Programming you mind to victory

Sermon on 25-09-2009 at Lakewood Church by Pastor Joel Osteen

- Our mind is like the computer, we are what we think we are. What we put in, we are going to get out.
- Reprogram your thinking, program your mind to victory.
- You are what you believe. You will become what you believe.
- Our mind is helping us becoming who we are.
- Your thought sets limit for your life.
- Got to get your command centre get the right direction.
- Think thoughts of victory.
- You got to believe it before you ever see it= Faith.
- You walk by faith and not by sight.
- Romans 4:17 Abraham choose to believe what God told him, becoming father of all nation, even though he is not yet even a father. God speak of non-existance things, that they have existed.
- Ephesians
- Collosions
- Psalms
- All past tense, God has done great things for you.
- When God says that you are blessed, you are blessed.
- God has the ultimate say.
- Get an agreement with God, allows promises to be released.
- Psalms: God has crowned you with God's favour. Declaring the favour.
- God always put things in our spirits, before they come into natural.
- God's favour lasts for a lifetime.
- Romans 4:18

Have a different kind of spirit

Sermon on 18-09-2009 at Lakewood Church

Have a Different Kind of Spirit by Pastor Joel Osteen

- Too many people go around discouraged.
- We tend to go with the flow, but we are God's children, we are not suppose to go with the majority.
- Anybody can complaint, but God wants us to make a different spirit.
- Look for the good, be thankful.
- Don't be a thermometer that measures the temperature, be a thermostate that controls the temperature.
- When you talk in defeat, you draw in defeat.
- You have the spirit of the living God, reject negativity.
- Be positive, hopeful and stay still.
- Dont let negativity affect you.
- Focus on whats right, not on whats wrong. Dont be influence by others.
- God determines your destiny.
- God has a way of getting people's attention. Be your best each day, dont complaint.
- Overcome evil with good.
- Numbers 14:24 Caleb has a different spirit. He was moving forward in faith, without complaining.
- Understand who you are, and know what you have inside.
- Shake off the negative thoughts.