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I'm not beating people over the head, and I'm saying that there are good things in store - you can make it in life. Most of the stuff that I minister [is] not real complicated deep things.

Joel Osteen

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Joel Osteen
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: March 5
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Houston
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Joel Scott Osteen
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Don't focus on the good old days, look forward towards the good new days.
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God wants you to be a winner, not a whiner.
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You spend your time like you spend money. You can waste it or invest it.
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Difficult times don't come your way just so you can survive them God uses these times in your life to form and refine you.
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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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I say, don't try to fight your own battles because God will do it.
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You have to come to your closed doors before you get to your open doors... What if you knew you had to go through 32 closed doors before you got to your open door? Well, then you'd come to closed door number eight and you'd think, 'Great, I got another one out of the way'... Keep moving forward.
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When I took over from my father, he came from the Southern Baptist background, and back 40-50 years ago, there was a lot more of that.I don't believe - maybe it was for a time. But I don't have it in my heart to condemn people. I'm there to encourage them.
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You are full of potential. You are overflowing with creativity. There's nothing in your heart that you cannot accomplish.
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Ask God to give you the strength to endure, and rest assured, He will take care of you.
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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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If you want your life to get better, sometimes the best thing you can do is to help improve somebody else's life.
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If you don't set the tone for the day, the devil will set it for you.
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I tell people all the time, preached a couple Sundays about it. I'm for everybody. You may not agree with me, but to me it's not my job to try to straighten everybody out.
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Your destiny is not determined by your critics. Focus on running your own race.
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The greatest gift you can give someone is your time, your attention, your love, your concern.
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Don't put a question mark where God has put a period.
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