There is nothing I’m any more passionate than empowering the next generation.
T. D. JAKESI 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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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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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.
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There is a higher power, a higher influence, a God who rules and reigns and controls circumstances and situations that are beyond your area and realm of authority.
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Too many people want the appearance of winning rather than the practices and hard work that create a true champion.
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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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Success is never an accident it’s always on purpose.
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You can’t have healing without sickness.
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I think the thing that people do wrong today is that they pray for external validation.
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Eagles fly where lesser birds cannot fly, so eagles can do what lesser birds cannot do.
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We think that forgiveness is weakness, but it’s absolutely not; it takes a very strong person to forgive.
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We should still pray. We have no other authority but to pray.
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I think the first step is to understand that forgiveness does not exonerate the perpetrator. Forgiveness liberates the victim. It’s a gift you give yourself.
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The world is a university and everyone in it is a teacher. Make sure when you wake up in the morning you go to school.
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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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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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