He’s going to give you resources, funds, opportunity like you never dreamed. He has increase that you can’t contain, promotion that causes you to explode to a new level. God has already ordained divine connections that will help you fulfill your purpose. You don’t have to see how He will do it. All you have to do is believe.

Gospel Corner

01/10/25

Joel Osteen Ministries

Today’s Word
Today’s Scripture
“Enlarge your house; build an addition. Spread out your home, and spare no expense! For you will soon be bursting at the seams.”
Isaiah 54:2–3, NLT

Bursting at the Seams.
It may feel as though you’re stuck. You don’t see how you can accomplish your dreams. But God is not limited by your job, by your salary, by what family you come from. He is saying to you what He said to the Israelites, “Soon you’re going to be bursting at the seams.” He is not always going to take you down a normal, traditional path. You’re going to come into these times when He’s going to do something unusual, something out of the ordinary, something unprecedented, something that’s never happened in your family, never been done in your business. He knows how to get you into overflow that is not just a little more of what you have; it’s a new dimension.

He’s going to give you resources, funds, opportunity like you never dreamed. He has increase that you can’t contain, promotion that causes you to explode to a new level. God has already ordained divine connections that will help you fulfill your purpose. You don’t have to see how He will do it. All you have to do is believe.

A Prayer for Today
“Father, thank You that You are the God who spoke worlds into existence, and You know how to cause me to burst at the seams with blessings. Help me to start taking steps of faith that open the door to Your favor. I’m going to keep believing Your Word and accomplish my dreams. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.

A precious brother who attends Grace Revolution Church in Dallas shared with me a precious testimony of how the Lord had protected him and his wife from the tragic terrorist attacks that took place in Paris:

To celebrate our anniversary on November 10, 2015, I wanted to do something very special. My wife enjoys cooking and baking and loves French cuisine. We had been talking about traveling to Europe and I thought this would be a good time for us to travel to Paris to celebrate our anniversary. I had set up a trip leaving on the Wednesday and returning on the Sunday of that week.

However, I forgot Pastor Prince’s Grace Revolution Tour was taking place in Dallas during the same weekend. Because I was trying to keep the trip a secret, my wife didn’t know to remind me either! But when I told her my plan three weeks early, she quickly pointed out my oversight and I rescheduled the trip for springtime. I was disappointed at that time about not getting to go on the trip.

We now know that the terrorist attack in Paris started on the afternoon of the Friday I’d planned for us to be there. Had we gone to Paris as I had originally planned, we would have been there during the attack.

Pastor Prince had been preaching on divine protection quite a bit, especially over the year before. We had been hearing from Pastor Prince not to take our protection for granted, and had started sharing with our boys about how we are protected by our Father. We had begun praying with them to thank the Lord for His protection over our lives. We both felt that we had experienced God’s “right place, right time” protection.

I’m not sure how close we would have been to the horrible terror acts had we gone on the trip, but I do know that God’s grace kept us thousands of miles out of harm’s way. We were protected, enjoying that time with our family, singing praises to God with the church’s worship team, and learning more about grace from Pastor Prince in Dallas!

Do you see, dear reader, how we can learn about and be led to walk in God’s divine protection over our lives when we take His Word seriously and are planted in a local church? In every way, our lives and our marriages will be preserved, protected, and flourishing.