Quotes from Joel Osteen

You may have struggled in an area for a long time, but don't have a limited mind-set. You have to give God permission to increase you. It starts in your thinking.

He who is kind to the poor lends to the LORD, and he will reward him for what he has done. PROVERBS 19:17

You don't have to respond to every critic. You don't have to prove yourself to them. Just stay on the high road and let God fight your battles for you. Some who will cross your path simply don't want peace with you. No matter what you say or do, they will not be won over. Even if you were to change, they would still find some reason to be critical. You have to accept the fact that no matter what you do, some people will never be at peace with you.

When you feel the bitterness trying to take root, right then say, "God, I'm turning this over to You. I know that You are my vindicator. I know that You'll make my wrongs right. You said You would give me beauty for these ashes.

Do you have eyes but fail to see, and ears but fail to hear? And don't you remember? MARK 8:18 HOW'S YOUR SPIRITUAL VISION this morning? Are you focusing on your problems, on what you can't do, on what you can't have? The barrier is in your mind. It's not God's lack of resources or your lack of talent that holds you back. It's simply because you are focused on the wrong things.

But God didn't create you to be average. He created you to stand out, to go beyond the norm, to leave your mark on this generation. You have seeds of greatness on the inside. You're supposed to go further than the people who raised you. You're supposed to live better, be more successful, and set a new standard. You

Have a vision for increase. See yourself as a son rising higher.

Father, I thank You that I have Your favor. Your favor is opening doors of opportunity. Your favor is bringing success into my life. Your favor is causing people to want to help me.

You can't pray away every difficulty; you can't pray away everything you don't like. If the situation is not changing, then God is using the situation to change you.

Your soul may feel broken, wounded, hurt from mistakes you've made or from what someone else did. But your soul can be restored. When you get honest with yourself and you release what you need to release—guilt, worry, anger, jealousy—then healing will come. Joy will come.

It starts in your thinking. Nothing will change until you make up your mind that you are not going to accept mediocrity.

Here's a key, pulling someone else down will never make you rise higher. Let's be people that celebrate success, that learn from those that are ahead, that honor people that have been blessed.