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I don't believe we are supposed to go through life defeated and not having enough money to pay our bills or send our kids to college.

Joel Osteen

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Joel Osteen
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: March 5
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Houston
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Joel Scott Osteen
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When God puts love and compassion in your heart toward someone, He’s offering you an opportunity to make a difference in that person’s life. You must learn to follow that love. Don’t ignore it. Act on it. Somebody needs what you have.
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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 deal with more practical issues of the Bible.
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I'm not leading them to some false God or something like that.
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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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God loves to use ordinary people just like you and me, faults and all, to do extraordinary things.
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Bad habits are easy to develop but difficult to live with. Good habits are difficult to develop, but easy to live with. If you are willing to be uncomfortable for little while, so you can press past the initial pain of change, in the long run, your life will be much better.
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In difficult times, we're not supposed to quit believing we're not supposed to quit growing.
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Listen carefully to the words and tone of voice you use with your spouse. Are you complaining all the time and telling her what she's not doing right? Or are you doing like Solomon-blessing, encouraging, and uplifting that woman?
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To become a better you, you must be positive towards yourself, develop better relationships, embrace the place where you are.
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Take the limits off of yourself. You will never rise higher than your thinking. Create a great vision for your life.
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What you receive is directly connected to what you believe
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I'm for everybody. You may not agree with me, but to me it's not my job to try to straighten everybody out. The Gospel is called the good news. My message is a message of hope, that's God's [message] for you. You can live a good life no matter what's happened to you.
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Faith is not in your head. Faith is in your heart. Sometimes you have to turn your mind off and listen to your heart.
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No matter how long it's been, no matter how impossible it looks, if you'll stay in faith, your time is coming.
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Don't waste your energy trying to convince people to understand you. Your time is too valuable to try to prove yourself to people.
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You've got to send your words out in the direction you want your life to go.
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