Joel Osteen Quotes
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Only God can look at somebody's heart.
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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.
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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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I think God's justice is making wrongs right.
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I think that God gives you your own will and choices. I don't believe that we're supposed to drag ourselves through life defeated and not see God's blessings. But you have to make the right choices and follow that still, small voice within you. Because I think that's how God leads us.
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When the negative thoughts come - and they will; they come to all of us - it's not enough to just not dwell on it... You've got to replace it with a positive thought.
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We live in a day that nobody's lived in before: where you can touch more people. The message I'll speak tonight and the message that I speak at home, people in India will hear. It's just an amazing day.
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We can be civil. We can still be friends, and be Democrats and Republicans, and have different views.
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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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People are skeptical of many televangelists, and I'm sensitive to that.
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Let go of offence. Let go of fear. Let go of revenge. Don't live angry, let go now!
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The ultimate connection is when you are connected to the creator of the universe.
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I do know this... I seem to reach a lot of previously unchurched people. So many people have told me they never went to church until they heard our message of hope that God is a good God who desires to bless those who are faithful and obedient to Him through Jesus Christ.
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My biggest hobby is hanging out with my family and kids.
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A good thing to remember is somebody's got it a lot worse than we do.
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Indeed, it is as important to learn how to receive a blessing as it is to be willing to give one.
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Don't ever criticize yourself. Don't go around all day long thinking, 'I'm unattractive, I'm slow, I'm not as smart as my brother.' God wasn't having a bad day when he made you... If you don't love yourself in the right way, you can't love your neighbour. You can't be as good as you are supposed to be.
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Many times, we miss out on God's best because we give up too soon. We don't realize how close we are to victory.
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Life's a fight. It's a good fight of faith.
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See, people are watching you. Especially your children. They're taking in every single thing you do. They are like video cameras with legs. And they are always in the record mode. They learn more from what you do than from what you say.
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I want get across to not just the church world. I want to get outside those walls to everyday people.
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When you give up yourself, that's when you will feel the true spirit of Christmas. And that's giving that's serving others and that's when you feel fulfilled.
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Isn't it funny how babies laugh a lot? I read a toddler, a young child laughs 300 times a day. The average adult laughs, like, four times a day. God put it in them. He put the laugh in us, but I think sometimes we let life get us down, you know, have bad breaks, and we lose our breaks.
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I have always believed in God.