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Originally published in hardcover and ebook by FaithWords in April 2024

First Trade Paperback Edition: October 2025

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Osteen, Joel, author.

Title: Speak the blessing : send your words in the direction you want your life to go / Joel Osteen.

Description: First edition. | Nashville : FaithWords, 2024.

Identifiers: LCCN 2023041041 | ISBN 9781546005117 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781546006817 (large print) | ISBN 9781546005131 (ebook)

Subjects: LCSH: Conversation—Religious aspects—Christianity. | Interpersonal communication—Religious aspects—Christianity. | Praise—Religious aspects—Christianity. | Self-talk—Religious aspects—Christianity.

Classification: LCC BV4597.53.C64 O88 2024 | DDC 241/.672—dc23/eng/20231010

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2023041041

ISBN: 9781546005117 (hardcover), 9781546006817 (large print), 9781546005131 (ebook), 9781546005124 (trade paperback)

E3-20250807-JV-PC-REV

Contents

COVER

TITLE PAGE

COPYRIGHT

INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER ONE
Miracles in Your Mouth

CHAPTER TWO
Declare It

CHAPTER THREE
Tell Yourself a New Story

CHAPTER FOUR
“You Promised”

CHAPTER FIVE
Kind Words Work Wonders

CHAPTER SIX
Your Words Become Your Reality

CHAPTER SEVEN
An Atmosphere of Praise

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

DISCOVER MORE

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

ALSO BY JOEL OSTEEN

WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU!

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