The Rain is Coming

Joel Osteen

• Every drought is temporary.
• Psalms 68:9 KJV
• Thou, O God, didst send a plentiful rain, whereby thou didst confirm thine inheritance, when it was weary.
• Psalms 30:5 KJV
• For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.
• When the rain comes things that seemed dead show life
• 1 Kings 18:41 KJV
• And Elijah said unto Ahab, Get thee up, eat and drink; for there is a sound of abundance of rain.
  you have to believe what you have in your heart not what you see
• 1 Kings 18:42-43 KJV
• So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he cast himself down upon the earth, and put his face between his knees, And said to his servant, Go up now, look toward the sea. And he went up, and looked, and said, There is nothing. And he said, Go again seven times.
• Put action behind your faith
• 2 Corinthians 4:18 KJV
• While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.
• Proverbs 3:5 KJV
• Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
• Romans 4:20-25 KJV
• He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God; And being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also to perform. And therefore it was imputed to him for righteousness. Now it was not written for his sake alone, that it was imputed to him; But for us also, to whom it shall be imputed, if we believe on him that raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead; Who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification
• Mark 11:24-25 KJV
• Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them. And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.

Victoria Osteen

• Be Sure You Didn't Push The Mute Button
• Victoria was talking to a friend and had accidentally pushed the mute button. Sometimes that's what happens between us and God.
• John 11:41-42 KJV
• Then they took away the stone from the place where the dead was laid. And Jesus lifted up his eyes, and said, Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me. And I knew that thou hearest me always: but because of the people which stand by I said it, that they may believe that thou hast sent me.
• Make it a habit to say this throughout the day.