Living in Favor, Abundance and Joy [Audiobook, Unabridged] [Audio CD]

Joel Osteen (Author, Reader)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 9, 2010

AVAILABLE ONLY ON AUDIO…TEN OF JOEL OSTEEN’S MOST INSPIRING SERMONS, RECORDED LIVE AT LAKEWOOD CHURCH!

To live in God’s favor is to live a life filled with hope, abundance and joy. God has a new beginning in store for you! Whatever difficulties you’ve faced, God uses your challenges to stretch you and enlarge your vision to move beyond disappointments and experience his blessings. In this audio series Joel Osteen shares valuable keys that will help you live in faith, stand strong and overcome anything that comes against you.

Capturing the unique excitement of Lakewood Church’s weekly services and broadcasts, Living in Favor, Abundance and Joy collects material from three of the most popular volumes of live recordings offered on the Lakewood website. You’ll hear Joel Osteen’s distinct and effective mix of spiritual perspectives on real-world challenges, including:

    - Letting go of the past

    - Taking the limits off of God

    - Being grateful for the gift of today 

    - Having a relaxed and easy-going attitude 

    - Controlling your moods 

    - Holding on to your joy

Don’t settle for the status quo. God says that you are going to have the most peace, the most fulfillment. You may not have seen it yet, but if you make room, you will not lack in any area.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Joel Osteen is the senior pastor of Lakewood Church in Houston, Texas. Listed by several sources as America's largest and fastest-growing congregation, Lakewood Church has approximately 45,000 adult attendees every week. Millions more watch Joel's messages as they are broadcast on national and international television networks. Joel is the author of numerous journals, devotionals, and books, including the Hope for Today Bible and the bestseller, It's Your Time. His book Become a Better You has sold over two million copies to date, remaining on the New York Times bestseller list for five months. Visit Joel's website at www.joelosteen.com

From AudioFile

In this program, available only on audio, author and narrator Joel Osteen inspires listeners with thoughts on how to live in God's favor. His illustrations and commentary come from his most popular sermons. Subjects range from letting go of the past, not limiting God, and acquiring a grateful heart to tips on mood control, relaxation, and living within God's joy. Osteen's high-energy and often-humorous delivery combine with his hopeful "can-do" messages as they are delivered to the membership of America's largest church community--Lakewood Church. He believes life problems occur to help believers stretch and grow, not to hold them captive to negativity. With warm encouragement, he urges listeners not to settle for anything less than God's peace. Osteen's fans will recognize both his stories and his exuberant delivery. G.D.W. © AudioFile 2010, Portland, Maine

Product Details

• Audio CD: 5 pages
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio; Unabridged edition (March 9, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1442305061
• ISBN-13: 978-1442305069
• Product Dimensions: 5.8 x 5.2 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #16,263 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #8 in Books > Books on CD > Religion & Spirituality > Christianity
  • #24 in Books > Books on CD > Religion & Spirituality > General

More About the Author

Joel Osteen is a native Texan and the Pastor of Lakewood Church, which according to Church Growth Today is America's largest and fastest growing church with over 38,000 attendees. On July 16, 2005 after completing $95 million dollars in renovations, Joel moved Lakewood Church into its new 16,000 seat home -- the former Compaq Center which is now the largest regularly-used worship center in the United States. According to Nielsen Media Research, Joel is the most watched inspirational figure in America. His weekly sermon is broadcast into television markets across the U.S. where it is viewed by seven million Americans each week and more than 20 million each month. His weekly broadcast is also seen in almost 100 nations around the world. In 2004 his first book, Your Best Life Now was released by Time Warner debuting at the top of the New York Times Bestsellers List and quickly rising to #1. It remained on the New York Times Bestseller for more than 2 years and has sold more than 4 million copies. Most recently, Joel was named as one of Barbara Walters' "10 Most Fascinating People of 2006" and he was selected as the "Most Influential Christian in 2006" by the readers of Church Report Magazine. The son of John Osteen -- a highly respected minister of the Gospel and the founder of Lakewood Church -- Joel attended Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, Oklahoma where he studied radio and television communications. In 1982, Joel returned to Houston and founded Lakewood's television ministry where he produced John Osteen's televised sermons for 17 years until January 1999 when his father passed away. For many years John Osteen encouraged Joel to preach, but he always declined preferring to work behind the scenes. In early 1999, Joel felt compelled to accept his father's invitation and he preached his first sermon on January 17th of that year. Little did anyone know that would be the last Sunday of John Osteen's life. Two weeks later Joel began preaching and later that year was installed as the new Senior Pastor of Lakewood Church. Almost immediately, weekly attendance began to grow at an extraordinary rate and, in 2005 Joel moved Lakewood Church into its present location, the former Compaq Center, a 16,000 seat arena that was once home to the Houston Rockets professional basketball team. Now, with his wife Victoria and the leadership staff of Lakewood, this innovative church is poised for the new millennium. Joel's extraordinary success can be found in his core message: That our God is a good God who desires to bless those who are obedient and faithful to Him through Jesus Christ. It is Joel's deepest desire that his own life be an example of that principle and that everyone who hears this message of hope and encouragement would choose to accept God's goodness and mercy and to become all that God wants them to be.

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20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Truly inspiring, April 19, 2010

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I just keep listening to these messages from Joel over and over. They make you think and also make you realize the past is in the past, forgive yourself and go forward. And we are all here to serve a purpose, focus on that and not the spilled milk, dust on the TV or the guy who just cut you off in traffic! Be grateful, we truly have so much to be grateful for. Find something and keep focusing on the positive things. Everyday we wake up with a choice, positive or negative in the way we live our life. I found these CD's help to keep me focused on what I want to be focused on. Thank you Joel and Victoria!

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect for any spirituality library, June 18, 2010

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Living in Favor Abundance and Joy is available ONLY on audio and offers ten of the author's most inspiring sermons, recorded live at Lakewood Church. The audio focus and excitement can't be beat and creates an inspirational 'you are there' church atmosphere perfect for any spirituality library.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Living in Favor, Abundance and Joy, April 19, 2010

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Joel Osteen is the epitome of a positive mental attitude teacher and sage. To be able to buy 10 of his sermons at Amazon's fantastic purchase price is a gift in and of itself. This CD set (set of 5 CD's with 2 sermons dealing with a particular topic on each CD) is well worth the money and the time to sit and listen and glean insight into being the SUCCESS that sometimes is hidden within us!