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Faith becomes the foundation I'm built on.

T. D. Jakes

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T. D. Jakes
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: June 9
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Evangelist
Priest
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South Charleston
West Virginia
Thomas Dexter Jakes
Sr.
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Faith

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I think that Jesus is the product.
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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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God's not going to promote you because you have a dream, He's going to promote you because you've maximized where you are so now you're ready to go to the next level.
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Comfort is the enemy of creativity.
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A lot of can't deal with life because they lack the patience to become who they want to be.... Everything happens by process. If you don't go through the process to get it, you don't have the power to keep it.
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We should still pray. We have no other authority but to pray.
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Don't try to change the package more than you try and change the product.
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I don't care how cheap the box is that you put a diamond ring in, nothing about the box diminishes the value of the content.
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