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Big ideas come from forward thinking people who challenge the norm, think outside the box, and invent the world they see inside rather than submitting to the limitations of current dilemmas

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T. D. Jakes
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: June 9
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South Charleston
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Thomas Dexter Jakes
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To those of us who often procrastinate on the decision we feel intimidated by lack of education or any area of weakness. I relieve you with this statement: It is not how much you know that arms you with the tools of great decision making, but rather how much you ask. Ask questions.
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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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It is the breaking of life that produces the blessing of life.
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We are the people that we have been waiting for and no one else is coming.
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Faith is the substance of whatever it is that we hope for. The important thing is that we teach that faith is connected to good works and responsibility.
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No matter how much talent you have in your mind and spirit, if your body is not able to function, you are not able to fulfill your destiny.
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What you can do is embrace what you have right now and to allow it to fill the vacancies of what you didn't get yesterday.
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When God blesses you, don't let no devil in hell move you out of your place of blessing!
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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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Eagles fly where lesser birds cannot fly, so eagles can do what lesser birds cannot do.
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It is enough to be responsible for ensuring that our people have the opportunity to graze in the rich grass of God's nutritious word. Beyond that, we must trust the word to take it's effect. It will work faster in some people than in others. the spiritual body grows and metabolizes food at different rates much like the natural body does.
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The Hell of Regret He who wins the race cannot run with the pack. And once you get out you can't come back, because caged lions don't mate with free ones! If ever you are going to win, you must forsake the social construct of the cage and all the cage dwellers.
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Once you have confidence in your instincts, you must never allow other people's refusal to believe, or their data to refute, what you instinctively know is true.
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Once again, Kirk Franklin takes the church beyond the traditional, transitioning his life's experiences into life lessons. Clearly there is more to this man than great music. You will feel the beat of his heart and faith.
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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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We pay far too much attention to externals.
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When you begin to realize that your past does not necessarily dictate the outcome of your future, then you can release the hurt. It is impossible to inhale new air until you exhale the old.
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The most dangerous thing in the world is to have no purpose.
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Come hell or high water you will never take me back to the place I was before. I have been through too much to let life whoop me again. My faith is stronger than it's ever been, my mind is more tenacious than it's ever been, my soul is more absolute.
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Don't come into the presence of God to impress Him with something He gave you!
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