A church that focuses on the external has lost its passion for souls.
T. D. JAKESWe think that forgiveness is weakness, but it’s absolutely not; it takes a very strong person to forgive.
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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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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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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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You can’t have healing without sickness.
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If you have the capacity to be more than one thing , do everything that’s inside of you.
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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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The greater the battle – the greater the spoils.
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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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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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We should still pray. We have no other authority but to pray.
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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 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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I think the thing that people do wrong today is that they pray for external validation.
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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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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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