Deuteronomy 30:15-19 Recovery cannot happen until a woman is willing to look at herself in the mirror and say, “I messed up”. People who blame other people never recover because they live in a state of denial. Any time you blame another person for your problem, you give that person control of your life.... Continue Reading →
Bishop T.D. Jakes on broken homes
Joshua 1:5 Some women secretly carry guilty that they have misappropriated as daughters, thinking it was their fault that their fathers didn’t stay with their mothers. If you’re on of those women, you are always trying to prove something to yourself. Growing up is hard work. It is even tougher when today’s woman is... Continue Reading →
Bishop T.D. Jakes on holiness and righteousness
Leviticus 11:44 I’m not a sure what it would have been like to have been raised in the church, instead from worldliness and sin. Sometimes I envy those who have been able to live victoriously all of their lives. But most of us have not had that kind of experience. There are those who define... Continue Reading →
Bishop T.D.Jakes sermons:Believe in yourself
Genesis 29:17 People often compared Leah and Rachel, judging the two sisters by what they were on the outside. Not God. He never asks us to compare ourselves with any other person. In fact, it is a slap in God’s face to look at someone else and say, “I wish I were more like her.”... Continue Reading →
Bishop T.D. Jakes morning christian prayers
God, I have prayed for years. I have done everything I know to do in order to see my dream come true. I have had seasons of working hard and seasons of “letting go and letting God” and, still, the things I have believed you for seem like they will never happen. I have had... Continue Reading →
Bishop T.D. Jakes deliverance prayers
Lord, there is only one way to have more of you, and that is to have less of me . The Bible talks about “the sweet aroma of sacrifice.” But dying to myself is nearly killing me. I really want to sacrifice, but I keep discovering how much I’m holding on to my life, my... Continue Reading →
Bishop T.D. Jakes on secrets of succesful marriage
2 Samuel 21:8-11 Women are nurturers by nature. They often struggles with submission, so the Holy Spirit challenges women to submit (Ephesians 5:22). Had Eve been submitted to her husband, she would have referred the serpent in the garden to him, her covering. As the church, the submitted bride of Christ, we are told... Continue Reading →
Bishop T.D. Jakes sermon: Expect divine restoration
Read 2 kings 8:3-6 While I was in school, I worked at a local paint store. Part of my job was to acquaint myself with the products and procedures. I was intrigued by a refinishing product that restored old furniture to its former luster. So I purchased the product to see if it was... Continue Reading →
Bible study: Is God really my father?
Jeremiah 31:3 You miss so much of God’s power when you parade your self as self sufficient. He longs to be your Hero. He longs to open doors you cannot open and move things you cannot move. He would do it just to see the gleam in your eye. He would do it just... Continue Reading →
T.D.JAKES: how to avoid date rape
Samuel 13:1-2 She lay among the soiled and wrinkled lined, the room in total disarry, she garment tattered and torn, her future changed forever. Her femininity had been crushed like a rose bud. Teas ran down her face like rain on a windowpane. She was weeping, not just because of her torn flesh, but... Continue Reading →
Bible study on the virtuous woman
Proverbs 31:10-31 The writer of proverbs tell us. “Charm is deceitful and beauty is passing but a woman who fears the Lord, she shall be praised” (Proverbs 31:30). I am here to praise the Lord’s excellent ladies. I am here to celebrate His women of virtue, His women of victory, His women of... Continue Reading →
Bishop T. D. Jakes morning christian prayers for breakthroughs
Of a woman needing comfort Lord, you have sent Immanuel, God with me. You have sent your Holy Spirit to comfort me. I call upon my comforter. Visit this place where I am suffering so that I than you, my God that just one touch of the Holy Ghost changes everything. Holy Spirit, show... Continue Reading →
Bishop T.D. Jakes sermon on broken marriages
Song of Solomon 7:10-12 Married women, Satan will try to rob you and your husband of the passion God created for you to enjoy. The enemy will try to callous your soft, supple flesh with stress and unforgiveness and leave you with a hard shell that impressions a broken heart. He is afraid for you... Continue Reading →
Bishop T.D. Jakes: prayers of a christian woman
Of a weary woman Lord, I am weary of the Loads I’m carrying. The business of living has drained the life out of me. And I am just so tried. I don’t think I can face another day. It’s not just sleep I need. I need real rest. My body needs to rest: my... Continue Reading →
Bishop T.D. JAKES sermons : Faith to succeed
Isaiah 25:8 Birthing-everything you bring forth-comes through sorrow. If you’re going to bring forth anything in your career, your marriage or your life; if you’re going to develop anything in your character; if you’re going to be a fruitful woman, it will come through the things you suffer. You will enter into strength through sorrow.... Continue Reading →
Bishop T.D. Jakes sermon on deliverance and healing
Psalm 143:11 I don’t know any thing about the woman with the issue of blood. She could have been any woman. She could have been every woman. Perhaps the Lord referred to her in such a generic manner so that any woman could relate to her and put her name in her place.... Continue Reading →
Bishop T.D. JAKES: Because he lives you can face today and tomorrow
Song of Solomon 1:2 You are greater than your past. You are stronger then any moment of failure. You can rise like smoke up a chimney. You were meant to spiral to the sky. All the chilling drafts of broken promises should not deny you the gift of life. Never forget that you are... Continue Reading →
Bishop T. D. Jakes: Knowning Gods will.. story of Sarah
Ecclesiastes 3:1 In the summer of her life, all was well with Sarah. At that time she knew little about Jehovah, her husband’s God. She only knew that she was in love with a wonderful man in Ur! Soon the giddy exuberance of summer began to fade as she wrestled with the harsh... Continue Reading →
Bishop T.D. Jakes sermons on Power of vision
Proverbs 23:7 We need to continually purge our thoughts because we become what we think. It is not just the lust that we must clean out, but also low self-esteem, pride, arrogance, hidden jealousy, and much more. To use a medical metaphor, the mind is the “placenta” of the spirit man. It holds and nurtures... Continue Reading →
Bishop T.D. JAKES on Trust in God
Proverbs 3:5, 6 The basis of any relationship must be trust. Trusting God with your successes isn’t much of a challenge. The real test o f trust is sharing your secrets, your inner failures and fears. Jesus once told the at the well, “True worshippers will worship the father in spirit and truth; for... Continue Reading →
Bishop T.D. JAKES: God as the creator
Read Psalm 139:14 One of the things that make high-fashion designs so expensive is that they are one-of-a-kind creations. A woman who buys a baute couture design knows that she isn’t going to see her dress on any other woman. She knows she is going to have superbly crafted garment. In many cases, it... Continue Reading →
Bishop T.D.Jakes: God as your father
Read Psalm. 121:3, 4 I wonder how many women realize that they have a father who never slumbers nor sleeps. He has assigned angels to compass about and to ensure your safety. He will spare no expense to insure that you are safe. He will not rest. He will arise through the night. He is... Continue Reading →
Bishop T.D. Jakes: How to overcome crises
Read Psalm 107:29 Life is a series of challenges and tests. It comes fully equipped with pleasure and plan, sunshine and rain. It is a potpourri of every feeling imagination. I have been in you that the storm and I have stood by the ones I love in the storm, and I must tell... Continue Reading →