“When our daughter, Alexandra, was about three years old, she used to wake up at night and come down the stairs into our room. Of course, we would have to take her back to bed. For a few months she was waking up two or three times a night and coming down. This was not long after I took over for my father and started pastoring. I was learning to minister, and there was a lot of stress and change just with that, so I wasn’t sleeping much. One time I was telling Victoria, “We’ve just got to do something about Alexandra. She’s coming down so much. You know, I’m just so tired. I’m not getting enough sleep.” On and on. Victoria said something I’ll never forget. She said, “Joel, just remember, twenty years from now, you’ll give anything to hear those little footsteps coming down the stairs. You’ll give anything to have her wanting to come into your room.” That changed my whole perspective. I began looking forward”
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Joel Osteen
“All the believers were together and had everything in common. Selling their possessions and goods, they gave to anyone as he had need. ACTS 2:44–45”
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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
“Do all you can to make your dreams come true.”
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Joel Osteen
“Es hora de dejar de lado esa mentalidad negativa e ir más arriba.”
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Joel Osteen
“Don’t simply settle for what your parents had. You can go further than that. You can do more, have more, be more.”
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Joel Osteen
“DAY FOURTEEN I DECLARE that I will use my words to bless people. I will speak favor and victory over my family, friends, and loved ones. I will help call out their seeds of greatness by telling them “I’m proud of you, I love you, you are amazing, you are talented, you are beautiful, you will do great things in life.” This is my declaration.”
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Joel Osteen
“I'm blessed to be a blessing to someone else.”
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Joel Osteen
“am prosperous. I am coming into overflow.”
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Joel Osteen
“What you keep before your eyes will affect you.”
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Joel Osteen
“The marriage partner is not really the problem. No other person can ultimately make you happy. You must learn how to be happy within yourself.”
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Joel Osteen
“You cannot hang out with negative people and expect to live a positive life.”
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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
“We are set in our ways, bound by our perspectives and stuck in our thinking.”
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Joel Osteen
“Faith activates God - Fear activates the Enemy.”
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Joel Osteen
