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Joel Osteen Podcast

Make Plans To Succeed | Joel Osteen

Joel Osteen Podcast

Joel Osteen & SiriusXM

Religion & Spirituality

4.324K Ratings

🗓️ 17 October 2025

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Success is not accidental. To get where you want to be, you have to be intentional.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hi, this is Joel and Victoria.

0:02.2

Thanks for listening to our podcast

0:03.7

and thanks for supporting the ministry.

0:06.0

If you enjoy today's message,

0:07.8

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

God bless you.

0:15.6

It's always a joy to come into your homes

0:17.9

and if you're ever in our area, come out and see us.

0:20.7

I promise you these are the finest people in all of Houston Texas right here

0:24.0

at Lakeville glad to have you today I like to start with something funny and I heard

0:29.9

about this man he was walking along the beach and God said son you've been so

0:33.6

faithful I'm gonna grant you one special wish the man said God I've always wanted to go to Hawaii but I'm going to grant you one special wish. The man said, God, I've always wanted to go

0:39.3

to Hawaii, but I'm afraid to fly. Would you build me a bridge across the ocean? God said, son,

0:45.9

that's totally impossible. Think of the logistics of that. Now take some time and wish again.

0:51.6

He said, okay, God, I've been divorced four times, and all my ex-wives say

0:56.2

that I'm so insensitive. My wish is that I would be able to understand a woman. I want to know

1:02.2

why they think like they think and why they feel like they feel. I want to know how to truly

1:06.2

make them happy. There was a long pause, and God said, do you want two lanes or four lanes on that bridge?

1:13.7

All right. Hold up your Bible. Say it like you mean it. This is my Bible. I am what it says I am.

1:22.2

I have what it says I have. I can do what it says I can do. Today I will be taught the word of God. I boldly confess,

1:31.1

my mind is alert, my heart is receptive, I will never be the same. In Jesus name, God bless you.

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