Pastor John D Jakes

Pastor, author, husband, father (the roles keep switching day by day)

  • Pastor John’s Church
  • Sunday Morning at Calvary – The Front Row!
  • When Christians Act Like Atheists

    Today we think about one of the oddest actions in the world. No, it isn’t when people who don’t believe in God act like they don’t believe in Him. It isn’t when people who are iffy about God act like they don’t believe in Him. No, the oddest action to me is when those who…

    Pastor John

    October 3, 2011
    Uncategorized
    atheism, Baptist, Calvary, church, faith, forgiveness, God, hope, hopeless, indianola, Jesus, joy, love, mercy, miracles, Onesimus, Paul, Philemon, relationship
  • The Mystery of Knowing God

    Mysteries. They catch my fascination. I love a good who-done-it. They stretch my mind. They capture my imagination. They make me want to solve the puzzle before it is revealed. Have you ever thought of the wonderful mystery of knowing God? I mean, He is there – the King of the universe – and He…

    Pastor John

    September 8, 2011
    Salvation, Uncategorized
    Baptist, Calvary, church, faith, forgiveness, God, grace, hope, indianola, invitation, Jesus, joy, love, mercy, mystery, Psalm 34, relationship, wonder, worship
  • The Power We Have

    This week we thought about God’s uncommon faithfulness. He was faithful to Paul when he was heading to Rome. Paul’s relationship with God tells us much about God’s relationship with all of His people. God is faithful. He encourages. He works when we cannot see Him. He cannot be stopped! This got me thinking… It…

    Pastor John

    August 29, 2011
    Salvation, Uncategorized
    Acts 27, Acts 28, Baptist, Calvary, church, encouragement, faith, forgiveness, God, grace, hope, indianola, Jesus, joy, love, mercy, Paul, relationship, wonder
  • A Limited Number of Days

    What would you do if you knew your days were limited? What would you change? By: Lisa Ellsbury (guest devotional) I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately. Mainly, I suppose, because I have children with medical issues. Medical issues that will ultimately shorten the number of days they have on this earth. This fact…

    Pastor John

    August 22, 2011
    Salvation, Uncategorized
    Baptist, Calvary, children, church, faith, God, hope, indianola, Jesus, love, making the most, parents, time, value
  • On Purpose

    “Oops!” Haven’t we all said that? We say it when we do something poorly or accidentally. We say it when we wish that we could have done something different. It is an exclamation of our mess ups. Have you ever said “oops!” when you did a good thing? How often does that happen? Does it…

    Pastor John

    August 8, 2011
    Salvation, Uncategorized
    accidental, Baptist, Calvary, church, discipleship, faithful, God, holiness, holy, honesty, indianola, intentional, love, oops, people, purposeful, spiritual
  • Old Friends

    This past week I was able to meet up with an old friend. He happened to be the camp pastor at Youth Camp this week. We served in a church together over fifteen years ago. It was great to see him. What was even greater was hearing about how God was working in his life.…

    Pastor John

    July 25, 2011
    Salvation, Uncategorized
    Baptist, building, Calvary, church, different, discipleship, faith, faithful, friendship, God, holy, honesty, hope, indianola, love, people, reunion, same, spiritual, truthfulness
  • Courageous – The Movie!

    Joshua 1:9 says, “Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous! Do not tremble or be dismayed, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.” Last week the new Sherwood Pictures production had a prescreening for their new movie. It is called Courageous. What a powerful experience! I was most impressed…

    Pastor John

    July 19, 2011
    Salvation, Uncategorized
    Baptist, Calvary, church, courage, courageous, daughter, future, indianola, Jesus, Joshua, men, movie, Pictures, respect, Sherwood, son, women
  • Valuing Freedom

    Paul wrote, “It is for freedom that Christ set us free.” (Galatians 5:1) What amazed Paul was that the Galatians, after having accepted the freedom Christ offered, wanted to live their lives by giving up that freedom.  He wrote in chapter 3, “You foolish Galatians, who has bewitched you?!”  What a perplexing problem! I wonder…

    Pastor John

    July 5, 2011
    Salvation, Uncategorized
    Baptist, Calvary, Christian, church, faith, firm, freedom, Galatians 5, hope, love, nonchristian, slavery, standing, tyranny, yoke
  • Reminders from Children’s Camp

    This last week I was able to be camp pastor for Metro’s Children’s Camp.  As always, it was a great experience.  It wasn’t just great because I was able to share the gospel with a group like that.  It was great because the children reminded me again how precious our relationship with God is.  For…

    Pastor John

    June 28, 2011
    Salvation, Uncategorized
    acceptance, Baptist, Calvary, camp, children, church, come near, faith, forgiveness, God, grace, hope, indianola, Jesus, joy, love, mercy, real, relationship, wonder
  • Memorials

    Like most of you I am thinking about the past this week.  Monday was our nation’s observance of Memorial Day.  For many of us, this is a time to remember and appreciate the sacrifices of our men and women in uniform.  I use this time to also think about the people in my life who…

    Pastor John

    June 1, 2011
    Salvation, Uncategorized
    Baptist, building, Calvary, children, church, day, different, faith, faithful, God, heritage, holy, honesty, hope, indianola, love, memorial, parents, pastors, people, same, spiritual, truthfulness, wife
Previous Page
1 … 66 67 68 69 70 … 74
Next Page

Blog at WordPress.com.

  • Pastor John’s Church
  • Sunday Morning at Calvary – The Front Row!
  • Subscribe Subscribed
    • Pastor John D Jakes
    • Join 255 other subscribers
    • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
    • Pastor John D Jakes
    • Subscribe Subscribed
    • Sign up
    • Log in
    • Report this content
    • View site in Reader
    • Manage subscriptions
    • Collapse this bar