T. D. Jakes Quotes
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I don't care how cheap the box is that you put a diamond ring in, nothing about the box diminishes the value of the content.
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Surround yourself with people whose definition of you is not based on your history, but your destiny.
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Surround yourself with those who won’t compete but will revel in your success and see your ascent as a reflection of their own possibilities.
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If you can learn to love the imperfect people in your family then it's possible that someone can learn to love a imperfect you.
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I started my ministry when I was 19, I was pastoring at 22 and I got married when I was 24, so I was building at such a young age and that fight, that dream and tenacity is still in me.
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I have certain standards for myself so if something drops beneath that standard or if the opportunity doesn't fit who I am authentically at my core - I don't invest time where my brand isn't respected or where what I have to offer isn't appreciated.
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I think that it's unfortunate that we have allowed politics to use theology to hit areas that we sincerely want to support. But I think that they are using us to some degree because they are using what concerns us to isolate us.
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A whole woman will always attract a whole man. And when they touch, they will fuse to create a whole marriage. Ultimately, when the time is right, they will produce whole children.
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The critic is a prisoner to his own experiences and perspectives, erroneously believing his limited experiences are the sum of all truth
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Really, when you get down to racism, in or out of the church, it's a heart issue. It's not a head issue. When we actually get to experience each other's ministry, and each other's struggle, and each other's pain, there's a much greater sensitivity.
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I know whatever God means for me to have He'll give it to me. And if it takes too much sweat I don't need it.
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No matter how much talent you have in your mind and spirit, if your body is not able to function, you are not able to fulfill your destiny.
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The traditional churches are having to transition into new methodologies and new ways of reaching people and they are starting to understand that and looking for ways they can increase their relevance to the contemporary society.
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Face the giants in your life, slay them, and move on. Do not be daunted by the mistakes and failures in your life.
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No matter where you are in life right now, know this: God put you on this earth to fulfill the promise He has predestined for your life.
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Once again, Kirk Franklin takes the church beyond the traditional, transitioning his life's experiences into life lessons. Clearly there is more to this man than great music. You will feel the beat of his heart and faith.
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When you leave the familiar and enter the unknown, your fear becomes refined by experience and hammered into tools of survival on the anvil of anxiety.
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I wasn't looking out, I was looking in. I knew something was in me, I just wasn't sure how valuable it was.
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Worship, from the Latin word meaning "worth-ship", is where we express God's worth to us in our lives.
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I think it's important that when you're bringing something to the table that you're sure has value, that you don't diminish yourself just so that you can have an opportunity.
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I think that the church has to develop its own agenda, and not allow itself to be consumed by either party to the chagrin of the people that we seek to serve.
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God gives you the resources for success. But it is up to you to recognize them and use them to their fullest.
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Some young ladies are so starved for male approval that what should be a normal attraction to men is accelerated into an obsessive need for male affirmation. Tragically, these dear ladies allow themselves to be devoured in the arms of men who have neither regard not respect for them as people.
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Put the greatest emphasis on what's in you; your knowledge, your wisdom, your inner strength, your character, your tenacity and people will look through the box and always walk away with the product.