Joel Osteen Quotes
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You have enough people against you... be for yourself.
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I made a decision when my father passed away that I was going to be who God made me to be and not try to preach like my father.
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It's amazing how people will give when you don't ask. Many of them send money because they believe in the message.
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I'm trying to make God more relevant in our society.
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You have to come to your closed doors before you get to your open doors... What if you knew you had to go through 32 closed doors before you got to your open door? Well, then you'd come to closed door number eight and you'd think, 'Great, I got another one out of the way'... Keep moving forward.
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For a while... to be an evangelical meant you were a white Republican, and you were against this and against that. I don't want to be put into that mold, because then people judge you before they even listen... I don't want to divide the very people I am trying to reach.
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I don't know what can be so dangerous about giving people hope. Causing people to have better relationships. I'm not leading them to some false God or something like that.
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I believe the scripture says that being gay is a sin.
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We need to, you know, restore people. We need to show mercy. I mean, because as much mercy as you show people, that's the mercy you're going to be receiving.
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I try to speak in everyday language. I feel like God has gifted me to take Bible principles and make them practical.
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I think the word rich is all relative.
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You can be happy where you are.
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If you give, you will be blessed.
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It's flattering to people who stop you and say that you've helped them and all. But, again, you know, you've got to stay humble because as quick as you came up, you can come down.
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This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. I have what it says I have. I can do what it says I can do.
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It is a hard thing to let go of mistakes we've made and sins. God wants us to do that because He knows the guilt and the condemnation will keep us from becoming who He has created us to be.
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So many people are looking at what's wrong, and I try to encourage them to look at what's right in their life. A lot of people have it a lot worse than you do.
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People respond when you tell them there is a great future in front of you, you can leave your past behind.
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We were old sinners - but when we came to Christ we are not sinners anymore.
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I deal with more practical issues of the Bible.
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My dad had a church of 90 people when I was born. It was just, over the years it continued to grow.
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I'm healthy as can be - not an ache or a pain. A lot of my prayer is thanking the Lord that I am healthy. I pray for long life and good health.
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I don't argue when people say that my message is simple, but I believe Jesus' message was simple. Jesus didn't go around condemning people.
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The death of my father is probably the biggest thing that I ever faced. Daddy and I were best friends.