Better Together | Victoria Osteen

So good to have you in the house of the Lord.

The older that I get, the more I live on this earth, the more I understand how important relationships are and how important it is to be in community with one another.

You know, I can look back over my life and I can see how God placed me in an amazing family.

Do you know sometimes when we're in the moment, we don't understand how great the moment really is? But I look back now and I see how God put people, friends, family in my life that not only held me accountable, that not only sharpened me, but prayed with me, supported me, linked arms with me so that I could weather the storms of life.

And I believe that is what God has intended for all of us, to live a life that is together.

You see, God intended us to have families and make community.

When He created Adam, He stood back and he said, it's not good that Adam is alone.

And he created Eve.

What he was doing was putting in the heart of every one of us community, family, love.

He said, Adam, Eve, I want you to go.

I want you to multiply, increase the earth.

He was saying, I want you to grow your family strong.

Bring the other people that are in community with you.

See, that's what God intended for every single one of us to do.

I can truly say today that I am what I am, not because of all my great decisions, not because I was so smart, because I had people in my life who helped me, who motivated me, who challenged me.

Even when I didn't want to hear it, I listened.

It made a difference in my life.

And I believe you could probably say the same thing.

I've had good people in my life.

You see, we need to be those good people.

We were never intended to live this life isolated, as an island unto ourselves.

God intended us to be in community with one another, to motivate, to strengthen, and support one another.

You see, that's the healthy way to live.

Ecclesiastes says it like this, two people are better off than one.

for they can each help one another succeed.