“As long as you’re living in regret, focused on the negative things of the past, you won’t move ahead to the bright future God has in store. You need to let go of what didn’t work out. Let go of your hurts and pains. Let go of your mistakes and failures. You can’t do anything about the past, but you can do something about right now.”
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Joel Osteen
“If you will lie about the little things, before long you’ll lie about bigger things.”
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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
“Develop the habit of getting daily direction from God...When you do, He will lead you down the best path for your life.”
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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 hold on to what you want so tightly, it almost becomes an idol.”
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Joel Osteen
“No, I’m not settling here. I’m going to keep pressing forward.”
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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
“One touch of His (God’s) favor can put you fifty years ahead of where you thought you’d be.”
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Joel Osteen
“One of the main reasons that we lose our enthusiasm in life is because we become ungrateful..we let what was once a miracle become common to us. We get so accustomed to his goodness it becomes a routine..”
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Joel Osteen
“Your best days are not behind you. They’re in front of you.”
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Joel Osteen
“If you know you have to wait anyway, why not make a decision to enjoy your life while you’re waiting? Why not be happy while God is in the process of changing things? After all, there’s nothing we can really do to make it happen any faster. We might as well relax and enjoy our lives, knowing that at the appointed time God is going to bring his plan to pass.”
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Joel Osteen
“If it’s not meeting a need, turn it into a seed. Remember, we will reap what we sow. When you do good for other people, that’s when God is going to make sure that His abundant blessings overtake you.”
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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
“Every twenty-four hours God has a fresh new supply of grace, of favor, of wisdom, of forgiveness.”
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Joel Osteen
