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" God wants you to be a winner, not a whiner. "
Joel Osteen
Winner
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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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" We think when God speaks to us, there's going to be a boom out of Heaven or we're going to get some chill bumps, but I really believe God's talking to us all the time. He's talking to us right in here. I call it our heart, our conscience, but it's the Holy Spirit talking to us. "
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" Friend, there's no greater investment in life than in being a people builder. Relationships are more important than our accomplishments. "
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" I think that God gives you your own will and choices. I don't believe that we're supposed to drag ourselves through life defeated and not see God's blessings. But you have to make the right choices and follow that still, small voice within you. Because I think that's how God leads us. "
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" It's God's will for you to live in prosperity instead of poverty. It's God's will for you to pay your bills and not be in debt. "
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" I think, for years, people have been pushed down by religion, and I don't say that disrespectfully, but they've been shown a God that you can't measure up to. "
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" There's plenty about God that I don't understand and can't explain. But I come back to my core belief that God is good, that He's for us. "
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" God didn't make a mistake when He made you. You need to see yourself as God sees you. "
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" You'll never rise any higher than the way you see yourself. "
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" Indeed, it is as important to learn how to receive a blessing as it is to be willing to give one. "
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" Sometimes God will deliver you from the fire, and other times God will make you fireproof. "
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" It doesn't matter who likes you or doesn't like you, all that matters is that God likes you. He accepts you, he approves of you. "
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" Why don't you start believing that no matter what you have or haven't done, that your best days are still out in front of you. "
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" People define Christianity differently. I think a large portion of our population are Christians, they're not all growing in their faith, they're not all active, but I believe that a lot of people believe in Jesus and believe that he is their Lord and Savior. "
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" Faith is about trusting God when you have unanswered questions. "
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" Faith activates God - Fear activates the Enemy. "
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" My message is that God is a good God. "
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" People respond when you tell them there is a great future in front of you, you can leave your past behind. "
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" Isn't it funny how babies laugh a lot? I read a toddler, a young child laughs 300 times a day. The average adult laughs, like, four times a day. God put it in them. He put the laugh in us, but I think sometimes we let life get us down, you know, have bad breaks, and we lose our breaks. "
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" I'm not a big believer in trying to jam stuff down somebody's throat: 'You're going to do it my way.' I'd rather show by example and live my life and have people say, 'You know what, I want to live like Joel has. He's got peace and joy, and he seems content.' "
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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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" I don't think you should spend your life praying for things, but I do believe you should thank God for what He's given you... but I think the scripture teaches us that we can pray for our dreams, pray for the big things... he's not a small God; this God is incredible. "
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" It's in the difficult times that we're growing and you can't just rebuke everything hard. We've got to endure it and fight the good fight of faith and pass the test. "
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" I purposely don't talk about money, because people are already skeptical about TV preachers. But I do say that I want you to be blessed. To me, prosperity is having health, having great children, having peace, good relationships. It's not about the money. "
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