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145 Loving Joel Osteen Quotes on Hope, Strength and Faith
He’s inspired millions across the world through live, televised and online church services. As one of the most watched figures in America, Joel Osteen has empowered many with hope, strength and faith at times it is needed most and will not stop as his life-changing words continues to reach others.
Joel Scott Osteen was born in 1963 in Texas and is an American multimillionaire pastor, televangelist, businessman and author. His televised sermons have received over 10 million viewers in the US, with another several million in over 100 countries each week.
The aspiring television producer was encouraged by his father John Osteen to enter his own field of ministry. When he finally agreed and preached his first sermon in 1999, John died six days later which inspired Joel to remain in his father’s footsteps. He became the new senior pastor of Lakewood Church which has expanded in attendance from 5000 a week in 2014 to 52,000 a week today, one of the largest in the United States.
Reaching millions each week, Joel’s sermons are broadcast by television and streamed live on the internet. He has also written several #1 New York Times best-selling books including Become a Better You, Live Your Best Life Now, Empty Out the Negative: Make Room for More Joy, Greater Confidence, and New Levels of Influence and Peaceful on Purpose: The Power to Remain Calm, Strong, and Confident in Every Season.
Named by numerous publications as one of the most influential Christian leaders in the world, it’s no surprise he packs out a venue each week to share God’s word and his own words, of hope, strength and faith. Joel Osteen will forever remain an inspirational figure as his life’s purpose become clear through dedication towards his ministry and all his followers.
1. You cannot soar with the eagles as long as you hang out with the turkeys.
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2. You’re not really free until you’re free from trying to please everybody.
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3. The older I get, the better I understand that every day is a gift.
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4. A good thing to remember is somebody’s got it a lot worse than we do.
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5. You are strong, blessed, healthy, redeemed. You are God’s masterpiece.
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6. Choosing to be positive and having a grateful attitude is going to determine how you’re going to live your life.
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7. We will never be able to recognize opportunities if we first don’t recognize all that we have and all that we’ve been given.
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8. Every day we have plenty of opportunities to get angry, stressed or offended. But what you’re doing when you indulge these negative emotions is giving something outside yourself power over your happiness. You can choose to not let little things upset you.
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9. But God didn’t create you to be average. He created you to stand out, to go beyond the norm, to leave your mark on this generation.
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10. Hard times may have held you down, but they will not last forever. When all is said and done, you will be better off than before.
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11. Be a people builder. Look for opportunities to encourage others to bring out the best in them.
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12. God would not have put a dream in your heart if He had not already given you everything you need to fulfill it.
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13. Don’t live worried, frustrated or upset because of what somebody did or what didn’t work out. Come back to a place of peace. It’s not going to work against you; it’s going to work for you.
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14. You cannot hang out with negative people and expect to live a positive life.
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15. But I’ve learned that God’s ways are better than our ways.
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16. When you go through enough dark places, you don’t complain about little things. You don’t lose your joy because you got stuck in traffic; you don’t get offended because a coworker was rude to you. You’ve been through too much to let that sour you.
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17. In difficult times, we’re not supposed to quit believing; we’re not supposed to quit growing.
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18. That setback may have been meant to stop you, but if you’ll stay in faith, God’s going to use it to increase you.
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19. Our mind is like a computer. How we program it is the way it’s going to function.
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20. 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, that’s when God will step in and do what you can’t do.
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21. Pass the test of being grateful for the small things and big things will be released in your life.
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22. If you want success, if you want wisdom, if you want to be prosperous and healthy, you’re going to have to do more than meditate and believe; you must boldly declare words of faith and victory over yourself and your family.
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23. Don’t 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.
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24. Too often we get frustrated by difficulties. But you have to realize, you can’t have a harvest without a few weeds.
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25. Friend, there’s no greater investment in life than in being a people builder. Relationships are more important than our accomplishments.
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26. You control the doorway to what you allow in. You can dwell on every negative thought and every derogatory comment, or you can choose to delete it and dwell on what God says about you.
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27. God is called the author and finisher of our faith. He’s not only given you grace to start, He’s given you grace to finish.
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28. God wants to bless you in such a way that people notice. He wants to show out in your life.
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29. There is a winner in you. You were created to be successful, to accomplish your goals, to leave your mark on this generation. You have greatness in you. The key is to get it out.
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30. 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 don’t care how hard this is, I don’t care how disappointed I am, I’m not going to let this get the best of me. I’m moving on with my life.
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31. No one can offend you without your permission. They can say whatever they want, but you have the right to ignore it.
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32. Keep in mind, just because you don’t know the answer doesn’t mean that one does not exist. You simply haven’t discovered it yet.
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33. No matter what’s happening, choose to be happy.
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34. Keep a good attitude and do the right thing even when it’s hard. When you do that you are passing the test. And God promises you your marked moments are on their way.
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35. You have to come to your closed doors before you get to your open doors… What if you knew you had to go through 32 closed doors before you got to your open door? Well, then you’d come to closed door number eight and you’d think, ‘Great, I got another one out of the way’… Keep moving forward.
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36. I wouldn’t ever say if you’re having tough times then there must be something wrong with you or your attitude. Life’s a fight. It’s a good fight of faith. I encourage people to stay up, stay hopeful, stay faith-filled.
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37. The best decision of your life was to live your life with God at the center. That was the essential first step to living at your full potential.
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38. 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.
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39. Sometimes we look back and 10 years from now we think, ‘Boy, those were great old days.’ Well, you know, we’re living in the good old days.
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40. God is more interested in changing us than changing our circumstances. He loves you too much to let you stay where you are.
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41. Nothing in life has happened to you. It’s happened for you. Every disappointment. Every wrong. Even every closed door has helped make you into who you are.
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42. Stones of judgment, discouragement or doubt may be thrown at you. You can’t stop them, but you can make the choice to keep your walls up and not let them affect you.
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43. You have greatness in you. The key is to get it out.
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44. Believe there are great breaks in your future. Believe for explosive blessings. You’ve got to pray for big things. You’ve got to believe for big things.
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45. Love overlooks a person’s faults… Anybody can return evil for evil, but God wants His people to help heal wounded hearts.
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46. Start believing today that things are going to change for the better. Your best days are still out in front of you.
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47. Quit worrying about how everything is going to turn out. Live one day at a time.
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48. While waiting for things to change, don’t be discontent with where you are. Learn to enjoy the season that you’re in.
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49. Here is the key; you’ve got to send your words out in the direction you want your life to go. You cannot talk defeat and expect to have victory.
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50. You’ve been armed with strength for every battle. The forces that are for you are greater than forces against you.
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51. Keep in mind, hurting people often hurt other people as a result of their own pain… The last thing they need is for you to make matters worse by responding angrily.
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52. No matter how dark and gloomy it looks in your life right now, if you’ll release the weight of those burdens, you will see the sun break forth.
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53. Dreams and goals and are not just fleeting moments of inspiration. If acted upon, these moments can help us create a life that is exciting and fulfilling.
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54. 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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55. To live your best life now, you must learn to trust God’s timing … God is arranging all the pieces to come together to work out His plan for your life.
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56. Let go of yesterday. Let today be a new beginning and be the best that you can, and you’ll get to where God wants you to be.
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57. I’m not going to get upset. I’m not going to let people steal my joy.
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58. There may be times when you just have to love people from a distance.
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59. You weren’t created to be average. You were created to excel. You have a destiny to fulfil, an assignment to accomplish.
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60. 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.
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61. It takes determination to see a dream come to pass. The question is not will you start, but will you finish.
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62. This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. I have what it says I have. I can do what it says I can do.
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63. Encouragement to others is something everyone can give.
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64. Your dream may look impossible, but God said blessings will chase you down. Ask big. Take the limits off of God.
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65. Confidence is silent. Insecurities are loud.
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66. You can’t have a blessed day thinking about who offended you and what didn’t work out. Think on the positive things.
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67. Words have creative power. They can be very helpful, like electricity. Used the right way, electricity powers lights, air-conditioning, and all kinds of good things. But electricity used the wrong way can be very dangerous. It can harm you, even kill you.
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68. If you don’t love yourself in the right way, you can’t love your neighbor. You can’t be as good as you are supposed to be.
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69. God didn’t make a mistake when He made you. You need to see yourself as God sees you.
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70. See, when you drive home today, you’ve got a big windshield on the front of your car. And you’ve got a little bitty rear-view mirror. And the reason the windshield is so large and the rear-view mirror is so small is because what’s happened in your past is not near as important as what’s in your future.
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71. God made you a masterpiece – be blessed, secure, disciplined and equipped.
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72. Most people can’t recognize the good life when they have it… I believe, the good life, is simply when you are able to recognize all the good in your life – where ever and whenever that is.
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73. Why don’t you start believing that no matter what you have or haven’t done, that your best days are still out in front of you.
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74. Don’t make excuses, don’t blame the past. The rest of your life can be the best of your life!
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75. It’s easy to get negative because you get beat down. You go through a few disappointments and it’s easy to stay in that negative frame of mind.
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76. God is not as concerned about our comfort as He is our purpose. Sometimes He shakes things up to get us to our destiny.
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77. The question is not, ‘Do you have a problem?’ The question is, ‘Does the problem have you?’
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78. Time spent worrying drains your energy – it makes you weaker. You were created to live a peace-filled life.
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79. If one dream dies, dream another dream. If you get knocked down, get back up and go again.
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80. If you have your health, if you have people in your life to love, you are blessed. Slow down and enjoy the simple things in life.
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81. You can choose to not let little things upset you.
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82. It doesn’t matter who likes you or doesn’t like you, all that matters is that God likes you. He accepts you, he approves of you.
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83. Don’t worry about your future or how you’re going to accomplish a dream. God has already lined up what you need.
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84. Keep in mind that you’ll have true happiness, true fulfillment, not living to get but living to give.
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85. I believe if you keep your faith, you keep your trust, you keep the right attitude, if you’re grateful, you’ll see God open up new doors.
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86. It’s God’s will for you to live in prosperity instead of poverty. It’s God’s will for you to pay your bills and not be in debt.
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87. People respond when you tell them there is a great future in front of you, you can leave your past behind.
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88. Time is more valuable than money. We can make more money but we can’t make more time. Use your time wisely.
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89. I say, don’t try to fight your own battles because God will do it.
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90. You can change your world by changing your words… Remember, death and life are in the power of the tongue.
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91. It’s easy to go through life offended and carrying around baggage. One of the best things you can do is drop it. Let it go.
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92. Don’t spend another minute down on yourself, living in regrets. God has forgiven you; forgive yourself. He’s not condemning you. He’s not pushing you down. Don’t push yourself down.
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93. You’re not defined by your past; you’re prepared by it. You’re stronger, more experienced, and you have greater confidence.
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94. You’re going to go through tough times – that’s life. But I say, ‘Nothing happens to you, it happens for you.’ See the positive in negative events.
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95. If you live in the past, you’ll get stuck where you are. What’s in your past is not nearly as important as what is in your future.
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96. Don’t go into the new year holding a grudge from last year. Leave the hurts and disappointments behind.
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97. I think how you start the day many times determines what kind of day you’re going to have.
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98. Make the decision and say, “I’m not letting that worry in. I’m done being upset when my plans don’t work out. I’m not letting that stress in.” Negative thoughts will still come to your mind, but you don’t have to let them into your spirit.
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99. People in tough times – it doesn’t mean they don’t have a great attitude.
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100. No matter who does you wrong, you don’t have to stay defeated. Disappointments are inevitable, but misery is optional.
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101. You don’t have to worry or be stressed out. Stay in peace. God is directing your steps. He controls the universe.
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102. Get your mind going in the right direction and you’ll get your life going in the right direction.
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103. It’s in the difficult times that we’re growing and you can’t just rebuke everything hard. We’ve got to endure it and fight the good fight of faith and pass the test.
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104. You cannot expect victory and plan for defeat.
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105. God wants us to prosper financially, to have plenty of money, to fulfill the destiny He has laid out for us.
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106. All of us can look back and see things that should have defeated us. You’re still standing. That’s the goodness of God.
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107. Let go of offence. Let go of fear. Let go of revenge. Don’t live angry, let go now!
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108. I think sometimes the critics want me to beat people down, and that’s not in me. I want to lift people up.
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109. God doesn’t require us to be perfect. All He asks is that we keep trying and taking steps to improve.
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110. Life’s too short to spend it trying to keep others happy. You can’t please everyone. To fulfill your destiny, stay true to your heart.
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111. So many people are looking at what’s wrong, and I try to encourage them to look at what’s right in their life. A lot of people have it a lot worse than you do.
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112. Indeed, it is as important to learn how to receive a blessing as it is to be willing to give one.
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113. In the dark places, we prove to God what we’re really made of. You have to be faithful when things aren’t going your way.
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114. Don’t settle in the land of barely enough. That is where you are, it is not who you are. That’s your location, it’s not your identity. No matter what it looks like, have an abundant mentality.
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115. You will never change what you tolerate.
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116. If you want to reap financial blessings, you have to sow financially.
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117. It may look like the difficulty is going to defeat you. But you need to keep telling yourself, “This sickness can’t take my life.” “This cancer can’t defeat me.” “No bad break, no disappointment, no accident can shorten one second of my divine destiny.
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118. I don’t focus on the critics. Everyone who is making any difference in any field has critics. As long as I feel like I’m doing what I’m supposed to be doing, then I don’t worry about it.
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119. Sometimes we’re waiting for other people to change, but God is waiting for us to change.
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120. When you focus on being a blessing, God makes sure that you are always blessed in abundance.
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121. I want to challenge you today to get out of your comfort zone. You have so much incredible potential on the inside. God has put gifts and talents in you that you probably don’t know anything about.
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122. What does it mean to have hope in the Word of God? It means that no matter what you may be facing, no matter where you may have been, no matter what anyone may have said, you can live in victory because you have a promise from Almighty God.
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123. You were not created to just get by with an average, unrewarding, or unfulfilling life. God created you to leave your mark on this generation.
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124. If you don’t set the tone for the day, the devil will set it for you.
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125. The good news is that people don’t determine your destiny; God does.
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126. I always want to listen to people and receive good criticism, but I just don’t have to answer to them; I have to answer to God.
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127. 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!
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128. When the negative thoughts come – and they will; they come to all of us – it’s not enough to just not dwell on it… You’ve got to replace it with a positive thought.
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129. If we’re going to bring out the best in people, we, too, need to sow seeds of encouragement.
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130. None of us like difficulties. If we had a choice, we wouldn’t go through them, but challenges prepare you for your future.
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131. The more people try to push you down, the higher God will take you. That’s the way God is.
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132. See every adversity, every disappointment in a new light: it’s not there to defeat you; it’s there to make you better.
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133. The more you talk about negative things in your life, the more you call them in. Speak victory not defeat.
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134. You’ll never rise any higher than the way you see yourself.
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135. God will always bring the right people into your life, but you have to let the wrong people walk away.
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136. The greatest difficulty always comes right before the birth of a dream.
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137. Do all you can to make your dreams come true.
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138. Every setback means you’re one step closer to seeing the dream come to pass.
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139. When you’re really believing, when you’re in peace, you’re showing God by your actions that you trust Him.
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140. I really believed that fear is contagious.
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141. Successful people don’t waste their time looking at what others are doing, they’re too busy focusing on their own goals.
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142. Sometimes we say faith is spelled R-I-S-K. Sometimes, you’ve got to risk if you feel a calling deep down. You’ve got to take that step of faith.
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143. Don’t waste your energy trying to convince people to understand you. Your time is too valuable to try to prove yourself to people.
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144. Don’t get upset when there’s a detour on the way to your destiny. Keep a good attitude and it will all work out.
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145. Your destiny is too important to spend it with people that are not making you better. Who are you allowing to influence you?
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