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Joel Osteen
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: March 5
Minister
Politician
Preacher
Writer
Houston
Texas
Joel Scott Osteen
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I have always believed. I grew up, you know, my parents were a good Christian people. They showed us love in the home.
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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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Too often we judge people based on our own backgrounds and experiences, but when you understand people's stories, it's easier to understand their demeanor.
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We think when God speaks to us, there's going to be a boom out of Heaven or we're going to get some chill bumps, but I really believe God's talking to us all the time. He's talking to us right in here. I call it our heart, our conscience, but it's the Holy Spirit talking to us.
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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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So many people are looking at what's wrong, and I try to encourage them to look at what's right in their life. A lot of people have it a lot worse than you do.
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Don't grow accustomed to living with less, doing less, and being less to the point that you eventually sit back and accept it.
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So many people talk about themselves: I'm unattractive, my mind's so slow, and I can't do this. And you know what I tell them? God didn't make a mistake when He made you. You need to see yourself as God sees you.
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God wants to increase you financially, by giving you promotions, fresh ideas and creativity
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Don't focus on the adversity focus on God. No matter what you go through, stay in faith, be your best each day and trust that God will use it to position you for greatness.
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If you spend your life trying to please people or letting them control you, you may make them happy, but you'll miss your destiny.
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Whether a person is straight or gay, Republican, Democrat, good person, not a good person, they're all welcome, because to me, church is a place you're supposed to get healed and whole and loved.
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Back in Bible days, there were these famous schools of the prophets, but some of the ones Jesus chose didn't come through that route - and not to say that they weren't good, but I'm comfortable.
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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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Hard times may have held you down, but they will not last forever. When all is said and done, you will be increased.
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You were created to make somebody else’s life better. Somebody needs your smile. They need your love, your encouragement & your gifts.
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I'm not beating people over the head, and I'm saying that there are good things in store - you can make it in life. Most of the stuff that I minister [is] not real complicated deep things.
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You can't talk defeat and expect to have victory. You can't talk lack and expect to have abundance. You've got to send your words out in the direction you want your life to go.
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People in tough times - it doesn't mean they don't have a great attitude.
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Quit worrying about people that are trying to hold you back. God knows how to move the wrong people out of your life and bring the right people in. He knows how to prepare you to Break Out.
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