Joel Osteen Quotes

Glory be and praise to God. I didn't do any of this. God did. I don't have a recipe or a blueprint. I prayed for it, and my prayers are continuing to be answered.

Providence is wiser than you, and you may be confident it has suited all things better to your eternal good than you could do had you been left to your own option.

To live your best life now, you must learn to trust God’s timing, you may not think He’s working, but you can be sure that right now, behind the scenes, God is arranging all the pieces to come together to work out His plan for your life.

Whenever the Lord holds us in suspense, and delays his aid, he is not therefore asleep, but, on the contrary, regulates all His works in such a manner that he does nothing but at the proper time.

I do know this: God does answer your prayers, but it's not always in the way you expect. God knows what's best for us, though, so there's no need to worry when things don't go how we originally wanted them to go.

What God chooses for us children of men is always the best.

I believe God will make a way.

Don't seek opportunity. Seek God and opportunity will seek you.

It's an exciting life. I don't know where God is leading us. I just know that He opens doors and He closes the doors, and it is always the best for us.

I think often that God is guiding me.

I do not attempt to orchestrate my career. I let God do that.

I believe God is managing affairs and that He doesn't need any advice from me. With God in charge, I believe everything will work out for the best in the end. So what is there to worry about.

God will open any doors he wants to open, and if He closes doors, that's fine, too.

You think you're in control, and you're trying to get that square peg in that round hole. You're frustrated, and you realize that you're not in control of everything. You need to just step back and let God.

I always pray for God's guidance in my life and he always provides it. He opens the right doors he shuts the right doors. And I have tremendous faith in him. He just guided my career in an amazing way.

I believe that whatever comes at a particular time is a blessing from God.

God does not rule in nations, but He is mindful of them. He can and does place people in positions of influence who want what is best for the people and who trust in the Lord.

Do your duty and leave the rest to God.

Sometimes you want to whisper in God's ear, 'God, we know you are in charge, but why don't you make it slightly more obvious?'

I am not promising that God will give you everything you want. There are times when we want things that God knows would not be good for us.

I believe in one principle: Do your work and leave the rest to God.

God has a plan for every individual. We must only strive to achieve what we have to. He takes care of the rest.

I've tried to plan for my future in the past and it doesn't always work out the way I want it to, so leave it all up to the man upstairs.

God will never allow any action against you that is not in accord with His will for you. And His will is always directed to our good.

Above all, trust in the slow work of God.