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I see people - they won't be negative toward other people, but inside they're negative toward themselves, and I think that holds us back.

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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You may never get to that perfect world that you're waiting for where everything's going to be perfect and you got that much money and your house paid off.
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I would rather believe for something great and receive half of it, than to believe for nothing and receive all of it!
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There's pros and cons of a big church. Cons is I don't get to know everybody, I don't get to go to their ballgame, I don't get to marry everybody, but the pros are you get all this community, 800 ushers come in to serve, getting there at 7 in the morning on their day off and coming in on Saturday to make all those wafers.
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Hard times may have held you down, but they will not last forever. When all is said and done, you will be increased.
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Don't waste your energy trying to convince people to understand you. Your time is too valuable to try to prove yourself to people.
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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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