Quotes by T. D. Jakes

About T. D. Jakes:

Thomas Dexter "T. D." Jakes, Sr. is the Apostle/Bishop of The Potter's House, a non-denominational American megachurch, with 30,000 members. T. D. Jakes' church services and evangelistic sermons are broadcast on The Potter's Touch, which airs on Lightsource.com, the Trinity Broadcasting Network, Black Entertainment Television, the Daystar Television Network, The Word Network and The Miracle Channel in Canada. Other aspects of Jakes' ministry include an annual revival called "MegaFest" that draws more than 100,000 people, an annual women's conference called "Woman Thou Art Loosed", and gospel music recordings.
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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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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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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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But I think my mistakes became the chemistry for my miracles. I think that my tests became my testimonies.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Author Bio

  • NameT. D. Jakes
  • DescriptionAmerican bishop
  • BornJune 9, 1957
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionPriest; Author