Dealing With Ugly Situations | Joel Osteen
4/20/202631 min
There is purpose in the pain. Trust God when you don’t understand. What you do in the ugly situations will determine if you come into all the good that God has for you. God wouldn’t have allowed that bad situation if He didn’t have something great coming.
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First 90 secondsJoel Osteen· Host0:00
[upbeat music] Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. Thanks for listening to our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. If you enjoyed today's message, why don't you be a blessing and share it with a friend? We appreciate you and pray for God's very best in your life. [audience applauding] Well, God bless you. It's great to be with you today, and I hope you'll stay connected with us during the week through our daily podcast, our YouTube channel, and social media, and you can come visit us in person. We'd love to have you be a part of one of our services. I'd like to start with something funny, and I heard about this man. He was the only Protestant in a large Catholic neighborhood. Every Friday during Lent, while his neighbors were eating cold fish, he was grilling a steak in his backyard. They couldn't stand the temptation and decided to try to convert him to Catholicism. He finally agreed, and a priest came over and sprinkled water on him, said, "You were born a Baptist, you were raised a Baptist, but now you're a Catholic." The next year, on the first Friday of Lent, they smelled the same smell. [audience laughing] They rushed to his house. He was in the backyard sprinkling water over his steak, saying, "You were born a cow, you were raised a cow, but now you're a fish." [audience laughing] [laughs] All right, y'all. Say it like you mean it: This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. I have what it says I have. I can do what it says I can do. Today, I will be taught the Word of God. I boldly confess my mind is alert, my heart is receptive.