Thomas Dexter Jakes, Sr.

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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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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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.

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I don't think that you can let the storms of life overwhelm you. When you do that, you are no better than the craziness that caused you to be under attack.

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So though there are many things I would have done differently, I submit to God's sovereignty and His purpose in my life and I thank Him that He brought me the way He brought me and gave me what He gave me when He thought I could handle it.

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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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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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Children are not unforgiving. You can punish them and they will hug you in a few minutes.

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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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I think the first step is to understand that forgiveness does not exonerate the perpetrator. Forgiveness liberates the victim. It's a gift you give yourself.

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

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We cannot embrace God's forgiveness if we are so busy clinging to past wounds and nursing old grudges.

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Quotes by Thomas Dexter Jakes, Sr.