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" I actually grew up playing the piano in the church and was deeply involved in music ministry. "
T. D. Jakes
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" My father was a Methodist and my mother was a Baptist. "
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" The first time I walked on a stage I knew that was what I was created to do. I knew that there was a calling and a sense of purpose in my life that gave me fulfillment and a sense of destiny. "
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" My first church had seven members in it, and I have to remember, the rent was $225 a month and I worked for Union Carbide and took the check I made from work to pay for the rent to keep the church open. "
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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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" As a Christian, Christ died so that we will have eternal life in Him in Heaven. What it looks like doesn't matter, what it smells like doesn't matter, as long as Christ is there it will be Heaven to me. "
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" I was raised in the Baptist church... but I didn't really have a real committed experience with Christ until my father died. "
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" We cannot embrace God's forgiveness if we are so busy clinging to past wounds and nursing old grudges. "
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" I chose to present myself as one who comes from among the people, and I can be touched by their pain because I have my own. "
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" I don't dislike anybody. I love everybody. "
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" But I think my mistakes became the chemistry for my miracles. I think that my tests became my testimonies. "
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" Resist your fear; fear will never lead to you a positive end. Go for your faith and what you believe. "
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" We develop our propensity to forgive or not to forgive by what we see illustrated at the early ages of our development. "
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" And another thing is that I think as a church whenever we become politically driven, we alienate at least 50 percent of the people that God called us to reach with our political orientations. "
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Think
Political
" Children are not unforgiving. You can punish them and they will hug you in a few minutes. "
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Children
Few
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" I raised five children. They all have different personalities. All of them have different issues, different levels of success. That was a learning experience for me. "
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Success
Children
" One of the things about my ministry is that I have never branded myself as being above the people or superior to people. "
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" I don't think that you can let the storms of life overwhelm you. When you do that, you are no better than the craziness that caused you to be under attack. "
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" Forgiveness is about empowering yourself, rather than empowering your past. "
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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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Gift
Step
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" I think the amazing thing about gospel music is that not only does it lift up the death and resurrection of our Lord, which is consistent with the Gospel, but it is uniquely communicated depending upon the generation. "
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" I think that my preaching style and many of my ideas and ideals about faith are based in both Pentecostal and Baptist background. "
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" There is nothing I'm any more passionate than empowering the next generation. "
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" I want to congratulate all the men out there who are working diligently to be good fathers whether they are stepfathers, or biological fathers or just spiritual fathers. "
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" If you learn how to forgive others for not being strong, then people can learn how to forgive you for your own issues. "
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" I'm for people bettering themselves, no matter who they are and where they are, doing all they can to be all they can be. "
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" When my father died, I had a real experience with Christ, a real conversion with Christ and I had it in a Oneness church. "
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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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" I think it is important that we rebuild an atmosphere of forgiveness and civility in every aspect of our lives. "
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" When you make a decision to forgive it's a decision that you have to make intellectually. "
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You
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