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" I'm trying to throw a big broad net to try to get people interested in God and believe that He's for them and has a purpose. "
Joel Osteen
Trying
God
Believe
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" I believe that God breathed life into every person and that every person is made in the image of God and you have accept them as they are, on their journey. I'm not here to preach hate or push people down. "
Joel Osteen
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You
" 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. "
Joel Osteen
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Heaven
" I do know this... I seem to reach a lot of previously unchurched people. So many people have told me they never went to church until they heard our message of hope that God is a good God who desires to bless those who are faithful and obedient to Him through Jesus Christ. "
Joel Osteen
Church
God
Good
" Sometimes when you take strong stands, if you're not called to do it, you're dividing the audience you're trying to reach. "
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Reach
Strong
Trying
" 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. "
Joel Osteen
Think
Choices
Blessings
" I think Bible principles are principles for life. "
Joel Osteen
I Think
Principles
Life
" Let go of yesterday. Let today be a new beginning and be the best that you can, and you'll get to where God wants you to be. "
Joel Osteen
New Beginning
God
You
" My friends and I had fun together, but I was more reserved, not at all the life of the party. I would just be the quiet one in the room. "
Joel Osteen
Friends
Fun
Life
" 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. "
Joel Osteen
Likes
Matter
Matters
" 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. "
Joel Osteen
Want
Class
God
" 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
" Let go of offence. Let go of fear. Let go of revenge. Don't live angry, let go now! "
Joel Osteen
Live
Go
Fear
" Faith is about trusting God when you have unanswered questions. "
Joel Osteen
Questions
God
Faith
" I don't go down the road of condemning. "
Joel Osteen
Road
Down
Down The Road
" Friend, there's no greater investment in life than in being a people builder. Relationships are more important than our accomplishments. "
Joel Osteen
More
People
Important
" 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. "
Joel Osteen
Son
Say
Enough
" Every day is a gift from God. There's no guarantee of tomorrow, so that tells me to see the good in this day to make the most of it. "
Joel Osteen
Tomorrow
Gift
Day
" My message is that God is a good God. "
Joel Osteen
Good
God
Message
" For a while... to be an evangelical meant you were a white Republican, and you were against this and against that. I don't want to be put into that mold, because then people judge you before they even listen... I don't want to divide the very people I am trying to reach. "
Joel Osteen
Trying
People
I Am
" Life's a fight. It's a good fight of faith. "
Joel Osteen
Faith
Life
Good
" I think faith is incredibly important because you will become overwhelmed with what's happening and you will have waves of grief, but when you turn to your faith, I believe God will give you waves of grace to get through it. "
Joel Osteen
Moving On
Faith
You
" Gays are some of the nicest, kindest, most loving people in the world. "
Joel Osteen
Most
Loving
People
" I really believed that fear is contagious. "
Joel Osteen
Contagious
Really
Believed
" 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
" In my early teens, I knew I wanted to do television production. I loved cameras, editing and producing, anything that had to do with television production. My friend had a production studio across town, and we'd go over there at night and shoot and edit. I produced my father's televised service for 17 years. "
Joel Osteen
Night
Loved
Service
" 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
" I don't argue when people say that my message is simple, but I believe Jesus' message was simple. "
Joel Osteen
I Believe
Simple
Say
" 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. "
Joel Osteen
Love
Day
Family
" When my dad founded our church, he used either a globe or a map of the world behind him. It was symbolic of what Christ said: to go forth and preach hope to the world. We believe in the cross, but we just continued with the globe. "
Joel Osteen
World
Said
Map
" You'll never rise any higher than the way you see yourself. "
Joel Osteen
Yourself
Rise
See