Joel Osteen Devotional for 24th January 2025 Friday Message
TODAY’S DEVOTIONAL MESSAGE BY JOEL OSTEEN 24 JANUARY 2025
God has created you to be a victor, not a victim. Jump-start your day by celebrating the very best that God has for you! These daily inspirations will help you grow in your relationship with the Lord and equip you to be everything God intends you to be.
Joel Osteen Devotional for 24th January 2025 Friday Message
Topic: The Sunday Morning Box
Scripture: You, God, are my God, earnestly I seek you; I thirst for you, my whole being longs for you, in a dry and parched land where there is no water. – Psalm 63:1, NIV
Today’s Word
David is thought to have written Psalm 63 in the isolation of the wilderness during the difficult years when King Saul was trying to kill him. He used that time to seek God, to draw close to God with his whole being. One thing about being isolated, not having a lot of people to give your attention to, you can turn your attention toward your Heavenly Father.
It’s an opportunity to learn to talk to Him and get to know Him. It’s a time to develop a deeper relationship where He’s not just a Sunday morning God, but all through the day, in your thoughts, you talk to God as you’d talk to a friend. God will be as involved in your life as much as you want Him to be. If you keep Him in a Sunday morning box, He’ll stay there. But He wants to be so much more than that.
Sometimes with all the busyness of life, with all the people, the activities, we don’t make time for God. That’s a mistake. Make sure you keep Him first place.
Prayer For Today
“Father, thank You that I can seek You with my whole heart, knowing that I will surely find You. Thank You that I can live my life passionately, with a desire to go deeper with You. I declare that You are far more to me than a Sunday morning God. You are my God every moment of the day. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.”
Just because you have faith and you’re declaring promises doesn’t mean you’re not going to hear the enemy’s lies, threats, thoughts of fear. “It’s not going to work out. Just give up; it’s over.” You can’t stop the roar, but you can ignore it. You don’t have to dwell on all the negative thoughts telling you that it’s not going to work out, you’re not going to get well, not going to see your family restored. Those thoughts will be loud. The enemy can be compelling, persuasive, intimidating, but don’t pay him any attention. He wouldn’t be roaring if victory wasn’t in your future.
Jesus said when the prince of this world comes, he has no power over Me. The next verse, “But I will do what the Father requires.” That last part is the key. We’re all going to face attacks, trouble, opposition. The prince of this world will come, but he has no power over us. We have to do what the Father requires. We can’t sit back saying, “Why did this happen? This is not fair.” What the Father requires is to move forward in faith. Don’t let fear hold you back. Don’t believe the lies that it’s permanent. Don’t water down your dreams. Now, get your passion back and go after what God put in your heart.
Scripture Union Daily Guide 24th January 2025: Celebrating the Passover
