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T. D. Jakes

American Clergyman

Born: Jun 9, 1957

Church Forgiveness Me People Think You

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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. T. D. Jakes

Forgiveness Amazing Christ Sunday Illustration Possible Easter About Cross Gives Resurrection Greatest Amazing Thing Dying Us Moments Thing Here Christians

We think that forgiveness is weakness, but it's absolutely not; it takes a very strong person to forgive. T. D. Jakes

Forgiveness Strong Think Weakness Absolutely Absolutely Not Takes Very Person Forgive

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

Politics Myself Me People Building Find See Between Like Builder Cultures Trying Common Common Ground Races Ground Bridge Bridges

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

You Passion Able Empowers Were Created Your Thing

Forgiveness is about empowering yourself, rather than empowering your past. T. D. Jakes

Forgiveness Yourself Past About Rather Empowering Than Your

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 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

Life You Better Think Attack Caused Overwhelm Than Storms Craziness

But I think my mistakes became the chemistry for my miracles. I think that my tests became my testimonies. T. D. Jakes

Miracles Mistakes Chemistry Think Became Tests

There is nothing I'm any more passionate than empowering the next generation. T. D. Jakes

Generation Nothing More Empowering Passionate Than Any Next Next Generation

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

Our See Propensity Develop Development Forgive Ages Illustrated Early

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 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

Life Me Matter Christ Will Long Christian Like Smells Looks Him Died Heaven Eternal Eternal Life

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

People Made Sense Think Most Make Get Who

I don't dislike anybody. I love everybody. T. D. Jakes

Love Everybody Anybody Dislike

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

You Will Hug Few Punish Minutes Children Unforgiving Them

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

People Matter Doing Where Themselves Who

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

Success Me Learning Experience Learning Experience Issues Five Children Different Personalities Them Different Levels Different Personalities Levels Raised

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