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
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.
Even when things are getting worse instead of better - I believe God!
I fully intend to preach the word of God to you until there's a difference between how you walk out of here and how you walked in here.
Church only benefits you when you participate in the presence of God.
No woman wants to be in submission to a man who isn't in submission to God!
Don't come into the presence of God to impress Him with something He gave you!
God's grace is painted on the canvas of despair.
We cannot embrace God's forgiveness if we are so busy clinging to past wounds and nursing old grudges.
God will give you anything as long as you understand that he is the primary and not the secondary.
God's grace and mercy have brought you through. Quit acting as if you made it on your own.
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.
When my father died, I had a real experience with Christ, a real conversion with Christ and I had it in a Oneness church.
I think most people who get into their 50s reassess what made sense and what didn't make sense.
We develop our propensity to forgive or not to forgive by what we see illustrated at the early ages of our development.