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

-Joel Osteen

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

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John Bunyan, Author Of The Classic Book The Pilgrim’s 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. Don’t’ Live For Yourself; Learn To Give Yourself Away, And Your Life Will Make A Difference.

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.

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I Always Try To Put A Seed Of Hope Into People's Hearts. I'm Not There To Teach Them Doctrine Necessarily, But To Let Them Know That God Is A Good God, And Has A Plan For Their Lives. Hopefully, That Will Restore Their Faith, Or Draw Them Into Faith.

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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.

To Me, We're Marketing Hope.

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Being Successful Doesn’t Necessarily Make You Great. What Makes You Great Is When You Reach Back And Help Somebody Else Become Great.

Being Successful

Again I Think My Gift Is Bringing Hope To Everybody, And I Don't Want Someone To Look At Me And Say, "i Would Listen To Him, I Like What He's Saying, But He's This Or That Politically And That Turns Me Off."

Joel Osteen Ministries God Never Said That We Wouldn’t Have Unfair Situations, That We Wouldn’t Experience Loss. But He Promised If We Would Stay In Faith, He Would Restore Everything That Was Stolen Joel Osteen Ministries God Never Said That We Wouldn’t Have Unfair Situations, That We Wouldn’t Experience Loss. But He Promised If We Would Stay In Faith, He Would Restore Everything That Was Stolen

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The Sad Truth Is, If You Push Hard Enough, And If You’re 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, You’re Going To Have To Finish It And Maintain It In Your Own Strength.

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Words You Speak

In My Early Teens, I Knew I Wanted To Do Television Production. I Loved Cameras, Editing And Producing, Anything That Had To Do With Television Production. My Friend Had A Production Studio Across Town, And We'd Go Over There At Night And Shoot And Edit. I Produced My Father's Televised Service For 17 Years.

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