Joel Osteen Quotes

Joel Osteen (born March 5, 1963) the son of John Osteen, a highly respected minister of the Gospel attended Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, Oklahoma where he studied radio and television communications. He is an American author, televangelist and senior pastor of Lakewood Church in Houston, Texas. In 1982, Joel returned to Houston and founded Lakewood’s television ministry where he produced John Osteen’s televised sermons for 17 years until January 1999 when his father passed away suddenly from a heart attack. For many years, John Osteen encouraged Joel to preach, but he always declined preferring to work behind the scenes. But, in early 1999 Joel felt compelled to accept his father’s invitation and he preached his first sermon on January 17th of that year. Little did anyone know that would be the last Sunday of John Osteen’s life. Two weeks later, Joel began preaching and later that year was installed as the new Senior Pastor of Lakewood Church. According to Church Growth Today, Lakewood Church is America’s largest & fastest growing church. On 16 July, 2005 after completing 95 million dollars in renovations, he moved Lakewood Church into its new 16,000 seat home-the former Compaq Center. Its the largest regularly used worship center in US. Each week he delivers God’s message of hope & encouragement to more than 38,000 attendees. According to Nielsen Media Research, Joel is the most watched inspirational figure in America.

Joel Osteen Sermons are broadcasted into every US television market where it is viewed by 7 million Americans each week and more than 20 million each month. His weekly broadcast is also seen in almost 100 nations all over the world. His ministry reaches over seven million broadcast media viewers weekly in over 100 nations around the world and makes over $75 million per year. In 2004, his first book ‘Your Best Life Now’ was released by Time Warner debuting top of the New York Times Bestsellers List and rising to #1. It remained on the New York Times Bestseller for more than 2 years and sold over 4 million copies. Recently, Joel was named as one of Barbara Walter’s “10 Most Fascinating People of 2006″ and was selected as the “Most Influential Christian in 2006″ by the readers of Church Report Magazine.

A New Vision For The New Millenium

Almost immediately, weekly attendance began to grow at an extraordinary rate and in 2005, Joel moved Lakewood Church into its present location, the former Compaq Center, a 16,000-seat arena that was once home to the Houston Rockets professional basketball team. Now, with his wife Victoria, and the leadership staff ofLakewood, this innovative church is poised for the new millennium. Joel’s extraordinary success can be found in his core message: That our God is a good God who desires to bless those who are obedient and faithful to Him through Jesus Christ. It is Joel’s deepest desire that his own life be an example of that principle and that everyone who hears this message of hope and encouragement would choose to accept God’s goodness and mercy and to become all that God wants them to be.

Joel Osteen Quotes

• “A merry heart is good like a medicine.”

• “A good thing to remember is somebody’s got it a lot worse than we do.”

• “I dont think that a same-sex marriage is the way God intended it to be.”

• “I’m going to let God be the judge of who goes heaven / hell.”

• “I’ve never preached one sermon on money, on just finances. I want to stay away from it.”

• “If you give, you will be blessed.”

• “If we say it long enough eventually we’re going to reap a harvest. We’re going to get exactly what we’re saying.”

• “I dont go down the road of condemning.”

• “You may make some mistakes-that doesnt make u a sinner. You’ve got the nature of God on inside of you.”

• “If you want to rear financial blessings, you have to sow financially.”

• “God didnt make a mistake when He made you. You need to see yourself as God sees you.”

• “A lot of churches have not moved with the times.”

• “God wants to bless us where we are.”

• “People respond when you tell them there is a great future in front of you, you can leave your past behind.”

• “You can change your world by changing your words… Remember, death and life are in the power of the tongue.”

• “Choosing to be positive and having a grateful attitude is going to determine how you’re going to live your life.”

• “I have always believed in God.”

• “I think God`s justice is making wrongs right.”

• “I think Bible principles are principles for life.”

• “If Jesus were here today, he wouldnt be riding around on a donkey. He’d be taking a plane, he’d be using the media.”

• “You can be happy where you are.”

• “To me, we’re marketing hope.”

• “God wants us to prosper financially, to have plenty of money, to fulfill the destiny He has laid out for us.”

• “I’m very careful about saying who would and wouldnt go to heaven. I dont know.”

• “Its  God’s will for you to live in prosperity instead of poverty, to pay your bills and not be in debt.”

• “We were old sinners – but when we came to Christ we are not sinners anymore.”

• “Prospering just doesnt have to do with money.”

• “I dont want to just preach to the church. I feel like I have a broader message.”

• “When you focus on being a blessing, God makes sure that you are always blessed in abundance.”

• “You can be committed to Church but not committed to Christ, but you cannot be committed to Christ and not committed to church.”

• “Most people already know what they`re doing wrong. When I get them to church I want to tell them that you can change.”

• “Do all you can to make your dreams come true.”

• “I try to speak in everyday language. I feel like God has gifted me to take Bible principles and make them practical.”

• “Only God can look at somebody’s heart.”

• “Don’t simply settle for what your parents had. You can go further than that. You can do more, have more, be more.”

• “True love turns words and feelings into actions.”

• “The prerequisite to loving others is to love yourself. If you don’t have a healthy respect for who you are, and if you don’t learn to accept yourself faults and all, you will never be able to properly love other people.”

• “God just does more than we could ask or think and the places have all been full, so we’re excited about it.” 

• “God used me to push me into another level of victory or another level of ministry that I never knew I had.”

• “I am the sum total of what I have been confessing through the years.”

• “I believe God’s favor is something intangible where you’ve got God’s blessings on your lives.”

• “You’ve got to believe that God is in control of your life.”

• “It’s up to us to stay in the attitude of faith.”

• “My dad grew up in the Depression… It is not God’s will for anybody to live where you can’t support your family.”

• “People are discouraged, beaten down. Relationships, finances, health are probably the big categories.”

• “The Bible talks about how God uses difficult situations to develop our character and get us stronger.”

• “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.”

• “No matter how many times you get knocked down, keep getting back up. God sees your resolve. He sees your determination. And when you do everything you can do, that’s when God will step in and do what you can’t do.”

• “God knows your value; He sees your potential. You may not understand everything you are going through right now. But hold your head up high, knowing that God is in control and he has a great plan and purpose for your life. Your dreams may not have turned out exactly as you’d hoped, but the bible says that God’s ways are better and higher than our ways, even when everybody else rejects you, remember, God stands before you with His arms open wide. He always accepts you. He always confirms your value. God sees your two good moves! You are His prized possession. No matter what you go through in life, no matter how many disappointments you suffer, your value in God’s eyes always remains the same. You will always be the apple of His eye. He will never give up on you, so don’t give up on yourself.”

• “Keep in mind, hurting people often hurt other people as a result of their own pain. If somebody is rude and inconsiderate, you can almost be certain that they have some unresolved issues inside. They have some major problems, anger, resentment, or some heartache they are trying to cope with or overcome. The last thing they need is for you to make matters worse by responding angrily.” 

• “Quit questioning God and start trusting Him!” 

• “Keep doing the right. God is building character in you, and you are passing that test. Remember, the greater the struggle, the greater the reward.” 

• “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.” 

• “When you are tempted to get discouraged, remind yourself that according to God’s word, your future is getting brighter; you are on your way to a new level of glory. You may think you’ve got a long way to go, but you need to look back at how far you’ve already come. You may not be everything you want to be but atleast you can thank God that you’re not what you used to be.” 

• “You will never change what you tolerate.” 

• “Quit worrying about how everything is going to turn out. Live one day at a time; better yet, make the most of this moment. It’s good to have a big – picture outlook, to set goals, to establish budgets and make plans, but if you’re always living in the future, you’re never really enjoying the present in the way God wants you to.” 

• “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!” 

• “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.” 

• “You may think there is a lot wrong with you, but there is also a lot right with you.”

• “It’s vital that you accept yourself and learn to be happy with who God made you to be. If you want to truly enjoy your life, you must be at peace with yourself.” 

• “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.” 

• “When you face adversity, you need to remind yourself that whatever is trying to defeat you could very well be what God will use to promote you.” 

• “It is important for a husband to understand that his words have tremendous power in his wife’s life. He needs to bless her with words. She’s given her life to love and care for him, to partner with him, to create a family together, to nurture his children. If he is always finding fault in something she’s doing, always putting her down, he will reap horrendous problems in his marriage and in his life. Moreover, many women today are depressed and feel emotionally abused because their husbands do not bless them with their words. One of the leading causes of emotional breakdowns among married women is the fact that women do not feel valued. One of the main reasons for that deficiency is because husbands are willfully or unwittingly withholding the words of approval women so desperately desire. If you want to see God do wonders in your marriage, start praising your spouse. Start appreciating and encouraging her. Every single day, a husband should tell his wife, “I love you. I appreciate you. You’re the best thing that ever happened to me.” A wife should do the same for her husband. Your relationship would improve immensely if you’d simply start speaking kind, positive words, blessing your spouse instead of cursing him or her.” 

• “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.” 

• “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.” 

• “Keep in mind, just because you don’t know the answer doesn’t mean that one does not exist. You simply haven’t discovered it yet.” 

• “It’s not always easy to get over some of those bumps in the road, those disillusionments and disappointments. It’s going to take a strong will. Sometimes, it may take courage. Sometimes nothing but faith in God and say, I refuse to be trapped in the past. I’m not going to let the past destroy my future. I’m pressing on. I’m straining forward, knowing that God has great things in store for me.” 

• “Somebody needs what you have to give. It may not be your money; it may be your time. It may be your listening ear. It may be your arms to encourage. It may be your smile to uplift. Who knows? Maybe just like that little baby, putting your arm around somebody and letting him or her know that you care can help begin to heal that person’s heart. Maybe you can give a rescuing hug.” 

• “Certainly, other people can pray for you, they can believe for you, they can quote the scripture to you, but you must exercise faith for yourself. If you are always depending on somebody else to keep you happy, somebody else to encourage you or to get you out of trouble, you will live in perpetual weakness and disappointment. You must make a decision that you are going to be a believer. Take charge of your life and decide, “No matter what comes against me, I believe in God. I’m going to have a positive outlook for my life! Other people’s faith can indeed bolster yours. But your own faith will bring you a miracle much faster than anybody else’s. What you believe has a much greater impact on your life than what anybody else believes.” 

• “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.” 

• “The bible says no man can take your joy. That means no person can make you live with a negative attitude. No circumstance, no adversity can force you to live in despair. As Eleanor Roosevelt, wife of wheelchair-bound President Franklin D. Roosevelt, often said, ‘No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.” 

• “To live your best life now, you must learn to trust God’s timing, you may not think He’s working, but you can be sure that right now, behind the scenes, God is arranging all the pieces to come together to work out His plan for your life.” 

• “Don’t just accept whatever comes your way in life. You were born to win; you were born for greatness; you were created to be a champion in life.” 

• “Your thoughts about your circumstances have you down. On the other hand, you can be in one of the biggest battles of your life, and still be filled with joy and peace and victory – if you simply learn how to choose the right thought. It’s time to think about what you’re thinking about.” 

• “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.” 

• “Love overlooks a person’s faults. That’s not always easy, but love believes the best in every person. Anybody can return evil for evil, but God wants His people to help heal wounded hearts.” 

• “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 can take pride in yourself without comparing yourself to anybody else. If you run your race and be the best that you can be, then you can feel good about yourself.” 

• “When you reach out to hurting people, that’s when God is going to make sure your needs are supplied. When you focus on being a blessing, God makes sure that you are always blessed in abundance.” 

• “When we don’t forgive, we’re not hurting the other person. We’re not hurting the company that did us wrong. We’re not hurting God. We’re only hurting ourselves.”

• “It’s our faith that activates the power of God.” 

• “You may be at a crossroads in your life. You may have issues to deal with; people you need to forgive. You can go one of the two ways. You can ignore what you now know to be true and keep burying that bitterness in your life, pushing it deeper and allowing it to poison and contaminate you and those around you. Or you can make a much better choice by getting it out in the open and asking God to help you to totally forgive and let it all go.” 

• “You may live or work around a bunch of weeds, but don’t let that stop you from blooming. Realize that your environment does not prevent you from being happy. Some people spend all their time trying to pull up all the weeds. Meanwhile, they miss much of their lives. Don’t worry about things you can’t change. You can’t change the traffic in the morning. You can’t fix everybody at work. You can’t make all your family members serve God. But you shouldn’t let that keep you from being happy. Bloom anyway and focus on the things that you can change. You can change your own attitude. You can choose to be happy right where you are.” 

• “You may be sitting around waiting for God to change your circumstances. Then you’re going to be happy, then your’re going to have a good attitude, then you’re going to give God praise. But God is waiting on you to get up on the inside. When you do your part, He’ll begin to change things and work supernaturally in your life.” 

• “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.” 

• “You cannot expect victory and plan for defeat.” 

• “God will not pour fresh, creative ideas and blessing into old attitudes.” 

• “When you go through difficult times, make sure you pass the test. Don’t be stubborn and hardheaded. Recognize that God is refining you, knocking off some of your rough edges. Stand strong and fight the good fight of faith. God has called each of us to be champions; you are destined to win. If you will work with God and keep a good attitude, then no matter what comes against you, the bible says that all things – not just the good things in life, but all things – work together for your good.” 

• “Many people are unhappy and are not experiencing life to its fullest because they’ve closed their hearts to compassion, they are motivated by only what they want and what they think they need. They rarely do anything for anybody else unless they have an ulterior goal in mind. They are self-involved and self-centered.” 

• “That’s why it is important to enjoy the journey not just the destination. In this world, we will never arrive at a place where everything is perfect and we have no more challenges. As admirable as setting goals and reaching them maybe, you can’t get so focused on accomplishing your goals that you make the mistake of not enjoying where you are right now.” 

• “People of excellence go the extra mile to do what’s right.” 

• “We’ve got to give people room to have a bad day.” 

• “The great news is that God knows everything about you, both good and bad, and He still loves you and values you unconditionally. God does not always approve of our behavior. He is not pleased when we go against his will, and when we do, we always suffer the consequences and have to work with Him to correct our thoughts, words, actions, or attitudes. And while you should work to improve in the areas where you fall short, nothing you do will ever cause God to love you less…or more. His love is a constant you can depend on.” 

• “One of the main reasons that we lose our enthusiasm in life is because we become ungrateful; we take for granted what God has done for us. We let what once was a miracle become common to us. We get so accustomed to goodness, it becomes routine; it doesn’t really excite us anymore.” 

• “Don’t simply settle for what your parents had. You can go further than that. You can do more, have more, be more.” 

• “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.” 

• “We can not prepare for defeat and expect to live a life in Victory.” 

• “If you can see the invisible, God will do the impossible.” 

• “You may think you’ve got a long way to go, but you need to look back at how far you’ve already come. You may not be everything you want to be but atleast you can thank God that you’re not what you used to be.” 

• “God is a good God, and He gives good things to his children. No matter who has denigrated you or how much pain you’ve experienced in life, no matter how many setbacks you have suffered, you cannot allow yourself to accept that as the way life is supposed to be. No, God has better things in store for you. You must reprogram your mind with God’s word; change that negative, defeated self-image, and start seeing yourself as winning, coming out on top. Start seeing that marriage as restored. See your business as flourishing. See your children as enjoying the good things of God. You must see it through your eyes of faith, and then it will begin to happen.” 

• “You need to follow your own heart in light of God’s word and do what you feel is right and good for you.” 

• “God never promised that we wouldn’t have challenges. In fact, He said just the opposite. His word says, ‘Be truly glad!…these trials are only to test your faith, to see whether or not it is strong and pure…’ so if your faith remains strong after being tried in the test tube of fiery trials, it will bring you much praise and glory and honor on the day of His return.” 

• “You may think you’re getting the short end of the stick, but when it’s all said and done, God will make sure that you don’t lose anything truly valuable. Moreover, He’ll make sure you get your just reward. Your responsibility is to remain calm and peaceable even when those around you are not.” 

• “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.” 

• “The marriage partner is not really the problem. No other person can ultimately make you happy. You must learn how to be happy within yourself.” 

• “If it’s not meeting a need, turn it into a seed. Remember, we will reap what we sow. When you do good for other people, that’s when God is going to make sure that His abundant blessings overtake you.” 

• “One of the main reasons that we lose our enthusiasm in life is because we become ungrateful..we let what was once a miracle become common to us. We get so accustomed to his goodness it becomes a routine..” 

• “Don’t do anything that you wouldn’t feel comfortable reading about in the newspaper the next day.” 

• “Be the one to stand out in the crowd.” 

• “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.” 

• “If you will focus on meeting other people’s needs, God will always make sure your needs are supplied. God will take care of your problems for you.” 

• “You need to take pride in what God has given you.” 

• “We are set in our ways, bound by our perspectives and stuck in our thinking.” 

• “Faith activates God – Fear activates the Enemy.” 

• “When you are committed to doing what’s right, you are sowing seeds for God’s blessings. You will never go wrong by taking the high road and doing more that is required.” 

• “Maybe you once were excited about that person God supernaturally brought into your life as a marriage partner, but now all the excitement has worn off. Don’t’ allow that sense of a miracle to slip away. Don’t get so familiar with each other that you take one another for granted.” 

• “Jesus was saying that you can’t have a larger life with restricted attitudes.” 

• “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.” 

• “If you will lie about the little things, before long you’ll lie about bigger things.” 

• “What you receive is directly connected to what you believe”
  

• “Hold on to that new, enlarge vision of victory that God has given you. Start expecting things to change in your favor. Dare to boldly declare that you are standing strong against the forces of darkness.” 

• “What you keep before your eyes will affect you.” 

• “Your best days are still out in front of you”
  

• “God wants us to live consistently, He wants us to enjoy every single day of our lives.”
  

Joel Osteen Quotes