Joel Osteen quotes

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You must make a decision that you are going to move on. It wont happen automatically. You will have to rise up and say, I dont care how hard this is, I dont care how disappointed I am, Im not going to let this get the best of me. Im moving on with my life.

2. God knows your value; He sees your potential. You may not understand everything you are going through right now. But hold your head up high, knowing that God is in control and he has a great plan and purpose for your life. Your dreams may not have turned out exactly as youd hoped, but the bible says that Gods ways are better and higher than our ways, even when everybody else rejects you, remember, God stands before you with His arms open wide. He always accepts you. He always confirms your value. God sees your two good moves! You are His prized possession. No matter what you go through in life, no matter how many disappointments you suffer, your value in Gods eyes always remains the same. You will always be the apple of His eye. He will never give up on you, so dont give up on yourself. 3. No matter how many times you get knocked down, keep getting back up. God sees your resolve. He sees your determination. And when you do everything you can do, thats when God will step in and do what you cant do. 4. Keep in mind, hurting people often hurt other people as a result of their own pain. If somebody is rude and

inconsiderate, you can almost be certain that they have some unresolved issues inside. They have some major problems, anger, resentment, or some heartache they are trying to cope with or overcome. The last thing they need is for you to make matters worse by responding angrily. 5. Quit questioning God and start trusting Him! 6. Keep doing the right. God is building character in you, and you are passing that test. Remember, the greater the struggle, the greater the reward.
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When you are tempted to get discouraged, remind yourself that according to Gods word, your future is getting brighter; you are on your way to a new level of glory. You may think youve got a long way to go, but you need to look back at how far youve already come. You may not be everything you want to be but at least you can thank God that youre not what you used to be.

8. When God puts love and compassion in your heart toward someone, Hes offering you an opportunity to make a difference in that persons life. You must learn to follow that love. Dont ignore it. Act on it. Somebody needs what you have. 9. You will never change what you tolerate. 10. Quit worrying about how everything is going to turn out. Live one day at a time; better yet, make the most of this moment. Its good to have a big picture

outlook, to set goals, to establish budgets and make plans, but if youre always living in the future, youre never really enjoying the present in the way God wants you to. 11. Start calling yourself healed, happy, whole, blessed, and prosperous. Stop talking to God about how big your mountains are, and start talking to your mountains about how big your God is! 12. You have to learn to follow your heart. You cant let other people pressure you into being something that youre not. If you want Gods favor in your life, you must be the person He made you to be, not the person your boss wants you to be, not even the person your parents or your husband wants you to be. You cant let outside expectations keep you from following your own heart.
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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.

14. You may think there is a lot wrong with you, but there is also a lot right with you. 15. God wants you to have a good life, a life filled with love, joy, peace, and fulfillment. That doesnt mean it will always be easy, but it does mean that it will always be good.

16. It is important for a husband to understand that his words have tremendous power in his wifes life. He needs to bless her with words. Shes given her life to love and care for him, to partner with him, to create a family together, to nurture his children. If he is always finding fault in something shes doing, always putting her down, he will reap horrendous problems in his marriage and in his life. Moreover, many women today are depressed and feel emotionally abused because their husbands do not bless them with their words. One of the leading causes of emotional breakdowns among married women is the fact that women do not feel valued. One of the main reasons for that deficiency is because husbands are willfully or unwittingly withholding the words of approval women so desperately desire. If you want to see God do wonders in your marriage, start praising your spouse. Start appreciating and encouraging her. Every single day, a husband should tell his wife, I love you. I appreciate you. Youre the best thing that ever happened to me. A wife should do the same for her husband. Your relationship would improve immensely if youd simply start speaking kind, positive words, blessing your spouse instead of cursing him or her. 17. Its vital that you accept yourself and learn to be happy with who God made you to be. If you want to truly enjoy your life, you must be at peace with yourself. 18. (after listening to people gripe and complain just smile and remember)

Crows cant hang with eagles. 19. If youll dare to take your mind off your troubles, get your mind off your own needs and, instead, seek to be a blessing to other people, God will do more for you than you could even ask or think. 20. Maybe youve invested a lot of time, effort, money, emotion, and energy in a relationship; you did your best to make it work out. But for some reason, things got off course. And now you feel as though you have been robbed. When we focus on or disappointments, we stop God from ringing fresh new blessing into our lives. 21. Somebody needs what you have to give. It may not be your money; it may be your time. It may be your listening ear. It may be your arms to encourage. It may be your smile to uplift. Who knows? Maybe just like that little baby, putting your arm around somebody and letting him or her know that you care can help begin to heal that persons heart. Maybe you can give a rescuing hug. 22. Its not always easy to get over some of those bumps in the road, those disillusionments and disappointments. Its going to take a strong will. Sometimes, it may take courage. Sometimes nothing but faith in God and say, I refuse to be trapped in the past. Im not going to let the past destroy my future. Im pressing on. Im straining forward, knowing that

God has great things in store for me. 23. Certainly, other people can pray for you, they can believe for you, they can quote the scripture to you, but you must exercise faith for yourself. If you are always depending on somebody else to keep you happy, somebody else to encourage you or to get you out of trouble, you will live in perpetual weakness and disappointment. You must make a decision that you are going to be a believer. Take charge of your life and decide, No matter what comes against me, I believe in God. Im going to have a positive outlook for my life! Other peoples faith can indeed bolster yours. But your own faith will bring you a miracle much faster than anybody elses. What you believe has a much greater impact on your life than what anybody else believes. 24. Keep in mind, just because you dont know the answer doesnt mean that one does not exist. You simply havent discovered it yet. 25. To live your best life now, you must learn to trust Gods timing, you may not think Hes working, but you can be sure that right now, behind the scenes, God is arranging all the pieces to come together to work out His plan for your life. 26. The bible says no man can take your joy. That means no person can make you live with a negative attitude. No circumstance, no adversity can force you to live in despair. As Eleanor Roosevelt, wife of

wheelchair-bound President Franklin D. Roosevelt, often said, No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. 27. We may get knocked down on the outside, but the key to living in victory is to learn how to get up on the inside. 28. Dont just accept whatever comes your way in life. You were born to win; you were born for greatness; you were created to be a champion in life. 29. Your thoughts about your circumstances have you down. On the other hand, you can be in one of the biggest battles of your life, and still be filled with joy and peace and victory - if you simply learn how to choose the right thought. Its time to think about what youre thinking about. 30. If you know you have to wait anyway, why not make a decision to enjoy your life while youre waiting? Why not be happy while God is in the process of changing things? After all, theres 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. 31. Love overlooks a persons faults. Thats 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. 32. When you reach out to hurting people, thats when God is going to make sure your needs are supplied. When you focus on being a blessing, God makes sure that you are always blessed in abundance. 33. Certainly, none of us enjoy going through struggles, but you have to understand that your struggle may be an opportunity for advancement and promotion. The very thing you are fighting against so tenaciously may be the springboard that catapults you to a new level of excellence. Your challenges may become your greatest assets. 34. You can take pride in yourself without comparing yourself to anybody else. If you run your race and be the best that you can be, then you can feel good about yourself. 35. When we dont forgive, were not hurting the other person. Were not hurting the company that did us wrong. Were not hurting God. Were only hurting ourselves. 36. When you go through difficult times, make sure you pass the test. Dont be stubborn and hardheaded. Recognize that God is refining you, knocking off some of your rough edges. Stand strong and fight the good fight of faith. God has called each of us to be champions; you are destined to win. If you will work

with God and keep a good attitude, then no matter what comes against you, the bible says that all things not just the good things in life, but all things work together for your good. 37. It's our faith that activates the power of God.

38. You may live or work around a bunch of weeds, but dont let that stop you from blooming. Realize that your environment does not prevent you from being happy. Some people spend all their time trying to pull up all the weeds. Meanwhile, they miss much of their lives. Dont worry about things you cant change. You cant change the traffic in the morning. You cant fix everybody at work. You cant make all your family members serve God. But you shouldnt let that keep you from being happy. Bloom anyway and focus on the things that you can change. You can change your own attitude. You can choose to be happy right where you are. 39. You cannot expect victory and plan for defeat.

40. You may be at a crossroads in your life. You may have issues to deal with; people you need to forgive. You can go one of the two ways. You can ignore what you now know to be true and keep burying that bitterness in your life, pushing it deeper and allowing it to poison and contaminate you and those around you. Or you can make a much better choice by getting it out in the open and asking God to help you to totally

forgive and let it all go. 41. Many people are unhappy and are not experiencing life to its fullest because theyve closed their hearts to compassion, they are motivated by only what they want and what they think they need. They rarely do anything for anybody else unless they have an ulterior goal in mind. They are self-involved and self-centered.
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there are times in all of our lives when bad things happen, or things dont turn out as we had hoped. But thats when we must make a decision that were going to be happy in spite of our circumstances.

43. God will not pour fresh, creative ideas and blessing into old attitudes.
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may be sitting around waiting for God to change your circumstances. Then youre going to be happy, then youre going to have a good attitude, then youre going to give God praise. But God is waiting on you to get up on the inside. When you do your part, Hell begin to change things and work supernaturally in your life.

45. Thats why it is important to enjoy the journey not just the destination. In this world, we will never arrive at a place where everything is perfect and we have no more challenges. As admirable as setting goals and reaching them maybe, you cant get so focused on accomplishing your goals that you make

the mistake of not enjoying where you are right now. 46. The great news is that God knows everything about you, both good and bad, and He still loves you and values you unconditionally. God does not always approve of our behavior. He is not pleased when we go against his will, and when we do, we always suffer the consequences and have to work with Him to correct our thoughts, words, actions, or attitudes. And while you should work to improve in the areas where you fall short, nothing you do will ever cause God to love you lessor more. His love is a constant you can depend on. 47. Weve got to give people room to have a bad day. 48. People of excellence go the extra mile to do what's right. 49. One of the main reasons that we lose our enthusiasm in life is because we become ungrateful; we take for granted what God has done for us. We let what once was a miracle become common to us. We get so accustomed to goodness, it becomes routine; it doesnt really excite us anymore.

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we can not prepare for defeat and expect to live a life in Victory.

51. If you can see the invisible, God will do the impossible. 52. The sad truth is, if you push hard enough, and if youre so stubborn that you must have things your way, God will sometimes allow you to undertake a project without His blessing or at the wrong time. The problem with that, of course, is when you start something in your own strength and in your own timing, youre going to have to finish it and maintain it in your own strength. 53. God never promised that we wouldnt have challenges. In fact, He said just the opposite. His word says, Be truly glad!...these trials are only to test your faith, to see whether or not it is strong and pure so if your faith remains strong after being tried in the test tube of fiery trials, it will bring you much praise and glory and honor on the day of His return. 54. You may think youve got a long way to go, but you need to look back at how far youve already come. You may not be everything you want to be but atleast you can thank God that youre not what you used to be.

55. Dont simply settle for what your parents had. You can go further than that. You can do more, have more, be more. 56. You may think youre getting the short end of the stick, but when its all said and done, God will make sure that you dont lose anything truly valuable. Moreover, Hell make sure you get your just reward. Your responsibility is to remain calm and peaceable even when those around you are not. 57. You need to follow your own heart in light of Gods word and do what you feel is right and good for you. 58. God is a good God, and He gives good things to his children. No matter who has denigrated you or how much pain youve experienced in life, no matter how many setbacks you have suffered, you cannot allow yourself to accept that as the way life is supposed to be. No, God has better things in store for you. You must reprogram your mind with Gods word; change that negative, defeated self-image, and start seeing yourself as winning, coming out on top. Start seeing that marriage as restored. See your business as flourishing. See your children as enjoying the good things of God. You must see it through your eyes of faith, and then it will begin to happen. 59. If youre not seeing God move in your life right now, one of two possibilities must be considered. Either your requests are not Gods best and will

probably not be answered the way youd like or it must not be the right time. If God were to answer that prayer the way you are hoping, it could interfere with his ideal plan for you. 60. 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. 61. 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.. 62. If its not meeting a need, turn it into a seed. Remember, we will reap what we sow. When you do good for other people, thats when God is going to make sure that His abundant blessings overtake you. 63. We are set in our ways, bound by our perspectives and stuck in our thinking. 64. Be the one to stand out in the crowd.

65. Don't do anything that you wouldn't feel comfortable reading about in the newspaper the next day. 66. If you will focus on meeting other peoples needs, God will always make sure your needs are

supplied. God will take care of your problems for you. 67. You need to take pride in what God has given you. 68. Faith activates God - Fear activates the Enemy.

69. Sustaining faith is what sets you through those dark nights of the soul when you dont know where to go or what to do, and it seems that you cant last another daybut because of your faith in God, you do. 70. Maybe you once were excited about that person God supernaturally brought into your life as a marriage partner, but now all the excitement has worn off. Dont allow that sense of a miracle to slip away. Dont get so familiar with each other that you take one another for granted. 71. John Bunyan, author of the classic book the Pilgrims Progress, said You have not lived today until you have done something for someone who cannot pay you back. Make a decision that you will live to give. Be on the lookout each day for somebody you can bless. Dont live for yourself; learn to give yourself away, and your life will make a difference.

72. When you are committed to doing whats right, you are sowing seeds for Gods blessings. You will never go wrong by taking the high road and doing more that is required. 73. If you will lie about the little things, before long youll lie about bigger things. 74. Jesus was saying that you can't have a larger life with restricted attitudes. 75. Hold on to that new, enlarge vision of victory that God has given you. Start expecting things to change in your favor. Dare to boldly declare that you are standing strong against the forces of darkness. 76. What you keep before your eyes will affect you.

77. God wants us to live consistently, He wants us to enjoy every single day of our lives. 78. Your best days are still out in front of you

79. What you receive is directly connected to what you believe 80. Be a victor , not a victim.

81. Don't think small when you pray. God has a way to bring your dreams to pass if you'll dare to be bold

enough to ask. 82. What you tolerate you can not change

Here are some great Joel Osteen Quotes that I find helpful when I am consumed with negativity. Our words set the direction for our lives.~Joel Osteen Quotes Change the way you speak about yourself and you can change your life.~Joel Osteen Quotes You have to change on the inside before change will happen on the outside.~Joel Osteen Quotes You cannot mentally brand everything negative and expect to live a positive, happy life.~Joel Osteen Quotes The next time you start thinking I cant... or I dont have what it takes..., attack those negative thoughts with the truth by declaring, I have what it takes; I am well able; and I am equipped by His divine power at work in me! Joel Osteen Quotes