Quotes from Joel Osteen

Quit worrying about those trying to hold you back. God knows how to move the wrong people out of your life and bring the right people in.

You don't need people's approval. You don't need their validation. The Most High God has approved you. He's the one that matters.

God will supply our needs "according to His riches.

Live in harmony with one another; be sympathetic, love as brothers, be compassionate and humble. 1 PETER 3:8

Do you know what that word reign means? It means, "time in power." God said we're to reign how long? In life. That means as long as you're alive that is your time in power.

You're not really free until you know you're not competing with anyone else. This

You may have people coming against you, trying to discredit you, make you look bad. You don't have to fight that battle; just outlast them, just keep doing the right thing. Keep being faithful each day and God will take care of who's trying to stop you.

You weren't created to simply exist, to endure, or to go through the motions; you were created to be really alive.

When you criticize yourself, you are criticizing God's creation. You might as well look up and say, "God, You didn't do a good job on me." But He doesn't make mistakes. Don't say another negative thing about yourself.

You are closer than you think.

Our expectations set the limits for our lives. If you expect little, you're going to receive little. If you don't anticipate things to get better, then they won't. But if you expect more favor, more good breaks, a promotion, and an increase, then you will see new levels of favor and success.

As long as you're living in regret, focused on the negative things of the past, you won't move ahead to the bright future God has in store. You need to let go of what didn't work out. Let go of your hurts and pains. Let go of your mistakes and failures. You can't do anything about the past, but you can do something about right now.

Difficult people are all around. There will be someone that can steal your joy, offend you, leave you out, say something untrue. The key is to handle it correctly. Don't take the bait. Don't dwell on the negative comments. This is how you live happy.

When you understand that God has divine detours, that He uses the wrongs—things we don't understand, delays, setbacks—to move us into our destiny, then you won't fight it; you'll flow with it.

God made you as you are on purpose. He gave you your looks, your height, your skin color, your nose, your personality. Nothing about you is by accident. You didn't get overlooked. You didn't get left out. God calls you His masterpiece. Instead of going around feeling down on yourself, unattractive, too tall, too short, not enough of this, or too much of that, dare to get up in the morning and say, "I am a masterpiece. I am created in the image of Almighty God.

Are you fighting what makes you unique? Are you frustrated over something you think is a weakness, when in fact, it's a strength? Quit wishing you were different and step into who God made you to be.

You must conceive it in your heart and mind before you can receive it.

When someone is rude, keep a smile on your face. When you stay on the high road and keep your joy, you take away their power." - Joel Osteen

It may seem like nothing is happening, but behind the scenes, God is working: moving the wrong people out of the way, lining up the favor, arranging the breaks you need. It's important to not only trust God, but to trust His timing.

You don't have to beg people to stay. You are a gift. You are a prize. You are exceptional. Let the wrong people go and God will send people that value who you are and people that can't wait to be with you.

God has you in the palm of His hand. He has already planned out your days for good. ... If you knew the great things God had in your future, you wouldn't go around discouraged and negative. You would go out each day with a smile on your face and a spring in your step.

Are you taking time to declare God's goodness over your life? Are you speaking victory over your future? It's not enough to do it every once in a while. It needs to become a habit where, all through the day, we're declaring that we're blessed, we're strong, we're healthy.

God has a way of removing what looks permanent by showing us an explosion of His goodness.

God is supplying all of our needs. He is Jehovah-Jireh; the Lord our Provider. This may seem impossible but I know God can do the impossible. Where God gives vision He always provides provision.