A man made religion without Christ!
“I don’t get deep and theological.”
Expect Gods Favor Interview with Joel Osteen
http://www.beliefnet.com/Inspiration/Christian-Inspiration/2004/12/Expect-Gods-Favor-Interview-With-Joel-Osteen.aspx
-- He spoke with Beliefnet recently about his first book, "Your Best Life Now."
Your book speaks about living at your full potential and getting the most out of life, which is what you say God wants for us. How does God want us to live our lives?
It almost seems like cognitive therapy: Think your way happy, be optimistic, and expect the best.
I think a lot of it is. A lot of psychological principles and even medical principles, you see them coming around to what the Bible said hundreds of years ago: a merry heart is good like a medicine. I’ve read many articles on how a positive attitude, laughing every day and being happy, does help people to recover and live longer.
What are the biggest problems people come to you with?
I would say it’s relationships. People are discouraged, beaten down. Relationships, finances, health [are] probably the big categories.
The book’s title and subhead--Your Best Life Now: Seven Steps to Living at Your Full Potential--don’t include specific Christian terms. To whom are you marketing the book?
You’re exactly right. I don’t want to just preach to the church and I just feel like I have a broader message. I’d like to think that I can help everyday people who don’t necessarily go to church. I bet half the letters I get, the first line is "I’ve never been to church. I don’t watch a preacher on TV, but..."
When I first started, I played basketball down at the YMCA with a bunch of guys—I don’t know if they’re Christian, but they’re not living a Christian life. I always thought, when I speak, if they can’t understand what I’m saying, then I’m not doing the right thing. So I try to speak in everyday language. I feel like God has gifted me to take Bible principles and make them practical. ---
Practical – neat, multipurpose, smart, tidy, stylish, well-dressed, elegant, brainy, sting, burn, hurt, nearby, close,
--- What moral values are important to focus on now?
I think most of it has to do with the family and the marriage situation and all that.
What's the most important thing to do to overcome guilt and shame?
We've got to forgive ourselves for mistakes we've made. A lot of people tell me, "I don't feel like God wants to bless me."
If we don't forgive ourselves for mistakes we've made-and everybody's made their choices, some worse than others--we'll never experience the good life God has in store.
It's just changing your attitude and knowing that God gives you your value. Even though somebody's tried to devalue you, you've just got to say, "I've gotta let that go and know who I am, who God made me to be." ---
Attitude – outlook, manner, thoughts, mind-set, way of thinking, opinion, point of view, viewpoint, view, standpoint, line, way of behaving, posture, pose, stance, posture, pose, position, bearing,
Here you find on the link of Holistic living! A Joel O. way of behaving?
Go to: http://www.beliefnet.com/Holistic-Living/index.aspx
Holistic –general, universal, all-inclusive, broad, wide, large, big, open, far-reaching, sketchy, hazy, imprecise, marked, all-embracing, catholic, across-the-board, varied, all-encompassing, wide-ranging, comprehensive, rounded, curved, smoothed, charming, silver-tongued, slick, easy, trouble-free, undemanding, unproblematic, comfortable, relaxed, laid-back, cool, calm, at ease, composed, collected, self-possessed, self-confident, suspended, perched, dignified, dignify, pride, arrogance, conceit, self-importance, satisfaction, pleasure, delight, gratification, self-esteem, honor, poised, tranquil, make comfortable, ease, compose, happy, effortless, efficient,
Holistic spirituality is an acceptance of others beliefs!
Quote:
Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it: Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it.
-Goethe
-- Each individual seeks their own truth.
There is NO certain way of doing anything.
If you choose to attend church and read ancient texts, do that.
If you choose to meditate and/or attend church or not attend church, do that. ---
--- Many spiritually grounded people have set up a little alter in their homes with candles, pictures or anything that has deep meaning for YOU. ---
A morally, ethically, credo, philosophy, ideas, principles, beliefs, thinking, doctrine!
A man made religion without Christ!
JOEL OSTEEN EXPOSED
“I don’t get deep and theological.”
Go to: http://www.safeguardyoursoul.com/html/joel_osteen_exposed.html
http://www.av1611.org/osteen.html
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