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Reclaim the version of yourself that you once knew - the one with hopes and dreams, optimism and confidence. Then step into the best version of yourself - the one you haven't met yet!Life throws so much at us. Disappointments, failures, challenges, and even devastating loss. In the process of living, we begin to feel so out of touch with ourselves that we no longer recognize ourselves. In the midst of all that we experience, we forget to remember that we cannot live an authentic life if we've forgotten who we truly are. Pastor and #1 New York Times bestselling author Joel Osteen wants us to know that God has promised us that He will recover what has been lost and fix what has been broken. He reminds us that we were create not just to survive but to live in full bloom But first, Joel says, we must come out of hiding and reclaim those parts of ourselves that have been withered by the fires of life. We must actively choose to lay aside the bitterness, the shame, the self-defeating messages we tell ourselves and then embrace, in faith, the vision of who and what we can become - the very best version of ourselves.Rich with scriptural teaching as well as personal testimonies that will uplift and enlighten, Rediscovering the Forgotten You is the reminder you need to help you rediscover and then become the person you were created to be.God has so much more in store for you when you remember the hopeful, positive you you once knew.

Go beyond the ordinary and break out into the extraordinary life God designed for you through a mentality of abundance with help from #1 New York Times bestselling author and Lakewood Church pastor Joel Osteen!We all have a vision of our lives and ourselves. What does your picture look like? Do you see yourself rising higher, overcoming obstacles, and living an abundant life? Or do you have a picture of yourself struggling, defeated, addicted, overweight, and never getting good breaks? The pictures you allow in your mind will determine what kind of life you live.God's dream for your life is that you would be blessed in such a way that you could be a blessing to others. Dare to have a big vision for an abundant life, and trust God to bring it to pass. Through THE ABUNDANCE MIND-SET, Joel can help you change your defeatist mind-set so that one day soon, instead of just having a dream, you'll be living the dream. Your vision will become reality.

Do you often dream of living a more rewarding life? Do you aspire to a better job, a stronger relationship or a happier home? Do you want to discover your full potential?In this accessible, thought-provoking guide, bestselling author Joel Osteen provides a clear and effective 7-step guide showing you how to be the person you always wanted to be. Joel's down-to-earth, life coaching style will take you on a journey to accomplish what's truly important, and you will find yourself with a new strength of mind and purpose. The simple steps include - ·Enlarge your vision·Discover the power of your thoughts and words·Choose to be happyYour path to a brighter future begins with these straightforward but powerful guidelines, and ultimately Joel will help you experience victory, joy and satisfaction every day.

The potential to live your best life starts with each new morning, says bestselling author Joel Osteen. With every sunrise, you can choose to approach the day with an attitude of faith and expectancy. He writes, 'When you get up in the morning, the first thing you should do is set your mind in the right direction ...and then go out anticipating good things.'Now for the first time, Pastor Osteen offers a tool to accomplish that goal. Based on his book, YOUR BEST LIFE NOW, he offers prescriptions for positive living in 365 daily messages. Each message is accompanied by a relevant scripture.

Updated for its tenth anniversary, this #1 New York Times bestseller is an inspiring and motivating guide to help you uncover your God-given strengths and live with more joy, hope, and peace every day.Joel Osteen, pastor of America’s largest church, has inspired millions to live to their fullest potential. His practical insights in Become a Better You have helped people look within themselves to find their authentic soul and become a better person. Celebrating its tenth anniversary, Become a Better You has been updated for a whole new generation of readers with a new foreword and new chapter—inside Osteen offers seven simple yet profound steps to help you discover your purpose and destiny, and includes key biblical principles, devotions, and personal testimonies that will uplift and enlighten. As you incorporate these key principles into your life, you will be amazed by how much more God has in store for you. Become a Better You encourages you to reach your full, unique, God-given potential and helps you enjoy every day of life, no matter your circumstances.

Joel Osteen is America''s pastor-and that includes the Spanish-speaking population in this country. With his weekly televised services and his travels throughout the country, no one has more influence in spiritual matters than Pastor Osteen. His first title, Your Best Life Now, was a huge bestseller (the Spanish edition sold over 40,000). His weekly televised services, one of which is in Spanish, are viewed by millions of people around the world. His four weekend services in Houston bring 40-60,000 people weekly. Your Best Life Now offered audiences guidance for living a good life. In Become a Better You, he guides listeners to look within themselves for their authentic soul. Osteen helps listeners conduct an examination within so they can uncover the core of who they really are. Beatific and inspiring, Pastor Osteen weaves in Biblical lessons and personal stories that both educate and enlighten.

Pastor and New York Times bestselling author Joel Osteen offers 90 days of inspirational devotions to help you become the best that you can be in every area of your life.In Become a Better You, Joel Osteen provided 7 key principles designed to improve and enrich your life. He explained how each insight will positively impact your goals, your confidence, your relationships, and your spiritual life. These principles are: -Keep pressing forward -Be positive toward yourself -Develop better relationships -Form better habits -Embrace the place where you are -Develop your inner life -Stay passionate about life With this devotional, Joel offers 90 days of thought-provoking messages, words of encouragement, and valuable scripture that emphasize the message of Become a Better You. This specially selected collection of biblical passages illuminates different points of Joel''s messages and is designed to inspire you toward becoming all that God created you to be. He draws upon personal anecdotes to illustrate the passages and shows us how he and others have used the 7 principles to better themselves and deepen their relationship with God. As you incorporate Joel''s easy-to-grasp concepts into your life, you will be pleasantly surprised at how much more God has in store for you and how quickly you become a better you!

AVAILABLE ONLY ON AUDIO...TEN OF JOEL OSTEEN''S MOST POWERFUL SERMONS, RECORDED LIVE AT LAKEWOOD CHURCH! The Bible clearly teaches that God came to earth in order to give us an abundant life. It was never His intention for you to live in mediocrity, just getting by. In this audio series Joel Osteen shares practical and applicable truths that will help you reach your full God-given potential. Capturing the inspirational and insightful heart of Joel Osteen, Good, Better, Blessed is a collection of Joel''s most popular broadcasts. Recorded live at Lakewood Church in Houston, Texas, these sermons are a distinctive and effective mix of personal experience and biblical perspectives on real-world challenges, including: Developing a habit of happiness The power of our thoughts Having a positive vision Developing loyalty and integrity Finding the courage to be different Don''t let "good" be "good enough." You are uniquely and wonderfully made. You are God''s masterpiece. You were created for greatness. God wants to bless you so that you can be a blessing to others.

Get your hopes up. Raise your expectations. Your best days are in front of you. This is exactly the moment to put your faith into action and expect God’s blessings. It’s your time to declare your faith, to look for God’s favor, and to give control of your life to Him so that you can find fulfillment in His plans for you! It’s Your Time to believe.In It’s Your Time, an instant #1 bestseller in hardcover, Joel Osteen, who has quickly become the pastor of a new generation and a voice of hope for millions, issues a call to readers to seize the day and recognize that God has given them the power to improve their lives. Whether you are going through a difficult time or looking for ways to increase in God’s favor and soar to new heights of fulfillment, this book will provide bold new prayers, inspiring stories, and practical tools to help you move forward in faith and realize your dreams. The hopeful messages and warm encouragement in this book will push you to expand your horizons beyond what you thought you were capable of doing so that you might go even further than you’d ever dreamed of going. IT’S YOUR TIME!

"This book is important. . . . Read with anticipation and an open heart."--JOEL OSTEENIf you or a loved one is battling a serious illness, there is hope! God is a healing God, and nothing is impossible with Him! One touch from God can change everything. In God Heals, USA Today bestselling author and pastor Steve Austin will inspire your faith, encourage your heart, and give you proven biblical keys to win the battle for your health, including● unleashing the power of faith ● praying prayers that work ● understanding the power of your words ● using the power of praise ● healing your soul● and much more!God Heals also contains prayers covering a variety of needs, healing promises from God's Word, daily Scripture declarations, and miracle healing testimonies to strengthen your faith. As you apply the keys in this book, God will move powerfully in your situation! "Your faith will soar and you will find that God is your healer, no matter what your condition."--JOAN HUNTER, host of Miracles Happen"An invaluable resource for anyone facing illness or disease."--PAUL OSTEEN, MD

Your mind has incredible power over your success or failure. THINK BETTER, LIVE BETTER offers a simple yet life-changing strategy for erasing the thoughts that keep you down and reprogramming your mind with positive thinking to reach a new level of victory. As a child of the Most High God, you are equipped to handle anything that comes your way. To claim your destiny, start thinking about yourself the way God does and delete the thoughts that tear down your confidence. When you train yourself to tune out the negativity and tune into your calling, you'll begin to live the wonderful plans God has made for you.

Rise above your greatest trials and discover the power of God's greatness with five simple strategies -- and step into the blessings of your life.We were not created to live average, unrewarding, or unfulfilling lives. God created us to leave our marks on our generations. Every person has seeds of greatness planted within by the Creator. When life weighs upon us, pushes us down, and limits our thinking, we have what it takes to overcome and rise above into the fullness of our destinies.In this dynamic, inspiring and faith-building new book, New York Times bestselling author Joel Osteen provides practical steps and encouragement for creating a life without limitations. This book will help you break out and break free so that you can increase your productivity, improve your relationships, and believe in bigger dreams. Here's how you can move beyond barriers: ·Dare to believe that the best will happen ·Adopt an irrepressible "break out" attitude ·Make room for increase ·Pray bold prayers ·Follow God's plan beyond your circumstancesFilled with faith and inspiration, Break Out! will challenge you to build a new perspective, let nothing hold you back, and reject any limiting labels. Pastor Osteen will inspire you to see that a life-changing attitude begins in your own mind: "When you break through in your mind, believing you can rise higher and overcome obstacles, then God will unleash the power within that will enable you to go beyond the ordinary into the extraordinary life you were designed to live."

The title comes from research that shows people are happiest on Fridays. Pastor Joel Osteen writes how we can generate this level of contentment and joy every day of the week.Known as a man who maintains a constant positive outlook in spite of circumstances, Osteen has described this message as a core theme of his ministry.Combining his personal experiences with scriptural insights and principles for true happiness, he shows readers how every day can hold the same promise and opportunities for pure joy that they experience at five o'clock on Friday.

Can two words give you the power to change your life? Yes, they can! In his new book, Joel Osteen shares a profound principle based on one simple truth: Whatever follows the words "I am" will always come looking for you. His insights and encouragement are illustrated with amazing stories of people who turned their lives around by focusing on the positive power of this principle. With THE POWER OF I AM as a guide, readers will stop criticizing themselves and instead discover their inner strengths, natural talents, and unique abilities that will make them prosper with self-assurance. Readers can choose to rise to a new level and invite God's goodness by focusing on I AM.

Is this as good as it gets? Or can you enjoy more of what life has to offer? Not only can you live happily every day, bestselling author Joel Osteen suggests you must discover the potential within yourself and learn how to use it to live better, and to help others better themselves as well. God didn''t create you to be average. You were created to excel! You have everything you need to fulfill your God-given destiny, and there is no limit to what you can accomplish if you discover how to be a better you! In Become a Better You: 7 Keys to Improving Your Life Every Day, Joel Osteen, America''s best-known pastor, will inspire and motivate you to live with more joy, hope, and peace -- truly a life of victory! Joel will help you look deep inside yourself to become a better spouse and parent, a better boss or employee, a better community leader, a better friend -- in short, a better person! Joel Osteen reveals seven simple yet profound principles that when taken to heart will help you become all that God has created you to be. In a straightforward, easy-to-understand style, Osteen explains key biblical values; the text is laced with personal testimonies that will enlighten and uplift you. Each of the seven keys has its own section, complete with a set of practical action points. Thus Become a Better You will guide you in the process of uncovering your hidden resources. Within these pages, Joel Osteen addresses topics such as building your confidence, developing better relationships, finding peace within, and staying passionate about life. Become a Better You will encourage you to reach your unique God-given potential, and will help you to enjoy every day of your life, despite your circumstances. As you incorporate Joel''s easy-to-grasp principles into your life, you will be pleasantly surprised at how much more God has in store for you, and how quickly you become a better you!

God''s Word is Truth. It is the very character and essence of God in written form. As you study the Scriptures with an alert mind and a receptive heart, you will be strengthened, empowered, and filled with the hope that comes through a loving and growing relationship with Jesus Christ. We are who the Bible says we are, we can have what it says we can have, and we can do all that it promises we can do. This is the heart of the message that Joel and Victoria Osteen share every week with an audience of millions around the world via television, the internet, and worship events. Their practical, uplifting message of hope found in Christ has changed the lives of individuals, impacted families, and literally transformed communities. They place an incredible value on the principles of the Bible, which have a miraculous, life-changing impact on anyone who is willing to study and obey its truths. The Hope for Today Bible is filled with insights, notes, and encouragements from Joel and Victoria designed to help you grow deeper in your walk with God. It also includes specific verses that you can pray over your relationships, your children, your finances, and your health. In addition, "HopePoints" are key words and supporting scriptures related to topics such as favor, forgiveness, anger, depression, loneliness, self-control, and many more. This Bible is presented in the New Living Translation, which combines phenomenal scholarship and textual accuracy with clear, easy-to-understand contemporary language. The Bible will come alive and become clear like never before.

Get your hopes up. Raise your expectations. Your best days are in front of you. In challenging times, it may be hard to see better days ahead. You may feel as though your struggles will never end, that things won''t ever turn around for you. This is exactly the moment to put your faith into action and expect God''s blessings. It''s your time to declare your faith, to look for God''s favor, and to give control of your life to Him so that you can find fulfillment in His plans for you! It''s Your Time to believe. It''s not easy to always be optimistic. Life can be difficult, and in hard economic times it''s not just your finances that suffer. Your relationships can be strained. Your health can be stressed. Bad habits can return and negative thoughts can take over. When one part of your life after another takes a bad turn, you can feel like there is no end in sight, no way out. The truth is, maybe you don''t have an answer. But God does! Maybe you don''t have the strength. But God does! It''s Your Time for favor. In It''s Your Time, bestselling author Joel Osteen, pastor of the nation''s largest church, offers the inspirational truth that no matter where you stand in life, you are never alone. He reminds you also that the bigger your burden, the greater your blessings to come. You may have neglected God, but He has not abandoned you. He has already released good things into your future. As long as you''re breathing, you can still reclaim His favor by renewing your faith and accepting His plans for you. It''s Your Time for restoration. In these pages, Joel offers assurances that God does not want you to merely survive challenging times, He wants you to thrive. When you give your life over to Him, God will send opportunities your way so that you can soar to new heights of fulfillment. History has shown that the most difficult times can serve as catalysts for creativity, innovation, and accomplishment. If you hold on to your faith, ask for God''s favor, and don''t give in to depression or discouragement, you will emerge not bitter but better, not a victim but a victor. It''s Your Time to trust. God already is working in your life to arrange the right people, the right skills, and the right opportunities to give you the tools you need to fulfill and exceed your dreams. Drawing from Joel''s experiences and those of people around the world, It''s Your Time offers messages of faith, hope, and strength to help you rise above any circumstance so that you can fulfill God''s best plan for your life. It''s Your Time to stretch. Joel has filled this book with bold new prayers, inspiring stories, and practical tools for moving forward in faith. You will find inspiration from others who have overcome adversity and achieved their dreams. You will find proven methods for not just picking up the pieces but for building a new life better than you''d imagined. The hopeful messages and warm encouragements in this book will push you to expand your horizons beyond what you thought you were capable of doing so that you might go even farther than you''d ever dreamed of going. It''s Your Time!

AVAILABLE ONLY ON AUDIO…TEN OF JOEL OSTEEN’S MOST INSPIRING SERMONS, RECORDED LIVE AT LAKEWOOD CHURCH!To live in God’s favor is to live a life filled with hope, abundance and joy. God has a new beginning in store for you! Whatever difficulties you’ve faced, God uses your challenges to stretch you and enlarge your vision to move beyond disappointments and experience his blessings. In this audio series Joel Osteen shares valuable keys that will help you live in faith, stand strong and overcome anything that comes against you.Capturing the unique excitement of Lakewood Church’s weekly services and broadcasts, Living in Favor, Abundance and Joy collects material from three of the most popular volumes of live recordings offered on the Lakewood website. You’ll hear Joel Osteen’s distinct and effective mix of spiritual perspectives on real-world challenges, including:    - Letting go of the past    - Taking the limits off of God    - Being grateful for the gift of today     - Having a relaxed and easy-going attitude     - Controlling your moods     - Holding on to your joyDon’t settle for the status quo. God says that you are going to have the most peace, the most fulfillment. You may not have seen it yet, but if you make room, you will not lack in any area.

In his first holiday work, Joel Osteen offers uplifting and inspiring true stories of family and friends celebrating Christian Christmas traditions. In his bestselling books, It’s Your Time and Become a Better You, and in his weekly worship services at Lakewood Church in Houston, Joel Osteen offers hope to millions through his belief in the power of faith and the goodness of God. The Christmas season has become a bustling period for many, filled with distractions and anxiety. Osteen will help listeners return to the essence of the holiday, by practicing the principles taught by the Child born that day, and by reminding all of what is truly important in life.In the tradition of bestselling books that share Christmas memories and stories to celebrate the essence of the season—the birth of Christ and the hope and love of His message—Osteen’s collection of unique stories will illuminate the importance of family and faith, and set readers on the path to a hopeful, peaceful holiday filled with Christian spirit. As always, his words and his practical faith-based advice will be inspiring and insightful, a welcome light in the lives of the faithful at a very special time of year.Influential in the Christian community around the globe, Joel Osteen is a major source of inspiration and an initiator of change for the millions to whom he preaches. Hailed as “America’s voice of hope,” he reaches more people than almost any other pastor in America—between 40,000 and 45,000 attend his weekly worship services in Houston, which also are broadcast to more than ten million viewers around the world. This new book of stories from family and friends about Christmas will be cherished by listeners everywhere.