“It’s vital that you accept yourself and learn to be happy with who God made you to be. If you want to truly enjoy your life, you must be at peace with yourself.”
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Joel Osteen
“Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Do not let your heart be troubled, nor let it be fearful. JOHN 14:27 NASB”
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Joel Osteen
“You have to come to your closed doors before you’ll ever get to your open doors.”
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Joel Osteen
“Don’t be impatient. It’s not over until God says it’s over.”
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Joel Osteen
“How do you tap in to what God has already done? Very simple: just act like you’re blessed, talk like you’re blessed, walk like you’re blessed, think like you’re blessed, smile like you’re blessed, dress like you’re blessed. Put actions behind your faith, and one day you will see it become a reality.”
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Joel Osteen
“You weren’t created to simply exist, to endure, or to go through the motions; you were created to be really alive.”
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Joel Osteen
“The Scripture says that God wants to pour out “His far and beyond favor.”1 God wants this to be the best time of your life. But if you are going to receive this favor, you must enlarge your vision. You can’t go around thinking negative, defeated, limiting thoughts.”
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Joel Osteen
“I will not talk to God about how big my problems are. I will talk to my problems about how big my God is. This is my declaration.”
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Joel Osteen
“What you receive is directly connected to what you believe”
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Joel Osteen
“Often, out of our greatest rejection comes our greatest direction.”
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Joel Osteen
“You’re not being responsible with what God gave you if you’re hanging out with time wasters who have no goals and no dreams.”
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Joel Osteen
“Where is the love that will overlook a person's faults?”
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Joel Osteen
“It’s so important for you to get around people who will stir up those seeds of greatness. Don’t surround yourself with naysayers. Life is too short to hang around negative, critical, cynical, skeptical, judgmental, small-minded, jealous people. . . . Did I leave out anything?”
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Joel Osteen
“If you don't set the tone for the day, the devil will set it for you.”
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Joel Osteen
“If you will focus on meeting other people’s needs, God will always make sure your needs are supplied. God will take care of your problems for you.”
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Joel Osteen
