“Love embraces the totality of the other person. It is impossible to completely and effectively love someone without being included in that other person’s history. Our history has made us who we are. The images, scars, and victories that we live with have shaped us into the people we have become. We will never know who a person is until we understand where they have been. The secret of being transformed from a vulnerable victim to a victorious, loving person is found in the ability to open your past to someone responsible enough to share your weaknesses and pains. “Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ” (Gal. 6:2). You don’t have to keep reliving it. You can release it.”
                            
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                                T.D. Jakes
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
             
                
                
                
            
         
                                
                            
                                
“Our greatest power doesn’t always emerge from our experiences, not even from our most intense ones. There’s incredible hidden treasure locked up in your instincts that may not always show on your résumé. If you can spend some time with yourself, you may be on the verge of the most powerful part of your life, discovering what’s inside that your instincts want to express outside. Think about what you gravitate toward when given time to relax and recharge.”
                            
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                                T.D. Jakes
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
             
                
                
                
            
         
                                
                            
                                
“When your life is not in order, you feel discomfort.”
                            
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“There is no shortcut to excellence.”
                            
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“How you think about your opportunities determines how you will act on them.”
                            
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“Once you have confidence in your instincts, you must never allow other people’s refusal to believe, or their data to refute, what you instinctively know is true.”
                            
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“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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“Serving the Lord is not always easy or popular. Folks may laugh at you on your job, mocking and making fun of your faith. But once you decide that there’s no turning back, something in your heart rises up and says “no” to the devil and “yes” to the Lord.”
                            
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                                T.D. Jakes
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
             
                
                
                
            
         
                                
                            
                                
“We are a microwave generation serving a Crock-Pot God.”
                            
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“My greatest fear is not living before I die, to play everything so safe that even though I had no risk I also enjoyed no reward.”
                            
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“God will not let your needs and wants go unattended, especially when you desire to be more like Him.” 
                            
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“preparation, and even your worthiness to live your dream. Their negative voices are always more than eager to offer an opinion. Often such disparaging commentary comes from those who have accomplished very little
                            
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“God lets you go through challenges to give you credibility in a certain area and the ability to help someone else out of a situation that you once were in.”
                            
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“Basic Instincts It’s the way mother birds build nests, and build them high enough to elude” 
                            
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“Silence isn't golden and it surely doesn't mean consent, so start practicing the art of communication.”
                            
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                                T.D. Jakes