Joel Osteen Quotes
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God has already done everything He's going to do. The ball is now in your court. If you want success, if you want wisdom, if you want to be prosperous and healthy, you're going to have to do more than meditate and believe; you must boldly declare words of faith and victory over yourself and your family.
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If you don't set the tone for the day, the devil will set it for you.
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God didn't make a mistake when He made you. You need to see yourself as God sees you.
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There's plenty about God that I don't understand and can't explain. But I come back to my core belief that God is good, that He's for us.
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Some people keep God in a Sunday morning box and say, 'Hey, I did my religious duty.' That's fine, but the scripture says to pray without ceasing. And I think that means all through the day you're talking to God. Even if it's in your thoughts.
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It's God's will for you to live in prosperity instead of poverty. It's God's will for you to pay your bills and not be in debt.
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The greatest difficulty always comes right before the birth of a dream.
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If one dream dies, dream another dream. If you get knocked down, get back up and go again.
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When you focus on being a blessing, God makes sure that you are always blessed in abundance.
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The older I get, the better I understand that every day is a gift.
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Sometimes we look back and 10 years from now we think, 'Boy, those were great old days.' Well, you know, we're living in the good old days.
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I believe God gives you the grace to do what you need to do.
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I mean we all need a second chance sometimes.
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I purposely don't talk about money, because people are already skeptical about TV preachers. But I do say that I want you to be blessed. To me, prosperity is having health, having great children, having peace, good relationships. It's not about the money.
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Everybody is going to have their critics. It's easy to get discouraged in life.
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The question is not, 'Do you have a problem?' The question is, 'Does the problem have you?'
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God wants to bless us where we are.
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Let go of yesterday. Let today be a new beginning and be the best that you can, and you'll get to where God wants you to be.
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Whether a person is straight or gay, Republican, Democrat, good person, not a good person, they're all welcome, because to me, church is a place you're supposed to get healed and whole and loved.
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If we say it long enough eventually we're going to reap a harvest. We're going to get exactly what we're saying.
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I'm going to let God be the judge of who goes to heaven and hell.
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A lot of preachers' kids are some of the most rebellious kids in the world. I never was like that.
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My parents were the same in the pulpit as they were at home. I think that's where a lot of preachers' kids get off base sometimes. Because they don't see the same things at both places.
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Encouragement to others is something everyone can give. Somebody needs what you have to give. It may not be your money; it may be your time. It may be your listening ear. It may be your arms to encourage. It may be your smile to uplift. Who knows?