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Come Hell Or High Water You Will Never Take Me Back To The Place I Was Before. I Have Been Through Too Much To Let Life Whoop Me Again. My Faith Is Stronger Than It's Ever Been, My Mind Is More Tenacious Than It's Ever Been, My Soul Is More Absolute.

-T. D. Jakes

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Come Hell Or High

T. D. Jakes

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Come Hell Or High Water You Will Never Take Me Back To The Place I Was Before. I Have Been Through Too Much To Let Life Whoop Me Again. My Faith Is Stronger Than It's Ever Been, My Mind Is More Tenacious Than It's Ever Been, My Soul Is More Absolute.

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As Much As It Pleases God To Bless You, There Will Be Moments When Everything You Try Goes Up In Smoke. There Will Be Moments When The One You Counted On Most Walks Away And Leaves You Groping Through Blinding Tears And Wailing Questions Of Why. Plans And Goals Can Be Circumvented By The Most Disappointing Of Times, Leaving You Learning The Art Of Patience And The Acceptance Of A Denied Request.

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You Don't Have To Be In Church Service To Worship, You Can Be In Your Own Home. You Enhance Your Spirituality, Through The Instrument Of Worship, When You Really Connect With The Invisible, Almighty God.

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The Methodologies Are Always Different But The Message Should Be The Same.

Forgiveness Is About Empowering Yourself, Rather Than Empowering Your Past.

I Think If We Don't Fix The Economy And If We Don't Fix Foreign Policy, We Won't Have The Luxury Of Dealing With Domestic Issues That May Be Important To Christians But We Have To Understand That In My View, We've Taken Our Eyes Off The Ball A Bit.

Comfort Is The Enemy Of Creativity.

The Low-grade Plagiarism Of Popularity Will Never Lead You To True Contentment.

Stress And Worry Is A Residual Of Relying On Yourself And Being Your Own God, In Control Of Everything. Worship Allows Us To Rely On God's Power To Steer Us Through Life.

Unforgiveness Denies The Victim The Possibility Of Parole And Leaves Them Stuck In The Prison Of What Was, Incarcerating Them In Their Trauma And Relinquishing The Chance To Escape Beyond The Pain.

Excellence Requires Discomfort.

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.

I Wasn't Trying To Be Rich Or Famous; I Was Trying To Figure Out What Is This Thing In Me That Won't Let Me Sleep That Makes Me Restless And Makes Me Keep Pushing. I Was Trying To Discover Who I Was.

Faith Must Always Pass The Test Of Discouragement.

My Father Was A Methodist And My Mother Was A Baptist.

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My Mother Would Take The Band-aid Off, Clean The Wound, And Say, "things That Are Covered Don't Heal Well." Mother Was Right. Things That Are Covered Do Not Heal Well.

When It Comes To Bringing An Idea That God Has Given You To Fruition, Don't Wait For It To Happen Again, You Have To Get Out There And Make It Happen.

Sometimes We Esteem Others More Important Than Ourselves. We Always Become The Martyr. It Is Wonderful To Be Self-sacrificing, But Watch Out For Self-disdain! If We Don’t Apply Some Of The Medicine That We Use On Others To Strengthen Ourselves, Our Patients Will Be Healed And We Will Be Dying.

If You Think Down, You Will Go Down. If You Think Up, You Will Go Up. You’ll Always Travel In The Direction Of Your Thinking.

When You Start Talking About Same-sex Marriage, You Start Talking About Abortion, And I Think Those Issues Are Very Very Important And Very Interesting And Very Right For Us To Talk About, But When We Allow Those Issues To Cannibalize All Other Issues We Find Ourselves Homeless While We Debate About It.

If Only We Could Realize That Our Purpose Is To Be Caretakers. We Are Responsible For Leading Our Flock To The Place Where The Grass Is Green, But It Is Up To Them To Eat! We Cannot Be Responsible For How Much They Digest. We Cannot Make People Mature.

I Found Out That The Things That Hurt Us The Most Can Become The Fuel And The Catalyst That Propel Us Toward Our Destiny. It Will Either Make You Bitter Or It Will Make You Better.

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Surround Yourself With Those Who Won’t Compete But Will Revel In Your Success And See Your Ascent As A Reflection Of Their Own Possibilities.

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Real Value Isn’t In What You Own, Drive, Wear Or Live. The Greater Value Is Found In Love And Life, Health And Strength, Friends And Family!

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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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Big Ideas Come From Forward Thinking People Who Challenge The Norm, Think Outside The Box, And Invent The World They See Inside Rather Than Submitting To The Limitations Of Current Dilemmas

It's Better To Wait For Something That Respects You Than To Go In So Low That It Diminishes What You've Worked For.

We Have Gotten So Nuanced Into Social Issues That We Fail To Understand That China Is Buying Up America, We Have Fallen Into Debt In Such A Pervasive Way That Social Security Is Compromised, We Are Living Longer Than We Lived Before And In Order To Secure The Kind Of Healthcare That We Need Without The Deficits On Our Budget, We Need Really Strong Leadership That Is Focused Only On The Plethora Of Issues And Not Just The Traditional Concerns That Have Driven Us To The Ballot Box.

The Enemy Doesn't Care How Many Days You Live As Long As You Don't Live In The Days You Have.

Don't Allow Your Past Or Present Condition To Control You. It's Just A Process That You're Going Through To Get You To The Next Level.

Your Words Will Tell Others What You Think. Your Actions Will Tell Them What You Believe.

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 Wasn't Looking Out, I Was Looking In. I Knew Something Was In Me, I Just Wasn't Sure How Valuable It Was.

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Your Greatest Failure Will Precede Your Greatest Success.

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Blame Unto Others Only As You Would First Blame Yourself.

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Submission To God

A Whole Woman Will Always Attract A Whole Man. And When They Touch, They Will Fuse To Create A Whole Marriage. Ultimately, When The Time Is Right, They Will Produce Whole Children.

When You Can't Do Nothing But Pray-you've Done A Whole Lot.

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Its Not Over, Until The Lord Says Its Over.

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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.

Nobody Wants To Stand Behind A Parked Car. You Got To Always Follow Somebody Who Keeps It Moving.

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Baptism Was To Put A Line Of Demarcation Between Your Past Sins When You Are Buried With Him By Baptism-you Are Burying Your Past Sins-eradicating Them-putting A Line In The Sand Saying That Old Man Is Dead And He Is No Longer Alive Any More And I Rise Up To Walk In The Newness Of Life.

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Any Great Teacher Is A Great Student.

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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.

As The Old African Adage Says, 'everybody Skin To Me Ain't Kin To Me'. So You Can't Exclusively Make That The Criteria Of Your Job Selection And Say That It's Right When It's Black And Discrimination When It's White.

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You Shouldn't Shoot At Every Opportunity That Passes By.

There Are Some Fires You Can't Get Out Of- You've Got To Go Through The Fire - You've Got To Go Through The Flood - You've Got To Go Through The Test - You've Got To Go Through The Struggle That You Might Decrease And He Might Increase.

I Actually Grew Up Playing The Piano In The Church And Was Deeply Involved In Music Ministry.

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Timing Is So Important! If You Are Going To Be Successful In Dance, You Must Be Able To Respond To Rhythm And Timing. It's The Same In The Spirit. People Who Don't Understand God's Timing Can Become Spiritually Spastic, Trying To Make The Right Things Happen At The Wrong Time. They Don't Get His Rhythm - And Everyone Can Tell They Are Out Of Step. They Birth Things Prematurely, Threatening The Very Lives Of Their God-given Dreams.

The Real Harvest Of Life Is The Outworking Of The Internal. If There's Nothing In There, There's Nothing To Work Out.

My Children Are Now Adults And Just Kind Of Guide Them While They Allow You To Have Input In Their Lives Without Controlling Them The Way You Did When They Were Toddlers. These Are Good Steps To Use For Fathers At Each Step Of Their Children's Lives.

Thinking Is The First Step To A Revolution In Your Life That Is Incredibly Significant.

It Is Enough To Be Responsible For Ensuring That Our People Have The Opportunity To Graze In The Rich Grass Of God's Nutritious Word. Beyond That, We Must Trust The Word To Take It's Effect. It Will Work Faster In Some People Than In Others. The Spiritual Body Grows And Metabolizes Food At Different Rates Much Like The Natural Body Does.

Forgiveness Is A Gift You Give To Yourself

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When You Are Talking About Moral Issues You Are Talking About Same-sex Marriage, Which Has Been Relegated Over To The States. It's No Longer A Federal Issue And Yet, We Are Dealing With It Like It's A Federal Issue But For A Large Degree It Has Become A State Issue.

You Must Realize That If You Are Going To Reach The Heights You Have Been Called To Reach, You May Elicit Some Criticism From Those Who Are Jealous, Petty Or Angry Because They Were Left Behind.

But I Think My Mistakes Became The Chemistry For My Miracles. I Think That My Tests Became My Testimonies.

It's Better To Gather In Righteousness Than Fellowship With Darkness.

I'll Give You Some Symptoms Of A Sign That Your Faith Is Deteriorating-whenever You Face All Of Your Problems And You Trust Only Your Plans To Get You Out-it Is A Sign That Your Faith Is Deteriorating.

Whenever You Face Obstacles, Crises And Dilemmas And Your Confidence Is In Your Associates More Than In God- It Is A Sign Your Faith Is Deteriorating.

The Greater The Battle - The Greater The Spoils.

You Cannot Be A Big Person With A Small Heart

The Dream God Gives You Guarantees, No Matter What It Looks Like Now, When It’s All Over, Your Dream Will Come To Pass.

I Think Its Good To Worship As A Family But Its Also Important To Worship As An Individual.

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