I 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.
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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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We should still pray. We have no other authority but to pray.
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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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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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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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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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We think that forgiveness is weakness, but it’s absolutely not; it takes a very strong person to forgive.
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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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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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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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I’m not particularly political. I’m not particularly denominational. I’m not worried about any of that.
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You don’t know how much you’ve grown- until trouble comes back for an encore.
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You shouldn’t shoot at every opportunity that passes by.
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You can’t have healing without sickness.
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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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