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Joel Osteen

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first: 2017-08-11
most recent: 2017-08-11
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“It's so important because we were made to give. You make somebody else's day, God will always make your own day. I think that's so important, just those little things. And nowadays, you know, you send a text that takes you 20 seconds. I'm thinking about you. I love you. I'm proud of you. Something simple like that. Just make somebody stay.”
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“Every one of us can make a difference in somebody's life. You know, can you show love to somebody? Can you make them feel better about themselves? You know, Oprah, it's not always the big thing. Some people just need a smile. Somebody people need to say, you know what, you look beautiful today. It's just something to let people know that you care.”
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“You know, probably to be loved. There's so many hurt people, you know, the injustices in the world. So I think just that need to feel loved and important and valuable”
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“Oh, yes, but it is. You look back, and you know, it's a longer story, but you know, you just realize that disappointment I met somebody that I'm going to need five years from now. And if I hadn't met them, I wouldn't have met that one. It's just God's going to use it all.”
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“Supposed to be going. You know, it's an interesting principle to even think about this to say nothing happens to me, it happens for me. Isn't that good? Because it is. You look back at some of the, we'll all look back in five years, what we think is so difficult now. We're going to think, you know what, if I had”
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“You know, nothing is wasted and it's a right way to live that God is going to connect all those dots. And sometimes a lot of times the way I speak is I'm speaking faith into people. I'm trying to ignite those seeds. And sometimes you need to hear that. You know what? This is your time. This is your moment.”
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“I'm like you, you got to have a world view, know what's going on in the world. But you know, to feed yourself all that, it's not healthy. Verse saying, you know what, living out of a grateful heart, you know what? I'm blessed to be alive and just keep your thoughts going in the right direction.”
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“It means to live from a place of rest and let God be God in your life and know that He's directing your steps and He'll get you to where you're supposed to be. I think it comes back to the central thought of, you know, as long as you're honoring God, being your best, treating people right, you know, God will get you to where you're supposed to be.”
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“I think I like faith more than religion because I think religion can have political overtones and some of the other stuff that just it's got a lot of baggage and I don't think Jesus came to give us religion. I like to say faith to me is a relationship with our Creator, our Heavenly Father. And so I think there is a difference.”
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“I believe that's true because I believe there's a perfect will. I believe that, again, God has a plan for us and we can go against his will. And he still loves us.”
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“When you picture him. I do. I do. I can't picture what he looks like, but I see him as a being, you know, as a physical being. He says, we're made in the image of God. I don't know. Is God a person type form? I don't know. But I see him as a being. Not just as a fog or something, but you know, as a being”
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“Yeah, I see God Oprah as my heavenly Father. The best way I was raised by a good father, and I felt love from him. So I see, God, it's my heavenly father. I see God, you know, like you said, in people, in creation.”
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“No, I do. I think they're, I don't know if I have a bad day, but I'll get up some morning and think, oh, I can't go write another message. I don't feel inspired or I got, you know, I don't, you know, I feel maybe out of balance or something. One, I find something to be grateful for. Thank Lord, I thank you that I'm alive today. Somebody would love to trade places with me. And number two, I try to do something for somebody else, you know, get my mind off myself. But, you know, I don't think it takes that long to say, you know what, I'm going to make a decision to live this day happy. Look at all that's right in my life. and I've grown to where most of the time I'm content. I'm not jumping up and down, but I'm very content.”
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“You know, typically a half an hour It varies, you know, but typically half an hour, I like to do that, but I always feel like, you know what, if I can leave my place of prayer, meditation, and feeling good about who I am, you know, if I'm pleased your day too, it really doesn't. You know what? It's easy to let the distractions go because here's my thing. If I miss it in front of God, I think, God, I'm going to miss it with a pure heart because I'm doing the best that I know. And I'm not going to be influenced by the left and the right because, you know this as much as me is you're always getting pushed one way. I'm not hard enough and I'm them too hard here and I'd rather be criticized for who I am than what people have made me to be.”
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“I'm real good at not letting that bother me. Really? You know, I am. I think maybe, you know, they'll probably irritate you here and there, but I just no more dwell on that. I come back to say, you know what, am I doing what I'm supposed to do to the best of my ability? And here's my thing, Oprah. I start off every day by searching my own heart, praying, meditating, reading the scripture.”
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“Absolutely. And I just like that fact that God comes running to you. I've heard this said, when you make a mistake, God doesn't love you less. He loves you a little bit more because he comes running to you. It's like when the scripture said, you know, if a shepherd has 99 sheep and one goes astray, he goes looking for that one. And when he finds it, says God rejoices over the one sheep that's found.”
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“I believe he says, I'm going to give you another chance. I'm going to, you know what? Get back up again. I think as long as you're breathing.”
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“Yeah, that's our message. And that's what I see in the scripture. You know, the prodigal son, the father came running to his son. He represents God. And so, you know, it's a different take than some people agree with or like, but it's what I really believe. I've seen it.”
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“Again, I like to get outside of the church as well because it's easy to talk to the church people all the time. But what about people that didn't grow up like me and you in a church and think, hey, you know what? I'm not spiritual. I'm not religious is what they tell me, Joel, but I like watching you. I think they start to feel a connection with God to know that, you know, God is not about the rules and regulation. God's about fulfilling your purpose.”
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“Is it on purpose? It is on purpose because I grew up Oprah with a lot of times we blame the devil for everything. Oh Lord yes. You know, the devil made me, you know, do it. Yeah, do it. Yeah, just name it, whatever it is. So I like to take sometimes we're the enemy. Sometimes it's our own thoughts. We're allowing things like sometimes we're making choices. And like we said, we got a friend that's not the devil. It's our friend that's causing us to compromise. I don't beat people up. I think life beats people up enough with guilt and condemnation. So I turn it around. The scripture says it's the goodness of God that leads to repentance. So I'd rather tell people, hey, you know what? You can break that addiction. You can be a better father. You can reach your dreams. You're made in the image of God. That draws people.”
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“Exactly. Well, first off, prosperity is your health, good relationships. There's nothing wrong with having abundance. It's just using it to bless others.”
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“We've all got our language. Exactly. It's so important. So I think that's it. You know what? Again, it's not a comparison type thing. It's back to, you know, this is what I know I'm supposed to do.”
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“Me, Oprah, it's doing what God's called you to do. It's fulfilling your purpose. So, those 17 years behind the scenes, I felt successful. I felt content. I was doing what I supposed to be doing at that time. So I don't think you can always quantify it in the numbers. I have friends that pastore a church of 200 in a small city, and I believe they're successful. So to me, it goes back is, are you being your best with what God has given you in your lane? Because you know what? You know, there's all...”
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“Here's another strong one, too. What about this? If you don't distance yourself from the wrong people, then you'll never meet the right people. So you've got to look up and say, well, these friends, I know they're not right for me, but you know what? I love them and all this. But how do you know God doesn't have something so much better for you that can push you into your destiny than always having to have people that are pulling you down?”
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“You can't have negative forces in your life every day. And even people that are causing you to compromise being less than your best and fulfill your destiny. And it is hard because nobody wants to lose friends and some people you've known. Sometimes they're family. And I'm not saying you disown people, but you've got to look at it and say, you know what, I want to miss my destiny if I don't make some hard choices. And I've learned this Oprah That's a tweetable moment.”
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“Exactly. That's smart. Not always fighting it. Some people are always fighting. You know what? I got to change my child today, and I really should, you know, speak better. And, you know, you got to come back to a place of peace and say, okay, I'm going to do my best, but God, I'm going to trust you.”
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“Everything's okay. Yeah, no. If you're saying, God, hey, you know what, God, I want to do something greater with my life, or I want to pay this house off, or I want to start this business, but right now I'm not going to be discontent where I am.”
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“Exactly right. Exactly. You said it exactly. Because you're right. We don't mean content, hey, man. I'm just going to be in.”
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“No, that's right. And you know, it's about the journey, you know. Got to be content where you are because you're going to reach that next goal, and then there's going to be the next goal there. And so I think it's just very important to enjoy the season that you're in, even if you're not growing as fast or even if it's a difficult time. And so I think that's a lot of times we just don't take time to enjoy where we are right now, knowing that God's going to get us to where he is.”
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“Well, I think you can be satisfied knowing this. If I'm doing my best, if I'm giving it my all, if I'm pursuing my dreams, if I'm growing, then I've got to believe my time is coming. And in the meantime, I think when we're content, we're showing God that we're honoring God. If you don't get happy where you are, you probably won't get to where you want to be. And so I think you've got to come back and say, okay, you know what? I'm not in my, I'm not going on the big vacation yet, but I'm going to be faithful right where I am. I'm going to make good choices. I'm going to develop my gifts. And I believe God will open up some of those doors.”
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“Well, I think Oprah you start by looking away from a lot of the distractions, the comparisons like we're talking about, coming back to that center knowing what you're supposed to be doing.”
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“You know, I think Oprah, that's it's difficult. You've got to look down on the inside. I believe, you know, sometimes it takes a little bit of time. It takes, you know, I've gotten more comfortable in the last three or four years. I finally, you know, outlasted the critics. I finally, you know, get a little confidence and you realize that, okay, you know what, this is my lane. I know it deep down in the core of my being. When you're looking over here and over there, that's energy that you need. And you're taking that energy, you're taking that focus away from what you need.”
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“I think it was God ordained for them to be there, but I think it was up to me to say which way is it going to go, Joel? Are you going to just receive them? Let them keep you from your destiny, or are you going to get in agreement with me? Are you going to get in agreement with God? And that, in a sense, in my personality, I think it should be for all of us, it kind of stirred me up. I thought, you know what? I'm going to do this harder. I'm going to dig deeper, and they're not going to determine my destiny God does. And you got to have that holy fire on the inside”
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“Equipped, you are empowered. I love well able. I love that. I think you can talk yourself into your dreams or you can talk yourself out of your dreams. And I think you have to talk or else, you know, you'll talk yourself out of it.”
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“Talking about you. Is after the service, and this was just after which service after a Sunday morning service at Lakewood. So my dad had died like three or four weeks earlier. So I'm up there. I'm as nervous as can be. I don't know if I can pass through the church. I haven't told anybody. I just felt like I'm supposed to. And so the service is over. I've just given my message. I'm out in the lobby and these older ladies, they don't know I'm kind of behind him. And one of them said, well, he's not as good as his dad. And another one said, yeah, I don't think it's going to make it. And Oprah, if you only knew how much I did not need a negative comment at that time because you're already thinking that exactly, I was already against myself thinking, Joel, every thought told me, Joel, you hadn't been to seminary. You're going to get up there and look like a fool. What makes you think you can pastor the church after you've been behind the scenes for 17 years? You know, I believe those are tests of our faith. I could have dwelt on that and let that play over and over, but I'd get in front of my mirror sometimes and do just what I tell people to do in the book. I said, Joy, you are strong. You are well able.”
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“Who God created him to be, you know, hope they follow in the line somehow, but whatever, they don't have to be like me for me to be fulfilled. And I think that running your own race is probably another one of the biggest things that keeps people from their destiny because you can't run somebody else's race.”
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“Yeah, try to invoke him. The first few months, I felt pressured to be him, not in a bad sense because I love my dad, but I just thought, you know what? I felt like I needed to be because that's what everybody expected of me. You know, we've been here all these years. But then one day, about three or four months in, I realized I'm not good at being my dad. I'm not good at preaching his messages. He came from a Southern Baptist background. He's more fiery. And I thought, I'm laid back. I'm good at encouraging people, talking about life. And it's about that three or four, five months in, I read a scripture that said, David fulfilled his purpose for his generation. And I felt like I heard something here that said, Joy, your dad fulfilled his purpose. Go be you.”
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“I know, I know. So I spoke and I was so relieved. We went up to the hospital. We saw my dad. The nurses stopped me in the hall and he said, Joel, we have never seen your dad so proud. He just beamed with joy. And of course, that made me feel well. Well, little did I realize that next Friday, my dad had a heart attack and he died. He went to be with the Lord. And I thought, what are the coincidences of me speaking the last Sunday of his life? Because he was healthy, for the most part. And so here's the thing about two or three days later after I got past the shock of my dad dying, I felt that same feeling that said, I'm supposed to step up and pastor the church. And again, every thought said, are you crazy? You spoke in one time. You think you're going to get up there and pastor it? But, you know, I knew I was supposed to do it. And I took that step of faith. But I got up there to minister and I thought, I got to be like my dad. I mean, all these 6,000 people, they've come every week. You know, a lot of them for years and years. And if I don't teach like my dad and preach like my dad.”
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“I just started coming up with some notes and I ended up telling a bunch of funny stories about my family and it tied it back into faith, but I was so nervous and talked so fast. By this time, though, your dad had gone to the hospital. Was he not in the hospital? He had to go to the hospital that Friday. Just some complications from dialysis. He'd been on dialysis three months. He still seemed very healthy. So we hooked him up by the telephone back in 1999, didn't have the internet like today. And we hooked him up and he heard me speak my first sermon. I got up there and I had to hold on to the podium. I was so nervous. And my first thought was, why is everybody staring at me? Because I'd never seen it from that point of view.”
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“Good. It's a good stuff. See, I don't mean about me, but I can speak to that because, see, Oprah, when my dad died, he'd pastored our church for 40 years. I've grown up there. And so all of a sudden, I'm the new pastor. I felt like I was supposed to do it. Again, it's just that destiny on the inside. I didn't know it'd be successful, but I knew I was supposed to do it. But, you know, I believe those are tests of our faith. And that was on a Monday, and that was the most miserable week of my life. I couldn't sleep. Did you know what you were going to do?”
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“We really haven't. I think it's gotten, like you said, with the social media, it's gotten so much easier to fall into that trap. I mean, it's all fine to see what people are doing, but you've got to be comfortable with who God's made you to be because that comparing, it just only makes you discouraged. It only pulls you down.”
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“I know. Yeah. There's always going to be somebody more beautiful, always somebody more attractive, always somebody more successful. But again, I think we know this, but nobody can beat me at being me. Nobody can, you know, nobody can beat you at being you.”
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“At the beginning, and I asked her one time I said, You still say that every day? She said, Yeah, and she said, Matter of fact, today when I got up, I said, Girl, sometimes you look good, but today you look really good.”
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“Isn't Every day going to church. Tell me about her. This friend of mine, she gets up every day and she looks in the mirror and she says, Girl, you're looking good today.”
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“So let's talk about that a bit. A lot of people, and can't speak for everybody, but they get them, they go, I'm so old, I'm so tired. I don't feel like going to work. Look at all these wrinkles. They come up with all the negative things. And it's just, I don't know that it's necessarily natural, but you got to turn that around. Man, I think you have to tell yourself, I am beautiful. I am attractive. I am something special. You know, it doesn't.”
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“So important, you know, sometimes it's just been so natural to us we don't realize that we're maybe a strong way to say it is we're cursing our future. You can curse your future or you can bless your future. So be careful what you're doing.”
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“Then there's a reason for you being here It's part of it. Just what you said, here's so much of it in a position like mine, visiting with people after service and, you know, just a lot of people seem to be against themselves About there's enough people and circumstances in life against us already. Don't be against yourself. And I think it dishonors God to go around thinking that you don't have enough of this or just negative or discontent. Turn it around and say, you know what, I am valuable. I am a masterpiece. I have something to offer this word.”
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“Yes, I believe God wouldn't have breathed life into somebody without giving them a purpose and a destiny. I don't know that I understand it all, but I believe that there's something distinct for you to do that nobody else can do. Life until he set”
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“You're exactly right, Oprah. It's got to be God's purpose and plan for your life, but you know, I don't know me saying I am going to be the president. You know what? I don't think that's the purpose for my.”
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“People, you know, they may not say it out loud as much, but in their mind it's, you know what, I am not that talented and I'm not as smart as my sister and I'm not that, you know, just all the negative I am. And I think that keeps us from our destiny.”
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