Joel Osteen Quotes
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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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I'm not for gay marriage, but I'm not for discriminating against people.
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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.
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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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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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I try to look on all the great things God's done, and not focus on the negative. It's a perspective.
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Sometimes when you take strong stands, if you're not called to do it, you're dividing the audience you're trying to reach.
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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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I believe that God's dream is that we be successful in our careers, and that we be able to send our kids to college. I don't mean that everyone is going to be rich, and I preach a lot on blooming where you're planted. But I don't have the mindset that money is a bad thing.
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I always try to put a seed of hope into people's hearts. I'm not there to teach them doctrine necessarily, but to let them know that God is a good God, and has a plan for their lives. Hopefully, that will restore their faith, or draw them into faith.
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God can cause opportunity to find you. He has unexpected blessings where you suddenly meet the right person, or suddenly your health improves, or suddenly you're able to pay off your house. That's God shifting things in your favor.
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You were not created to just get by with an average, unrewarding, or unfulfilling life. God created you to leave your mark on this generation.
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I try to live what I teach. A lot of things come against us in life, but we should try to find something to be grateful for, and see each day as a gift.
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I think, for years, people have been pushed down by religion, and I don't say that disrespectfully, but they've been shown a God that you can't measure up to.
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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.
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I like sports, and I enjoy playing basketball and lifting weights.
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I don't like to beat people down. They need to be lifted up.
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You may make some mistakes - but that doesn't make you a sinner. You've got the very nature of God on the inside of you.
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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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I write all my sermons.
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Only God can look at somebody's heart.
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The Hindus are some of the nicest people you'll ever meet.
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I believe if you keep your faith, you keep your trust, you keep the right attitude, if you're grateful, you'll see God open up new doors.
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Most people already know what they're doing wrong. When I get them to church I want to tell them that you can change.