Joel Osteen





Joel Osteen

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March 05, 1963 in Houston, Texas, The United States

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Joel Osteen is an American best-selling author and the senior pastor of Lakewood Church in Houston, Texas. His ministry reaches over seven million broadcast media viewers weekly in over 100 nations around the world.

Joel, the son of John Osteen, a highly respected minister of the Gospel and the founder of Lakewood Church, attended Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, Oklahoma where he studied radio and television communications. 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 t...more


Average rating: 4.02 · 6,006 ratings · 804 reviews · 86 distinct works
Your Best Life Now: 7 Steps...
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Become a Better You: 7 Keys...
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It's Your Time: Finding Fav...
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Every Day a Friday: How to ...
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Daily Readings from Your Be...
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Your Best Life Begins Each ...
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The Christmas Spirit: Memor...
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Starting Your Best Life Now...
4.27 of 5 stars 4.27 avg rating — 45 ratings — published 2007 — 4 editions
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“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.”
Joel Osteen, Your Best Life Now: 7 Steps to Living at Your Full Potential

“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.”
Joel Osteen, Your Best Life Now: 7 Steps to Living at Your Full Potential

“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.”
Joel Osteen, Your Best Life Now: 7 Steps to Living at Your Full Potential

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