Quotes from Joel Osteen

When you serve others, you are serving God. When you do it for them, you're doing it for Him. Jesus said, "If you give a cup of cold water to someone in need, you will surely be rewarded." Every time you serve, God sees it. Every time you help someone else. Every time you sacrifice--you go out of your way to pick up a friend, you get up early to sing in the choir, you stay late to help a coworker--God is keeping the record.

In the Bible when Paul told Timothy, "Stir up the gift. Fan the flame" (2 Timothy 1:6 (NIV), he was saying, "Timothy, life is flying by. Get busy pursuing your destiny." Every setback means you're one step closer to seeing the dream come to pass.

Father in heaven, thank You for giving me the power to delete negative, discouraging thoughts that come to contaminate my thinking. Equip me with the truth and help me to become an expert at hitting the delete button. In Jesus' Name. Amen.

That coat of discouragement doesn't look good on you. That coat of self-pity is out of style. That coat of bitterness over who left you and what you didn't get doesn't fit you anymore.

If you will trust God and keep a good attitude, staying faithful where you are and not getting in a hurry and trying to force things to happen, God will promote you at the right time, in your due season. He will bring your dreams to pass.

Who knows where God is going to take you? You haven't seen, heard, or imagined what He has in store. You may not see how it can happen, but you don't have to figure it out. If you believe, God will cause you to defy the odds.

Lord, thank You that my health, my finances, my dreams, and my future are in Your frame. I am protected.

If you listen carefully, you'll hear another voice—the voice of faith.

God will always bring the right people into your life, but you have to let the wrong people walk away.

We will not hide them from their children; we will tell the next generation the praiseworthy deeds of the LORD, his power, and the wonders he has done. PSALM 78:4

I think a big test we all face in life on a regular basis is that discouragement test. Life's not always fair, but I believe if you keep doing the right thing, God will get you to where you are.

When we run to Him with open arms, casting our cares aside, He will embrace us. By having simple, childlike faith, we don't have to figure everything out. We don't have to have all the answers. We just trust Him. Won't you let that be you today?

How you begin each day is one of the most important things in life. Your mood, your purpose, even your success in life is dependent on it. When you get up hopeful, expecting good things, and letting go of things in the past – that's when you're in a flow with God.

There is a winner in you. You were created to be successful, to accomplish your goals, to leave your mark on this generation. You have greatness in you. The key is to get it out.

You've been made in the image of God. When you criticize yourself, you are criticizing God's creation. You're saying, "God, You didn't do too good on me." No, God wasn't having an off day when He created you. He calls you a masterpiece.

Things are happening in the unseen realm. God is working. You may not see it, but things are changing in your favor. Consistency is the key. Keep declaring victory.

There are tests we have to pass. One of them is being faithful when nothing is changing, doing our best when it's not growing, being good to people that are not being good to us.

Quit letting how people treat you make you feel inferior. They don't control your destiny. They didn't breathe life into you. They didn't call you. They didn't anoint you. They didn't approve you. Your value came from your Creator, from the God Who spoke worlds into existence.

No disappointment. No setback. No injustice. No person. No hater. No jealousy can stand against our God. When you believe, all the forces of darkness cannot stop God from taking you where He wants you to go. Be a believer and not a doubter.

It's hard to be something that you're not. It's hard to keep everyone happy, wear different masks, and pretend, depending on who you're with. You know what's easy: being you, being real, being vulnerable.

When you base your value on what other people say or do to you, that's going to push you down. But when you base it on what God says about you, it's going to lift you up to the next level.

Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland." Isaiah 43:18–19

Es interesante que cuando Jesús quiso animar a sus seguidores a expandir su visión, les recordó que no "se echa vino nuevo en odres viejos".2 Jesús estaba diciendo que no puedes tener una vida abundante con actitudes restringidas. Esa

Sometimes the people closest to you can't see the greatness in you.