"When you focus on being a blessing, God makes sure that you are always blessed in abundance." ― Joel Osteen Topic(s): Faith More From Joel Osteen "The death of my father is probably the biggest thing that I ever faced. Daddy and I were best friends." "I’ve never preached one sermon on money, on just finances. I want to stay away from it." "Faith activates God – Fear activates the Enemy." More In Faith "I’m about as big a star as the Baha’i faith has got, which is pretty pathetic."― Rainn Wilson "I do respect people’s faith, but I don’t respect their manipulation of that faith in order to create fear and control."― Javier Bardem "War consisteth not in battle only, or the act of fighting; but in a tract of time, wherein the will to contend by battle is sufficiently known."― Thomas Hobbes