Read Joel Osteen Devotional 23rd October 2022, Today’s Word with Joel & Victoria Osteen. Remember, For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart. – Hebrews 4:12
Today’s Scripture
Numbers 11:1, NIV – Now the people complained about their hardships in the hearing of the LORD, and when he heard them his anger was aroused.
Joel Osteen Devotional 23rd October 2022 | Today’s Word
One reason the Israelites never made it into the Promised Land is that they started complaining about their challenges and criticizing Moses’ leadership. Because of their negative words, they went around the same mountain for forty years. If you’re not speaking grateful words, beneficial words that edify and build others up, do yourself a favor and zip it up. If you’re critical, harsh, and condescending, you’ll keep going around your own mountain for forty years. You can’t be disrespectful to your spouse or your coworkers and become all you were created to be. You can’t talk behind people’s backs and reach your Promised Land, the fullness of your destiny.
READ: Our Daily Bread 23 October 2022 Devotional for Sunday
The next time you’re tempted to say something you know you shouldn’t, pause for ten seconds and say, “God, help me keep my lips sealed. Help me to control my tongue.” Proverbs says that life and death are in the power of the tongue. My question is, are you speaking life to your future, or are you speaking death?
PRAYER FOR TODAY
Father, thank You that You created me to speak words of gratitude, faith, and encouragement to everyone, and especially to my family. Help me to not just zip my lips before I speak words that could harm, but to use my words to edify. I believe that You will help me to speak in a way that builds up. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.
Joel Scott Osteen is an American pastor, televangelist, and author, based in Houston, Texas. Osteen has been called the “most popular preacher on the planet” and is often listed as one of the most influential religious leaders in the world.