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T. D. Jakes


American
June 9, 1957
Clergyman
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I don't dislike anybody. I love everybody.


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


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


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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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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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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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