Joel Osteen on overcoming setbacks in life: Trust in a God of 'second chances'
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Senior pastor Joel Osteen of Lakewood Church in Houston, Texas, has a new book out, "Your Greater Is Coming" — and he shared thoughts with Fox News Digital about overcoming setbacks in life.
Like many of his works, this one shares inspiration for people of all walks of life — particularly on the topic of overcoming setbacks and not allowing difficulties to throw people off their purpose. Kanye West appeared with Joel Osteen at Lakewood Church a few years back, in a "meeting of two megastars, the preacher and the rapper …" "It can often feel like the difficult season is never going to end, but God promises us that it will." "Remember your pain is not in vain — it’s an investment into a greater future that will result in greater victories." "When I look back over my life, I now see that the most difficult seasons were the very thing I needed to get me where I needed to go." Maureen Mackey is managing editor of lifestyle for Fox News Digital.
"Every one of us has faced setbacks in life," Osteen told Fox News Digital exclusively. "But the good news is, we don’t have to stay there."