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" 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
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" In difficult times, we're not supposed to quit believing; we're not supposed to quit growing. "
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" To me, it's OK to have differences. But we don't have to be mad about it. You know? And I think that's where sometimes we get so passionate that we - you know, it turns into anger. "
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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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" Faith is about trusting God when you have unanswered questions. "
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" It's God's will for you to live in prosperity instead of poverty. It's God's will for you to pay your bills and not be in debt. "
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" I deal with more practical issues of the Bible. "
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" I've always been - you know, my personality is motivating and encouraging. And so I'm just being who God made me to be. "
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" 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. "
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" 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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" 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. "
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" God always wants us to be growing. "
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" When you focus on being a blessing, God makes sure that you are always blessed in abundance. "
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" I always want to listen to people and receive good criticism, but I just don't have to answer to them; I have to answer to God. "
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" A lot of preachers' kids are some of the most rebellious kids in the world. I never was like that. "
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" 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. "
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" I want get across to not just the church world. I want to get outside those walls to everyday people. "
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" There's pros and cons of a big church. Cons is I don't get to know everybody, I don't get to go to their ballgame, I don't get to marry everybody, but the pros are you get all this community, 800 ushers come in to serve, getting there at 7 in the morning on their day off and coming in on Saturday to make all those wafers. "
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" 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. "
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" 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 think God gives every one of us our own will, and unfortunately, some people choose to do evil things with it. "
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" A disagreement or incident involving someone who's not that important to you, like a guy who cut you off in traffic or a rude cashier, is something that should roll off your shoulders. Save the effort for resolving conflicts with the people you cherish. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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