“Love overlooks a person’s faults. That’s not always easy, but love believes the best in every person. Anybody can return evil for evil, but God wants His people to help heal wounded hearts.”
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Joel Osteen
“Surely, we all can look back and see things in our lives that we wish we would have done differently. But the Bible says, “Make the most of each day.”4 Yesterday is gone; tomorrow may not come. You must live for today. Start right where you are. You can’t do anything about what’s gone, but you can do a great deal about what remains.”
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Joel Osteen
“The Seventh Year In Deuteronomy 15, there was a law God gave the people of Israel that said every seventh year they had to release any Hebrew slaves. If you were Hebrew and owed another person money that you couldn’t repay, they could take you in as a slave and make you work full-time until you paid them back. But every seventh year, if you were a part of God’s chosen people, you had a special advantage. You got released. No matter”
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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
“God can do in a split second what might otherwise take you many years.”
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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
“If you will get free from what everyone else thinks and start being who you were created to be, you will rise to a new level.”
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Joel Osteen
“Rewards await you if you stay steadfast in your faith.”
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Joel Osteen
“You will give birth to more in the future than you’ve lost in the past.”
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Joel Osteen
“You need to take pride in what God has given you.”
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Joel Osteen
“You may have made a lot of wrong choices, but you've also made a lot of choices that were right. Focus on your good qualities. Focus on your victories. Get off the treadmill of guilt.”
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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
