“Others can inspire you, but ultimately the only thing that empowers you is what lies within you and learning how to better utilize what you’ve been given.”
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T.D. Jakes
“The struggle may go on much, much longer than you could ever imagine. By the time you get to the end of the fight you can barely hold on. You wonder if you’re crazy for holding on. You’ve been battling so long that you’re worn out. You hope for a stroke of luck. You pray for a bit of divine favor. You look for encouragement and search for compassion and understanding; but mostly, you look for relief. When you’re deep in battle, what you need is strength to keep going, even when it looks like nothing is going to happen.”
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T.D. Jakes
“Our instincts may have even guided us to hide parts of ourselves in order to keep them alive when we were younger.”
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T.D. Jakes
“Most people are manipulated by the approval of others, the paycheck that supports them, and the lifestyle that has handcuffed them to the brass ring of perceived success. On this path we eventually live like slaves to a man-made system. We chase the goals of others instead of pursuing our own dreams. We anesthetize our despair with the next purchase, pill, or plunder.”
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T.D. Jakes
“first things that a hurting person needs to do is break the habit of using other people as a narcotic to numb the dull aching of an inner void.”
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T.D. Jakes
“Instincts under pressure crush the carbon of conformity and create diamonds.”
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T.D. Jakes
“Share your dream with people who want you to succeed.”
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T.D. Jakes
“There is no shortcut to excellence.”
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T.D. Jakes
“Listen, God can’t bless what you won’t do. You haven’t been taught correctly. Prosperity doesn’t just come from giving an offering. It’s good to be a giver. But you must also be a thinker, a planner, and a worker.”
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T.D. Jakes
“It’s okay to be fearful, but don’t let the fear keep you from flying!”
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T.D. Jakes
“Progress apart from purpose ends in arrogance.”
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T.D. Jakes
“What are you going to do with what you have been given?”
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T.D. Jakes
“Often after years of deep investment into others we are shocked and disappointed that they simply didn’t get who we really are.”
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T.D. Jakes
“Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God‘s will is—His good, pleasing and perfect will (Romans 12:2 NIV).”
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T.D. Jakes
“When you’re in trouble, God will reach into the mess and pull you out.”
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T.D. Jakes
