Joel Osteen Quotes
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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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Sometimes, I think if you get away from what you're called to do, it's more of a distraction.
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I don't have all the answers.
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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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If Jesus were here today, he wouldn't be riding around on a donkey. He'd be taking a plane, he'd be using the media.
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I don't go down the road of condemning.
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It's easy to get negative because you get beat down. You go through a few disappointments and it's easy to stay in that negative frame of mind. Choosing to be positive and having a grateful attitude is a whole cliche, but your attitude is going to determine how you're going to live your life.
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I don't mind saying, you know, that I don't take a salary from the church, and God has blessed me with more money than I could imagine from my books.
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I've never preached one sermon on money, on just finances. I want to stay away from it.
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My message is that God is a good God.
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I've always been - you know, my personality is motivating and encouraging. And so I'm just being who God made me to be.
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My belief as a Christian is when we receive Christ as salvation, that that gives us a guarantee for Heaven.
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I'm not trying to follow a set of rules and stuff. I'm just living my life.
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A lot of churches have not moved with the times.
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You may never get to that perfect world that you're waiting for where everything's going to be perfect and you got that much money and your house paid off.
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I believe that when you think of the negative, and you get up discouraged - 'There's nothing good in my future' - I really believe it almost ties the hands of God. God works where there's an attitude of faith. I believe faith is all about hope.
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People define Christianity differently. I think a large portion of our population are Christians, they're not all growing in their faith, they're not all active, but I believe that a lot of people believe in Jesus and believe that he is their Lord and Savior.
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You can change your world by changing your words... Remember, death and life are in the power of the tongue.
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Sometimes we look at gay being a bigger sin than being proud or not telling the truth. I don't think God categorizes sins.
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Friend, there's no greater investment in life than in being a people builder. Relationships are more important than our accomplishments.
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I don't argue when people say that my message is simple, but I believe Jesus' message was simple.
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Sometimes you need faith and victory spoken over your life. Words have created power. When you receive them into your spirit, they can ignite seeds of increase on the inside.
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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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See, when you drive home today, you've got a big windshield on the front of your car. And you've got a little bitty rearview mirror. And the reason the windshield is so large and the rearview mirror is so small is because what's happened in your past is not near as important as what's in your future.