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" I want get across to not just the church world. I want to get outside those walls to everyday people. "
Joel Osteen
World
Want
Walls
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" I always try to put a seed of hope into people's hearts. I'm not there to teach them doctrine necessarily, but to let them know that God is a good God, and has a plan for their lives. Hopefully, that will restore their faith, or draw them into faith. "
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" People are skeptical of many televangelists, and I'm sensitive to that. "
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" 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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" Encouragement to others is something everyone can give. Somebody needs what you have to give. It may not be your money; it may be your time. It may be your listening ear. It may be your arms to encourage. It may be your smile to uplift. Who knows? "
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" Christmas is the perfect time to celebrate the love of God and family and to create memories that will last forever. Jesus is God's perfect, indescribable gift. The amazing thing is that not only are we able to receive this gift, but we are able to share it with others on Christmas and every other day of the year. "
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Love
Day
Family
" Let go of offence. Let go of fear. Let go of revenge. Don't live angry, let go now! "
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Live
Go
Fear
" 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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People
Think
" God always wants us to be growing. "
Joel Osteen
Wants
Growing
God
" See, people are watching you. Especially your children. They're taking in every single thing you do. They are like video cameras with legs. And they are always in the record mode. They learn more from what you do than from what you say. "
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" I like to think my dad was easygoing and kind, and I think some of those things have been passed down. I am like him in a sense of being positive and hopeful. He was compassionate, and I've got a lot of that in me as well. "
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I Am
Think
Positive
" When I hear Mitt Romney say that he believes that Jesus is the Son of God, that He's the Christ, raised from the dead, that He's his savior - that's good enough for me. "
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Son
Say
Enough
" 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. "
Joel Osteen
Welcome
Me
Loved
" My message is that God is a good God. "
Joel Osteen
Good
God
Message
" My parents were the same in the pulpit as they were at home. I think that's where a lot of preachers' kids get off base sometimes. Because they don't see the same things at both places. "
Joel Osteen
See
Home
Parents
" When you focus on being a blessing, God makes sure that you are always blessed in abundance. "
Joel Osteen
Blessed
Focus
Blessing
" I'm a reverend and a pastor. A pastor of the church. I go by usually pastor. "
Joel Osteen
Go
Church
Pastor
" I believe if you keep your faith, you keep your trust, you keep the right attitude, if you're grateful, you'll see God open up new doors. "
Joel Osteen
Positive
Grateful
God
" If we're going to bring out the best in people, we, too, need to sow seeds of encouragement. "
Joel Osteen
People
Seeds
Need
" When I grew up, the Devil was a reason why I had a headache or the Devil was the reason I got mad today. We always blamed the Devil. I think today when I say the Enemy, I like to make it broader. Sometimes the Enemy can be our own thoughts. "
Joel Osteen
Today
Devil
Enemy
" See, when you drive home today, you've got a big windshield on the front of your car. And you've got a little bitty rearview mirror. And the reason the windshield is so large and the rearview mirror is so small is because what's happened in your past is not near as important as what's in your future. "
Joel Osteen
Mirror
Past
Today
" In difficult times, we're not supposed to quit believing; we're not supposed to quit growing. "
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Difficult
Believing
Growing
" I'm not for gay marriage, but I'm not for discriminating against people. "
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Against
People
Marriage
" God wants you to be a winner, not a whiner. "
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Winner
You
Wants
" 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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Life
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God
" 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. "
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Good
Hope
God
" 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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Blessing
Learn
" A lot of preachers' kids are some of the most rebellious kids in the world. I never was like that. "
Joel Osteen
Rebellious
Never
World
" I write all my sermons. "
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Write
Sermons
I Write
" The death of my father is probably the biggest thing that I ever faced. Daddy and I were best friends. "
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Death
Father
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" You're not better than anybody else, but you're not less than anybody else. You're a child of the Most High God. "
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You
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