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Every Day a Friday by Joel Osteen Book review by Conanedo
Book Description
The title comes from research that shows people are happiest on Fridays. Pastor Joel Osteen writes how we can generate this level of contentment and joy every day of the week.
Known as a man who maintains a constant positive outlook in spite of circumstances, Osteen has described this message as a core theme of his ministry. Combining his personal experiences with scriptural insights and principles for true happiness, he shows readers how every day can hold the same promise and opportunities for pure joy that they experience at five o’clock on Friday.
About the Author
Joel Osteen is the senior pastor of Lakewood Church in Houston, Texas. Listed by several sources as America’s largest and fastest-growing congregation, Lakewood Church has approximately 45,000 adult attendees every week. Millions more watch Joel’s messages as they are broadcast on national and international television networks. He resides in Houston with his wife, Victoria, and their children.
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5.0 out of 5 stars I’m Still a Fan, September 13, 2011 By Tiger CK (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)
This review is from: Every Day a Friday: How to Be Happier 7 Days a Week (Hardcover)
I am sure that this book will have a few critics. For one, it’s message is pretty much the same as the message in Osteen’s previous three books. As always, Osteen preaches that God loves us and wants us to be happy and prosper. We should choose to be happy by living in expectation and not allowing the difficulties and obstacles that we face to prevent us from receiving God’s favor. If you have read Osteen’s other books and don’t want to hear it again then this book is not for you. But personally, I think it’s a great message that I can never seem to get enough of.
In this book the idea that happiness is a choice is given a particularly strong emphasis. Osteen explains that Friday is the day of the week on which people are happiest because they are looking forward to the weekend with expectation. Osteen believes that if we accept every day of the week as a gift from God we can live with similar happiness and expectation every single day of the week. This book is divided into seven sections. They cover topics such as: not giving away your power, knowing what to ignore, being a dream releaser in others and celebrating yourself. In all of these chapters, Osteen lays out a generous expansive vision of faith that argues very persuasively that by changing our outlook and helping others we can greater enjoy the fruits of God’s blessings. The book is a pleasure to read. It can be easily understood by readers of all ages and levels and yet its message will still appeal to highly educated people.
Many evangelicals complain that Osteen is not truly a Christian. He is quite different from what you hear in many churches. There is a lot less talk about how Jesus died on the cross for our sins and the need for repentance then you would hear in a typical Sunday sermon. Nevertheless, I don’t think that his message is truly incompatible with Christianity. He simply chooses to emphasize different parts of the bible (which he almost always uses to support what he is saying). I’ve never had a problem with this. I also believe that his message is more pure and compassionate than the simple “name it and claim it” theology that he has been accused of.
For me the appeal of Osteen is that regardless of how repetitive he is, how many times he tells the same or similar stories and how skeptical others might be of his motives, reading his books always make me feel a little more optimistic and a little more confident. How many other books can do that? For me, this alone makes the book worthy of a 5 star rating.
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