Joel Osteen
Joel Osteen
Joel Scott Osteen is an American preacher and televangelist. He is the Senior Pastor of Lakewood Church, the largest Protestant church in the United States, in Houston, Texas. Osteen's televised sermons are seen by over 7 million viewers weekly and over 20 million monthly in over 100 countries. His sermons also broadcast 24 hours a day on Sirius XM Satellite Radio, Channel 128. Osteen has written seven New York Times Bestselling books. He has been widely nicknamed "The Smiling Preacher"...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionClergyman
Date of Birth5 March 1963
CountryUnited States of America
I encourage people in a lot of my messages that you've got to make the most of every day.
I feel like my message is to let people know that God is a good God, that He's on their side, and no matter what happens, He has a great plan for them.
The main message of it is to not get stagnant and that God wants us to continue to grow and become a better person.
We're going to bring our core message of hope and how God is a good God who's on our side.
I don't want to just preach to the church. I feel like I have a broader message.
Our whole message is it's easy to just keep preaching to the church and people that already come.
My message is that God is a good God.
I never dreamed my book was going to do what it's done, ... Hopefully I'll never have to take a salary from the church again. We plan to be good givers.
You may make some mistakes-but that doesn't make you a sinner. You've got the very nature of God on the inside of you.
I am excited about the opportunity of expanding our outreach with Free Press.
If you want to reap financial blessings, you have to sow financially.
I think faith is incredibly important because you will become overwhelmed with what's happening and you will have waves of grief, but when you turn to your faith, I believe God will give you waves of grace to get through it.
Faith is easy; I think people complicate it.
You have enough people against you... be for yourself.