Encouragement

Here are some encouraging quotes from Joel Osteen.  Do you need to be lifted up?  Read these. :)  God is good!

"God gave you your dream for a reason. He wants to bring it to pass. Your part is to have the faith to see it on the inside before it comes to pass on the outside."

Amen!  Don't give up on your dreams!

"Take heart. God is going to show you joy like you’ve never seen. The spirit of depression and discouragement is being broken. God is going to release a new happiness and passion that you’ve never experienced before."

If you believe it, it can be true for you! This isn't the prosperity gospel, this is the same as saying "Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven."  God doesn't want you to be depressed or broken!  He wants you to be healed and whole. :)  Believe it!  God is good and has good plans for you and wants all that is best for you! :)

"Being successful doesn’t necessarily make you great. What makes you great is when you reach back and help somebody else become great."

Or "True greatness is making others feel that they too are great."  Amen! :)

"Instead of living guilty, condemned and focused on past mistakes, declare, “I am forgiven. I am redeemed. I’m wearing a robe of righteousness. God is pleased with me.”

Because He is! :)  Believe it. :)  God loves you just as you are!

"None of us will reach our highest potential by ourselves. We need one another. You can be the one to tip the scales for someone else."

Don't try to do life alone.  And don't neglect others.  They need you and you need them. 

"Just because we’re in a stressful situation doesn’t mean that we have to get stressed out. You may be in the storm. The key is, don’t let the storm get in you."

Amen!  Like an eagle, fly above the storm! 

"Most people just need a little push, a little encouragement to become what God has created them to be. Be a people builder."

Amen!  "People won't remember what you did or said, but how you made them feel."  Remember that.