Joel Osteen Quotes
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I believe God's keeping the records, and I believe you will be rewarded even in this life. Somehow, some way, God will make it up to you. It may be He protected you from an accident you never knew. You can't give God something without God giving you more in return, whether it's peace or joy or satisfaction.
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It's in the difficult times that we're growing and you can't just rebuke everything hard. We've got to endure it and fight the good fight of faith and pass the test.
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Christmas is the perfect time to celebrate the love of God and family and to create memories that will last forever. Jesus is God's perfect, indescribable gift. The amazing thing is that not only are we able to receive this gift, but we are able to share it with others on Christmas and every other day of the year.
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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 like to think my dad was easygoing and kind, and I think some of those things have been passed down. I am like him in a sense of being positive and hopeful. He was compassionate, and I've got a lot of that in me as well.
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I think a big test we all face in life on a regular basis is that discouragement test. Life's not always fair, but I believe if you keep doing the right thing, God will get you to where you are.
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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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I think how you start the day many times determines what kind of day you're going to have.
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I'm very careful about saying who would and wouldn't go to heaven. I don't know.
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You are victors, not victims!
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I just think that it's strong and it's important that we recognize what the Christmas season is about; it's about the birth of our Savior, and there's a lot of pressure today to be politically correct, but people are realizing, too, that you have to be open to express your faith what you want believe.
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God always wants us to be growing.
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The main rule to me is to honor God with your life. To life a life of integrity. Not be selfish. You know, help others. But that's really the essence of the Christian faith.
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Life's a fight. It's a good fight of faith.
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It doesn't matter who likes you or doesn't like you, all that matters is that God likes you. He accepts you, he approves of you.
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If we're going to bring out the best in people, we, too, need to sow seeds of encouragement.
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I don't mind saying, you know, that I don't take a salary from the church, and God has blessed me with more money than I could imagine from my books. It's been printed all over, so I don't feel like I am hiding anything.
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When I used to play sports, I'd be the one cheering the team on, 'Come on, we can beat these guys!' That's just in me.
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If you are against yourself, you will never reach your highest potential. And when you criticize yourself, you're criticizing God.
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Well I think a lot of times we're putting things off and I'm going to do it later. I'm going to break this bad habit or I'm going to pursue this dream or I'm going to treat my spouse better.
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Just because something didn't work out your way, or somebody disappointed you, that does not change who you are.
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You cannot let where you are today cause you to get stuck. I'm going to be my best right now. That's what faith is all about.
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I'm not the judge. You know, God didn't tell me to go around judging everybody.
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Every setback means you're one step closer to seeing the dream come to pass.