T. D. Jakes Quotes
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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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All over this nation, all over this world there are people going to church today and they say they are believers, but until you can take what you've been taught and bring it to the place you gave up - you will never be the radical believer that you need to be for the times in which we live.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 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 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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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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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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If you're gifted enough, nappy hair, gap teeth, acne face - I don't care what it is, greatness will shine through anything!
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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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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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When you are talking about moral issues you are talking about same-sex marriage, which has been relegated over to the states. It's no longer a federal issue and yet, we are dealing with it like it's a federal issue but for a large degree it has become a state issue.
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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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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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I would tell your generation, wherever you are on the totem poll - whether you're halfway there or at the bottom, don't despise small beginnings; small beginnings get you ready for great things.
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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.