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 like to see myself as a bridge builder, that is me building bridges between people, between races, between cultures, between politics, trying to find common ground.
There is nothing I'm any more passionate than empowering the next generation.
When you make a decision to forgive it's a decision that you have to make intellectually.
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.
You can't just be a recipient of a blessing, you have to do something to make it happen.
Basic Instincts It's the way mother birds build nests, and build them high enough to elude
What you can do is embrace what you have right now and to allow it to fill the vacancies of what you didn't get yesterday.
Instead of loaves of bread, many times God gives out handfuls of purpose.
Here is the amazing thing about Easter; the Resurrection Sunday for Christians is this, that Christ in the dying moments on the cross gives us the greatest illustration of forgiveness possible.
All of us have not been to a natural prison, but everybody in here has had a spiritual prison.
Both success and struggle are different kinds of trauma.
Faith is the substance of whatever it is that we hope for. The important thing is that we teach that faith is connected to good works and responsibility.
You can wreck your future running from your past.
All over this nation, all over this world there are people going to church today and they say they are believers, but until you can take what you've been taught and bring it to the place you gave up - you will never be the radical believer that you need to be for the times in which we live.