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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.

Joel Osteen

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Joel Osteen
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: March 5
Minister
Politician
Preacher
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Houston
Texas
Joel Scott Osteen
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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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Our whole message is it's easy to just keep preaching to the church and people that already come.
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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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No matter what's happening, choose to be happy. Don't focus on what's wrong. Find something positive in your life. Thank God for the small things.
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I've learned a simple principle: all I have to do is be the best 'me' that I can be. One day when I read the Scripture about David, that he fulfilled his purpose for his generation. I knew God spoke to me.
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I've always been very happy. I've always been easy going and I've always been very encouraging it's just my personality.
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The greatest gift you can give someone is your time, your attention, your love, your concern.
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I try to look on all the great things God's done, and not focus on the negative. It's a perspective.
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The main rule to me is to honor God with your life. To live 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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The main message of it is to not get stagnant and that God wants us to continue to grow and become a better person.
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If you don't have the gift of a loving supportive family, be that gift for someone else. It doesn't have to be a relative, just someone you know who is alone or hurting over the holiday.
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What you believe has a much greater impact on your life than what anybody else believes.
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Do not speak defeat, speak victory.
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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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Nothing in life has happened to you, it's happened FOR You!
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Some people keep God in a Sunday morning box and say, 'Hey, I did my religious duty.' That's fine, but the scripture says to pray without ceasing. And I think that means all through the day you're talking to God. Even if it's in your thoughts.
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You have to make a switch. Decide today to start appreciating your spouse's strengths and learn to downplay their weaknesses. If you do, your marriage will be filled with more peace, unity and love, and you'll see God bless your marriage in greater ways.
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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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The greater the giving, the greater the living.
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You're not really free until you're free from trying to please everybody.
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