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I try to speak in everyday language. I feel like God has gifted me to take Bible principles and make them practical.

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Joel Osteen
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: March 5
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Sometimes you need faith and victory spoken over your life. Words have created power. When you receive them into your spirit, they can ignite seeds of increase on the inside.
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Just because we're in a STRESSFUL situation doesn't mean that we have to get stressed out. You may be in the storm. The key is, don't let the storm get in YOU.
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People have the right to their opinion and you have the right to ignore it.
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If you’ll dare to take your mind off your troubles, get your mind off your own needs and, instead, seek to be a blessing to other people, God will do more for you than you could even ask or think.
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Don't use your faith to try to get rid of problems. Use your faith to remain calm in the midst of your problems.
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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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When you allow what someone says or does to upset you, you're allowing them to control you.
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Other people's opinions do not determine your potential.
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If you want to rear financial blessings, you have to sow financially.
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I'm trying to teach people how to live their everyday lives, and so I do focus on it, probably not as much as some people would like.
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It is your choice to be happy. Make up your mind to enjoy this day, to have a blessed, prosperous, victorious year. You may have some setbacks and your circumstances may change, but don't let that change your mind. Keep it set on happiness.
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I struggled for a long time with survivin', and no matter what, you keep finding something to fight for.
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When you get up and say, God, I want to thank you for being alive, I've got family, I've got my health, you're going to draw in more of the good things from God.
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When you get knocked down, don't stay down get back up again. Nothing good is going to happen as long as you're down on yourself.
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You don't have to fight every battle. You don't have to respond to every critic. You don't have to be offended because of what others say. You can rise above these things and soar.
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I'm not perfect, but I think that I've done good to stay focused on what I'm called to do.
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So many people say, I just don't have a good job, or my marriage is not where it's supposed to be. Really it's excuse after excuse to not be happy. To me it's a waste. I'm going to look at what's right and not what's wrong in my life. I'm alive, I'm healthy, and you know, a good thing to remember is somebody's got it a lot worse than we do.
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If they left you, you didn't need them. If they walked away, they weren't part of your DESTINY.
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I DECLARE that God has a great plan for my life. He is directing my steps. And even though I may not always understand how, I know my situation is not a surprise to God. He will work out every detail to my advantage. In His perfect timing, everything will turn out right. This is my declaration.
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Be careful what you say. You can say something hurtful in ten seconds, but ten years later, the wounds are still there.
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