Joel Osteen Daily Devotional 22nd August 2025 (Friday) Message. Today’s Word With Joel & Victoria Osteen.
Joel Osteen Daily Devotional 22 August 2025 TOPIC: Restoring Relationships
Today’s Scripture
Get Mark and bring him with you, because he is helpful to me in my ministry.
2 Timothy 4:11, NIV
Today’s Word
In Acts 13, during the apostle Paul’s first missionary journey with Barnabas, a young assistant named Mark “deserted” them and returned to Jerusalem. God had given Mark something sacred to do, but he let it slip away. He lost his opportunity, soured his relationship with Paul, and damaged Paul’s relationship with Barnabas. I imagine that he lived with regrets over how he’d messed up and felt trapped in shame and defeat, thinking it was over. But God never writes you off. Later, He gave Barnabas another chance for his relationship with Paul to flourish, another chance to accomplish the dream, another chance to answer the call on his life.
You may have mishandled some things, missed opportunities, had relationships soured, mismanaged the favor on your life, but God is waiting to give you another chance. Quit living guilty, thinking that you’ve blown it too many times. Nothing you’ve done has stopped your purpose. In His great mercy, God is calling you today. If you start believing again, He’s going to restore what you messed up.
Prayer For Today
“Father, thank You that no matter what challenges I face, You have the final word over all things, including broken relationships. Thank You that You are working behind the scenes and bringing restoration to what I thought was dead. I believe that You are bringing new chances. 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.