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Encouragement for an Exceptional Life: Be Empowered and Intentional
Become the exceptional person God has called you to be with these seven practices for living a fulfilled and enriched life from Lakewood Church co-pastor and bestselling author Victoria Osteen.If you're going to reach your highest potential in life, you're going to have to develop the ability to see beyond where you are right now. Discover empowering, uplifting stories and biblical teachings from Exceptional You!, in a format small and portable enough to fit in a backpack, purse, or pocket. Victoria will encourage you to set your mind and intent towards the important things in life with seven exceptional That You Are ChosenSet Your Eyes on the PromisesAlign Yourself with GodEncourage YourselfTravel LightLove WellPower UpLive encouraged, live empowered, and live intentional, and see the new and exciting things God has in store for you!
64 pages, Kindle Edition
Published April 6, 2021
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Victoria Osteen
44 books105 followersVictoria Osteen is the wife of inspirational speaker Joel Osteen. They are both professing Christians and travel the world speaking positive messages into the atmosphere. They have written books too.
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April 6, 2021
If you need a dose of encouragement, Victoria Osteen offers that in her new book, Encouragement for an Exceptional Life.
This little book is a great size to carry in your purse or book bag as it measures about 4 1/2 inches by 6 1/2 inches. Encouragement for the Exceptional Life pulls uplifting stories and Bible teachings from Osteen's larger book, Exceptional You! This smaller book has 7 chapters, following the introduction: Know That You are Chosen, Set Your Eyes on the Promises, Align Yourself with God, Encourage Yourself, Travel Light, Love Well, and Power Up. At the end of each chapter, there are a few words of declaration to say to yourself to be help you put these things into practice. Osteen calls them all practices and encourages readers to keep doing them to help them reach for the exceptional in their own life. In the Introduction, Osteen says that they are all meant to be encouraging, empowering and inspiring.
The other nice thing about Encouragement for an Exceptional Life is that it is easy to pick up when you have a few minutes to read. When you do, you know that you will be reading something that will be lifting up your spirits. This little book would also make a nice gift for someone else who needs a little does of encouragement too. I think it is a nice size to add to a gift basket.
I received a copy of this book from the publisher. All opinions within this review are my own.
This little book is a great size to carry in your purse or book bag as it measures about 4 1/2 inches by 6 1/2 inches. Encouragement for the Exceptional Life pulls uplifting stories and Bible teachings from Osteen's larger book, Exceptional You! This smaller book has 7 chapters, following the introduction: Know That You are Chosen, Set Your Eyes on the Promises, Align Yourself with God, Encourage Yourself, Travel Light, Love Well, and Power Up. At the end of each chapter, there are a few words of declaration to say to yourself to be help you put these things into practice. Osteen calls them all practices and encourages readers to keep doing them to help them reach for the exceptional in their own life. In the Introduction, Osteen says that they are all meant to be encouraging, empowering and inspiring.
The other nice thing about Encouragement for an Exceptional Life is that it is easy to pick up when you have a few minutes to read. When you do, you know that you will be reading something that will be lifting up your spirits. This little book would also make a nice gift for someone else who needs a little does of encouragement too. I think it is a nice size to add to a gift basket.
I received a copy of this book from the publisher. All opinions within this review are my own.
April 14, 2021
Thank you to publisher for early arc of book.
I really enjoyed this book. It's small in size, but the words are very helpful. There are seven Practices or Chapters. I read one each at night before going to bed. It was a nice Devotional to read with scriptures along with tales of the authors life.
I really enjoyed this book. It's small in size, but the words are very helpful. There are seven Practices or Chapters. I read one each at night before going to bed. It was a nice Devotional to read with scriptures along with tales of the authors life.
April 25, 2021
In Encouragement for an Exceptional Life, Victoria Osteen explored the topic of how to reach your highest potential and how to see yourself like Christ see you. She shared with readers who we were called to be exceptional and extraordinary. In scripture, God has called each of us His masterpiece and we were all created in His image. She begins the book by sharing a story about Jim and how when he met his baby sister for the first time. He was 8 years old and he was deeply moved by meeting his sister. His father decided to tell him the truth and explained that he was adopted. They were told by a nurse that they could pick any baby in the room and how they chose him. His parents made it a point to make sure Jim knew that he was handpicked to be a part of their family. Victoria uses this story to remind readers that we are chosen and God adopted us into His family. She encouraged readers to remember that they are valuable. Even when we make mistakes, our worth isn’t based on our performance. She reminded us to take off the negative labels, the guilty, and the pain.
She also looked at King David and how God chose David when he the least likely person to be chosen to become King. David had chances to be offended that his father didn’t even consider him to be a prime candidate and how it appeared that his own father didn’t believe in him. Victoria explored how God knew what was inside him and the special calling that was one his life. She explained that we all have an anointed on our lives and how we are royal priesthood. She looked at 7 different key areas to live our lives to our highest potential. Some of these included: know that you are chosen, travel light, encourage yourself, power up, set your eyes on the promises”, and much more.
I would recommend this life changing book to anyone who is ready to live an exceptional life. I immensely loved how small and compact this book is and it makes it easy to travel with especially to the beach or while you are waiting at an appointment. I loved how inspirational this book was and how she reminded readers how they were chosen by God and who we are in Christ. One of my favorite stories, she shared was about how she received an email from a lady who was dumped by her boyfriend and she didn’t understand why. She thought they were heading towards marriage. She revealed how she dwelled on pondering what she did wrong and focusing on her own negative thoughts. She admitted to not wanting to leave our house for work or anything. She was depressed when she turned on the TV and Joel was on. She started listening to him and watching his program. Eventually, she learned the principles on looking in the mirror and speaking life over her life. I immensely loved with what Victoria shared about our thoughts and how we can think about good thoughts and focus on the good and not the bad. This book is a book that is meant to be reread and we need to let the words get into our spirit and change our thoughts, pattens, lifestyles, and make us stronger.
"I received this book free from the publisher, Hachette Book Group/Faithwords for my honest review.”
She also looked at King David and how God chose David when he the least likely person to be chosen to become King. David had chances to be offended that his father didn’t even consider him to be a prime candidate and how it appeared that his own father didn’t believe in him. Victoria explored how God knew what was inside him and the special calling that was one his life. She explained that we all have an anointed on our lives and how we are royal priesthood. She looked at 7 different key areas to live our lives to our highest potential. Some of these included: know that you are chosen, travel light, encourage yourself, power up, set your eyes on the promises”, and much more.
I would recommend this life changing book to anyone who is ready to live an exceptional life. I immensely loved how small and compact this book is and it makes it easy to travel with especially to the beach or while you are waiting at an appointment. I loved how inspirational this book was and how she reminded readers how they were chosen by God and who we are in Christ. One of my favorite stories, she shared was about how she received an email from a lady who was dumped by her boyfriend and she didn’t understand why. She thought they were heading towards marriage. She revealed how she dwelled on pondering what she did wrong and focusing on her own negative thoughts. She admitted to not wanting to leave our house for work or anything. She was depressed when she turned on the TV and Joel was on. She started listening to him and watching his program. Eventually, she learned the principles on looking in the mirror and speaking life over her life. I immensely loved with what Victoria shared about our thoughts and how we can think about good thoughts and focus on the good and not the bad. This book is a book that is meant to be reread and we need to let the words get into our spirit and change our thoughts, pattens, lifestyles, and make us stronger.
"I received this book free from the publisher, Hachette Book Group/Faithwords for my honest review.”
January 15, 2021
Beautifully written and laid out. I am a huge fan of Joel And his wife did not disappoint. I absorbed this all in one reading and just couldn’t put it down. Resonated and spoke to me giving me hope in what right now is a dark world. I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.
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