Use your words to encourage people

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Joel Osteen's message #532: Tell People What They Can Become{paraphrased}

 

 Seeds Of Greatness:

You don’t know the impact your words have on another. You may think they are insignificant but to the person receiving the message, the words could be life altering. There are people who are grown up and still deal with the crippling words told to them when they were children. Complement your children. Call out your kids’ Seeds of Greatness.

Dream Bigger:

Go much further than your parents. Do not be crippled by your resources or lack of. You can touch your generation in ways no-one has ever seen. Compared to our parents, we have unlimited resources.

Look Beyond Fault:

People rise to the level of our expectations. Your words can make or break someone. Complement, complement, complement! Everyone has great talents. See the potential in each other and point it out. Don’t call people out by what you think they are. Call them what they could be, what they can become. Look beyond fault. People are not “bad”. Their seeds of greatness have been pushed down. All most people need is just one word of encouragement. Don’t write people off. Everybody needs somebody to believe in them. Most people will not reach their potential without someone believing in them and taking the time to tell them so.

You Have Incredible Potential:

Use your words to encourage people not to tear down. The next thing you know people around you are rising to their full potential. You too, are rising to your full potential. And the seeds of greatness that you sow will reap a great harvest.

Always remember, you are surrounded by God’s favor!