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
The Hindus are some of the nicest people you'll ever meet.
Faith is easy; I think people complicate it.
You have enough people against you... be for yourself.
I try to teach people that I believe God wants us to be positive toward ourselves, meaning that, you know what, I like the way I look, I like the way I sound, I'm happy with what I'm doing in my career - and not always be beating ourselves down.
So many people talk about themselves: "I'm unattractive, my mind's so slow, and I can't do this." And you know what I tell them? "God didn't make a mistake when He made you. You need to see yourself as God sees you."
There's a lot of negative things trying to pull people down, and I think people respond when you tell them that hey, there are good things up ahead.
I see people - they won't be negative toward other people, but inside they're negative toward themselves, and I think that holds us back.
I'm not beating people over the head, and I'm saying that there are good things in store - you can make it in life. Most of the stuff that I minister [is] not real complicated deep things.
I feel like when I stay focused on encouraging people, and giving them hope, and helping them live their everyday life, I think that's where I can have the most impact.
I'm trying to teach people how to live their everyday lives, and so I do focus on it, probably not as much as some people would like.
I encourage people in a lot of my messages that you've got to make the most of every day.
I feel like what's come out of me is the gift God has given me just to encourage people, to help them know that there's a better life.
Jesus didn't go around condemning people. The Bible says it's the goodness of God that leads people to repentance.
I just wanted to get the message that God had put into my heart into another form, because I knew the print media would reach a different group of people.