Reviews for Your Best Life Now: 7 Steps to Living at Your Full Potential

The average rating for Your Best Life Now: 7 Steps to Living at Your Full Potential based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2010-06-08 00:00:00 Jeramie Childress People come down hard on Joel Osteen. By the religious he's accused of preaching a prosperity gospel (he doesn't). By the secular he's accused of having too much money (though he *shares* that wealth, and encourages others to do the same). Joel Osteen just can't stay out of trouble, but he is the head of the largest church congregation in America (), with books on best-seller lists, so not everyone is critical of him. I'm not. "Your Best Life Now" simply tells the truth: God wants to bless you- not just with financial success, but also happiness and companionship- but you have to be positive enough to accept those blessings. If you're going to keep turning down opportunities or refusing to look up when good things come your way, then you won't be blessed in those areas. God won't force on you that which you refuse to accept. Pastor Osteen also outlines an individual's responsibilities to others- when you are blessed, give of your blessings. If you are lonely, so is someone else- help them out. Look for ways to be good to others. Let go of past pains. Choose to be happy. In this book, it isn't just about what you can get out of God. It's about being a *part* of things. It's not a prosperity gospel. It really is about living *your best life now*. Good for both Christians and non-Christians. I'm not Christian anymore, and I still found Pastor Osteen's words encouraging, inspiring, and at times convicting. The book has changed my outlook, and motivated me to think better of myself and try harder for good things rather than only worrying that nothing will ever change. I suggest this book for everyone, regardless of belief system, age, or place in life.

Review # 2 was written on 2007-07-31 00:00:00 Bill Welsh I read this book because it is central to my dissertation research of the Prosperity Gospel. Had it not been, I never would have picked it up, and I cannot recommend it, either. Most of the views put forth by Pastor Osteen are at best heterodox to what most would consider the core of traditional, orthodox Christianity; at worst'and probably more correctly'they are heretical. The self-centered focus of the "steps," not to mention the title, of this book place it outside the teachings of the historical Jesus and his apostles. While it is well-written and a quick read, it is deceptively perilous in its content.