Joel Osteen Quotes
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I don't have all the answers.
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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've never preached one sermon on money, on just finances. I want to stay away from it.
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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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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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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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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'm not trying to follow a set of rules and stuff. I'm just living my life.
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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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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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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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You can change your world by changing your words... Remember, death and life are in the power of the tongue.
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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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My message is that God is a good God.
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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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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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My friends and I had fun together, but I was more reserved, not at all the life of the party. I would just be the quiet one in the room.
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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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A lot of churches have not moved with the times.
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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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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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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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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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You're not better than anybody else, but you're not less than anybody else. You're a child of the Most High God.