C3 2008 | Bishop T.D. Jakes
Back down on in row five for the final session of C3. Bishop T.D. Jakes from The Potter’s House took the platform. Here are the highlights as I heard them…
- The church gets its personality from the preacher.
- “When I turned 40, my Bible shrunk.”
- “Somebody say, ‘Amen.’”
- The Bishop is sporting a hip sweatshirt and jeans this morning.
- I think this is the largest crowd of the conference so far.
- “Success to me is helping you.”
- He just waved to everyone in the balcony. I should have stayed in the balcony.
- I need someone at the piano playing while I speak.
- Even the closest disciples didn’t understand everything Jesus was doing and saying.
- “I would tell Obama and Clinton and all of them if you want lessons on politics, get with church folks.”
- “You haven’t begun to preach until you’re controversial.”
- “The cost of leadership is conflict.”
- “If you aren’t experiencing conflict, you’re not a leader–you’re a follower.”
- “People generally admire their leaders best when they are dead.”
- We’re so smart. We know everything God can do and can’t do. “I need to sell all my stuff here, because I know none of my stuff is going to sell in Heaven.”
- “We have the audacity to teach Jesus about Jesus.”
- “How could they not know Jesus?”
- “You don’t know as much as you think you do.”
- “Don’t leave me Lord.”
- “Could it be possible that God is bigger than your past experiences? He’s bigger than our circumstances and our situations.”
- “He’s bigger than you think he is.” (Talking about God, not the guy sitting on the front row that’s huge.)
- “When you’ve got the might, you choose the menu.”
- “He took it. He blessed it. He broke it. And gave it to them.” That same pattern is repeated throughout Scripture.
- The Bishop is modeling an important communications tactic: Repeat the important stuff over and over again. Say it one way, then say it again another way.
- “God breaks you because he loves you. It proves you’re his son and not a bastard.”
- “The breaking stage is the blessing stage.”
- The towel just came out. It’s black. And, it matches the hip sweatshirt.
- We shouldn’t give leadership to people who have never been broken.
- “It’s not me, but it’s Christ in me that’s given me another chance.”
- The piano player is playing again, and people are standing and clapping in the middle of the message.
- “Leadership is really spelled loneliness.”
- Missed some good notes while we were standing.
- “The best is yet to come.”
Stand and wave your hankie back at him.
We need photos of the hip sweatshirt!! I might want to buy one to make my 44 year old white self hip!
The church gets its personality from the preacher.
I wonder if this is a problem. Would it be different if a preacher helped a church discern what personality God created IT to have? What do you think?
“He took it. He blessed it. He broke it. And gave it to them.” That same pattern is repeated throughout Scripture.
This is awesome! I am totally going to use it next Sunday during communion! I never thought of this before! Thanks Tony!
One of the most inspiring messages I have ever heard…..This is the third year I have heard Bishop Jakes at C3…He gets better every year….I have talked to a lot of pastors in the last year who have been broken and were ready to quit…It is good to know we are in good company and God has great tings planned….
It’s a shame the Bishop doesn’t know how to preach. :)
Wow, sounds like those of us who aren’t there are really the dogs behind! Thanks for taking notes for me, there will be a pop quiz on this later. :)
I love listening to TD.
Did you get a chance to hear Bishop at C3 nights? It was phenomenal. I don’t think there was a dry eye in the place.