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There's Pros And Cons Of A Big Church. Cons Is I Don't Get To Know Everybody, I Don't Get To Go To Their Ballgame, I Don't Get To Marry Everybody, But The Pros Are You Get All This Community, 800 Ushers Come In To Serve, Getting There At 7 In The Morning On Their Day Off And Coming In On Saturday To Make All Those Wafers.

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There's Pros And Cons

Joel Osteen

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There's Pros And Cons Of A Big Church. Cons Is I Don't Get To Know Everybody, I Don't Get To Go To Their Ballgame, I Don't Get To Marry Everybody, But The Pros Are You Get All This Community, 800 Ushers Come In To Serve, Getting There At 7 In The Morning On Their Day Off And Coming In On Saturday To Make All Those Wafers.

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Happiness Is Always A Choice. You Can't Wait For Circumstances To Get Better. You Have To Create Your Own Good Fortune. So Look For Ways To Be Happy Every Day.

Positive Thinking

I Believe That All The Churches Are Going To Continue To Grow. I Think Faith In America Is At An All-time High. And I Think As We Continue To Help People And To Change With The Time, To Be Relevant And Practical.

The Gospel Is Called The Good News. My Message Is A Message Of Hope, That's God's [message] For You.

Message Of Hope

I've Always Been - You Know, My Personality Is Motivating And Encouraging. And So I'm Just Being Who God Made Me To Be.

I Was Reading In The Bible And One Translation Says That Jesus Said That If You Publicly Will Acknowledge Me Before People, I Will Acknowledge You Before My Father In Heaven. So That Is A Big Part Of These Meetings Like Night Of Hope, Giving People An Opportunity To Publicly Say, "jesus, I Believe You Are The Messiah, You're Christ, You're My Lord."

Choose Today To Let The Peace Of Christ Rule In Your Heart And Have An Attitude Of Gratitude Toward The Lord. Even If You Have Things That Are Upsetting You, Take A Step Of Faith And Begin To Thank God For His Goodness In Your Life. Thank Him For Working Behind The Scenes On Your Behalf. As You Do, You Will Walk Forward Into The Life Of Blessing He Has In Store For You!

You Can Be Happy Where You Are.

At Times We're Going To Get Angry. Anger Is An Emotion God Built Into Us. But We Don't Have To Blow Up And Say Hurtful Things That Are Going To Damage Our Relationships. Learn To Take A Step Back, Collect Your Thoughts, And Think About What You Want To Say.

If You’re Not Seeing God Move In Your Life Right Now, One Of Two Possibilities Must Be Considered. Either Your Requests Are Not God’s Best And Will Probably Not Be Answered The Way You’d 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.

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.

I See God As My Heavenly Father, Like My Earthly Father, As Loving And Kind. Yes, He Disciplined Me, He Helped Me Make Good Decisions, But I Knew My Dad Was Always There For Me. If I Made A Mistake, I Wouldn't Run From My Dad, I'd Go To Him.

You Cannot Expect Victory And Plan For Defeat.

Life Is Too Short To Live That Way. Learn To Travel Light. Every Morning When You First Get Up, Forgive The People That Did You Wrong The Day Before. Forgive Your Spouse For What They Said. At The Start Of The Day, Let Go Of The Disappointments, The Set Backs From Yesterday. Start Every Morning Fresh And New. God Did Not Create You To Carry Around All That Baggage. Let It Go And Move Forward In The Life Of Blessing He Has In Store For You!

You Must Forgive The People Who Hurt You So You Can Get Out Of Prison. You'll Never Be Free Until You Do. Let Go Of Hose Wrongs They've Done To You. Get That Bitterness Out Of Your Life. That's The Only Way You're Going To Truly Be Free. You Will Be Amazed At What Can Happen In Your Life When You Release All That Poison.

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.

Instead Of Focusing On How Big Your Problems Are, Focus On How Big Your God Is! He Is Everything You Need. He Is The Great I Am, And He Is The One Leading And Guiding You Into Victory In Every Area Of Your Life!

Sometimes You Face Difficulties Not Because You're Doing Something Wrong, But Because You're Doing Something Right.

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.

Program Your Mind With What God Says About You And A Transformation Will Take Place.

Friend, There's No Greater Investment In Life Than In Being A People Builder. Relationships Are More Important Than Our Accomplishments.

I Encourage People In A Lot Of My Messages That You've Got To Make The Most Of Every Day.

I'm Honest Enough To Say I Don't Know Everything. You Know, I Don't. I Don't Understand All Of God. I Don't Understand, You Know, Some Kind Of Why Bad Things Happen.

We Don't Have To Talk About Faith And Family At Dinner-we Just Show It.

Faith And Family

Whether A Person Is Straight Or Gay, Republican, Democrat, Good Person, Not A Good Person, They're All Welcome, Because To Me, Church Is A Place You're Supposed To Get Healed And Whole And Loved.

If You’re Controlled By Your Circumstances, Life Is Going To Be A Roller Coaster With Ups And Downs. God Wants You To Be Stable, Consistent, Not Moved By Any Of These Things. When You Face An Adversity, When You Hit A Tough Time, One Of The Best Things You Can Do Is Simply Stay Calm. Keep Your Peace.

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.

A Lot Of People Have It A Lot Worse Than You Do.

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.

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.

It Doesnt Matter How Long It’s Been Or How Impossible It Looks, All The Forces Of Darkness Cannot Stop What God Wants To Do.

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.

Positive Thoughts

I've Always Been Very Happy. I've Always Been Easy Going And I've Always Been Very Encouraging; It's Just My Personality.

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.

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.

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.

I Guess No Matter How Hard You Try, You Can't Escape Your Past.

I Think God Gives Every One Of Us Our Own Will, And Unfortunately, Some People Choose To Do Evil Things With It.

Many Times, We Miss Out On God's Best Because We Give Up Too Soon. We Don't Realize How Close We Are To Victory.

You Control The Doorway To Your Mind.

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.

Difficult Times Don't Come Your Way Just So You Can Survive Them; God Uses These Times In Your Life To Form And Refine You.

Difficult Times

I Don't Go Down The Road Of Condemning.

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.

You Spend Your Time Like You Spend Money. You Can Waste It Or Invest It.

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Words You Speak

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Our Whole Message Is It's Easy To Just Keep Preaching To The Church And People That Already Come.

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Not Good Enough

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Put Your Shoulders Back, Hold Your Head Up High Knowing That The Same Power That Raised Christ From The Dead Lives On The Inside Of You.

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Putting Things Off

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Life Is Going By. Don't Waste A Minute Being Negative, Offended, Or Bitter. Choose To Be Happy.

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If You Cannot Get Along With Yourself, You'll Never Be Able To Get Along With Other People.

If You Have A Big Challenge Today, That Just Means You Have A Big Destiny.

You Don't Have To Tell People What They're Doing Wrong. They Already Know. Your Job Is To Love Them.

Sometimes, God Uses Difficult People, Like Sandpaper, To Rub The Rough Edges Off Us.

Other People's Opinions Do Not Determine Your Potential.

God Didn't Make A Mistake When He Made You. You Need To See Yourself As God Sees You.

When You Face Difficult Times, Know That Challenges Are Not Sent To Destroy You. They're Sent To Promote, Increase And Strengthen You.

The Bigger Your Obstacle, The Bigger Your Future. Don't Get Discouraged, Keep Moving Forward.

Life's A Fight. It's A Good Fight Of Faith.

Fight The Good Fight

I Believe God's Keeping The Records And I Believe You Will Be Rewarded Even In This Life; Somehow, Some Way God Will Make It Up To You.

Faith Doesn't Always Instantly Deliver You, But It Always Carries You Through.

The Facts May Tell You One Thing. But, God Is Not Limited By The Facts. Choose Faith In Spite Of The Facts.

If We Will Do Our Part And Take A Strong Stand For Our Families, God Will Do His Part. He'll Help Us To Have Great Marriages And Great Relationships With Our Parents And Children.

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.

When Christmas Doesn't Fit Your Expectations Of What The Perfect Holiday Should Be, Think About How Joseph And Mary Probably Didn't Think That Manger Was The Perfect Place For Their Child To Be Born. But Look At What A Perfect Christmas That Turned Out To Be.

There Will Always Be Somebody More Successful, More Beautiful, More Talented. You Have To Realize, You're Not Running Their Race. You're Running Your Race.

Often, Out Of Our Greatest Rejection Comes Our Greatest Direction.

I Just Think That Trusting God Means We're Going To Have Unanswered Questions, And God Is So Much Bigger Than Us, We're Never Going To Understand Them All.

Unanswered Questions

It Is A Hard Thing To Let Go Of Mistakes We've Made And Sins. God Wants Us To Do That Because He Knows The Guilt And The Condemnation Will Keep Us From Becoming Who He Has Created Us To Be. Salvation And Christ's Love Is A Gift. You Don't Earn It. You've Got To Receive That Gift. I Think One Of The Most Important Things Is Starting Off The Day Forgiving Others And Forgiving Yourself. You Learn From Your Mistakes, But I Don't Think You Have To Drag Them Back Into Today.

Forgiveness Is A Choice, But It Is Not An Option.

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

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.

I'm Blessed To Be A Blessing To Someone Else.

It's Not Who You Are, But Whose You Are That Counts. Because God Is Your Heavenly Father, Doors Of Opportunity Will Open For You.

Don’t Talk About The Way You Are. Talk About The Way You Want To Be.

I Don't Like To Beat People Down. They Need To Be Lifted Up.

You Have To Accept The Fact That Some People Are Never Going To Be For You. Treat Them With Respect, But You Don’t Need Their Approval To Fulfill Your Destiny.

I'm Not For Gay Marriage, But I'm Not For Discriminating Against People.

Don’t Simply Settle For What Your Parents Had. You Can Go Further Than That. You Can Do More, Have More, Be More.

God Can Make Greatness Out Of A Great Mess

I Struggled For A Long Time With Survivin', And No Matter What, You Keep Finding Something To Fight For.

A Lot Of Preachers' Kids Are Some Of The Most Rebellious Kids In The World. I Never Was Like That.

You Have To Change On The Inside Before Change Will Happen On The Outside.

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

God Didn't Create Any Of Us To Be Average. He Didn't Make Us To Barely Get By. We Were Created To Excel.

We’re Not Always Going To Be Here. Live Life To The Full, With Purpose & Passion, Pursuing Your Dreams.

It Is A Hard Thing To Let Go Of Mistakes We've Made And Sins. God Wants Us To Do That Because He Knows The Guilt And The Condemnation Will Keep Us From Becoming Who He Has Created Us To Be.

Quit Questioning God And Start Trusting Him!

Sustaining Faith Is What Sets You Through Those Dark Nights Of The Soul When You Don’t Know Where To Go Or What To Do, And It Seems That You Can’t Last Another Day…but Because Of Your Faith In God, You Do.

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

It's Better To Become Who God Created You To Be Than To Try To Promote Yourself To Become Something You're Not.

I Believe The Scripture Says That Being Gay Is A Sin.

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!

I Declare God Is Going Before Me Making Crooked Places Straight. He Has Already Lined Up The Right People, The Right Opportunities And Solutions To Problems I Haven't Had. No Person, No Sickness, No Disappointment, Can Stop His Plan. What He Promised Will Come To Pass.

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.

I Want Get Across To Not Just The Church World. I Want To Get Outside Those Walls To Everyday People.

What You Receive Is Directly Connected To What You Believe

Your Life Is Too Valuable To Waste Being Distracted.

What You Believe Has A Much Greater Impact On Your Life Than What Anybody Else Believes.

I Tell People All The Time, Preached A Couple Sundays About It. I'm For Everybody. You May Not Agree With Me, But To Me It's Not My Job To Try To Straighten Everybody Out.

There's Probably A Balance Between. I Believe You Have To Know Christ. But I Think That If You Know Christ, If You're A Believer In God, You're Going To Have Some Good Works.

We Deal With People That Are Going Through Divorces And That Are Facing Life-threatening Illnesses, And I'm Giving Them Hope. And To Me, I Don't Think There's Anything "lite" About That.

Your Problems Are Not There To Defeat You, They Are There To Increase You.

If You Want To Know Where You'll Be Five Years From Now, Listen To What You're Saying About Yourself Today.

Keep On Keeping On!!!

I Believe God Gives You The Grace To Do What You Need To Do.

God Wants To Bless Us Where We Are.

I Don't Dislike Anybody.

Jesus Was Saying That You Can't Have A Larger Life With Restricted Attitudes.

I've Always Been An Encourager At Heart.

I Didn't Try To Copy My Dad Or Fit Into The Pressure Or The Mold That Everybody Tried To Make Me Fit Into.

Some Things You Can Only Learn In The Struggle. When It's Easy, When Everything Is Going Your Way, That Doesn't Take Any Faith.

I Believe That God's Dream Is That We Be Successful In Our Careers, And That We Be Able To Send Our Kids To College. I Don't Mean That Everyone Is Going To Be Rich, And I Preach A Lot On Blooming Where You're Planted. But I Don't Have The Mindset That Money Is A Bad Thing.

Most Of The Criticism I Get Is That I Am Too Positive And Too Hopeful... In My Words, I Don't Beat People Down Enough.

If You Want Your Life To Get Better, Sometimes The Best Thing You Can Do Is To Help Improve Somebody Else's Life.

Sometimes God Will Deliver You From The Fire, And Other Times God Will Make You Fireproof.

I Declare That God Has A Great Plan For My Life. He Is Directing My Steps. And Even Though I May Not Always Understand How, I Know My Situation Is Not A Surprise To God. He Will Work Out Every Detail To My Advantage. In His Perfect Timing, Everything Will Turn Out Right. This Is My Declaration.

Our Words Have Creative Power. With Our Words, We Can Speak Blessings Over Our Future Or We Can Speak Negative Things Over Our Future.

The Question Is Not, 'do You Have A Problem?' The Question Is, 'does The Problem Have You?'

We Have To Realize That Our Lives Could Be Gone In A Moment. There Are No Guarantees That We Will Be Here At This Time Next Year. Learn To Live Each Day To The Fullest. Don't Complain. Don't Focus On What's Wrong. Be Grateful For The Opportunity To Experience Each Day.

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.

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.

A Grateful Heart Is Like A Sponge That Soaks Up God's Goodness.

I Feel Like When I Stay Focused On Encouraging People, And Giving Them Hope, And Helping Them Live Their Everyday Life, I Think That's Where I Can Have The Most Impact.

There's A Lot Of Negative Things Trying To Pull People Down, And I Think People Respond When You Tell Them That Hey, There Are Good Things Up Ahead.

Make Up Your Mind That No Matter What Comes Your Way, No Matter How Difficult, No Matter How Unfair, You Will Do More Than Simply Survive. You Will Thrive In Spite Of It.

My Biggest Hobby Is Hanging Out With My Family And Kids.

You Didn't Accidentally Get Your Personality, Looks And Gifts. You Were Designed On Purpose To Be The Way You Are. You Have What You Need To Fulfill Your Destiny.

I Think God's Justice Is Making Wrongs Right.

The Bible Indicates That For Three Days, Jesus Went Into The Very Depths Of Hell. Right Into The Enemy's Own Territory. And He Did Battle With Satan Face To Face. Can You Imagine What A Show Down That Was? It Was Good Vs. Evil. Right Vs. Wrong. Holiness Vs. Filth. Here Are The Two Most Powerful Forces In The Universe Have Come Together To Do Battle For The First Time In History. But Thank God. The Bible Says, "satan Was No Match For Our Champion". This Was No Contest.

If You Know You Have To Wait Anyway, Why Not Make A Decision To Enjoy Your Life While You’re Waiting? Why Not Be Happy While God Is In The Process Of Changing Things? After All, There’s 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.

I'm Not Leading Them To Some False God Or Something Like That.

I Preach That Anybody Can Improve Their Lives. I Think God Wants Us To Be Prosperous. I Think He Wants Us To Be Happy. To Me, You Need To Have Money To Pay Your Bills. I Think God Wants Us To Send Our Kids To College. I Think He Wants Us To Be A Blessing To Other People. But I Don't Think I'd Say God Wants Us To Be Rich. It's All Relative, Isn't It?

God Wants You To Have A Good Life, A Life Filled With Love, Joy, Peace, And Fulfillment. That Doesn’t Mean It Will Always Be Easy, But It Does Mean That It Will Always Be Good.

Your Destiny Is Too Great, Your Assignment Too Important, Your Time Too Valuable. Don't Let Fear Intimidate You.

When You Go Through Difficult Times...recognize That God Is Refining You, Knocking Off Some Of Your Rough Edges.

Difficult Times

Do Yourself A Favor; Don’t Wear Yourself Out Trying To Please Everybody. Your Time Is Too Valuable.

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

We All Have Unfair Situations And Things We Don't Like. You Can Get Bitter, Discouraged And Sour, Or You Can See It As Fertilizer And Say, “ This Difficulty Is Not Going To Defeat Me; It's Going To Promote Me. It's Not Going To Hinder Me; It's Going To Help Me.” Don't Just Go Through It, Grow Through It.

My Friends And I Had Fun Together, But I Was More Reserved, Not At All The Life Of The Party. I Would Just Be The Quiet One In The Room.

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

Nothing In Life Has Happened To You, It's Happened For You!

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

Believe That God Is In Control. There Is No Need To Be Stressed Out Or Worried

If You Don't Have The Gift Of A Loving Supportive Family, Be That Gift For Someone Else. It Doesn't Have To Be A Relative, Just Someone You Know Who Is Alone Or Hurting Over The Holiday.

Don’t Hold On To The Old When You're Being Led Somewhere New. Come Out Of Your Comfort Zone.

When You Go Through A Loss, A Disappointment Or A Bad Break Up, Don't Expect To Come Out The Same. Expect To Come Out Better Off Than You Were Before.

Your Future Starts Today. Don’t Go Through Life Looking In The Rearview Mirror. Your Life Is Filled With Possibility.

Don't Make Excuses, Don't Blame The Past. The Rest Of Your Life Can Be The Best Of Your Life!

Rest Of Your Life

Be Careful What You Say. You Can Say Something Hurtful In Ten Seconds, But Ten Years Later, The Wounds Are Still There.

I Mean We All Need A Second Chance Sometimes.

If You Will Lie About The Little Things, Before Long You’ll Lie About Bigger Things.

When U Have This Spirit Of Excellence, U Do The Right Thing Always :even If No One Is Watching You.

I Don't Think That A Same-sex Marriage Is The Way God Intended It To Be.

I Believe That When You Think Of The Negative, And You Get Up Discouraged - 'there's Nothing Good In My Future' - I Really Believe It Almost Ties The Hands Of God. God Works Where There's An Attitude Of Faith. I Believe Faith Is All About Hope.

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.

Don’t Use Your Energy To Worry. Use Your Energy To Believe.

Stay Focused, Ignore The Distractions, And You Will Accomplish Your Goals Much Faster.

Accomplish Your Goals

Too Often We Make The Mistake Of Remembering What We Should Forget-our Hurts, Failures And Disappointments -and We Forget What We Should Remember-our Victories, Accomplishments And The Times We Have Made It Through.

I Just Want To Continue To Grow And Be Open To What God Wants To Do. I Guess My Main Goal Is Just To Continue To Reach People The Best I Can, Hopefully Help Impact Their Lives And Just Change Culture For Better.

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

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.

You're Never Going To Please Everyone - You Might As Well Be Who God Made You To Be.

Certainly There Are Times In All Of Our Lives When Bad Things Happen, Or Things Don’t Turn Out As We Had Hoped. But That’s When We We Must A Decision That We’re Going To Be Happy Inspite Of Our Circumstances.

When Bad Things Happen

Rewards Await You If You Stay Steadfast In Your Faith.

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.

I Declare I Am Special And Extraordinary. I Am Not Average! I Have Been Custom-made. I Am One Of A Kind. Of All The Things God Created, What He Is The Most Proud Of Is Me. I Am His Masterpiece, His Most Prized Possession. I Will Keep My Head Held High, Knowing I Am A Child Of The Most High God, Made In His Very Image. This Is My Declaration.

When God Puts Love And Compassion In Your Heart Toward Someone, He’s Offering You An Opportunity To Make A Difference In That Person’s Life. You Must Learn To Follow That Love. Don’t Ignore It. Act On It. Somebody Needs What You Have.

My Core Message Is That God Has Got A Good Plan For Your Lives, And We Must Trust Him, And Let Go Of The Past. That's My Main Message.

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.

God Will Not Pour Fresh, Creative Ideas And Blessing Into Old Attitudes.

God Wants Us To Prosper Financially, To Have Plenty Of Money, To Fulfill The Destiny He Has Laid Out For Us.

Today, Use Your Words To Lift Up And Bless The People Around You.

Sometimes You Have To Put Your Own Dreams On Hold Temporarily So You Can Help Release A Dream In Somebody Else. What You Make Happen For Others, God Will Make Happen For You.

On Sundays When I Speak, I Hopefully Give Somebody Something That They Can Use The Next Day At Work Or At Home.

I Believe God Will Fight My Battles For Me.

Faith Is All About Trusting God Even When You Don't Understand His Plan.

You Cannot Wait Until Everything Becomes Better Before You Decide To Have A Good Attitude. You Have To Be The Best You Can Be Right Where You Are.

My Actions Will Follow My Expectations.

To Me, We're Marketing Hope.

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.

This Generation

Keep Honoring God With Your Life, Stay In Peace, Trust His Timing And God Will Open Doors That No Man Can Shut.

We Think When God Speaks To Us, There's Going To Be A Boom Out Of Heaven Or We're Going To Get Some Chill Bumps, But I Really Believe God's Talking To Us All The Time. He's Talking To Us Right In Here. I Call It Our Heart, Our Conscience, But It's The Holy Spirit Talking To Us.

When You Get Knocked Down, Don't Stay Down; Get Back Up Again. Nothing Good Is Going To Happen As Long As You're Down On Yourself.

Getting Back Up

I'm Not A Big Believer In Trying To Jam Stuff Down Somebody's Throat: 'you're Going To Do It My Way.' I'd Rather Show By Example And Live My Life And Have People Say, 'you Know What, I Want To Live Like Joel Has. He's Got Peace And Joy, And He Seems Content.'

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