Joel Osteen Quotes
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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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If you don't let people flourish in their jobs, why are they going to stay?
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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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I think God's justice is making wrongs right.
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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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The ultimate connection is when you are connected to the creator of the universe.
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Any of us can be happy and have a good attitude when everything is going our way. But I believe it's the real test of your character and of your faith to say, 'Things are not going our way, but I'm still being good to people; I'm still attending church; I still have a good attitude.'
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I believe God wants you to have money to pay your bills, send your kids to college and do charity work and build orphanages. There's the teaching that we're supposed to be poor to show that we're humble. I don't buy that. I think we're supposed to be leaders. We're supposed to excel.
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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 like sports, and I enjoy playing basketball and lifting weights.
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People are skeptical of many televangelists, and I'm sensitive to that.
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I always want to listen to people and receive good criticism, but I just don't have to answer to them; I have to answer to God.
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Mormonism is a little different, but I still see them as brothers in Christ.
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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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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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Let go of offence. Let go of fear. Let go of revenge. Don't live angry, let go now!
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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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I want get across to not just the church world. I want to get outside those walls to everyday people.
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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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When I grew up, the Devil was a reason why I had a headache or the Devil was the reason I got mad today. We always blamed the Devil. I think today when I say the Enemy, I like to make it broader. Sometimes the Enemy can be our own thoughts.
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The truth is, somebody is always talking about you, so you have to let it go... if it's not a part of your God-given destiny.
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A good thing to remember is somebody's got it a lot worse than we do.
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I'm a reverend and a pastor. A pastor of the church. I go by usually pastor.