Trusting When You Don't Understand | Joel Osteen
Joel Osteen Podcast
Joel Osteen & SiriusXM
4.3 • 24K Ratings
🗓️ 5 May 2026
⏱️ 30 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. |
| 0:02.3 | 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 | God bless you. |
| 0:15.1 | It's great to have you with us today. |
| 0:17.1 | We are praying for you and your family. |
| 0:19.8 | I hope you'll stay connected with us during the week |
| 0:22.0 | through our podcast, YouTube channel, Sirius XM, social media. We want to keep you inspired and |
| 0:28.4 | encouraged, but thanks for tuning in. I like to start with something funny, and I heard about this |
| 0:33.9 | pastor. He was raising funds for a new auditorium. He said to the congregation, |
| 0:39.1 | anyone that will give a thousand dollars can pick out the next three hymns. A little old lady in |
| 0:45.2 | the back raised her hand, said, Pastor, I'll do it. He was so excited. He said, thank you so much. |
| 0:51.2 | Now which three hymns would you like? She looked over the congregation |
| 0:55.0 | and said, I'll take him and him and him. Say it like you mean it. This is my Bible. I am what it says |
| 1:03.1 | I am. I have what it says I have. I can do what it says I can do. Today I will be taught the |
| 1:09.7 | word of God. I boldly confess, my mind is alert, |
| 1:14.2 | my heart is receptive, I will never be the same. In Jesus' name. God bless you. I want to talk to you |
| 1:22.0 | today about trusting when you don't understand. We all go through things in life that don't make sense. A friend |
| 1:29.2 | walked out of a relationship, the company's downsizing, they don't need us anymore. Or we were |
| 1:35.0 | being our best. Then the pandemic hit. Business went down. Children can't go to school. Dreams are put |
| 1:41.5 | on hold. Sometimes it feels like we're going backwards. It's easy to live |
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