Joel Osteen Quotes
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Choosing to be positive and having a grateful attitude is going to determine how you're going to live your life.
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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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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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You can live your life angry, bitter, mad at somebody or even guilty, not letting go of your own mistakes, but you won't receive the good things God has in store.
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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 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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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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I believe that God breathed life into every person and that every person is made in the image of God and you have accept them as they are, on their journey. I'm not here to preach hate or push people down.
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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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I want get across to not just the church world. I want to get outside those walls to everyday people.
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Sometimes what works 40 years ago doesn't work today.
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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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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 think faith is incredibly important because you will become overwhelmed with what's happening and you will have waves of grief, but when you turn to your faith, I believe God will give you waves of grace to get through it.
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I didn't try to copy my dad or fit into the pressure or the mold that everybody tried to make me fit into.
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I have always believed in God.
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You're going to go through tough times - that's life. But I say, 'Nothing happens to you, it happens for you.' See the positive in negative events.
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A good thing to remember is somebody's got it a lot worse than we do.
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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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I say, don't try to fight your own battles because God will do it.
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I want to challenge you today to get out of your comfort zone. You have so much incredible potential on the inside. God has put gifts and talents in you that you probably don't know anything about.
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Every day is a gift from God. There's no guarantee of tomorrow, so that tells me to see the good in this day to make the most of it.
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Faith is easy; I think people complicate it.
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I think how you start the day many times determines what kind of day you're going to have.