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So Many People Talk About Themselves: "i'm Unattractive, My Mind's So Slow, And I Can't Do This." And You Know What I Tell Them? "god Didn't Make A Mistake When He Made You. You Need To See Yourself As God Sees You."

-Joel Osteen

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So Many People Talk About Themselves: "i'm Unattractive, My Mind's So Slow, And I Can't Do This." And You Know What I Tell Them? "god Didn't Make A Mistake When He Made You. You Need To See Yourself As God Sees You."

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You Are A Person Of Destiny. You Are Not Here By Accident. There Is No Obstacle Too Big, No Dream You Can't Accomplish.

My Parents Were The Same In The Pulpit As They Were At Home. I Think That's Where A Lot Of Preachers' Kids Get Off Base Sometimes. Because They Don't See The Same Things At Both Places.

Maybe You’ve 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.

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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You Were Created To Make Somebody Else’s Life Better. Somebody Needs Your Smile. They Need Your Love, Your Encouragement & Your Gifts.

You May Never Get To That Perfect World That You're Waiting For Where Everything's Going To Be Perfect And You Got That Much Money And Your House Paid Off.

When My Dad Founded Our Church, He Used Either A Globe Or A Map Of The World Behind Him. It Was Symbolic Of What Christ Said: To Go Forth And Preach Hope To The World. We Believe In The Cross, But We Just Continued With The Globe.

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I Believe God, Jesus, Died That We Not Just Go To Heaven But That We Excel In This Life. I Never Think You Make Money Your Goal... God Wants You To Excel. Just Keep Him In First Place, And God Will Open Up Doors You Never Dreamed Of.

I Believe There's A Heaven You Know. Afterwards, There's, You Know, A Place Called Hell. And I Believe It's When We Have A Relationship With God And His Son Jesus And That's What The Bible Teaches Us. I Believe It.

When I Took Over From My Father, He Came From The Southern Baptist Background, And Back 40-50 Years Ago, There Was A Lot More Of That.i Don't Believe - Maybe It Was For A Time. But I Don't Have It In My Heart To Condemn People. I'm There To Encourage Them.

Take Your Dreams And The Promises God Has Put In Your Heart, And Every Day Declare That They Will Come To Pass.

You May Think There Is A Lot Wrong With You, But There Is Also A Lot Right With You.

We Were Old Sinners - But When We Came To Christ We Are Not Sinners Anymore.

When You Give Up Yourself, That's When You Will Feel The True Spirit Of Christmas. And That's Giving That's Serving Others And That's When You Feel Fulfilled.

Bottom Line: God Will Not Allow Any Person To Keep You From Your Destiny. They May Be Bigger, Stronger, Or More Powerful, But God Knows How To Shift Things Around And Get You To Where You're Supposed To Be.

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.

Your Life Will Follow Your Expectations. What You Expect Is What You Will Get. If You Dwell On Positive Thoughts, You Will Move In That Direction; If You Continually Think Negative Thoughts, You Will Live A Negative Life.

You May Not Be Where You Want To Be, But You Can Look Back And Be Thankful You're Not Where You Used To Be.

When I Used To Play Sports, I'd Be The One Cheering The Team On, 'come On, We Can Beat These Guys!' That's Just In Me.

You May Have Had Unfair Things Happen To You, But The Depth Of Your Pain Is An Indication Of The Height Of Your Future.

If We Say It Long Enough Eventually We're Going To Reap A Harvest. We're Going To Get Exactly What We're Saying.

Self Empowerment

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You're Not Really Free Until You're Free From Trying To Please Everybody.

It's Easy To See The Negative, But Every Person Has Something Great About Them. Develop A Habit Of Looking For The Good.

I Know What's In My Future Is Greater Than What's In My Past So I Am Pressing Forward In Life.

Forward In Life

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To Me, It's Ok To Have Differences. But We Don't Have To Be Mad About It. You Know? And I Think That's Where Sometimes We Get So Passionate That We - You Know, It Turns Into Anger.

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I Try To Teach People That I Believe God Wants Us To Be Positive Toward Ourselves, Meaning That, You Know What, I Like The Way I Look, I Like The Way I Sound, I'm Happy With What I'm Doing In My Career - And Not Always Be Beating Ourselves Down.

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That's What I Feel Like I'm Called To Do - To Plant A Seed Of Hope In People's Hearts.

Learn To Trust His Timing. Don't Get In A Hurry; Don't Grow Impatient; Don't Try To Force Doors Open. Don't Try To Make Things Happen In Your Own Strength. Let God Do It His Way.

I Don't Mind Saying, You Know, That I Don't Take A Salary From The Church, And God Has Blessed Me With More Money Than I Could Imagine From My Books.

I Spent A Lot Of Time In India With My Father. I Don't Know All About Their Religion. But I Know They Love God. And I Don't Know. I've Seen Their Sincerity.

I Don't Believe We Are Supposed To Go Through Life Defeated And Not Having Enough Money To Pay Our Bills Or Send Our Kids To College. When I Hear Some Of That, I Think That Is Not Who I Am, He Doesn't Know Me Or What I Teach. I Always Talk About God Rewards Obedience. When You Follow His Way, The Bible Says That His Blessings Will Chase You Down And Overtake You.

I Try To Speak In Everyday Language. I Feel Like God Has Gifted Me To Take Bible Principles And Make Them Practical.

When Thoughts Tell You It’s Too Late, Dismiss Them. You Haven’t Dreamed Your Best Dream. You Haven’t Run Your Best Race.

When You Honor God, The Storms May Come, But You Have A Promise That Others Don’t Have: When It’s All Said And Done, You’ll Still Be Standing. You May Suffer A Setback, But Don’t Get Discouraged. If You’ll Stay In Faith, God Promises That When The Smoke Clears, When The Dust Settles, You Won’t Be The Victim, You’ll Be The Victor.

I Think God's Justice Is Making Wrongs Right.

You Are Victors, Not Victims!

Forgive The People That Hurt You. God Will Pay You Back With Double The Joy...double The Victory.

I Think Faith Is Incredible Important Because You Will Become Overwhelmed With What's Happening And You Will Have Waves Of Grief, But When You Turn To Your Faith, I Believe God Will Give You Waves Of Grace To Get Through It.

Sometimes What Works 40 Years Ago Doesn't Work Today.

Only God Can Look At Somebody's Heart.

At The Start Of Each New Day, Remind Yourself: I Am Talented. I Am Creative. I Am Greatly Favored By God. I Am Equipped. I Am Well Able. I Will See My Dreams Come To Pass.

Psalm 34 Says, 'those Who Trust In The Lord Will Never Lack Any Good Thing.' This Means If You Don't Have It Right Now, You Don't Need It Right Now. Our Attitude Should Be, 'i'm Equipped, Empowered And Anointed For This Moment. I Am Not Lacking, Shortchanged Or Inadequate. I Have What I Need For Today.'

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