When I hear Mitt Romney say that he believes that Jesus is the Son of God, that He's the Christ, raised from the dead, that He's his savior - that's good enough for me.
A lot of preachers' kids are some of the most rebellious kids in the world. I never was like that.
Salvation and Christ's love is a gift. You don't earn it. You've got to receive that gift.
I just think that trusting God means we're going to have unanswered questions, and God is so much bigger than us, we're never going to understand them all.
I didn't try to copy my dad or fit into the pressure or the mold that everybody tried to make me fit into.
Well I think a lot of times we're putting things off and I'm going to do it later. I'm going to break this bad habit or I'm going to pursue this dream or I'm going to treat my spouse better.
The Hindus are some of the nicest people you'll ever meet.
Mormonism is a little different, but I still see them as brothers in Christ.
I like sports, and I enjoy playing basketball and lifting weights.
My dad had a church of 90 people when I was born. It was just, over the years it continued to grow.
You may never get to that perfect world that you're waiting for where everything's going to be perfect and you got that much money and your house paid off.
The death of my father is probably the biggest thing that I ever faced. Daddy and I were best friends.
I don't argue when people say that my message is simple, but I believe Jesus' message was simple.
I'm a reverend and a pastor. A pastor of the church. I go by usually pastor.
My parents were the same in the pulpit as they were at home. I think that's where a lot of preachers' kids get off base sometimes. Because they don't see the same things at both places.
I believe God gives you the grace to do what you need to do.
I'm not the judge. You know, God didn't tell me to go around judging everybody.
I'm not looking to exclude people, I'm looking to include them.
I believe the scripture says that being gay is a sin.
It's amazing how people will give when you don't ask. Many of them send money because they believe in the message.
God's desire is that we excel.
I don't know what can be so dangerous about giving people hope.
Sometimes when you take strong stands, if you're not called to do it, you're dividing the audience you're trying to reach.
I'm trying to make God more relevant in our society.
On Sundays when I speak, I hopefully give somebody something that they can use the next day at work or at home.
I don't have all the answers.
I write all my sermons.
I think the word rich is all relative.
My message is that God is a good God.
I don't like to beat people down. They need to be lifted up.
I deal with more practical issues of the Bible.
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.
It's God's will for you to live in prosperity instead of poverty. It's God's will for you to pay your bills and not be in debt.
If Jesus were here today, he wouldn't be riding around on a donkey. He'd be taking a plane, he'd be using the media.
I've never preached one sermon on money, on just finances. I want to stay away from it.
I'm very careful about saying who would and wouldn't go to heaven. I don't know.
I'm going to let God be the judge of who goes to heaven and hell.
I try to speak in everyday language. I feel like God has gifted me to take Bible principles and make them practical.
I think God's justice is making wrongs right.
I made a decision when my father passed away that I was going to be who God made me to be and not try to preach like my father.
I don't think that a same-sex marriage is the way God intended it to be.
I don't go down the road of condemning.
I don't want to just preach to the church. I feel like I have a broader message.
God wants to bless us where we are.
God didn't make a mistake when He made you. You need to see yourself as God sees you.
We need to, you know, restore people. We need to show mercy. I mean, because as much mercy as you show people, that's the mercy you're going to be receiving.
You can be committed to Church but not committed to Christ, but you cannot be committed to Christ and not committed to church.
I try to look on all the great things God's done, and not focus on the negative. It's a perspective.
A lot of people have it a lot worse than you do.
You are victors, not victims!
I really believed that fear is contagious.
You're not better than anybody else, but you're not less than anybody else. You're a child of the Most High God.
God's got you in the palm of His hand. You won't leave one second before your time. If God wants you to be here, then you're going to be here.
The ultimate connection is when you are connected to the creator of the universe.
This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. I have what it says I have. I can do what it says I can do.
Sometimes what works 40 years ago doesn't work today.
My biggest hobby is hanging out with my family and kids.
I don't mind saying, you know, that I don't take a salary from the church, and God has blessed me with more money than I could imagine from my books.
I've always been - you know, my personality is motivating and encouraging. And so I'm just being who God made me to be.
I don't believe we are supposed to go through life defeated and not having enough money to pay our bills or send our kids to college.
Sometimes, I think if you get away from what you're called to do, it's more of a distraction.
I say, don't try to fight your own battles because God will do it.
Prospering just doesn't have to do with money.
To me, we're marketing hope.
Most people already know what they're doing wrong. When I get them to church I want to tell them that you can change.
Many times, we miss out on God's best because we give up too soon. We don't realize how close we are to victory.
A good thing to remember is somebody's got it a lot worse than we do.
Don't grow accustomed to living with less, doing less, and being less to the point that you eventually sit back and accept it.
The question is not, 'Do you have a problem?' The question is, 'Does the problem have you?'
Friend, there's no greater investment in life than in being a people builder. Relationships are more important than our accomplishments.
I try to live what I teach. A lot of things come against us in life, but we should try to find something to be grateful for, and see each day as a gift.
I don't focus on the critics. Everyone who is making any difference in any field has critics. As long as I feel like I'm doing what I'm supposed to be doing, then I don't worry about it.
A lot of psychological principles and even medical principles, you see them coming around to what the Bible said hundreds of years ago: a merry heart is good like a medicine.
I'm honest enough to say I don't know everything. You know, I don't. I don't understand all of God. I don't understand, you know, some kind of why bad things happen.
I've always been very happy. I've always been easy going and I've always been very encouraging; it's just my personality.
I believe that God breathed life into every person and that every person is made in the image of God and you have accept them as they are, on their journey. I'm not here to preach hate or push people down.
I'm not for gay marriage, but I'm not for discriminating against people.
Faith activates God - Fear activates the Enemy.
Faith is easy; I think people complicate it.
You have enough people against you... be for yourself.
I think how you start the day many times determines what kind of day you're going to have.
You cannot let where you are today cause you to get stuck. I'm going to be my best right now. That's what faith is all about.
You can be happy where you are.
You'll never rise any higher than the way you see yourself.
Sometimes we look at gay being a bigger sin than being proud or not telling the truth. I don't think God categorizes sins.
Only God can look at somebody's heart.
God wants you to be a winner, not a whiner.
Indeed, it is as important to learn how to receive a blessing as it is to be willing to give one.
Sometimes you need faith and victory spoken over your life. Words have created power. When you receive them into your spirit, they can ignite seeds of increase on the inside.
We were old sinners - but when we came to Christ we are not sinners anymore.
If we say it long enough eventually we're going to reap a harvest. We're going to get exactly what we're saying.
God wants us to prosper financially, to have plenty of money, to fulfill the destiny He has laid out for us.
Why don't you start believing that no matter what you have or haven't done, that your best days are still out in front of you.
Every setback means you're one step closer to seeing the dream come to pass.
It doesn't matter who likes you or doesn't like you, all that matters is that God likes you. He accepts you, he approves of you.
I mean we all need a second chance sometimes.
The main rule to me is to honor God with your life. To life a life of integrity. Not be selfish. You know, help others. But that's really the essence of the Christian faith.
The greatest difficulty always comes right before the birth of a dream.
Gays are some of the nicest, kindest, most loving people in the world.
People are skeptical of many televangelists, and I'm sensitive to that.
People respond when you tell them there is a great future in front of you, you can leave your past behind.
If you give, you will be blessed.
