((WOW)) JOEL OSTEEN Says he is Shunning the Lavish Lifetyle!!!

[dizzyde]

I don't know what Joel Osteen preaches/talks about in his crusades, but I receive his daily devotional e-mails, and they are not ambiguous regarding God or the Bible. They start with a verse and follow with a thought that always refers to God multiple times. So I am a little confused about all the criticism regarding his approach.

[SDG]

Originally Posted by Sandra

I love Rick and Joel... They may say they don't like lavishly, but I beg to differ.
The reason we don't know how they live is they don't speak about it or teach on prosperity.
They are both millionares ,they both live Large and I think its A-OK. They have sold millions of books, they should enjoy their wealth. I know they are givers also.... Joel Osteen gave a church I sang at Sunday Night $500,000.00 after Katrina.

Joel Osteen doesn't preach on prosperity???? Lol.

[Sandra]

Originally Posted by Daniel Alicea

Joel Osteen doesn't preach on prosperity???? Lol.

Well, thats not his message. He tells us little stories

[Pastor G]

Originally Posted by Sandra

Well, thats not his message. He tells us little stories

It's all super skim milk... But it is all he knows...

[RevBuddy]

Paleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeese.....

[SDG]

Time Magazine: Does God Want You To Be Rich?

A growing number of Protestant evangelists raise a joyful Yes! But the idea is poison to other, more mainstream pastors
By DAVID VAN BIEMA, JEFF CHU

When George Adams lost his job at an Ohio tile factory last October, the most practical thing he did, he thinks, was go to a new church, even though he had to move his wife and four preteen boys to Conroe, a suburb of Houston, to do it. Conroe, you see, is not far from Lakewood, the home church of megapastor and best-selling author Joel Osteen.

Osteen's relentlessly upbeat television sermons had helped Adams, 49, get through the hard times, and now Adams was expecting the smiling, Texas-twanged 43-year-old to help boost him back toward success. And Osteen did. Inspired by the preacher's insistence that one of God's top priorities is to shower blessings on Christians in this lifetime--and by the corollary assumption that one of the worst things a person can do is to expect anything less--Adams marched into Gullo Ford in Conroe looking for work. He didn't have entry-level aspirations: "God has showed me that he doesn't want me to be a run-of-the-mill person," he explains. He demanded to know what the dealership's top salesmen made--and got the job. Banishing all doubt--"You can't sell a $40,000-to-$50,000 car with menial thoughts"--Adams took four days to retail his first vehicle, a Ford F-150 Lariat with leather interior. He knew that many fellow salesmen don't notch their first score until their second week. "Right now, I'm above average!" he exclaims. "It's a new day God has given me! I'm on my way to a six-figure income!" The sales commission will help with this month's rent, but Adams hates renting. Once that six-figure income has been rolling in for a while, he will buy his dream house: "Twenty-five acres," he says. "And three bedrooms. We're going to have a schoolhouse (his children are home schooled). We want horses and ponies for the boys, so a horse barn. And a pond. And maybe some cattle."

"I'm dreaming big--because all of heaven is dreaming big," Adams continues. "Jesus died for our sins. That was the best gift God could give us," he says. "But we have something else. Because I want to follow Jesus and do what he ordained, God wants to support us. It's Joel Osteen's ministry that told me. Why would an awesome and mighty God want anything less for his children?"


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[SDG]

Article removed due to copyrights

Finish article here.

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/ar...533448,00.html

Makes you wonder if this new Osteen story has been put out by his publicist. Perhaps to avoid a Senate inquiry?

[Sandra]

I want to be RICH... I have so much I want to do in UGANDA!! We have 30 children now, I want a campus to house 1000. It will take money to do that.

[SDG]

Finish article here.

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/ar...533448,00.html

Makes you wonder if this new Osteen story has been put out by his publicist. Perhaps to avoid a Senate inquiry?

[Pastor G]

Originally Posted by Sandra

I want to be RICH... I have so much I want to do in UGANDA!! We have 30 children now, I want a campus to house 1000. It will take money to do that.

You will have it too...