Joel Osteen Quotes
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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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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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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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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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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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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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My biggest hobby is hanging out with my family and kids.
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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 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 don't like to beat people down. They need to be lifted up.
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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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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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The Hindus are some of the nicest people you'll ever meet.
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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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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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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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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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Only God can look at somebody's heart.
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There's a belief that you're supposed to be poor, and suffering, and show your humility. I just don't see the Bible that way. I see that God came and Jesus died so that we might live an abundant life and be a blessing to others.
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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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On Sundays when I speak, I hopefully give somebody something that they can use the next day at work or at home.
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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.