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January 4, 2010 Houston Mayoral Inauguration (2010 Transcript of Joel Osteen's Invocation Prayer)
C-SPAN ^ | 1/4/2010 | Chitra Divakaruni

Posted on 10/23/2014 3:41:03 PM PDT by Jan_Sobieski

Transcript of Joel Osteen's invocation prayer over Houston Mayor, Annise Parker, who was inaugurated as mayor of Houston. She is the first openly gay mayor of the city:

FATHER, THANK YOU FOR THIS TIME TO COME TOGETHER WITH OUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY TO CELEBRATE YOUR GOODNESS AND THE GREAT CITY WE LIVE IN, AND THE NEW LEADERSHIP WITHIN OUR CITY. LORD, WE ASK YOU FOR WISDOM FOR ALL OF OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS. LORD, WE PRAY THAT YOU WILL GUIDE THEM, DIRECT THEM, THAT YOU WILL HELP THEM MAKE THE BEST DECISIONS FOR OUR CITY. LORD WE JUST PRAY FOR YOUR STRENGTH AND YOUR PROTECTION AROUND THEM AND YOUR FAMILIES. WE ASK THAT YOU KEEP THEM STRONG AND HEALTHY. LORD, WE JUST THANK YOU THAT WE HAVE A GREAT CITY AND WE BELIEVE OUR CITY CAN EVEN BE BRIGHTER. WE CAN HELP PEOPLE ALL OVER THE WORLD. LORD, WE COMMIT THIS DAY INTO YOUR HANDS AND WE ASK THAT EVERYTHING WE DO WILL BRING HONOR TO YOU. Lord WE JUST LIFT UP ESPECIALLY MAYOR ANNISE PARKER. LORD, WE THANK YOU JUST FOR RAISING HER UP AND FOR YOUR GOODNESS AND MERCY IN HER LIFE AND JUST SUPERNATURAL WISDOM FATHER. WE HONOR HER TODAY AND OUR OTHER OFFICIALS, AND WE COUNT IT A JOY AND AN HONOR TO BE HERE IN YOUR PRESENCE WITH ALL OUR FRIENDS. WE JUST THANK YOU FOR THIS DAY. IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN

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TOPICS: US: Texas
KEYWORDS: houston; lesbian; mayor; osteen; ybpdln
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To: CyberAnt

God is the ultimate judge but He has given us the Holy Bible with all the answers. God has called homosexuality an abomination. I won’t argue with God.


21 posted on 10/23/2014 4:38:11 PM PDT by ilovesarah2012
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To: Jan_Sobieski

Would have been an opportune time for a lightning bolt.


22 posted on 10/23/2014 4:41:48 PM PDT by exit82 ("The Taliban is on the inside of the building" E. Nordstrom 10-10-12)
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To: Jan_Sobieski

As a reminder...

1 Timothy 2:1-4 (AMP)
1 FIRST OF all, then, I admonish and urge that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be offered on behalf of all men,
2 For kings and all who are in positions of authority or high responsibility, that [outwardly] we may pass a quiet and undisturbed life [and inwardly] a peaceable one in all godliness and reverence and seriousness in every way.
3 For such [praying] is good and right, and [it is] pleasing and acceptable to God our Savior,
4 Who wishes all men to be saved and [increasingly] to perceive and recognize and discern and know precisely and correctly the [divine] Truth.


23 posted on 10/23/2014 4:52:37 PM PDT by Kandy Atz ("Were we directed from Washington when to sow and when to reap, we should soon want for bread.")
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To: Mr Rogers

And .. You may never know if she repents; and I’ve not seen or read anything that makes me believe she thinks she’s living a “Godly” life.


24 posted on 10/23/2014 4:55:37 PM PDT by CyberAnt (True the Vote: " MY AMERICA, ... I'm terrified it's slipping away.")
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To: ilovesarah2012

but GOD, who is RICH IN MERCY.

It would be better to pray for her Salvation; or for a laborer to cross her path.

God will never turn away from a truly repentant heart. She is able to receive Salvation like anyone else who repents.


25 posted on 10/23/2014 4:59:19 PM PDT by CyberAnt (True the Vote: " MY AMERICA, ... I'm terrified it's slipping away.")
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To: Jan_Sobieski

Look Joel Osteen is all syrup and sugar coated but he’s not devious nor a usurper of christianity.


26 posted on 10/23/2014 5:00:10 PM PDT by tflabo (Truth or tyranny)
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To: Jan_Sobieski

Christians are ordered to pray for our enemies.


27 posted on 10/23/2014 5:04:48 PM PDT by RichInOC (Jesus is coming back soon...and man, is He ticked off. (I'm trying to keep it clean.))
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To: CyberAnt

Joel had an obligation under God to call her to repentance. That wasn’t exactly what he did, though...


28 posted on 10/23/2014 5:18:10 PM PDT by Mr Rogers
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To: Responsibility2nd

AMEN!


29 posted on 10/23/2014 6:07:31 PM PDT by Jan_Sobieski (Sanctification)
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To: Jan_Sobieski; Gamecock

I have never, ever, felt like puking my guts out over a prayer someone said, until now.


30 posted on 10/23/2014 6:16:02 PM PDT by Chong
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To: Mr Rogers

How do you know he had an obligation .. did GOD tell you that HE told Joel to call her to repentance ..?????

You have no way of knowing that .. so it’s a false premise.


31 posted on 10/23/2014 6:22:04 PM PDT by CyberAnt (True the Vote: " MY AMERICA, ... I'm terrified it's slipping away.")
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To: RichInOC

“Christians are ordered to pray for our enemies.”

Yes, but to turn away from wicked ways. Wishing an enemy health and success w/o demanding repentance is only enabling evil.


32 posted on 10/23/2014 6:28:04 PM PDT by grumpygresh (Democrats delenda est. President zero gave us patient zero.)
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To: CyberAnt
Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbor, and not suffer sin upon him. Leviticus 19:17-18

He who justifies the wicked, and he who condemns the just, both of them alike are an abomination to the Lord. People may want us to justify the wicked, but if we do, we are an abomination to the Lord. We must hate what God hates. Proverbs 17:15

God already answered your question.

33 posted on 10/23/2014 7:02:54 PM PDT by Chong
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To: Dr. Thorne; Jim Robinson

“I don’t supposed you would consider canceling your Osteen devotion, would you? He is an utter fraud, snake oil salesman and charlatan.”

Vision and the other purveyor’s of Osteen’s so called “gospel” either do not care the damage they are doing to the Kingdom of Christ are they are just clueless about Osteen’s so called teachings. I guess the Osteen crowd has the Religion administrator between a rock and a hard place.


34 posted on 10/23/2014 7:04:18 PM PDT by longhorn too
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To: CyberAnt

“How do you know he had an obligation .. did GOD tell you that HE told Joel to call her to repentance ..?????”

I guess we are all supposed to remain silent about sin, and praise someone in public and ask God’s blessing on them without rebuking openly evil lives?

ALL Christians have that responsibility. If I’m going to publicly ask God to bless someone, I’m going to first discuss their relation with God with them in private - or decline to endorse them.

But then, Joel isn’t known for calling anyone to repent, is he...


35 posted on 10/23/2014 7:34:49 PM PDT by Mr Rogers
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To: Mr Rogers
Joel had an obligation under God to call her to repentance. That wasn’t exactly what he did, though...

Exactly. It sounds like acceptance.

36 posted on 10/23/2014 7:56:11 PM PDT by Karl Spooner
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To: humblegunner
“I don’t know how he managed to speak in all caps or without paragraphs,
but he sure is a smarmy butt-kissing opportunistic snake-oil selling wanker”

Just perfect. I could not have out-done your words. Just perfect. Every time my TV somehow stops on one of these charlatan’s programs, I can't hit the remote button any slower than a nanosecond.

37 posted on 10/23/2014 11:13:18 PM PDT by vette6387
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To: longhorn too

Amen!


38 posted on 10/24/2014 7:13:28 AM PDT by Jan_Sobieski (Sanctification)
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To: Dr. Thorne; Vision
I don't supposed you would consider canceling your Osteen devotion, would you?

I second that motion.

39 posted on 10/24/2014 8:40:31 AM PDT by houeto (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate)
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To: longhorn too

“Vision”’s daily posts are a joke.

His (Osteen) pastor is a wolf.


40 posted on 10/24/2014 11:40:39 AM PDT by fishtank (The denial of original sin is the root of liberalism.)
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