I love that little phrase: "The means of making decisions in the presence of the Lord". Everybody has a means of making decisions. Everyone has a way that they try to figure out, "Where is this going? Can I trust this person"? I [...]

Just as contagious as faith is, so is cynicism. If you have cynical people holding up your mirror, you'll always feel small. You'll always feel smaller than your challenge, smaller than your giant, smaller than your addiction, because you're not [...]

I feel like I need to stop and ask you to think about where you are bleeding that no one sees. Where are you hurting that no one has really heard about? Even though you generalize those places by saying, "Just pray for me; I need a financial [...]

Well, I want to give you a list of all of the movies that have made me cry. I went back through my life, and I thought about the first movie that made me cry. It was called Follow that Bird. It was a very emotional experience for me to see Big Bird [...]

Sometimes the pressure we feel to be special does not come from God. It comes from culture that tells you that you have to be so special, so different, so unique, so set apart, but you already are. I already am set apart. "Jesus, if you go down [...]

Sometimes we're asking God to reveal his presence in our lives, his provision in our lives, his purpose in our lives. Sometimes we even pray about it, and we pray like we're trying to get God's attention. I've come to believe that prayer rightly [...]

Peace comes after obedience. Jesus went down. Jesus came up. As he's coming up, the dove comes down, the voice from heaven speaks, and the validation of Jesus Christ came after his obedience. Stop waiting to feel like it. Stop waiting for people to [...]

I want to talk to you about sins with benefits. Sit down and listen to this. In verse 25, it says he chose the reproach of God's people, or we could say he chose the inconvenience of purpose over the pleasure of sin. "Anybody who says sin [...]

Come in the kitchen with me and let me show you something God is speaking to me about. Lick the bowl and taste and see that the Lord is good. Acts 1:4: "On one occasion, while he was eating with them…" See? It's in the Bible. Come in the [...]

Who set the limit to say, "This is what God can do through you and no more. This is what you're gifted at and no more. This is what people from your background, your education, your age… This is what you can do and no more". I was talking [...]

If you go into what God has for you wearing the shame of what was done to you… You have to get it off you. I realized a couple of years ago that what the Enemy would do to shut down my gift God gave me was to try to put layers of guilt on me. He [...]

Our eFam reunion tour. Our teams have been visiting cities across the United States this year, and I wonder if they're coming to you next. Put it in the chat where you want our eFam reunion tour to come next and why they should come. Give us a good [...]

Here's a great question: "God, what are the opportunities I have right now that are in my life because of my disappointments"? She offered God the place of her disappointment. She said, "We have that room on the roof that we never got [...]

I think a lot of us miss our turn to be used by God because of disappointment in our life, setbacks we've experienced. On the other side of disappointment, often we can see that our disappointments led us to our destiny. Some of the things we [...]

You have an appointment with an angel, and you have an angel telling you right now, "You're going to make it. In fact, you're going to be better". It's all right. I've got an angel! Now who are you going to listen to? Your angel or your [...]

There comes a time where you have to appreciate where God fed you during the famine but be willing to leave and go back to the place where you really belong. You know how I said this was like a lifeline? You've convinced yourself you can never have [...]

I want to read this to you for everybody who has been watching the wind in your life, worrying about uncertain situations you cannot control. I'm not talking about those of you who are trying to make a plan to pay off your debt. That's good. That's [...]

This may not be the prettiest part of my life, but by faith I believe it's going to be the most productive. The most productive parts of your life will not be the prettiest. The greatest miracles in your life will come in the middle of the biggest [...]

Welcome to all of our locations. We trust that God's presence will be powerful wherever you are. I really mean that. That's kind of what my sermon is about today as well. Listen to this in Genesis 34:30. "Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, [...]

I kind of want to continue on something I said on Easter. I'll explain that in a second. Let me read the Scripture. "A few days later, when Jesus again entered Capernaum, the people heard that he had come home. They gathered in such large [...]

I want to tell you a story today from the Bible, from 2 Kings, chapter 8. You might not have heard this one before. It's really good. The Scripture records this: "Now Elisha had said to the woman whose son he had restored to life, 'Go away with [...]

Very specifically, before I came, God said, "You're going to speak to somebody today who thinks it's over, and the limitation they have placed is not on a genre of music. The limitation they have placed is on themselves". In the story of [...]

Here's the thing I found out. I found out it really doesn't matter who causes it. If it's from God or if it's not from God... I don't really know the difference sometimes. What I know is that whatever happens in our lives, it has to pass through his [...]

I see a lot of Christians listening to cute sermons, and we're telling you to do things that sound really big, to forgive people and to be free of addiction, but I hear the response from the people. When the pulpit is echoing forth these lofty [...]

We want God to change stuff without changing us, and that's not how he does it. Are you surprisable? I was praying, "God, what do I tell them"? He said, "Tell them 'Stay surprisable.'" Keep some room in what you plan for your [...]

"What's wrong with me"? Have you said that a lot lately? "What's wrong with me that nobody wants to be with me? Why doesn't anybody stay in my life? Why doesn't anybody want to be around me? Why don't the things that happen for other [...]

Steven Furtick : I thought what I wanted to ask you before we sit down. Bishop TD Jakes : All right. Steven Furtick : I've been thinking about this for a month. Bishop TD Jakes : No, I haven't lost any weight yet. About one pound. Steven Furtick : [...]

A lot of us stop at the tomb, where our hope dies, where our disappointment in what we thought was going to happen gets so deep in our heart that we no longer want to try, believe, pray. We may go through the motions, but our heart isn't really in [...]

God is not scared to walk right up in the details of your situation. A bird falls out of the sky, and he counts it and puts it on the ledger, and you think he doesn't know about your loneliness, your tears, your heartbreak? Do you think he's [...]

I've come to tell you your best days are not behind you. God is not like that. He didn't let you run out because he left you; he let it run out so he could give you something better than what you brought to the party to begin with. "You flipped [...]