T. D. Jakes Quotes
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Children are not unforgiving. You can punish them and they will hug you in a few minutes.
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I'm for people bettering themselves, no matter who they are and where they are, doing all they can to be all they can be.
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We develop our propensity to forgive or not to forgive by what we see illustrated at the early ages of our development.
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When it comes to bringing an idea that God has given you to fruition, don't wait for it to happen again, you have to get out there and make it happen.
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I chose to present myself as one who comes from among the people, and I can be touched by their pain because I have my own.
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Big ideas come from forward thinking people who challenge the norm, think outside the box, and invent the world they see inside rather than submitting to the limitations of current dilemmas
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I was raised in the Baptist church... but I didn't really have a real committed experience with Christ until my father died.
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I think many people have an illusion of success based on entering in at a level that's higher than their experiences.
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My children are now adults and just kind of guide them while they allow you to have input in their lives without controlling them the way you did when they were toddlers. These are good steps to use for fathers at each step of their children's lives.
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Baptism was to put a line of demarcation between your past sins when you are buried with Him by Baptism-you are burying your past sins-eradicating them-putting a line in the sand saying that old man is dead and he is no longer alive any more and I rise up to walk in the newness of life.
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I think it is important that we rebuild an atmosphere of forgiveness and civility in every aspect of our lives.
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The first time I walked on a stage I knew that was what I was created to do. I knew that there was a calling and a sense of purpose in my life that gave me fulfillment and a sense of destiny.
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And another thing is that I think as a church whenever we become politically driven, we alienate at least 50 percent of the people that God called us to reach with our political orientations.
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God's not going to promote you because you have a dream, He's going to promote you because you've maximized where you are so now you're ready to go to the next level.
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One of the great healing balms of the Holy Spirit is forgiveness. To forgive is to break the link between you and your past.
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Forgiveness is about empowering yourself, rather than empowering your past.
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As a Christian, Christ died so that we will have eternal life in Him in Heaven. What it looks like doesn't matter, what it smells like doesn't matter, as long as Christ is there it will be Heaven to me.
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To be unforgiving is like to drink poison and wait for someone else to die!! Rev. TD Jakes (have I said how much I love ya!)
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I think that my preaching style and many of my ideas and ideals about faith are based in both Pentecostal and Baptist background.
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My first church had seven members in it, and I have to remember, the rent was $225 a month and I worked for Union Carbide and took the check I made from work to pay for the rent to keep the church open.
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So though there are many things I would have done differently, I submit to God's sovereignty and His purpose in my life and I thank Him that He brought me the way He brought me and gave me what He gave me when He thought I could handle it.
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It's the gymnasium of life where you get the workout, the resistance, and you find out things about yourself that you didn't know.
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I'm not particularly political. I'm not particularly denominational. I'm not worried about any of that.
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The dream God gives you guarantees, no matter what it looks like now, when it’s all over, your dream will come to pass.