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.
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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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 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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The greater the battle – the greater the spoils.
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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 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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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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Basic Instincts It’s the way mother birds build nests, and build them high enough to elude
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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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Success is never an accident it’s always on purpose.
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We should still pray. We have no other authority but to pray.
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You shouldn’t shoot at every opportunity that passes by.
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A church that focuses on the external has lost its passion for souls.
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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 think the thing that people do wrong today is that they pray for external validation.
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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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