Joel Osteen Quotes
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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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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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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?
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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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I don't think you should spend your life praying for things, but I do believe you should thank God for what He's given you... but I think the scripture teaches us that we can pray for our dreams, pray for the big things... he's not a small God; this God is incredible.
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I don't know what can be so dangerous about giving people hope.
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I believe God, Jesus, died that we not just go to Heaven but that we excel in this life. I never think you make money your goal... God wants you to excel. Just keep Him in first place, and God will open up doors you never dreamed of.
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God wants us to prosper financially, to have plenty of money, to fulfill the destiny He has laid out for us.
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I wouldn't ever say if you're having tough times then there must be something wrong with you or your attitude. Life's a fight. It's a good fight of faith. I encourage people to stay up, stay hopeful, stay faith-filled.
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You'll never rise any higher than the way you see yourself.
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I'm honest enough to say I don't know everything. You know, I don't. I don't understand all of God. I don't understand, you know, some kind of why bad things happen.
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There's pros and cons of a big church. Cons is I don't get to know everybody, I don't get to go to their ballgame, I don't get to marry everybody, but the pros are you get all this community, 800 ushers come in to serve, getting there at 7 in the morning on their day off and coming in on Saturday to make all those wafers.
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God's desire is that we excel.
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Every day we have plenty of opportunities to get angry, stressed or offended. But what you're doing when you indulge these negative emotions is giving something outside yourself power over your happiness. You can choose to not let little things upset you.
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I think sometimes the critics want me to beat people down, and that's not in me. I want to lift people up.
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We think when God speaks to us, there's going to be a boom out of Heaven or we're going to get some chill bumps, but I really believe God's talking to us all the time. He's talking to us right in here. I call it our heart, our conscience, but it's the Holy Spirit talking to us.
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Faith is about trusting God when you have unanswered questions.
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I really believed that fear is contagious.
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If you want to reap financial blessings, you have to sow financially.
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Gays are some of the nicest, kindest, most loving people in the world.
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I don't focus on the critics. Everyone who is making any difference in any field has critics. As long as I feel like I'm doing what I'm supposed to be doing, then I don't worry about it.
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Prospering just doesn't have to do with money.
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I don't want to just preach to the church. I feel like I have a broader message.
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You know, there is always times where you feel discouraged and things coming against you, but I don't know if I ever wanted to throw in the towel.