Joel Osteen Podcast: Healing Belongs To You | Joel Osteen

Date: January 12, 2026
Host: Joel Osteen
Theme: Embracing and Claiming Divine Healing as Your Birthright

Episode Overview

In this uplifting episode, Joel Osteen explores the biblical foundation and spiritual reality that “healing belongs to you.” He encourages listeners to approach sickness and challenges not with resignation, but with faith and expectation, emphasizing that God—Jehovah Rapha, the Lord our Healer—is still working miracles today. Through scriptures, personal stories, and practical steps, Joel inspires a shift from passive endurance of illness to an active, faith-filled stance for wholeness and wellness.

Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. God as Healer: Jehovah Rapha

• [04:04] Joel teaches that one of God’s names is Jehovah Rapha—“the Lord, our healer”—reminding listeners that healing is not just possible, but promised.

• Scriptural Foundation: Isaiah 53, Psalm 103, Hebrews 13, Luke 13.

  “God is not limited by the natural. He’s supernatural. He made your body. He knows how to correct what’s wrong.”
  — Joel Osteen [04:45]

2. Don’t Own Your Sickness—Resist It

• [06:53] Joel cautions against identifying with sickness by calling it “my arthritis,” “my cancer,” etc. Instead, he encourages resisting illness, not accepting it as part of your identity.

  “As long as you’re accepting it, you’re giving it the right to stay. The scripture says to resist the enemy; you need to resist the sickness.”
  — Joel Osteen [07:50]

3. Healing Is Your Inheritance

• [08:25] Healing is described as a covenant benefit, a right for believers. Joel references his sister’s miraculous recovery and his parent's journey from doubt to faith as an example.

  “Healing belongs to you. Healing is a part of your heritage. You need to see that sickness as temporary. It didn’t come to stay. It came to pass.”
  — Joel Osteen [08:30]

4. Faith Over Doubt: The Prayer of Faith

• [13:25] Joel distinguishes between praying in faith versus praying out of doubt or discouragement. He urges listeners to claim healing as theirs.

  “You don’t have to beg God, ‘please heal me.’ No, the prayer of faith is, ‘Lord, I receive my healing. I know you’re Jehovah Rapha.’”
  — Joel Osteen [13:50]

5. Reject Negative Thoughts and Reports

• [18:11] Joel addresses toxic thoughts, societal beliefs, and negative medical reports. He stresses the importance of “hearing but ignoring” negativity—whether from others or your own mind.

  “When you’re believing for your healing... you have to get good at hearing, but ignoring, because there’s going to be plenty of negative reports, plenty of naysayers.”
  — Joel Osteen [19:27]

6. Surround Yourself with “Dream Releasers”

• [21:21] The company you keep is pivotal. Joel divides people into “dream stealers” and “dream releasers”—advising listeners to seek out those who build faith.

7. Make the Promise Bigger Than the Problem

• [23:40] Our mindset matters. If we magnify sickness and negativity, we crowd out faith. Instead, Joel urges us to focus on God’s promises and build our mental and spiritual resilience.

  “Quit feeding on junk food and start feeding on faith food. Make the promise bigger, not the problem.”
  — Joel Osteen [24:31]

8. Practical Actions for Faith and Healing

• Cast down negative imaginations—don’t allow negative images (“red dress” analogy) to take root.

• Use visual aids and positive reminders—Joel’s mother posted healthy photos during her cancer battle.

• Incorporate declarations of faith throughout the day.

  “No red dresses.” (A family phrase meaning: refuse to dwell on defeat or fatalism.)
  — Joel Osteen recounting a listener story [27:52]

9. God Has the Final Word

• [26:50] Whatever the medical or worldly “word” over your life, God’s Word is final. Miracles can defy expert opinions.

  “God has the last word on everything and everyone.”
  — Joel Osteen (citing 1 Peter 3, The Message Translation) [27:05]

Memorable Quotes & Moments

• [05:40] “You are a temple of the Most High God. Sickness is on foreign territory. It has no right to be there.”
  — Joel Osteen

• [12:08] “The scripture says: when you believe, all things are possible. When you believe, angels go to work.”
  — Joel Osteen

• [20:00] “Be selective who you spend time with. When you’re fighting a battle, you don’t need to be around negative, defeated, can’t-do-it, never-going-to-happen people.”
  — Joel Osteen

• [25:09] “You decide what’s playing on the movie screen of your mind. You can’t let those negative images play.”
  — Joel Osteen

• [27:15] “The final word comes from the God who created the universe…the final word goes to Jehovah Rapha, the Lord your healer.”
  — Joel Osteen

Timestamps for Key Segments

• [01:21] Episode begins; Joel sets welcoming, positive tone
• [04:04] Introduction to Jehovah Rapha: God as healer
• [06:53] Not owning your illness; resisting sickness
• [08:25] Healing as an inheritance; testimony of Joel’s sister
• [13:25] Prayer of faith versus prayer of doubt
• [18:11] Rejecting negative thoughts and reports; “hearing but ignoring”
• [21:21] Importance of surrounding yourself with “dream releasers”
• [23:40] Make the promise bigger; positive thinking and faith confession
• [25:09] Taking control of your mental images; “no red dresses” analogy
• [27:15] God’s final word over sickness
• [28:50] Declarations of faith and closing prayer

Conclusion & Final Encouragement

Joel wraps up by offering a prayer for salvation and encourages listeners to engage in a mindset shift: reject doubt, claim God’s promises, fill life with declarations of faith, and expect healing as your divine right. By making God’s promise bigger than any problem, listeners are urged to step forward into healing, wholeness, and victory.

“God is loosing you from every sickness right now. Healing is coming. Wholeness, strength, vitality. A long healthy life in Jesus name. And if you receive it, can you say Amen?”
— Joel Osteen [28:50]

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