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" I'm not for gay marriage, but I'm not for discriminating against people. "
Joel Osteen
Against
People
Marriage
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" Everybody is going to have their critics. It's easy to get discouraged in life. "
Joel Osteen
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Discouraged
Life
" This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. I have what it says I have. I can do what it says I can do. "
Joel Osteen
Says
Bible
I Am
" 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. "
Joel Osteen
Great
Moving Forward
Door
" Let go of offence. Let go of fear. Let go of revenge. Don't live angry, let go now! "
Joel Osteen
Live
Go
Fear
" I feel like my message is to let people know that God is a good God, that He's on their side, and no matter what happens, He has a great plan for them. "
Joel Osteen
People
Great
Good
" I'm trying to make God more relevant in our society. And I think talking in everyday terms and making sure people can understand it - I think that's important. "
Joel Osteen
God
Trying
Think
" Prospering just doesn't have to do with money. "
Joel Osteen
Money
Prospering
Just
" You were not created to just get by with an average, unrewarding, or unfulfilling life. God created you to leave your mark on this generation. "
Joel Osteen
Life
Get
God
" I've always been very happy. I've always been easy going and I've always been very encouraging; it's just my personality. "
Joel Osteen
Easy
Personality
Happy
" If we say it long enough eventually we're going to reap a harvest. We're going to get exactly what we're saying. "
Joel Osteen
Say
Reap
Long
" I don't know what can be so dangerous about giving people hope. Causing people to have better relationships. I'm not leading them to some false God or something like that. "
Joel Osteen
Know
People
Giving
" You'll never rise any higher than the way you see yourself. "
Joel Osteen
Yourself
Rise
See
" I believe God's keeping the records, and I believe you will be rewarded even in this life. Somehow, some way, God will make it up to you. It may be He protected you from an accident you never knew. You can't give God something without God giving you more in return, whether it's peace or joy or satisfaction. "
Joel Osteen
Life
Peace
Joy
" I deal with more practical issues of the Bible. "
Joel Osteen
Issues
More
Practical
" I just think that it's strong and it's important that we recognize what the Christmas season is about; it's about the birth of our Savior, and there's a lot of pressure today to be politically correct, but people are realizing, too, that you have to be open to express your faith what you want believe. "
Joel Osteen
People
Think
Faith
" Every day we have plenty of opportunities to get angry, stressed or offended. But what you're doing when you indulge these negative emotions is giving something outside yourself power over your happiness. You can choose to not let little things upset you. "
Joel Osteen
Day
Anger
Power
" Yes, the Bible should be taught in our schools because it is necessary to understand the Bible if we are to truly understand our own culture and how it came to be. The Bible has influenced every part of western culture from our art, music, and history, to our sense of fairness, charity, and business. "
Joel Osteen
Culture
Music
History
" God's got you in the palm of His hand. You won't leave one second before your time. If God wants you to be here, then you're going to be here. "
Joel Osteen
God
You
Time
" 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. "
Joel Osteen
God
Understand
Back
" 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? "
Joel Osteen
Smile
Money
Listening
" You're not better than anybody else, but you're not less than anybody else. You're a child of the Most High God. "
Joel Osteen
You
God
High
" 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
" Sometimes, I think if you get away from what you're called to do, it's more of a distraction. "
Joel Osteen
Distraction
You
Sometimes
" The greatest difficulty always comes right before the birth of a dream. "
Joel Osteen
Always
Right
Dream
" Indeed, it is as important to learn how to receive a blessing as it is to be willing to give one. "
Joel Osteen
Important
Blessing
Learn
" I try to speak in everyday language. I feel like God has gifted me to take Bible principles and make them practical. "
Joel Osteen
Me
God
Speak
" I try to look on all the great things God's done, and not focus on the negative. It's a perspective. "
Joel Osteen
Great
Perspective
Negative
" I think God's justice is making wrongs right. "
Joel Osteen
Think
Right
Justice
" It's flattering to people who stop you and say that you've helped them and all. But, again, you know, you've got to stay humble because as quick as you came up, you can come down. "
Joel Osteen
Humble
You
Say
" Faith is about trusting God when you have unanswered questions. "
Joel Osteen
Questions
God
Faith