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Arrogance Always Destroys Opportunity

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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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About Amazing Amazing Thing Consistent

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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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Christ Christian Died Eternal

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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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Alienate Another Become Church

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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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Biological Congratulate Diligently Fathers

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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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Became Chemistry I Think Miracles

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There is nothing I'm any more passionate than empowering the next generation.

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Any Empowering Generation More

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I think most people who get into their 50s reassess what made sense and what didn't make sense.

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Get I Think Made Make

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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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Brought Could Differently Done

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I don't dislike anybody. I love everybody.

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Anybody Dislike Everybody I Love

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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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About Any Particularly Political

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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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Doing Matter People Themselves

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Forgiveness is about empowering yourself, rather than empowering your past.

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About Empowering Forgiveness Past

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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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Being Being Strong Forgive How

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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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Calling Created Destiny First

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It is your passion that empowers you to be able to do that thing you were created to do.

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Able Created Empowers Passion

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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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Believe End Faith Fear

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Children are not unforgiving. You can punish them and they will hug you in a few minutes.

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Children Few Hug Minutes

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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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Ages Develop Development Early

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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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Aspect Atmosphere Civility Every

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My father was a Methodist and my mother was a Baptist.

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Baptist Father Methodist Mother

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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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Christ Church Conversion Died

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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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Baptist Christ Church Committed

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There are no college courses to build up self-esteem or high school or elementary school. If you don't get those values at a early age, nurtured in your home, you don't get them.

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Age Build College Courses

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I actually grew up playing the piano in the church and was deeply involved in music ministry.

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Actually Church Deeply Grew

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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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About Background Baptist Based

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I like to see myself as a bridge builder, that is me building bridges between people, between races, between cultures, between politics, trying to find common ground.

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Between Bridge Bridges Builder

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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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Check Church First Had

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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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Does First First Step Forgiveness

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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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About Amazing Amazing Thing Christ

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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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Decision Forgive Intellectually Make

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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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About Above Being Branded

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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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Attack Better Caused Craziness

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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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Children Different Different Levels Different Personalities

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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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Among Because Chose I Can

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T. D. Jakes

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.

T. D. Jakes

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.

T. D. Jakes

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.

T. D. Jakes

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.

T. D. Jakes

T. D. Jakes

T. D. Jakes

I think most people who get into their 50s reassess what made sense and what didn't make sense.

T. D. Jakes

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.

T. D. Jakes

I don't dislike anybody. I love everybody.

T. D. Jakes

I'm not particularly political. I'm not particularly denominational. I'm not worried about any of that.

T. D. Jakes

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.

T. D. Jakes

Forgiveness is about empowering yourself, rather than empowering your past.

T. D. Jakes

If you learn how to forgive others for not being strong, then people can learn how to forgive you for your own issues.

T. D. Jakes

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.

T. D. Jakes

It is your passion that empowers you to be able to do that thing you were created to do.

T. D. Jakes

Resist your fear; fear will never lead to you a positive end. Go for your faith and what you believe.

T. D. Jakes

Children are not unforgiving. You can punish them and they will hug you in a few minutes.

T. D. Jakes

We develop our propensity to forgive or not to forgive by what we see illustrated at the early ages of our development.

T. D. Jakes

T. D. Jakes

My father was a Methodist and my mother was a Baptist.

T. D. Jakes

When my father died, I had a real experience with Christ, a real conversion with Christ and I had it in a Oneness church.

T. D. Jakes

I was raised in the Baptist church... but I didn't really have a real committed experience with Christ until my father died.

T. D. Jakes

There are no college courses to build up self-esteem or high school or elementary school. If you don't get those values at a early age, nurtured in your home, you don't get them.

T. D. Jakes

I actually grew up playing the piano in the church and was deeply involved in music ministry.

T. D. Jakes

I think that my preaching style and many of my ideas and ideals about faith are based in both Pentecostal and Baptist background.

T. D. Jakes

I like to see myself as a bridge builder, that is me building bridges between people, between races, between cultures, between politics, trying to find common ground.

T. D. Jakes

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.

T. D. Jakes

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.

T. D. Jakes

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.

T. D. Jakes

When you make a decision to forgive it's a decision that you have to make intellectually.

T. D. Jakes

One of the things about my ministry is that I have never branded myself as being above the people or superior to people.

T. D. Jakes

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.

T. D. Jakes

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.

T. D. Jakes

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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