Just because we’re people of faith doesn’t mean we won’t have difficulties. You can be doing the right thing and come into trouble. The scripture says rain falls on the just and the unjust. The promise we have is not that trouble won’t come, but that the trouble won't last.

If you’ll look inside and deal with things that are stealing your peace and taking your joy, causing you to compromise, then as your soul gets healthy, your physical healing will come. Check out this powerful message, "A Healthy Soul": YouTube.com/JoelOsteen

Stay open for how God is going to do it. Don’t put Him in a box and limit Him. Trust Him to do it His way. If we’re set in how we want it to happen, we can miss the new thing.

Your soul may feel broken, wounded, hurt from mistakes you’ve made or from what someone else did. But your soul can be restored. When you get honest with yourself and you release what you need to release—guilt, worry, anger, jealousy—then healing will come. Joy will come.

It’s good to be grateful for what God has done, but you can’t put your faith on hold. You need to be stretching, growing, pursuing, knowing that there’s more in store. God has new mountains for you to climb, new friendships, new levels of influence.

Here’s a key: you are responsible for your own emotional well-being. It’s not up to anyone else. Nobody has control over your soul except you. Tune into Joel’s message today, "A Healthy Soul"! bit.ly/JOAPodcast

He’s not going to leave you in a broken place, a wounded place, a defeated place, a lonely place. He turns mourning into dancing, sorrow into joy. Tune into Joel’s message today "You're Going to Laugh Again"! bit.ly/JOAPodcast

Remember what God promised you. There’s not a storm you’re facing that’s a surprise to God. There’s not a problem you’re in that He can’t get you out of.

He’s not just going to bring you out; He’s going to make the enemy pay. That’s the way God is. All the suffering, sadness, heartache, struggle, God is going to pay you back with more joy. Tune into Joel’s message today! "You're Going to Laugh Again": bit.ly/JOAPodcast

Even when we feel weak, when we feel like we don’t have enough faith, God is using that struggle in ways we can’t see. It’s not working against you; it’s working for you. It's getting you prepared for something amazing that’s coming.