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I Don't Really Know What The Prosperity Gospel Is. The Way I Define It Is That I Believe God Wants You To Prosper In Your Health, In Your Family, In Your Relationships, In Your Business, And In Your Career. So I Do ... If That Is The Prosperity Gospel, Then I Do Believe That.

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I Don't Really Know

Joel Osteen

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I Don't Really Know What The Prosperity Gospel Is. The Way I Define It Is That I Believe God Wants You To Prosper In Your Health, In Your Family, In Your Relationships, In Your Business, And In Your Career. So I Do ... If That Is The Prosperity Gospel, Then I Do Believe That.

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Forward In Life

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Not Good Enough

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Whatever Follows 'i Am' Will Always Come Looking For You!

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Positive Thinking

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Sometimes You Have To Smile By Faith. If You'll Smile By Faith, Soon The Joy Will Follow.

God Planted A Dream In Your Heart For A Reason. No One Else Can Dream It For You. No One Else Will Accomplish It For You.

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.

When You Focus On Being A Blessing, God Makes Sure That You Are Always Blessed In Abundance.

Focus And Concentration

Any Of Us Can Be Happy And Have A Good Attitude When Everything Is Going Our Way. But I Believe It's The Real Test Of Your Character And Of Your Faith To Say, Things Are Not Going Our Way, But I'm Still Being Good To People; I'm Still Attending Church; I Still Have A Good Attitude. I Think That's How You Pass Those Tests.

You'll Never Rise Any Higher Than The Way You See Yourself.

I Don't Want To Just Preach To The Church. I Feel Like I Have A Broader Message.

I Purposely Don't Talk About Money, Because People Are Already Skeptical About Tv Preachers. But I Do Say That I Want You To Be Blessed. To Me, Prosperity Is Having Health, Having Great Children, Having Peace, Good Relationships. It's Not About The Money.

I Think The People Already Know What They're Doing Wrong, And I Certainly Believe In Hell. But To Me, When I See Thousands Of People Before Me, It Just Doesn't Come Out Of Me To Say, 'you Guys Are Terrible, And You're Going To Hell.' I'd Rather Say That God Is A God Of Mercy. You've Got To Live An Obedient Life, But For Every Mistake You've Made, There's Mercy There, And I Believe We Can Do Better.

Take Time To Make A Difference. Don't Just Obsess About How You Can Make Your Life Better. Think About How You Can Make Somebody Else's Life Better As Well.

Making A Difference

Smiling Resets Your Mood.

Understand That The Enemy Always Fights The Hardest When He Knows You Are Closest To Your Breakthrough. He'd Leave You Alone If He Thought You Were Going To Live In Mediocrity. If You Keep Pressing On Toward Your Promise, Through Faith And Patience, You Will Get There.

A Small Pot Boils Quick. You Can Tell Much About The Depth Of One's Character By How Quickly He 'boils'.

God Puts People In Our Lives On Purpose So We Can Help Them Succeed And Help Them Become All He Created Them To Be. Most People Will Not Reach Their Full Potential Without Somebody Else Believing In Them.

True Success Is When You Reach Back And Bring Somebody Along With You.

No Matter What Comes Your Way, Don't Lose Your Joy.

I'm A Reverend And A Pastor. A Pastor Of The Church. I Go By Usually Pastor.

You Weren't Created To Be Unhappy In Order To Keep Everyone Else Happy. Run Your Own Race.

I've Always Been An Encourager At Heart.

Where You Are Now Is Not Where You Will Always Be. There Are Brighter Days Up Ahead.

What Others Say And Do Cannot Stop You From Fulfilling Your Destiny. Your Destiny Was Handed Down By Almighty God.

I'm Not Perfect, But I Think That I've Done Good To Stay Focused On What I'm Called To Do.

I Don't Dislike Anybody.

I Think Sometimes The Critics Want Me To Beat People Down, And That's Not In Me. I Want To Lift People Up.

When You're Tempted To Be Upset, Ask Yourself 'is This Worth Giving Up My Joy?'

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.

I Know For Me, And What The Bible Teaches, I Want To Have A Relationship With Jesus.

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.

When You Are Grateful, That Allows God To Do Great Things In Your Life.

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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.

I Write All My Sermons.

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When You Believe, It Activates God's Power.

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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 Rearview Mirror. And The Reason The Windshield Is So Large And The Rearview Mirror Is So Small Is Because What's Happened In Your Past Is Not Near As Important As What's In Your Future.

We Never Like To Miss An Opportunity To Make Jesus The Lord Of Our Life. That's Why I Never Like To Have A Service Without Giving An Invitation Or Writing A Book, Without Giving An Invitation And Presenting That Truth. I Believe This Is The Whole Key To Living Your Best Life, Living A Fulfilled Life Or Becoming A Better You.

I Like To Take Every Day Just Searching My Own Heart, Making Sure That I'm On Course, And I'm Doing What God Wants Me To Do. I'm Real Good With Not Looking To The Critics And Looking Straight Ahead.

When You Are Committed To Doing What’s Right, You Are Sowing Seeds For God’s Blessings. You Will Never Go Wrong By Taking The High Road And Doing More That Is Required.

Taking The High Road

I've Never Preached One Sermon On Money, On Just Finances. I Want To Stay Away From It.

The Truth Is We All Get Tired, We All Get Weary. In Fact, If You Never Feel Like Giving Up, Then Your Dreams Are Too Small. If You Never Feel Like Quitting, Then You Need To Set Some Larger Goals. When That Pressure Comes To Get Discouraged And To Think About How You Can’t Take It Anymore, That Is Completely Normal. Every Person Feels That Way At Times.

You Were Created To Excel. There’s No Limit To How High You Can Go In Life. Keep Stretching To The Next Level.

I Think That God Gives You Your Own Will And Choices. I Don't Believe That We're Supposed To Drag Ourselves Through Life Defeated And Not See God's Blessings. But You Have To Make The Right Choices And Follow That Still, Small Voice Within You. Because I Think That's How God Leads Us.

There Are A Lot Of Decisions We Pass Up On Because We Think, "you Know What? That's Just Going To Build - You Know, Maybe That's Going To Build Me And Not Build The Ministry And What I'm Trying To Do." So We Pass Up On A Lot Of Opportunities.

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