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.
T. D. JAKESYou don’t know how much you’ve grown- until trouble comes back for an encore.
More T. D. Jakes Quotes
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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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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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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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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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The greater the battle – the greater the spoils.
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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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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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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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Too many people want the appearance of winning rather than the practices and hard work that create a true champion.
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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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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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Eagles fly where lesser birds cannot fly, so eagles can do what lesser birds cannot do.
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We should still pray. We have no other authority but to pray.
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