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You Have To Learn To Follow Your Heart. You Can’t Let Other People Pressure You Into Being Something That You’re Not. If You Want God’s Favor In Your Life, You Must Be The Person He Made You To Be, Not The Person Your Boss Wants You To Be, Not Even The Person Your Parents Or Your Husband Wants You To Be. You Can’t Let Outside Expectations Keep You From Following Your Own Heart.

-Joel Osteen

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Joel Osteen

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You Have To Learn To Follow Your Heart. You Can’t Let Other People Pressure You Into Being Something That You’re Not. If You Want God’s Favor In Your Life, You Must Be The Person He Made You To Be, Not The Person Your Boss Wants You To Be, Not Even The Person Your Parents Or Your Husband Wants You To Be. You Can’t Let Outside Expectations Keep You From Following Your Own Heart.

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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.

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I Am The Sum Total Of What I Have Been Confessing Through The Years.

Through The Years

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I Don't Go Down The Road Of Condemning.

The Main Message Of It Is To Not Get Stagnant And That God Wants Us To Continue To Grow And Become A Better Person.

If You’ll Dare To Take Your Mind Off Your Troubles, Get Your Mind Off Your Own Needs And, Instead, Seek To Be A Blessing To Other People, God Will Do More For You Than You Could Even Ask Or Think.

God Can Make Greatness Out Of A Great Mess

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