“If you see the obstacle as being too big, it will keep you defeated.
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Joel Osteen
“Too often we judge people based on our own backgrounds and experiences, but when you understand people's stories, it's easier to understand their demeanor.”
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Joel Osteen
“The joy of the Lord is your strength.” Joy is an emotion, and yet it creates something physical. It creates strength.”
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Joel Osteen
“He wants to do something amazing in your life. Get in agreement and say, “God, this is for me today. I’m raising my expectations. I’m shaking off doubt, negativity, disappointments, self-pity, little dreams, and little goals, and God, I will make room for a flood of Your goodness.”
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Joel Osteen
“You may be sitting around waiting for God to change your circumstances. Then you’re going to be happy, then your’re going to have a good attitude, then you’re going to give God praise. But God is waiting on you to get up on the inside. When you do your part, He’ll begin to change things and work supernaturally in your life.”
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Joel Osteen
“My encouragement is: Don’t settle where you are. You have seeds of greatness on the inside. Put these principles into action each day. Get up in the morning expecting good things, go through the day positive, focused on your vision, running your race, knowing that you are well able. Winning is in your DNA. The most high God breathed His life into you. You’ve got what it takes. This is your time. This is your moment. Shake off doubts, shake off fear and insecurity, and get ready for favor, get ready for increase, get ready for the fullness of your destiny. You can, you will!”
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Joel Osteen
“Strive to make every person feel special. After all, every person you meet is made in the image of God.”
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Joel Osteen
“You don’t have to be bound by the barriers of the past. God wants you to go further than your parents. I’m sure your parents were fine, hardworking people, but don’t fall into that trap of just sitting back and accepting the status”
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Joel Osteen
“The dream in your heart may be bigger than the environment in which you find yourself.”
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Joel Osteen
“Every twenty-four hours God has a fresh new supply of grace, of favor, of wisdom, of forgiveness.”
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Joel Osteen
“Do you have eyes but fail to see, and ears but fail to hear? And don’t you remember? MARK 8:18 HOW’S YOUR SPIRITUAL VISION this morning? Are you focusing on your problems, on what you can’t do, on what you can’t have? The barrier is in your mind. It’s not God’s lack of resources or your lack of talent that holds you back. It’s simply because you are focused on the wrong things.”
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Joel Osteen
“Seeds of discouragement cannot take root in a grateful heart.”
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Joel Osteen
“If you complain you will remain, if you praise you will be raised.”
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Joel Osteen
“If you can see the invisible, God will do the impossible.”
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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
