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 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. JAKESThere 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.
T. D. JAKESYou can’t have healing without sickness.
T. D. JAKESWe think that forgiveness is weakness, but it’s absolutely not; it takes a very strong person to forgive.
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.
T. D. JAKESThe enemy doesn’t care how many days you live as long as you don’t live in the days you have.
T. D. JAKESWhenever 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.
T. D. JAKESThe greater the battle – the greater the spoils.
T. D. JAKESYou shouldn’t shoot at every opportunity that passes by.
T. D. JAKESGod’s grace and mercy have brought you through. Quit acting as if you made it on your own.
T. D. JAKESIf you have achieved any level of success, then pour it into someone else. Success is not success without a successor.
T. D. JAKESI 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.
T. D. JAKESI think the thing that people do wrong today is that they pray for external validation.
T. D. JAKESA church that focuses on the external has lost its passion for souls.
T. D. JAKESThe 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.
T. D. JAKESSometimes 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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