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" Salvation and Christ's love is a gift. You don't earn it. You've got to receive that gift. "
Joel Osteen
You
Love Is
Love
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" It's easy to get negative because you get beat down. You go through a few disappointments and it's easy to stay in that negative frame of mind. Choosing to be positive and having a grateful attitude is a whole cliche, but your attitude is going to determine how you're going to live your life. "
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" Many times, we miss out on God's best because we give up too soon. We don't realize how close we are to victory. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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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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" People in tough times - it doesn't mean they don't have a great attitude. "
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" The ultimate connection is when you are connected to the creator of the universe. "
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Connected
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" 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. "
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God
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" My belief as a Christian is when we receive Christ as salvation, that that gives us a guarantee for Heaven. "
Joel Osteen
Belief
Us
Christian
" 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
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" A lot of preachers' kids are some of the most rebellious kids in the world. I never was like that. "
Joel Osteen
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Never
World
" The death of my father is probably the biggest thing that I ever faced. Daddy and I were best friends. "
Joel Osteen
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Father
Friends
" Do all you can to make your dreams come true. "
Joel Osteen
Your
Your Dreams
True
" The greatest difficulty always comes right before the birth of a dream. "
Joel Osteen
Always
Right
Dream
" 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. "
Joel Osteen
Will
God
Live
" 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 say, don't try to fight your own battles because God will do it. "
Joel Osteen
Own
Say
Battles
" If we're going to bring out the best in people, we, too, need to sow seeds of encouragement. "
Joel Osteen
People
Seeds
Need
" I'm not looking to exclude people, I'm looking to include them. "
Joel Osteen
Looking
Them
People
" I'm honest enough to say I don't know everything. You know, I don't. I don't understand all of God. I don't understand, you know, some kind of why bad things happen. "
Joel Osteen
God
You
Things Happen
" We need to show mercy. I mean, because as much mercy as you show people, that's the mercy you're going to be receiving. "
Joel Osteen
Show
You
Mercy
" People respond when you tell them there is a great future in front of you, you can leave your past behind. "
Joel Osteen
Tell
Future
Great
" 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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Me
Day
" Some people keep God in a Sunday morning box and say, 'Hey, I did my religious duty.' That's fine, but the scripture says to pray without ceasing. And I think that means all through the day you're talking to God. Even if it's in your thoughts. "
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You
Thoughts
People
" Faith is about trusting God when you have unanswered questions. "
Joel Osteen
Questions
God
Faith
" 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. "
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Likes
Matter
Matters
" I'm going to let God be the judge of who goes to heaven and hell. "
Joel Osteen
Judge
Who
Going
" 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
" I deal with more practical issues of the Bible. "
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Issues
More
Practical
" I really believed that fear is contagious. "
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Contagious
Really
Believed