Joel Osteen was back on CNN this week, appearing Thursday morning on “Starting Point with Soledad O’Brien.” Osteen’s new book, I Declare: 31 Promises to Speak Over Your Life, has recently hit the nation’s bookstores.
Osteen’s positive thinking theology was on full display in the
interview, as in the book. O’Brien asked if he really believes that
speaking declarations out loud can make them come true. Osteen assured
her that he does, promising that speaking positive words can bring
positive results and warning that speaking negativity will bring
negative results. “I don’t think there’s anything magic about, but those
words go out and comes right back in and affects your own self-image.”
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In the book itself, Osteen asserts, “you’ve got to send your
words out in the direction you want your life to go.” The theme of his
book is simple: “With our words we can either bless our futures or we
can curse our futures.”
The most enthusiastic response to Osteen’s message came from Deepak
Chopra, the New Age self-help guru, who was also on the program. He
affirmed Osteen’s message and added, “I’ve believed forever that there’s
no mental event that doesn’t have a brain representation, that every
thought actually generates molecules.”
The two self-help experts then elaborated on their ideas, with Osteen
urging “activating faith,” because “faith is what causes God to work.”
Later, he even spoke of “speaking to the seeds of greatness that God’s
placed in all of us.” Continue at Al Mohler
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