Joel Osteen Quotes
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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 have all the answers.
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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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You can change your world by changing your words... Remember, death and life are in the power of the tongue.
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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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You can be happy where you are.
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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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I'm not trying to follow a set of rules and stuff. I'm just living my life.
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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, I think if you get away from what you're called to do, it's more of a distraction.
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Only God can look at somebody's heart.
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People are skeptical of many televangelists, and I'm sensitive to that.
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I like sports, and I enjoy playing basketball and lifting weights.
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I think God's justice is making wrongs right.
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I'm not for gay marriage, but I'm not for discriminating against people.
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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 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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My message is that God is a good God.
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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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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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I believe that God has put gifts and talents and ability on the inside of every one of us. When you develop that and you believe in yourself and you believe that you're a person of influence and a person of purpose, I believe you can rise up out of any situation.
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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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Bottom line: God will not allow any person to keep you from your destiny. They may be bigger, stronger, or more powerful, but God knows how to shift things around and get you to where you're supposed to be.