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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. "

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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. "

Joel Osteen

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Always

" You can change your world by changing your words... Remember, death and life are in the power of the tongue. "

" I just think that trusting God means we're going to have unanswered questions, and God is so much bigger than us, we're never going to understand them all. "

" You're not better than anybody else, but you're not less than anybody else. You're a child of the Most High God. "

" You can live your life angry, bitter, mad at somebody or even guilty, not letting go of your own mistakes, but you won't receive the good things God has in store. "

" I didn't try to copy my dad or fit into the pressure or the mold that everybody tried to make me fit into. "

" If we're going to bring out the best in people, we, too, need to sow seeds of encouragement. "

" 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. "

Joel Osteen

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Day

" Whether a person is straight or gay, Republican, Democrat, good person, not a good person, they're all welcome, because to me, church is a place you're supposed to get healed and whole and loved. "

Joel Osteen

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Loved

" I really believed that fear is contagious. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Bottom line: God will not allow any person to keep you from your destiny. They may be bigger, stronger, or more powerful, but God knows how to shift things around and get you to where you're supposed to be. "

" Faith is easy; I think people complicate it. "

" A lot of psychological principles and even medical principles, you see them coming around to what the Bible said hundreds of years ago: a merry heart is good like a medicine. "

" 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. "

" Sometimes when you take strong stands, if you're not called to do it, you're dividing the audience you're trying to reach. "

" Just because something didn't work out your way, or somebody disappointed you, that does not change who you are. "

" A lot of preachers' kids are some of the most rebellious kids in the world. I never was like that. "

" Gays are some of the nicest, kindest, most loving people in the world. "

" It is a hard thing to let go of mistakes we've made and sins. God wants us to do that because He knows the guilt and the condemnation will keep us from becoming who He has created us to be. "

Joel Osteen

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Will

" I think Bible principles are principles for life. "

" Sometimes you need faith and victory spoken over your life. Words have created power. When you receive them into your spirit, they can ignite seeds of increase on the inside. "

" 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. "

" I don't have all the answers. "

Joel Osteen

Answers

" The main rule to me is to honor God with your life. To life a life of integrity. Not be selfish. You know, help others. But that's really the essence of the Christian faith. "

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

" If you don't set the tone for the day, the devil will set it for you. "

" I don't think that a same-sex marriage is the way God intended it to be. "