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.
T. D. JakesOne of the things about my ministry is that I have never branded myself as being above the people or superior to people.
T. D. JakesToo many people want the appearance of winning rather than the practices and hard work that create a true champion.
T. D. JakesBaptism 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.
T. D. JakesMost of what I have seen, the churches that are growing are the best are those that are nondenominational. But I don't think it's because they are nondenominational. I think that there's a certain method by which they go about reaching out to people that are not as traditional as your mainland churches generally do.
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