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We are set in our ways, bound by our perspectives and stuck in our thinking.

Joel Osteen

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Joel Osteen
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: March 5
Minister
Politician
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Houston
Texas
Joel Scott Osteen
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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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Isn't it funny how babies laugh a lot? I read a toddler, a young child laughs 300 times a day. The average adult laughs, like, four times a day. God put it in them. He put the laugh in us, but I think sometimes we let life get us down, you know, have bad breaks, and we lose our breaks.
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If you want to rear financial blessings, you have to sow financially.
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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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I will not talk to God about how big my problems are. I will talk to my problems about how big my God is. This is my declaration.
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No matter what comes your way, don't lose your joy.
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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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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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God has already lined up the right people for you, people that will inspire you, challenge you and motivate you. If you’ll let go of the wrong people, then the right people will show up.
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I want get across to not just the church world. I want to get outside those walls to everyday people.
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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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Faith is about trusting God when you have unanswered questions.
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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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God made you a masterpiece - be blessed, secure, disciplined and equipped.
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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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I deal with more practical issues of the Bible.
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You may be sitting around waiting for God to change your circumstances. Then you’re going to be happy, then your’re going to have a good attitude, then you’re going to give God praise. But God is waiting on you to get up on the inside. When you do your part, He’ll begin to change things and work supernaturally in your life.
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You didn't just show up on planet Earth by accident.. You were handpicked by Almighty God.
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The people God put in your life are not there by accident. Don’t get so busy that you just give them your leftover time.
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You were created to excel. There’s no limit to how high you can go in life. Keep stretching to the next level.
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