Pastor John D Jakes

So many people live defeated lives.  They feel defeated by their sin.  They feel defeated by the inadequacies.  They feel defeated by outside pressures that they believe force them to make poor choices.  Defeat.  It sounds horrible.  As we have finished our study in Ephesians this week, I am reminded of who is truly victorious. …

Last Sunday we talked about prayer.  I pointed out that prayer is necessary.  It makes us spiritually alert and it helps those who have needs.  Today I want to encourage you to see people having needs that are not obvious.  Too many times we look only on what can be seen.  When people seem to…

This week we talked about reaching around each other.  Essentially, we talked about discipleship.  In that spirit, let me give you a long quotation from Oswald Chambers.  May it encourage you to think about your life on earth a little differently. “July 14-The Account With Persecution   ‘But I say unto you, That ye resist…

Can you imagine fighting a war with tissue paper for armor?  Can you imagine facing a tank with jello?  If you are like me, such thoughts seem idiotic.  Yet, I find myself using armor like that all the time in my day to day living.  I use my personality, my wit (what there is of…

This week we began talking about the full armor of God.  In Ephesians 6 it says, "Stand firm therefore, HAVING GIRDED YOUR LOINS WITH TRUTH, and HAVING PUT ON THE BREASTPLATE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS, and having shod YOUR FEET WITH THE PREPARATION OF THE GOSPEL OF PEACE; in addition to all, taking up the shield of…

This Sunday’s sermon was all about how Satan works.  If you haven’t listened, I would encourage you to do so.  It always gets me how sneaky Satan is.  He uses circumstances and people to trip us up so effortlessly.  Consider these Scriptures.  Paul warns the Corinthians that there are, “…false apostles, deceitful workers, disguising themselves…

Sunday I preached from Matthew 25.  Jesus said, "Truly I say to you, to the extent that you did it to one of these brothers of Mine, even the least of them, you did it to Me."  I think that is so cool!  To be able to minister to Jesus when we minister to others…

Seeker of Truth,   Today I want to talk about two passages of Scripture.  Psalm 97:10 says, "You who love the LORD, hate evil! He preserves the souls of His saints; He delivers them out of the hand of the wicked."  James 4:4 says, "Adulterers and adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the…

Have you given any thought lately to what Jesus can change in a life?  Sometimes, when we struggle with the Great Disconnect it seems as if we are never going to change.  There are two ways we change if Jesus is in control of our life.  The first way is the glamorous, amazing, and miracle…

If you remember, last week I wrote about the first front of the Great Disconnect.  That is the modern agnosticism that says, "It doesn’t matter if Jesus really rose from the dead as long as believing in Him gives you some comfort."  As I wrote last time, the disciples rejected such a faulty religion.  For…