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" I don't have all the answers. "
Joel Osteen
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" 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. "
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" Any of us can be happy and have a good attitude when everything is going our way. But I believe it's the real test of your character and of your faith to say, 'Things are not going our way, but I'm still being good to people; I'm still attending church; I still have a good attitude.' "
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