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" We can be civil. We can still be friends, and be Democrats and Republicans, and have different views. "
Joel Osteen
Still
Different
Democrats
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" I think faith is incredibly important because you will become overwhelmed with what's happening and you will have waves of grief, but when you turn to your faith, I believe God will give you waves of grace to get through it. "
Joel Osteen
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You
" The question is not, 'Do you have a problem?' The question is, 'Does the problem have you?' "
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Does
Question
" People are skeptical of many televangelists, and I'm sensitive to that. "
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" Faith is easy; I think people complicate it. "
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" If we're going to bring out the best in people, we, too, need to sow seeds of encouragement. "
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Need
" 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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See
Home
Parents
" Christmas is the perfect time to celebrate the love of God and family and to create memories that will last forever. Jesus is God's perfect, indescribable gift. The amazing thing is that not only are we able to receive this gift, but we are able to share it with others on Christmas and every other day of the year. "
Joel Osteen
Love
Day
Family
" I try to speak in everyday language. I feel like God has gifted me to take Bible principles and make them practical. "
Joel Osteen
Me
God
Speak
" I believe God, Jesus, died that we not just go to Heaven but that we excel in this life. I never think you make money your goal... God wants you to excel. Just keep Him in first place, and God will open up doors you never dreamed of. "
Joel Osteen
God
Believe
Money
" You're going to go through tough times - that's life. But I say, 'Nothing happens to you, it happens for you.' See the positive in negative events. "
Joel Osteen
You
Life
Positive
" We need to, you know, restore people. 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
Mercy
Mean
You
" God's desire is that we excel. "
Joel Osteen
Excel
God
Desire
" To me, it's OK to have differences. But we don't have to be mad about it. You know? And I think that's where sometimes we get so passionate that we - you know, it turns into anger. "
Joel Osteen
Anger
Think
You
" God can cause opportunity to find you. He has unexpected blessings where you suddenly meet the right person, or suddenly your health improves, or suddenly you're able to pay off your house. That's God shifting things in your favor. "
Joel Osteen
Blessings
Health
Opportunity
" I'm a reverend and a pastor. A pastor of the church. I go by usually pastor. "
Joel Osteen
Go
Church
Pastor
" 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. "
Joel Osteen
Father
Decision
Try
" 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. "
Joel Osteen
You
Thoughts
People
" 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. "
Joel Osteen
Want
Class
God
" You'll never rise any higher than the way you see yourself. "
Joel Osteen
Yourself
Rise
See
" 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. "
Joel Osteen
Mistakes
Live
Life
" I believe God wants you to have money to pay your bills, send your kids to college and do charity work and build orphanages. There's the teaching that we're supposed to be poor to show that we're humble. I don't buy that. I think we're supposed to be leaders. We're supposed to excel. "
Joel Osteen
God
College
Work
" 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
Know
Me
Always
" 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. "
Joel Osteen
Church
God
Good
" Don't ever criticize yourself. Don't go around all day long thinking, 'I'm unattractive, I'm slow, I'm not as smart as my brother.' God wasn't having a bad day when he made you... If you don't love yourself in the right way, you can't love your neighbour. You can't be as good as you are supposed to be. "
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Yourself
Brother
Day
" I don't mind saying, you know, that I don't take a salary from the church, and God has blessed me with more money than I could imagine from my books. It's been printed all over, so I don't feel like I am hiding anything. "
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Blessed
Money
Saying
" 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. "
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Perfect
World
Got
" 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. "
Joel Osteen
Heart
Medicine
Bible
" Keep a good attitude and do the right thing even when it's hard. When you do that you are passing the test. And God promises you your marked moments are on their way. "
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Good
Attitude
God
" I like sports, and I enjoy playing basketball and lifting weights. "
Joel Osteen
Basketball
Like
Enjoy
" God puts people in our lives on purpose so we can help them succeed and help them become all He created them to be. Most people will not reach their full potential without somebody else believing in them. "
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God
Succeed
Purpose