T. D. Jakes
T. D. Jakes
Thomas Dexter "T. D." Jakes, Sr.is an American pastor, author and filmmaker. He is the bishop of The Potter's House, a non-denominational American megachurch, with 30,000 members. T. D. Jakes' church services and evangelistic sermons are broadcast on The Potter's Touch, which airs on Lightsource.com, the Trinity Broadcasting Network, Black Entertainment Television, the Daystar Television Network, The Word Network, VHS home video, and The Miracle Channel in Canada. Other aspects of Jakes' ministry include an annual revival called "MegaFest" that...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionClergyman
Date of Birth9 June 1957
CountryUnited States of America
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.
The challenge of the believer is to take the faith that you got in here and take it to the place out there.
Success is not success without a successor.
Faith becomes the foundation I'm built on.
My father was a Methodist and my mother was a Baptist.
If someone must be hurt, if it ever becomes necessary to bear pains, weather strong winds, or withstand trials or opposition, let it be adults and not children.
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.
Progress apart from purpose ends in arrogance.
If you have the capacity to be more than one thing , do everything that's inside of you.
It is God's objective to make your condition line up with your position.
The pursuit of your life is to come into [your] purpose. And the waste of your life is to miss that purpose.
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.
You are no stronger than your belief system.
It's the gymnasium of life where you get the workout, the resistance, and you find out things about yourself that you didn't know.