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Joel Osteen Podcast

Dealing With Ugly Situations | Joel Osteen

Joel Osteen Podcast

Joel Osteen & SiriusXM

Religion & Spirituality

4.324K Ratings

🗓️ 20 April 2026

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

There is purpose in the pain.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hi, this is Joel and Victoria.

0:02.2

Thanks for listening to our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry.

0:06.0

If you enjoy today's message, why don't you be a blessing and share it with a friend.

0:10.3

We appreciate you and pray for God's very best in your life.

0:14.0

Well, God bless you.

0:15.1

It's great to be with you today.

0:17.0

And I hope you'll stay connected with us during the week through our daily podcast,

0:21.5

our YouTube channel, on social media, and you can come visit us in person.

0:25.8

We'd love to have you be a part of one of our services.

0:29.2

I'd like to talk with something funny, and I heard about this man.

0:32.5

He was the only Protestant in a large Catholic neighborhood.

0:36.7

Every Friday during Lent, while his neighbors were

0:39.7

eating cold fish, he was grilling a steak in his backyard. They couldn't stand the temptation

0:45.3

and decided to try to convert him to Catholicism. He finally agreed. A priest came over and

0:51.6

sprinkle water on him, said you were born a Baptist, you were raised a Baptist, but now you're a Catholic.

0:57.5

The next year, on the first Friday of Lent, they smelled the same smell.

1:01.9

They rushed to his house.

1:03.3

He was in the backyard sprinkling water over his steak, saying you were born a cow, you were raised a cow, but now you're a fish.

1:12.4

All right, y'all, say it like you mean it.

1:15.3

This is my Bible.

1:16.8

I am what it says I am.

1:18.7

I have what it says I have.

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