Daily Readings from Next Level Thinking: 10 Powerful Thoughts for a Successful and Abundant Life
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Joel Osteen, #1 bestselling author and pastor of Lakewood Church, invites you to set aside the shortcomings of the past and step into a new level of victory and favor.
Many of us have let our minds become conditioned to thinking we've reached our limits, we've made too many mistakes, we'll never do anything great. What's happened? Instead of moving forward, we've adapted to our environment. Instead of pushing beyond our bounds, we've allowed a bad break, how we were raised, living with insecurity, or what someone did or didn't do to hold us back.
The good news is that people don't determine our destiny-God does. And He has already taken into account every detail of our lives and factored them all into His plan. In his new book, NEXT LEVEL THINKING, Joel Osteen writes that we weren't created to go through life weighed down by the past. God has destined us to rise higher-to the next level. When we leave behind the negative mind-sets, the scarcity mentality, and the limits others have put on us, we'll experience the life of victory, favor, and abundance that was meant for us all along.
Many of us have let our minds become conditioned to thinking we've reached our limits, we've made too many mistakes, we'll never do anything great. What's happened? Instead of moving forward, we've adapted to our environment. Instead of pushing beyond our bounds, we've allowed a bad break, how we were raised, living with insecurity, or what someone did or didn't do to hold us back.
The good news is that people don't determine our destiny-God does. And He has already taken into account every detail of our lives and factored them all into His plan. In his new book, NEXT LEVEL THINKING, Joel Osteen writes that we weren't created to go through life weighed down by the past. God has destined us to rise higher-to the next level. When we leave behind the negative mind-sets, the scarcity mentality, and the limits others have put on us, we'll experience the life of victory, favor, and abundance that was meant for us all along.
My Thoughts:
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"Next Level Thinking" is a powerful book that encourages every reader to be the exact person that God has created them to be. Want to break free from the limits you've placed on your life? Grab this book and start to listen to the encouragement from Joel as he challenges you to not settle for anything but God's best for your life! Stop the excuses, the limits you've placed and even your limited thinking on situations and start dreaming big. Start pursuing what God says about you!
Joel takes a very positive, encouraging approach that encourages every reader to go the next level through 10 different chapters. I learned the most in the chapter about removing the shame, especially when he talks about shaking off the shame. He says before we reach our highest potential, we must get rid of any shame and this statement is something I have had to unpack since reading this book. We cannot allow our past become our identity and so many of us allow it to shape our future. This chapter meant a lot to me.
Overall, this was an encouraging book, with a positive message.
About the Author:
JOEL OSTEEN is the author of seven New York Times bestsellers. He is the senior pastor of America's largest congregation, Lakewood Church in Houston, Texas. More than 45,000 people attend services there every week. His televised messages are seen by more than 10 million viewers each week in the United States, and millions more in 100 nations around the world. His 24-hour channel on SiriusXM Satellite Radio and millions of social media followers have prompted numerous publications to name him as one of the most influential Christian leaders in the world. He resides in Houston with his wife, Victoria, and their children. 
