I was looking for excellence in any color or gender it comes in. Some of my top people are African American but not all of them.
T. D. JAKESI grew up in hospitals. My father was sick. So I grew up in hospitals from the age of 10. Got to see a lot of suffering.
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We should still pray. We have no other authority but to pray.
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Here is the amazing thing about Easter; the resurrection Sunday for Christians is this, that Christ in the dying moments on the cross gives us the greatest illustration of forgiveness possible.
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A church that focuses on the external has lost its passion for souls.
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I grew up in hospitals. My father was sick. So I grew up in hospitals from the age of 10. Got to see a lot of suffering.
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God’s grace and mercy have brought you through. Quit acting as if you made it on your own.
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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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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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The enemy doesn’t care how many days you live as long as you don’t live in the days you have.
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Whenever you face obstacles, crises and dilemmas and your confidence is in your associates more than in God- it is a sign your faith is deteriorating.
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You don’t know how much you’ve grown- until trouble comes back for an encore.
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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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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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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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Sometimes what makes us insecure and vulnerable becomes the fuel we need to be overachievers. The antidote for a snakebite is made from the poison, and the thing that made you go backward is the same force that will push you forward.
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The greater the battle – the greater the spoils.
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