Quotes from Bishop TD Jakes

Real wealth is affirmation, affection, humanity, and brotherhood.

May we cry out for an infilling of the Holy Ghost that we might be enabled to pray in the Spirit and walk in a greater anointing

Dad is our first definition of masculinity.

Marketing makes the magic that can transform your airplane into a rocket ship!

Then pray. Because when women pray, God bring reconciliation into the darkness of this world.

His absence leaves us desperately looking for someone else to "fill in the blank." If the church doesn't do it, the gay community will. If the church doesn't do it, the gangs and drug lords will. If the church doesn't do it, the pornographers will. Empty sons will always look for someone to fill in the blank left by the father who isn't there.

Preparation is never time wasted. You cannot have great recitals, if you have poor rehearsals.

Even the most voluptuous of fast-paced and lace-clad women cannot console the anguish of masculine tears blocked and cries muffled. Broken men try to mask their hurts behind empty emblems of success, but hidden behind those frail facades are screaming hearts bound in a forced silence.

Regardless of the obstacle in your life, there is a wind from God that can bring you out. Let the wind of the Lord blow down every spirit of fear and heaviness that would cause you to give up on what God has promised you.

I will park my pride and dip into the lake again

Children are not unforgiving. You can punish them and they will hug you in a few minutes.

The lifting up of the woman does not require the tearing down of the man. In fact, a strong woman appreciates a strong man. Conversely, a strong man is not intimidated by a strong woman.