“we can not prepare for defeat and expect to live a life in Victory.”
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Joel Osteen
“Be happy with who God made you to be, and quit wishing you were something different.”
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Joel Osteen
“Don't use your words to
describe the situation. Use your words to change the situation.”
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Joel Osteen
“Faith activates God - Fear activates the Enemy.”
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Joel Osteen
“Our expectations set the limits for our lives. If you expect little, you’re going to receive little. If you don’t anticipate things to get better, then they won’t. But if you expect more favor, more good breaks, a promotion, and an increase, then you will see new levels of favor and success.”
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Joel Osteen
“It’s not always easy to get over some of those bumps in the road, those disillusionments and disappointments. It’s going to take a strong will. Sometimes, it may take courage. Sometimes nothing but faith in God and say, I refuse to be trapped in the past. I’m not going to let the past destroy my future. I’m pressing on. I’m straining forward, knowing that God has great things in store for me.”
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Joel Osteen
“If you don’t cut off negative information it will depress you. Step out of the natural and say, “This may be impossible with men, but I know with God all things are possible.”
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Joel Osteen
“If you cannot be positive, then at least be quiet.”
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Joel Osteen
“When you face adversity, you need to remind yourself that whatever is trying to defeat you could very well be what God will use to promote you.”
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Joel Osteen
“It doesn’t matter what it looks like in the natural; God is a supernatural God. He’s not limited by your resources, by your environment, by your education, by your nationality. If you’ll have a big vision, God will not only do what you’re dreaming about, He will do more than you can ask or think.”
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Joel Osteen
“Some things you can only learn in the struggle. When it's easy, when everything is going your way, that doesn't take any faith.”
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Joel Osteen
“Be careful with whom you associate, especially when you feel emotionally vulnerable, because negative people can steal the dream right out of your heart.”
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Joel Osteen
“The sad truth is, if you push hard enough, and if you’re so stubborn that you must have things your way, God will sometimes allow you to undertake a project without His blessing or at the wrong time. The problem with that, of course, is when you start something in your own strength and in your own timing, you’re going to have to finish it and maintain it in your own strength.”
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Joel Osteen
