Today’s Word with Joel Osteen 9th January 2025, Thursday Daily Devotional Message by Joel Osteen.
Today’s Word with Joel Osteen 9th January 2025 Topic: Strangers No More
TODAY’S SCRIPTURE
“You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you so that you might go and bear fruit—fruit that will last—and so that whatever you ask in my name the Father will give you.”
John 15:16, NIV
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TODAY’S WORD
We were strangers to God’s love. We didn’t deserve His mercy or measure up to His goodness, but the Scripture says, “Once you were far away from God, but now you have been brought near to him through the blood of Christ….You are no longer strangers, but fellow citizens with God’s people and also members of his household” (Ephesians 2:13, 19).
Jesus says that we did not choose Him, but He chose us. God handpicked you. Now, you may feel you don’t fit in, you’re not good enough, you’re an outsider. None of that stops God. He still chooses you. You are so valuable and approved that Jesus gave His life for you.
Thoughts will tell you, “You’ve made too many mistakes. You’re not qualified. You don’t come from a background of faith.” But God says, “That’s okay. You’re exactly whom I’m looking for. I choose strangers. I choose people who don’t look like you’d expect, people who don’t perform perfectly, people with flaws and weaknesses. I see what’s in you. I know your potential. It’s My choice, and I chose you.”
PRAYER FOR TODAY
“Father, thank You that You chose me to be Yours long before I chose You. I celebrate the fact that Jesus gave His life so I would no longer be a stranger to Your family. I believe and confidently declare that makes me very valuable and approved. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.”
About Joel Osteen
Raised in Houston, Texas, with a loving family of seven and world-renowned parents in full-time ministry, Joel Osteen never imagined that he would follow so closely in his father’s footsteps. As a young man, his training and interests were behind the scenes in television production, though he was close to his father in ministry. (Joel Osteen Daily Devotional 9th January 2025)
