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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.

Joel Osteen

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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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