Joel Osteen Quotes
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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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I don't like to beat people down. They need to be lifted up.
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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 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 that when you think of the negative, and you get up discouraged - 'There's nothing good in my future' - I really believe it almost ties the hands of God. God works where there's an attitude of faith. I believe faith is all about hope.
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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 want get across to not just the church world. I want to get outside those walls to everyday people.
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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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I say, don't try to fight your own battles because God will do it.
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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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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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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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Sometimes what works 40 years ago doesn't work today.
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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 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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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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Sometimes God will deliver you from the fire, and other times God will make you fireproof.
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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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I have always believed in God.
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Faith is easy; I think people complicate it.
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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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You are victors, not victims!