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" People are skeptical of many televangelists, and I'm sensitive to that. "

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" I want to challenge you today to get out of your comfort zone. You have so much incredible potential on the inside. God has put gifts and talents in you that you probably don't know anything about. "

" I think God gives every one of us our own will, and unfortunately, some people choose to do evil things with it. "

" God wants you to be a winner, not a whiner. "

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" Faith activates God - Fear activates the Enemy. "

" 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. "

" I'm healthy as can be - not an ache or a pain. A lot of my prayer is thanking the Lord that I am healthy. I pray for long life and good health. "

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" When the negative thoughts come - and they will; they come to all of us - it's not enough to just not dwell on it... You've got to replace it with a positive thought. "

" Sometimes we look back and 10 years from now we think, 'Boy, those were great old days.' Well, you know, we're living in the good old days. "

" I try to live what I teach. A lot of things come against us in life, but we should try to find something to be grateful for, and see each day as a gift. "

" I try to look on all the great things God's done, and not focus on the negative. It's a perspective. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" It seems like when I was growing up there was more compromise, wanting to work with each other, and I think all of them - all of the lawmakers - have hearts to do what's right, and they all are passionate about it. "

" 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. "

" The greatest difficulty always comes right before the birth of a dream. "

" I made a decision when my father passed away that I was going to be who God made me to be and not try to preach like my father. "

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" God always wants us to be growing. "

" A lot of churches have not moved with the times. "

" 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. "

" I'm not a big believer in trying to jam stuff down somebody's throat: 'You're going to do it my way.' I'd rather show by example and live my life and have people say, 'You know what, I want to live like Joel has. He's got peace and joy, and he seems content.' "

" People in tough times - it doesn't mean they don't have a great attitude. "

" We live in a day that nobody's lived in before: where you can touch more people. The message I'll speak tonight and the message that I speak at home, people in India will hear. It's just an amazing day. "

" Sometimes what works 40 years ago doesn't work today. "