so I can become what You created me to be. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.”
Today’s message of hope and inspiration:
Don’t get complacent; lay aside the weights that are holding you back. Run with passion; run with excellence.
There will always be people that don’t understand you, people that are not for you. Human nature is to get in there and fight to straighten them out, to show them what we’re made of. Don’t take that bait. That’s a distraction. They don’t control your destiny.
You’ve stayed thirsty. You kept believing when the odds were against you. You kept thanking God when there was no sign of it. That hasn’t gone unnoticed. God saw your faith. He saw your dedication. What He promised you is still going to come to pass.
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