American - Clergyman | June 9, 1957 -
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
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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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I think it is important that we rebuild an atmosphere of forgiveness and civility in every aspect of our lives.
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I don't dislike anybody. I love everybody.
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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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My father was a Methodist and my mother was a Baptist.
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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 actually grew up playing the piano in the church and was deeply involved in music ministry.
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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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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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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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