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.
T. D. JAKESI 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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If you have achieved any level of success, then pour it into someone else. Success is not success without a successor.
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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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We think that forgiveness is weakness, but it’s absolutely not; it takes a very strong person to forgive.
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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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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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The dream God gives you guarantees, no matter what it looks like now, when it’s all over, your dream will come to pass.
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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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The greater the battle – the greater the spoils.
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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 think the thing that people do wrong today is that they pray for external validation.
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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 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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There is nothing I’m any more passionate than empowering the next generation.
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