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" You may make some mistakes - but that doesn't make you a sinner. You've got the very nature of God on the inside of you. "
Joel Osteen
Inside
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Got
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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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" If you are against yourself, you will never reach your highest potential. And when you criticize yourself, you're criticizing God. "
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" 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. "
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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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" Every day we have plenty of opportunities to get angry, stressed or offended. But what you're doing when you indulge these negative emotions is giving something outside yourself power over your happiness. You can choose to not let little things upset you. "
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" 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. "
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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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" Friend, there's no greater investment in life than in being a people builder. Relationships are more important than our accomplishments. "
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" I don't argue when people say that my message is simple, but I believe Jesus' message was simple. "
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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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" 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. "
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" I believe that God has put gifts and talents and ability on the inside of every one of us. When you develop that and you believe in yourself and you believe that you're a person of influence and a person of purpose, I believe you can rise up out of any situation. "
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