267 Quotes by T. D. Jakes

Faith becomes a bridge between where I am and where I want to go- it is a substance.

If you don’t find a way to love a flawed person, secretly you’re teaching yourself that you are not lovable because of your flaws.

I was raised in the Baptist church... but I didn't really have a real committed experience with Christ until my father died.

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.

Some of the best people with whom you can have a relationship are the people who challenge your thinking.

I believe it is our attitude that determines our altitude. It is our attitude that allows us to soar above those things that would otherwise overcome us.

And another thing is that I think as a church whenever we become politically driven, we alienate at least 50 percent of the people that God called us to reach with our political orientations.

One of the great healing balms of the Holy Spirit is forgiveness. To forgive is to break the link between you and your past.

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.