Next Level Thinking Quotes

“Successful people are so focused on their own goals that they don’t have time to look around to see what everybody else is doing.” Run your race, and when somebody passes you by, don’t be intimidated. Be inspired. If God did it for them, He can do it for you.”
― Joel Osteen, It Is Finished: Defeat What's Defeating You

“Your body is a temple of the Most High God. You are not a sick person trying to get well. You’re a well person fighting off sickness. You are not an addict trying to get free. You’re a free person fighting an addiction. You’re not a poor person trying to get ahead. You’re a prosperous person fighting off poverty. You are not a slave to any negative thing. God created you to be free, healthy, whole, and victorious. And, sure, we all have things come against us, but they’re not permanent. It’s just a matter of time before it changes in your favor.”
― Joel Osteen, It Is Finished: Defeat What's Defeating You

“Be who God created you to be. You are an original. You have something to offer the world that nobody else has.”
― Joel Osteen, It Is Finished: Defeat What's Defeating You

“He gave you the talent you need, the creativity, the strength. You’re the right size, and you have the right looks, the right personality, and the right family. You didn’t get shortchanged. You are fully loaded and completely equipped for the race that’s been designed for you.”
― Joel Osteen, It Is Finished: Defeat What's Defeating You

“You are not limited by your education, by how you were raised, by that environment. God has destined you to rise higher. He’s destined you to go to the next level.”
― Joel Osteen, It Is Finished: Defeat What's Defeating You

“The other day somebody asked me to name the one thing I would change about myself if I could. I don’t mean to sound arrogant, but I couldn’t think of anything. Now, there are plenty of areas in which I need and want to improve, but here’s my point: I don’t sit around thinking about everything that’s wrong with me. I don’t have all my flaws, weaknesses, and shortcomings at the forefront of my mind. I don’t go through the day reliving my failures, beating myself up for past mistakes, or letting a negative recording condemn me for everything that I’m not. I say this with humility: “I like myself. I’m happy with who I am. I’m proud of who God made me to be.” Again, I’m not bragging on me, I’m bragging on the goodness of God. I know that I’m the apple of His eye. I know that I’m a masterpiece. I know that I’m His prized possession, fearfully and wonderfully made.”
― Joel Osteen, Next Level Thinking: 10 Powerful Thoughts for a Successful and Abundant Life

“Real love is not about your performance, what you do or don’t do. It’s about what God has already done. It’s not based on how much you love God; it’s based on how much God loves you.”
― Joel Osteen, Next Level Thinking: 10 Powerful Thoughts for a Successful and Abundant Life

“Esto es bueno”. Cuando creó a los animales, leones, águilas y mariposas, dijo: “Esto es bueno”. Pero cuando lo creó a usted, cuando vio cuán magnífico es usted, dijo: “Esto es muy bueno”. Él no dijo que el sistema solar era muy bueno, no dijo que las montañas Rocosas eran muy buenas. La única vez que usó “muy bueno” fue cuando lo creó a usted.”
― Joel Osteen, Piense a otro nivel: 10 pensamientos poderosos para una vida exitosa y abundante

“God has all favorites. He’s not like us in that way. He doesn’t have to pick and choose, because He has unlimited love. He doesn’t just show love, He doesn’t just express”
― Joel Osteen, It Is Finished: Defeat What's Defeating You

“As long as you’re down on yourself, feeling as though you don’t measure up and can’t get it right, that’s not only going to keep you from enjoying your life, it’s going to keep you from improving.”
― Joel Osteen, It Is Finished: Defeat What's Defeating You

“Next level thinking says you’re not a finished product. God is still working on you. The Scripture speaks of how God changes us from glory to glory. You have to learn to enjoy the glory you’re in right now.”
― Joel Osteen, It Is Finished: Defeat What's Defeating You

“First John 4:10 says, “This is real love—not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son as a sacrifice to take away our sins.”
― Joel Osteen, It Is Finished: Defeat What's Defeating You

“Knowing that you’re loved is what will give you the strength to do better and to break any chains that are holding you back.”
― Joel Osteen, It Is Finished: Defeat What's Defeating You

“Nothing you can do will make God love you more.”
― Joel Osteen, It Is Finished: Defeat What's Defeating You

“When you start seeing yourself as His favorite, you’ll go to Him with confidence, you’ll pray bold prayers, you’ll ask Him for your dreams, you’ll believe for your health to turn around, you’ll expect new doors to open, you’ll move up to the next level—not because of who you are, but because of Who your Father is. You know He’ll go out of His way to be good to you.”
― Joel Osteen, It Is Finished: Defeat What's Defeating You

“If you want to make God’s day, start approaching Him like you know He loves you, like you know He’s for you, like you know He’s longing to be good to you. It doesn’t bring God any pleasure when we go around feeling insecure and unworthy and beating ourselves up for past mistakes. Shake that off and start going boldly to the throne.”
― Joel Osteen, It Is Finished: Defeat What's Defeating You

“It pleases God when you know you are dearly loved. That’s why the Scripture says, “Come boldly to the throne.” Don’t go to Him feeling unworthy.”
― Joel Osteen, It Is Finished: Defeat What's Defeating You

“God loves you right now. He loved you when you were doing wrong. He loved you when you were off course. The apostle Paul says that nothing can separate us from the love of God. You are a marked man, a marked woman. God put His love on you. Now you are permanently loved.”
― Joel Osteen, It Is Finished: Defeat What's Defeating You

“When we make mistakes, God doesn’t change His mind about us. If you run away from God, instead of turning the other way, God will come running toward you. Quit trying to earn His love. There’s nothing you can do to make God love you any more or any less. It’s a gift. Just receive it by faith.”
― Joel Osteen, It Is Finished: Defeat What's Defeating You

“Now, do your part, shake off the slave mentality, and start having a son mentality. If you’ll do this, I believe and declare every chain that’s holding you back is being broken. God is going to release healing, favor, breakthroughs, and abundance. You’re going to rise higher and become everything He’s created you to be.”
― Joel Osteen, It Is Finished: Defeat What's Defeating You

“You’re no longer a slave, you’re a son. You used to be a slave to fear, to addictions, to poverty, to depression, but you’ve been born into a new family and a new life.”
― Joel Osteen, It Is Finished: Defeat What's Defeating You

“You may feel as though you’re at a disadvantage. It’s causing you to shrink back, to not pursue your dreams. Like Gideon, you may not be able to see it, but even the enemy knows you’re royalty. Even the enemy knows you are destined to do great things.”
― Joel Osteen, It Is Finished: Defeat What's Defeating You

“Sometimes what’s holding us back is that we don’t really know who we are. We think we’re average, just ordinary, when in fact we are royalty. We are sons and daughters of the Most High God. When God breathed His life into you, He crowned you with His favor. He put a robe of righteousness on you. He says, “You have been fearfully and wonderfully made.” Don’t go through life with a cheese-and-crackers mentality. Have a son mentality, an abundant mentality.”
― Joel Osteen, It Is Finished: Defeat What's Defeating You

“I wonder how many of us are missing out on God’s best because we don’t realize the meals have been paid for. We’re over in the corner, so to speak, like a servant eating cheese and crackers, when God is saying, “You’re a son. You’re a daughter. Step up to the table. I’ve paid the price. There’s a place with your name on it.” You may have made mistakes—forgiveness has been paid for, mercy has been paid for. You had bad breaks and people did you wrong—new beginnings have been paid for. Beauty for ashes belongs to you. Why don’t you come on up to the table? You’re struggling with your finances, and nobody in your family has gotten ahead. Don’t be satisfied with cheese and crackers. Abundance has been paid for. New levels are in your future.”
― Joel Osteen, It Is Finished: Defeat What's Defeating You

“You’re not going to qualify as a son when you perform well enough.”
― Joel Osteen, It Is Finished: Defeat What's Defeating You

“There’s nothing you can do to change the fact that you’re a son. When you gave your life to Christ, you were born into the family of God. You can’t get unborn. You can’t make a mistake that’s too big. You can’t get too far off course. You may disqualify yourself, but God never disqualifies you.”
― Joel Osteen, It Is Finished: Defeat What's Defeating You

“It is the Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.” God is longing to be good to you.”
― Joel Osteen, It Is Finished: Defeat What's Defeating You

“If you want to make God happy, if you want to put a smile on His face, go to Him with boldness, go to Him like you know He’s proud of you, like you know you deserve to be there, like you know He wants to be good to you. Ask Him for your dreams. Pray bold prayers. You’re not inconveniencing Him. You don’t have to earn God’s love. You don’t have to work for His approval. You don’t have to pay God back for your mistakes.”
― Joel Osteen, It Is Finished: Defeat What's Defeating You

“If you want to make God happy, if you want to put a smile on His face, go to Him with boldness, go to Him like you know He’s proud of you, like you know you deserve to be there, like you know He wants to be good to you.”
― Joel Osteen, It Is Finished: Defeat What's Defeating You

“I’m a son. I’m blessed, I’m prosperous, and I’m a difference maker. I’m going to set a new standard for my family.”
― Joel Osteen, It Is Finished: Defeat What's Defeating You