“JANUARY 16 Reach Out by Faith For she said to herself, “If only I may touch His garment, I shall be made well.” But Jesus turned around, and when He saw her He said, “Be of good cheer, daughter; your faith has made you well.” MATTHEW 9:21–22 NKJV ONE FELLOW WHOSE MARRIAGE was on the verge of dissolution told me, “Joel, I’ve been this way for a long time. Nothing good ever happens to me. I don’t see how my marriage can be restored. We’ve always had these problems.” “Those wrong attitudes will keep you from receiving the good things God wants to pour out in your life,” I told him. “Stop dwelling on negative, destructive thoughts that keep you in a rut. Your life will change when you change your thinking.” God has so much more in store for him, and for you as well. If you want to see God’s far and beyond favor, you have to start believing it, seeing it, and speaking it.”
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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 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
“En nuestro interior escuchamos una voz que dice:”
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Joel Osteen
“When negative thoughts come, the key is to never verbalize them.”
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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 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
“When you acknowledge God, He will go before you and make the crooked places straight.”
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Joel Osteen
“God is fighting your battles. When you’re at rest, God will make your enemies your footstool.”
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Joel Osteen
“If you can see the invisible, God will do the impossible.”
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Joel Osteen
“Don’t let negative pictures play on the movie screen of your mind. You are the director and the audience. You are in charge. Take the remote control. Change the channel. If you let your imagination run wild, let it run wild in a positive direction.”
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Joel Osteen
“Your faith will help you overcome your obstacles.”
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Joel Osteen
“Jesus was saying that you can't have a larger life with restricted attitudes.”
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Joel Osteen
“You need to take pride in what God has given you.”
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Joel Osteen