Joel Osteen Today Inspirational 17 January 2024 Message

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Joel Osteen Today Inspirational 17 January 2024 Message

Welcome to Joel Osteen Today’s Inspirational Message for Wednesday 17th January 2024. Be inspired with God’s Word and be blessed!

Some people allow way too much worry. Those worrisome thoughts have their own room in your mind. They eat dinner with you every night and greet you first thing in the morning. They ride to work with you and go on vacation with you. Why don’t you give them an eviction notice? No more waking up with worry. Try a different approach and wake up with hope, wake up with faith, wake up with gratitude.

When you get up in the morning, instead of letting those worry thoughts play, say, “Father, thank You for another beautiful day. Thank You for my family. Thank You for good health. Lord, I’m excited about my future.” Worry can’t stay in a house full of faith. Discouragement can’t stay in a house full of gratitude. Negativity can’t stay in a house full of hope.

The Scripture says, “Take every thought captive that goes against what God says.” Get a picture of that. When a negative thought comes—fear, worry, doubt—you can’t be passive or complacent. “I wish that wasn’t here. That’s so discouraging.” No, you have to arrest that thought. It’s an intruder. It has no right to stay. “Take it captive” indicates force, aggression, being on the offensive.

The Scripture could have said, “Just don’t think it; don’t pay it attention.” But God was showing us how important it is to be proactive. If we’re going to have a sound mind, it’s not going to happen automatically. We’re going to have to start locking up some things. The apostle Paul said, “Give no place to the enemy.” Are there some intruders in your mind that you’re allowing to stay? Are you giving place to negative, discouraging thoughts?

Listen now to this message from Joel, “A Sound Mind”:

TODAY’S PRAYER: “Father, thank You that Jesus is the author of my story, and He will finish what He has written for my life. Thank You that Your plans for me are good, to give me a future and a hope. Help me to get my story in line with the story You have written for me. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.”