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I'm trying to teach people how to live their everyday lives, and so I do focus on it, probably not as much as some people would like.

Joel Osteen

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Joel Osteen
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: March 5
Minister
Politician
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Houston
Texas
Joel Scott Osteen
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Life's a fight. It's a good fight of faith.
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Just because we're in a STRESSFUL situation doesn't mean that we have to get stressed out. You may be in the storm. The key is, don't let the storm get in YOU.
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Whether a person is straight or gay, Republican, Democrat, good person, not a good person, they're all welcome, because to me, church is a place you're supposed to get healed and whole and loved.
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There's probably a balance between. I believe you have to know Christ. But I think that if you know Christ, if you're a believer in God, you're going to have some good works.
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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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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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I want get across to not just the church world. I want to get outside those walls to everyday people.
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It takes the same amount of energy to worry as it does to believe.
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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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God will not pour fresh, creative ideas and blessing into old attitudes.
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I will not talk to God about how big my problems are. I will talk to my problems about how big my God is. This is my declaration.
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Make the decision and say, I'm not letting that worry in. I'm done being upset when my plans don't work out. I'm not letting that stress in. Negative thoughts will still come to your mind, but you don't have to let them into your spirit.
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You don't need everyone to help you. You just need one touch of favor, and you will accomplish in a split second what could have taken your whole lifetime.
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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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Be careful what you say. You can say something hurtful in ten seconds, but ten years later, the wounds are still there.
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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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Faith is not in your head. Faith is in your heart. Sometimes you have to turn your mind off and listen to your heart.
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Keep in mind, just because you don’t know the answer doesn’t mean that one does not exist. You simply haven’t discovered it yet.
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We are set in our ways, bound by our perspectives and stuck in our thinking.
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