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Your Best Life Now: 7 Steps to Living at Your Full Potential

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If you're a Christian, you'll be delighted to find a book on how to live your life in constructive ways that's supported by the Bible, telling examples and positive energy. If you happen to enjoy Pastor Osteen's on-line broadcasts of services from Lakewood, you'll recognize many of the stories and examples. I could almost hear his voice as I read the inspirational words.

If you are not a Christian, you may find this faith-based approach to living life to be challenging to your beliefs. Perhaps that challenge will be a rewarding one for you.

To me, the book has tremendous ring of authority as Pastor Osteen recounts examples from his own family where faith and positive thinking made a difference such as his mother's recovery from liver cancer, his sister's regaining her health and overcoming the setback of a failed marriage, and his own doubts has he unexpectedly tried to fill the large shoes his very successful father left for him.

The seven lessons won't surprise too many people, but the positive way that they are expressed can uplift you. One of the reasons that I enjoy watching Pastor Osteen's services is that God's grace just seems to glow from his body as he tells you that God wants you to be a victor, not a victim.

Here are the seven lessons:

1. Enlarge your vision (what you focus on is what you get)

2. Develop a healthy self image (believe you can do it!)

3. Discover the power of your thoughts and words (your thoughts and words can pave the way to real changes around you)

4. Let go of the past (focus on what you want)

5. Find strength through adversity (trust God to get you there in His own good time)

6. Give! (giving opens up the doors of receiving)

7. Choose to be happy (enthusiasm for opportunity helps create fine results)

Many people feel that Christians need to be focused on avoiding sin and repenting. Yes, those are good things to do. But they can tie you too much to your past. Once God has forgiven you, He wants you to move forward. It's important to remember that point.

Will reading this book change your life? Yes and no. If you follow the book's precepts for a year, yes it will. If you read the book, put it down and do nothing different . . . no.

Read this book, apply it, pray for God's guidance to help you, and be the person God wants you to be!

May God bless you.

I was not happy that on the very first cd there was a skip.I tried cleaning it but it was there.I love listening to joel on tv and was a little disappointed that he sounded so sedated,way to mellow for me.it sounded too monotonous, don't think I would buy another cd.I buy from Joyce Myers also and she sounds inspirering,maybe because they are live,maybe if Joel had a live one I might consider buying it.

fast delivery, heard lots about this guy.Am looking forward to reading this book. I've watched him on tv a few times.

Amazing book!! I've read many other authors who were very helpful in my personal development but this one really helped to restore my faith; something I had very little of in recent years. Very easy read, couldn't put it down. If you are a looking for a book to really inspire you, this is definitely the one!

I'm very grateful for having a chance to read this book when I was going through a hard time of my life and Joel's preaching is very cheerful, encouraging and Godly! Definitely a must read when you think you are lost in the darkness of confusion and frustration in your life without God's support but actually the darkness is created by God for blocking all the bullying stones for you -- you don't see the light for a short period of time but you don't know God is protecting you from harms!

A good friend recommended this book and it arrived when I needed it most.
I feel as if Joel Osteen were speaking to me!
It is well written, well organized and simple to follow.
For me, it really touches home and I strongly recommend it.

When you find life's troubles to be overwhelming, you can use all the help you can get. I have read several good Christian books this year, but Joel Osteen's book has had the most positive impact on my soul. I found renewed strength and sense of purpose fill my soul with every chapter. Also, I bought copies of this book for each of my two sons. This book helps explain the choices we can make to find real happiness within ourselves.

I also recommend "The Emotional Intelligence Quick Book" which was very educational and let me go online and test my EQ.

I have probably read half the books out there right now on how to manifest the life of your dreams. With one notable exception, this is the first currently-published book I have read that truly identifies and names the real source of an abundant life - God! But you still have an important part to play in the process, and Joel Osteen masterfully tells you exactly what part that is - from affirming your worth, to choosing your thoughts, to recognizing the power of giving. This book is bound to inspire and uplift you, no matter what you "think" your current circumstances are. If there is any fault with this book, it is only that it is a bit repetitive. But Joel writes so well, it's almost a pleasure to read the same thing over and over again. If you want some of the same points delivered in a more succinct style, with a clever metaphor to make the principles more memorable, I also recommend Row, Row, Row Your Boat: A Guide for Living Life in the Divine Flow by Steven Lane Taylor. (That's the "notable exception" I mentioned earlier.)

This is such an inspirational text to read, it touches everything about your life without solely biased about the whole christianity religion. After reading the book you get to appreciate God's wonderful work in your life, that you will be so marvelled you want to see the Christ, the Christianity they are talking about. Its a God's given inspirational book that couldnt be belittled, because its a great must-read.
Talking about "Prefential Treatment", I had my absolute prefential treatment, while reading the book. Helping with psychological stress, this is a book that was sent by God to human to be able to find rest in God. It teaches on how to live your daily life and follow in God's pace. Its so marvelous that at the end of the day you just want to worship God and see His mighty works in your life. I sure do have my testimonies for the book

"God wants to help us in the every area of our life and not just the big matters."

I wish I could buy this book for all of my friends to read, because the information and the teachings in this work, are invaluable.

I have always loved Joel Osteen from watching him on television with his brilliant smile that you see actually before you see him. And, when I look at him with that sunbeam smile, I can feel his bursting joy and love for all people. May God bless you for evermore Mr. Osteen.

I really enjoyed every aspect of this book and was greatly encouraged by those articles dealing with walking in God's Favour, showing obedience to God, being an excellent representative for the Kingdom as well as Seed Planting. I am aware of Seed Planting but Praise God I was able to see it not only from the monetary side but also from other angles, and this encouraged me and made me want to do the right thing, and perfectly so.

Thank you Mr. Osteen, I loved your work and I pray that God will continue to use you to educate us in these spiritual matters. May God also bless you and your lovely wife Virginia.

Your book has blessed my heart and for sure I will be passing it on.

Reviewed by Heather Marshall Negahdar (SUGAR-CANE 06/07/05)