Your Best Life Now Study Guide: 7 Steps to Living at Your Full Potential [Paperback]

Joel Osteen (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 20, 2005

Offering 100 days of motivational thoughts, inspirational messages, and Scripture verse, YOUR BEST LIFE NOW STUDY GUIDE is designed to help readers discover their inner strengths and abilities.

Product Details

• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: FaithWords; Stg edition (September 20, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0446696366
• ISBN-13: 978-0446696364
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 0.4 x 9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #433,358 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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.

Customer Reviews

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24 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book to keep you focused in life, December 3, 2005

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Jimi Michalscheck (Oak Creek, WI United States) - See all my reviews
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I'm easily distracted from boring or pointless books, so when I found this book, I was surprised when I read it quickly cover to cover. Then I had to recommend it to all my friends and family. I'm going to buy several copies to give out now as it's such a good book.

I don't really want to give any details away, because I think that I had the best experience not knowing anything about it before I read it. I saw Joel interview on the morning show and he was extremely humble and charasmatic. After hearing him interview and the morning show's reaction after reading it, I bought it the same day when I saw it in the airport.

Buy it, read it and give it to someone you love.

A+ overall. I highly recommend it.

5.0 out of 5 stars Have not started this yet, February 4, 2011

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If this is anything else like Pastor Osteen's publications I just know that I am going to love this one too. Again, I highly recommend anything by Pastor Osteen.

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, December 5, 2010

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Elaine D. Hinton - See all my reviews
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Very helpful in understanding and applying the principles of the 'Your Best Life Now' book. I'm glad I bought it.