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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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T. D. Jakes
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: June 9
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South Charleston
West Virginia
Thomas Dexter Jakes
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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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Set the goal to harvest what's in you rather than having a car, house or a relationship.
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Comfort is the enemy of creativity.
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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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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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It does matter where you go to church, it does matter where you worship, it does matter where you lift your head, it does matter where you cry out to God. There is something about the atmosphere. I might be lame, but put me in the atmosphere. I may be drunk, but put me in the atmosphere. I may be weak, but put me in the atmosphere.
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May the passion to be all that God wants you to be sweep across your soul like a gentle breeze.
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