I have no idea what to make of this, but I read a comment on another blog that pointed out the echoes the commenter could hear between the creed Joel Osteen has his congregation recite each week and the U.S. Marine Corps’ rifleman’s creed.
I can hear the hint of similarity, but what most strikes me is the use of these statements to create a set of beliefs and attitudes. We non-creedal Methodists maybe should dust off ours.
Osteen
“This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. I have what it says I have. I do what it says I can do, I am about to receive the incorruptible, indestructible, ever-living seed of God, and I will never be the same. Never, never, never. I will never be the same. In Jesus’ name. Amen.”
Marine Corps
“This is my rifle. There are many like it, but this one is mine. It is my life. I must master it as I must master my life. Without me my rifle is useless. Without my rifle, I am useless. I must fire my rifle true. I must shoot straighter than the enemy who is trying to kill me. I must shoot him before he shoots me. I will. My rifle and I know that what counts in war is not the rounds we fire, the noise of our burst, or the smoke we make. We know that it is the hits that count. We will hit.
“My rifle is human, even as I am human, because it is my life. Thus, I will learn it as a brother. I will learn its weaknesses, its strengths, its parts, its accessories, its sights and its barrel. I will keep my rifle clean and ready, even as I am clean and ready. We will become part of each other.
“Before God I swear this creed. My rifle and I are the defenders of my country. We are the masters of our enemy. We are the saviors of my life.
“So be it, until victory is America’s and there is no enemy.”
John Meunier 
Yes, and the Osteen creed is shortened for those who can’t remember that many words.
How about just using the Apostle’s or Nicean Creed?
Yes, those both would be good.
At the church I serve, neither is known.