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See, when you drive home today, you've got a big windshield on the front of your car. And you've got a little bitty rearview mirror. And the reason the windshield is so large and the rearview mirror is so small is because what's happened in your past is not near as important as what's in your future.

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Joel Osteen
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: March 5
Minister
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Houston
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Joel Scott Osteen
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Nobody owes me anything. I am not at a disadvantage. I am equipped, empowered, and anointed.
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My actions will follow my expectations.
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For a while... to be an evangelical meant you were a white Republican, and you were against this and against that. I don't want to be put into that mold, because then people judge you before they even listen... I don't want to divide the very people I am trying to reach.
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Don't pick on your sister when she's holding a baseball bat.
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God's got you in the palm of His hand. You won't leave one second before your time. If God wants you to be here, then you're going to be here.
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Maybe you once were excited about that person God supernaturally brought into your life as a marriage partner, but now all the excitement has worn off. Don’t’ allow that sense of a miracle to slip away. Don’t get so familiar with each other that you take one another for granted.
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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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I don't really know what the prosperity gospel is. The way I define it is that I believe God wants you to prosper in your health, in your family, in your relationships, in your business, and in your career. So I do ... if that is the prosperity gospel, then I do believe that.
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It takes the same amount of energy to worry as it does to believe.
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If it’s not meeting a need, turn it into a seed. Remember, we will reap what we sow. When you do good for other people, that’s when God is going to make sure that His abundant blessings overtake you.
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Shake off the self-pity, shake off the defeat and get ready for God to do something new. He is going to pay you back for every injustice.
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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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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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God's way is better than your way. His plan is bigger than your plan. His dream for your life is more rewarding, more fulfilling, better than you've ever dreamed of. Now stay open and let God do it His way.
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If you can be a blessing to somebody else, you're sowing a seed for God to help you.
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Too often we make the mistake of remembering what we should forget-our hurts, failures and disappointments -and we forget what we should remember-our victories, accomplishments and the times we have made it through.
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The bible says no man can take your joy. That means no person can make you live with a negative attitude. No circumstance, no adversity can force you to live in despair. As Eleanor Roosevelt, wife of wheelchair-bound President Franklin D. Roosevelt, often said, ‘No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
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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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I am the sum total of what I have been confessing through the years.
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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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