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" You may never get to that perfect world that you're waiting for where everything's going to be perfect and you got that much money and your house paid off. "
Joel Osteen
Perfect
World
Got
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" It's amazing how people will give when you don't ask. Many of them send money because they believe in the message. "
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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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" The truth is, somebody is always talking about you, so you have to let it go... if it's not a part of your God-given destiny. "
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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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" The older I get, the better I understand that every day is a gift. "
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" You have to come to your closed doors before you get to your open doors... What if you knew you had to go through 32 closed doors before you got to your open door? Well, then you'd come to closed door number eight and you'd think, 'Great, I got another one out of the way'... Keep moving forward. "
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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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" I'm not trying to follow a set of rules and stuff. I'm just living my life. "
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" 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. "
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History
" 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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Money
" 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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Attitude
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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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Simple
Say
" I write all my sermons. "
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Write
Sermons
I Write
" I deal with more practical issues of the Bible. "
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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 have always believed in God. "
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Always
Believed
God
" Just because something didn't work out your way, or somebody disappointed you, that does not change who you are. "
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" I wouldn't ever say if you're having tough times then there must be something wrong with you or your attitude. Life's a fight. It's a good fight of faith. I encourage people to stay up, stay hopeful, stay faith-filled. "
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" I don't have all the answers. "
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" Encouragement to others is something everyone can give. Somebody needs what you have to give. It may not be your money; it may be your time. It may be your listening ear. It may be your arms to encourage. It may be your smile to uplift. Who knows? "
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" If we say it long enough eventually we're going to reap a harvest. We're going to get exactly what we're saying. "
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" 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. "
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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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