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You weren’t created to simply exist, to endure, or to go through the motions you were created to be really alive.

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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Resist discouragement by speaking His Word over your future. Keep standing. Keep hoping keep believing because He is working behind the scenes. He's going to accelerate your times and lead you into the life of victory He has for you.
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When we don’t forgive, we’re not hurting the other person. We’re not hurting the company that did us wrong. We’re not hurting God. We’re only hurting ourselves.
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Listen carefully to the words and tone of voice you use with your spouse. Are you complaining all the time and telling her what she's not doing right? Or are you doing like Solomon-blessing, encouraging, and uplifting that woman?
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I try to live what I teach. A lot of things come against us in life, but we should try to find something to be grateful for, and see each day as a gift.
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But I want to motivate. I wanna motivate every person to leave here to be a better father, a better husband, to break addictions to come up higher in their walk with the Lord.
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I believe God, Jesus, died that we not just go to Heaven but that we excel in this life. I never think you make money your goal... God wants you to excel. Just keep Him in first place, and God will open up doors you never dreamed of.
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Bottom line: God will not allow any person to keep you from your destiny. They may be bigger, stronger, or more powerful, but God knows how to shift things around and get you to where you're supposed to be.
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I believe the scripture says that being gay is a sin.
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When you give up yourself, that's when you will feel the true spirit of Christmas. And that's giving that's serving others and that's when you feel fulfilled.
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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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To be happy in life... You've got to train your mind to see the good, to be grateful for what you have.
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God made you a masterpiece - be blessed, secure, disciplined and equipped.
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You must make a decision that you are going to move on. It wont happen automatically. You will have to rise up and say, ‘I don’t care how hard this is, I don’t care how disappointed I am, I’m not going to let this get the best of me. I’m moving on with my life.
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Be a victor , not a victim.
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I didn't try to copy my dad or fit into the pressure or the mold that everybody tried to make me fit into.
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I think God gives every one of us our own will, and unfortunately, some people choose to do evil things with it.
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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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