Joel Osteen Quotes
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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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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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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.
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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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I'm trying to make God more relevant in our society.
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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 believe the scripture says that being gay is a sin.
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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 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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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 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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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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You can be happy where you are.
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If you give, you will be blessed.
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I think the word rich is all relative.
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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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I deal with more practical issues of the Bible.
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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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Yes, the Bible should be taught in our schools because it is necessary to understand the Bible if we are to truly understand our own culture and how it came to be. The Bible has influenced every part of western culture from our art, music, and history, to our sense of fairness, charity, and business.
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The death of my father is probably the biggest thing that I ever faced. Daddy and I were best friends.
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We were old sinners - but when we came to Christ we are not sinners anymore.
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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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We live in a culture that relishes tearing others down. It's ultimately more fulfilling, though, to help people reach their goals. Instead of feeling jealous, remember: If God did it for them, He can do it for you.