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" I believe that God's dream is that we be successful in our careers, and that we be able to send our kids to college. I don't mean that everyone is going to be rich, and I preach a lot on blooming where you're planted. But I don't have the mindset that money is a bad thing. "

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" People in tough times - it doesn't mean they don't have a great attitude. "

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" A lot of churches have not moved with the times. "

" 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. "

" I'm healthy as can be - not an ache or a pain. A lot of my prayer is thanking the Lord that I am healthy. I pray for long life and good health. "

" Faith is easy; I think people complicate it. "

" 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. "

" My dad had a church of 90 people when I was born. It was just, over the years it continued to grow. "

" I believe God gives you the grace to do what you need to do. "

" I like to take every day just searching my own heart, making sure that I'm on course, and I'm doing what God wants me to do. I'm real good with not looking to the critics and looking straight ahead. "

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" Life's a fight. It's a good fight of faith. "

" Mormonism is a little different, but I still see them as brothers in Christ. "

" God made you a masterpiece - be blessed, secure, disciplined and equipped. "

" Sometimes we look at gay being a bigger sin than being proud or not telling the truth. I don't think God categorizes sins. "

" You may make some mistakes - but that doesn't make you a sinner. You've got the very nature of God on the inside of you. "

" I want the services to look and sound like the Grammys. It's not showy, but we represent God, and it should be first class. "

" God wants us to prosper financially, to have plenty of money, to fulfill the destiny He has laid out for us. "

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" I'm not the judge. You know, God didn't tell me to go around judging everybody. "

" Don't ever criticize yourself. Don't go around all day long thinking, 'I'm unattractive, I'm slow, I'm not as smart as my brother.' God wasn't having a bad day when he made you... If you don't love yourself in the right way, you can't love your neighbour. You can't be as good as you are supposed to be. "

" I believe that when you think of the negative, and you get up discouraged - 'There's nothing good in my future' - I really believe it almost ties the hands of God. God works where there's an attitude of faith. I believe faith is all about hope. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I'm not looking to exclude people, I'm looking to include them. "

" It seems like when I was growing up there was more compromise, wanting to work with each other, and I think all of them - all of the lawmakers - have hearts to do what's right, and they all are passionate about it. "

" I mean we all need a second chance sometimes. "

" Some people keep God in a Sunday morning box and say, 'Hey, I did my religious duty.' That's fine, but the scripture says to pray without ceasing. And I think that means all through the day you're talking to God. Even if it's in your thoughts. "

" If Jesus were here today, he wouldn't be riding around on a donkey. He'd be taking a plane, he'd be using the media. "

" Faith is about trusting God when you have unanswered questions. "

" 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. "