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I'm not. I don't – I don't dislike anybody. Gays are some of the nicest, kindest, most loving people in the world. But my faith is based on what I believe the scripture says, and that's the way I read the Scripture.

Joel Osteen

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Joel Osteen
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: March 5
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I believe that God breathed life into every person and that every person is made in the image of God and you have accept them as they are, on their journey. I'm not here to preach hate or push people down.
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I'm going to let God be the judge of who goes to heaven and hell.
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Seeds of discouragement cannot take root in a grateful heart.
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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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A lot of psychological principles and even medical principles, you see them coming around to what the Bible said hundreds of years ago: a merry heart is good like a medicine.
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Life is flying by. You don't have time to waste another minute being negative, offended or bitter. If someone did you wrong, get over it and move forward.
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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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There are a lot of decisions we pass up on because we think, You know what? That's just going to build - you know, maybe that's going to build me and not build the ministry and what I'm trying to do. So we pass up on a lot of opportunities.
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Our words set the direction for our lives.
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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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I'm a reverend and a pastor. A pastor of the church. I go by usually pastor.
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Sometimes God will deliver you from the fire, and other times God will make you fireproof.
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This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. I have what it says I have. I can do what it says I can do.
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Put your shoulders back, hold your head up high knowing that the same power that raised Christ from the dead lives on the inside of you.
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Your idea may not be exactly God's idea, but I can promise you this: God's way will be better than your way.
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Understand that the enemy always fights the hardest when he knows you are closest to your breakthrough. He'd leave you alone if he thought you were going to live in mediocrity. If you keep pressing on toward your promise, through faith and patience, you will get there.
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If they left you, you didn't need them. If they walked away, they weren't part of your DESTINY.
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You will become what you believe. The truth is, I am what I am today because of what I believed about myself yesterday. And I will be tomorrow what I believe about myself right now
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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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I think the word rich is all relative.
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