T. D. Jakes Quotes

A whole woman will always attract a whole man. And when they touch, they will fuse to create a whole marriage. Ultimately, when the time is right, they will produce whole children.

The T.D. Jakes Relationship Bible: Life Lessons on Relationships from the Inspired Word of God.

We are the people that we have been waiting for and no one else is coming.

You don't have to be in church service to worship, you can be in your own home. You enhance your spirituality, through the instrument of worship, when you really connect with the invisible, almighty God.

Either your troubles make you better, or they make you bitter. We must always examine what’s going on in our hearts.

I actually grew up playing the piano in the church and was deeply involved in music ministry.

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.

Church only benefits you when you participate in the presence of God.

Worship plays a major role in the Christian daily life. Throughout Scripture we see worship from David dancing before the Lord to Jesus rejoicing in the Spirit.

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

I wasn't looking out, I was looking in. I knew something was in me, I just wasn't sure how valuable it was.

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.

You will never understand pleasure without pain.

Worship, from the Latin word meaning "worth-ship", is where we express God's worth to us in our lives.

You are no greater than what you believe.

Many of us harbor hidden low self-esteem. We deem everything and everyone more important that ourselves and think that meeting their needs is more important than meeting our own. But if you run out of gas, everyone riding with you will be left stranded.

I was looking for excellence in any color or gender it comes in. Some of my top people are African American but not all of them.

It does matter where you go to church, it does matter where you worship, it does matter where you lift your head, it does matter where you cry out to God. There is something about the atmosphere. I might be lame, but put me in the atmosphere. I may be drunk, but put me in the atmosphere. I may be weak, but put me in the atmosphere.

Being angry is human. Staying angry is foolish.

Instincts under pressure crush the carbon of conformity and create diamonds. Each new season of life offers to train us for the next season if we pay attention and adapt.

God is not preparing the Blessing for YOU, He is preparing YOU for the Blessing

My mother would take the Band-Aid off, clean the wound, and say, "Things that are covered don't heal well." Mother was right. Things that are covered do not heal well.

You can't just be a recipient of a blessing, you have to do something to make it happen.

Silence isn't golden and it surely doesn't mean consent, so start practicing the art of communication.

There is a higher power, a higher influence, a God who rules and reigns and controls circumstances and situations that are beyond your area and realm of authority.

I'm not walking by sight- I'm, walking by faith

No woman wants to be in submission to a man who isn't in submission to God!

Blame unto others only as you would first blame yourself.

I'm so pleased to see us talking gender specific messages that are focusing on men on a way I think it needs to be focused in on and I think it's important.

When there's no turning back, your instincts will lead you forward.

Prayer will get you out of a pinch, prayer will get you out of a crises, prayer will get you out of your dilemma, prayer will get you out of your trouble.

Once again, Kirk Franklin takes the church beyond the traditional, transitioning his life's experiences into life lessons. Clearly there is more to this man than great music. You will feel the beat of his heart and faith.

I don't care how fancy you wrap trash, it's still trash.

Any great teacher is a great student.

I think we have to find a leader who reflects all of our concerns and not just some of them.

My church is fifty percent millennials. There's a connectivity between millennials and I.

I grew up in hospitals. My father was sick. So I grew up in hospitals from the age of 10. Got to see a lot of suffering.

Surround yourself with those who won’t compete but will revel in your success and see your ascent as a reflection of their own possibilities.

You can wreck your future running from your past.

Faith must always pass the test of discouragement.

I don't care how cheap the box is that you put a diamond ring in, nothing about the box diminishes the value of the content.

Worry worships the words of the enemy

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.

When God blesses you, don't let no devil in hell move you out of your place of blessing!

May the passion to be all that God wants you to be sweep across your soul like a gentle breeze.

All of us have not been to a natural prison, but everybody in here has had a spiritual prison.

The dream God gives you guarantees, no matter what it looks like now, when it’s all over, your dream will come to pass.

It is important to remember that for every person, there will be a problem. Even more importantly, for every problem, our God has a prescription!