Pastor Hannah LIVE with Bishop T.D. Jakes! | Register today for Pastor John Hannah's ONE Conference happening online August 20-21. Register at pastorsoneconference.com | By New Life Covenant Church Southeast | I am live. Imagine didn’t work I am live. Imagine didn’t work out. Hold on hold on hold on there Hold on hold on hold on there we go Okay What’s happening? we go Okay What’s happening? Hello? Hello Chicago. Alright Hello? Hello Chicago. Alright since a breeze to Dallas, since a breeze to Dallas, Texas, it’s hot down here, you Texas, it’s hot down here, you say what he said some breeze say what he said some breeze down here. It’s hot down here. down here. It’s hot down here. That’s Texas. you got to know That’s Texas. you got to know you’re going to heaven and if you’re going to heaven and if you live in Texas you better you live in Texas you better know you’re going to heaven the know you’re going to heaven the first year I moved here. I first year I moved here. I thought I’d go to hell but thought I’d go to hell but you’ll be. You get used to it, you’ll be. You get used to it, You know it’s it’s like being You know it’s it’s like being up there in the winter, but you up there in the winter, but you know what I’ve learned every know what I’ve learned every time I go down South, time I go down South, especially in Texas All of your especially in Texas All of your buildings are freezing. Yeah, buildings are freezing. Yeah, like any time I come down like any time I come down there. I bring a jacket a scarf there. I bring a jacket a scarf because I know I gotta go because I know I gotta go inside every time I come to inside every time I come to Chicago in the winter, I bring Chicago in the winter, I bring a coat on top of a code. You a coat on top of a code. You are all act like it’s just are all act like it’s just normal and I will be I feel normal and I will be I feel like I’m in the ice. And we like I’m in the ice. And we were like this. This is pretty were like this. This is pretty good today My beards. I mean good today My beards. I mean everything I have in my beard everything I have in my beard that is amazing that is for that is amazing that is for those of you that are you on those of you that are you on Facebook If you’re on Facebook If you’re on Periscope, we’ll see you on Periscope, we’ll see you on Instagram. Can we get as many Instagram. Can we get as many of you all to share? We’re of you all to share? We’re about to have some about to have some conversation. I’m excited that conversation. I’m excited that on this Friday um everyone on this Friday um everyone knows that I refer to Bishop knows that I refer to Bishop Jake’s as the bishop of the Jake’s as the bishop of the world. He is the bishop of the world. He is the bishop of the world and I find it that God world and I find it that God has positioned him that the has positioned him that the world seeks him out for advice world seeks him out for advice the world seeks him out for the world seeks him out for council. the world seeks him council. the world seeks him out to hear and to know what out to hear and to know what God is speaking to the earth God is speaking to the earth and I just want us to know that and I just want us to know that we are privileged to have a we are privileged to have a number one in the United number one in the United States. That’s number one cuz States. That’s number one cuz when you go to. You’re you’re you’re not in You’re you’re you’re not in Africa is on a whole. another Africa is on a whole. another level is not very much so very level is not very much so very much. so, in fact, uh my my much. so, in fact, uh my my leading following group is leading following group is Nigeria uh over Dallas, Texas, Nigeria uh over Dallas, Texas, I have more followers from Lago I have more followers from Lago and I do from Dallas and then and I do from Dallas and then Nairobi Kenya and then Atlanta Nairobi Kenya and then Atlanta and then it spreads out all and then it spreads out all over the US all the way to over the US all the way to Melbourne, Australia and Sydney Melbourne, Australia and Sydney Australia. So it’s so you could Australia. So it’s so you could never. Well, part of your hotel never. Well, part of your hotel and walk down the street in and walk down the street in Africa. No no no not at all, Africa. No no no not at all, not even when you were younger, not even when you were younger, did you ever see yourself in did you ever see yourself in this seat that you’re in right this seat that you’re in right now? No, I wouldn’t I would now? No, I wouldn’t I would have run a lot harder if I have run a lot harder if I thought I was gonna turn out thought I was gonna turn out like this, I would have run like this, I would have run away a lot her so got high away a lot her so got high certain things from us because certain things from us because he knows we can’t handle it. he knows we can’t handle it. That’s right. At what age did That’s right. At what age did you begin to feel a turn and you begin to feel a turn and there were several different there were several different turns, you know uh Azusa was a turns, you know uh Azusa was a notable occasion uh for me and notable occasion uh for me and I was about thirty that and so I was about thirty that and so one platform can turn your life one platform can turn your life if you’re ready. Yeah. but if you’re ready. Yeah. but there there’s a in a way, but there there’s a in a way, but there’s several platforms that there’s several platforms that led to get me to that, but come led to get me to that, but come on, you know when the Bible on, you know when the Bible says the steps of a good man says the steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord. It’s are ordered by the Lord. It’s not one. it’s several because I not one. it’s several because I would have never gotten to. would have never gotten to. Said have I not met Archie Said have I not met Archie Dennis and uh I spoke for what Dennis and uh I spoke for what she did it and Sarah Powell and she did it and Sarah Powell and I became friends and she I became friends and she introduced me to Carlton introduced me to Carlton Pearson and then I spoke for Pearson and then I spoke for Carlton and then uh Paul Crouch Carlton and then uh Paul Crouch heard me speaking for Compton heard me speaking for Compton and they gave me my own show. and they gave me my own show. It’s a series of things that It’s a series of things that the take away is big or small the take away is big or small because when Archie heard me, I because when Archie heard me, I was doing a day session for was doing a day session for Bishop Wanda Wilson and there Bishop Wanda Wilson and there weren’t fifty people in the weren’t fifty people in the room come on and. The Great room come on and. The Great Takeaway is whatever door that Takeaway is whatever door that opens to take it very opens to take it very seriously, no matter the size seriously, no matter the size of the status of the crowd. of the status of the crowd. You’ll never know that in that You’ll never know that in that small group Absolutely II small group Absolutely II didn’t know who she was and he didn’t know who she was and he had stayed over and said in the had stayed over and said in the back to hear me speak cuz he’d back to hear me speak cuz he’d heard about me and uh I still heard about me and uh I still didn’t know you know and then didn’t know you know and then he invited me to the believers he invited me to the believers convention and there I was convention and there I was completely out of my completely out of my pentecostal roots. I grew up pentecostal roots. I grew up Baptist. Right, it’s very Baptist. Right, it’s very thrill and an old-fashioned thrill and an old-fashioned Apostolic Church and and I Apostolic Church and and I appreciate in Pentecostal appreciate in Pentecostal churches of all types of churches of all types of descriptions, but our was a it descriptions, but our was a it was gonna cost, but it was was gonna cost, but it was another variation very high another variation very high class people speaking singing class people speaking singing in several different languages in several different languages and very classy uh and very classy uh presentations and uh and and I presentations and uh and and I found myself having to be or found myself having to be or this is critical adaptable. uh this is critical adaptable. uh you. You could have a gift, but you. You could have a gift, but if you don’t have a if you don’t have a adaptability, the gift can only adaptability, the gift can only serve one another and become serve one another and become all things to all men that I all things to all men that I might say something and when might say something and when some people get locked into one some people get locked into one way it literally keeps them way it literally keeps them bound in so many ways they’re bound in so many ways they’re more committed to culture than more committed to culture than Christ. That’s why I love you. Christ. That’s why I love you. you just drop a little bomb. you just drop a little bomb. Yeah sometimes culture and Yeah sometimes culture and Christianity gets so Christianity gets so intermingled that it’s very intermingled that it’s very difficult to separate one from difficult to separate one from the other and without even the other and without even knowing it, we don’t know that knowing it, we don’t know that what we call Crisis is often what we call Crisis is often culture orientation. The. The culture orientation. The. The way we hope the way we dance, way we hope the way we dance, you know, all of that is not you know, all of that is not necessarily to be taken as a as necessarily to be taken as a as a theological uh evolution. It a theological uh evolution. It is more a uh an infusion of our is more a uh an infusion of our culture to the Christ culture to the Christ experience. uh so I had to experience. uh so I had to learn that I became more global learn that I became more global and I preach in France I and I preach in France I preached in London. uh I preached in London. uh I preached in Birmingham in the preached in Birmingham in the UK I preached to all over UK I preached to all over Africa all over Australia uh Africa all over Australia uh into. And it becomes very clear into. And it becomes very clear to you. What is culture and to you. What is culture and what is Christ but never too what is Christ but never too early cuz every denomination early cuz every denomination and organization that has a and organization that has a certain cultural orientation, certain cultural orientation, and it’s not even about skin. and it’s not even about skin. Yeah. it’s a culture. It’s not Yeah. it’s a culture. It’s not about skid. Uh it’s about uh about skid. Uh it’s about uh preferences in the way we say preferences in the way we say the way we worship. It’s the way we worship. It’s culture. It’s food cultures culture. It’s food cultures music, a lot of things but none music, a lot of things but none of the cultures a lot of of the cultures a lot of things, but it is not Christ things, but it is not Christ and separating one from the and separating one from the other. It’s very important. other. It’s very important. Basically, you have learned how Basically, you have learned how to step into different areas to step into different areas There’s countries and then you There’s countries and then you basically you don’t change who basically you don’t change who you are, but you don’t have to you are, but you don’t have to adjust so that you can complete adjust so that you can complete your assignments. I always say your assignments. I always say it this way. The message is the it this way. The message is the same, but the method changes. same, but the method changes. This is good. You’re from This is good. You’re from Genesis to revelations The Genesis to revelations The message is always the same, but message is always the same, but the method changes or we will the method changes or we will still be burning lambs and still be burning lambs and sitting up peace offerings and sitting up peace offerings and uh uh. Turtles uh God never uh uh. Turtles uh God never changes uh his message is changes uh his message is ultimate goal never changes but ultimate goal never changes but his methodology often changes his methodology often changes and the more flexible people and the more flexible people like Moses in the Old like Moses in the Old Testament, who was a Hebrew but Testament, who was a Hebrew but raised in the House of Pharaoh raised in the House of Pharaoh as an Egyptian and then uh as an Egyptian and then uh spent his training 40 years spent his training 40 years with the media and the the more with the media and the the more versatile you are the broader versatile you are the broader the application of the uses the application of the uses that God can do in your life. that God can do in your life. This is good sub bishop here we This is good sub bishop here we are right now in the in and I’m are right now in the in and I’m doing this today. I want you doing this today. I want you all to tap into what’s going to all to tap into what’s going to be happening on Friday. This is be happening on Friday. This is our last speaker and one of the our last speaker and one of the things that we’re gonna do on things that we’re gonna do on Friday. We’re gonna let him Friday. We’re gonna let him release him to pour into us for release him to pour into us for a half an hour and then the a half an hour and then the last half an hour. you can ask last half an hour. you can ask your questions. I have three your questions. I have three questions for you. talk about questions for you. talk about change um a lot of people have change um a lot of people have been stuck doing this pandemic. been stuck doing this pandemic. They have not been able to They have not been able to adjust they have not been able adjust they have not been able to change how have you to change how have you personally cuz you have been personally cuz you have been preaching. For how many years, preaching. For how many years, Oh God I’ve been preaching Oh God I’ve been preaching since I was nineteen uh so uh since I was nineteen uh so uh 44 years past 3 years, I have 44 years past 3 years, I have been passing out of those 44 been passing out of those 44 years, 40 years and the last 24 years, 40 years and the last 24 years have been here in Dallas, years have been here in Dallas, Texas and you’ve never been Texas and you’ve never been here with this thing called here with this thing called Covid-nineteen He never been Covid-nineteen He never been here with this thing that we here with this thing that we can’t go to the church. You’ve can’t go to the church. You’ve never been here where your never been here where your choir can’t be behind. you. choir can’t be behind. you. You’ve never been here that. You’ve never been here that. Have this free workshop? How Have this free workshop? How have you been able to navigate have you been able to navigate what we call next is now one of what we call next is now one of one of the things I can’t one of the things I can’t really say. I’ve never been really say. I’ve never been here before because I actually here before because I actually started preaching in an empty started preaching in an empty building and a storefront building and a storefront church and you see and when you church and you see and when you start from the beginning start from the beginning guitars that have never because guitars that have never because uh all I did was take me back uh all I did was take me back to my roots. It took me back to to my roots. It took me back to what what I’ve always done and what what I’ve always done and and for me. Uh the crowd that I and for me. Uh the crowd that I miss my church really bad um II miss my church really bad um II miss. I miss the sound in the miss. I miss the sound in the room. I miss the feeling that room. I miss the feeling that you get when there is this this you get when there is this this uh this dance between the uh this dance between the pulpit and the fuse is the pulpit and the fuse is the walls and uh but but in the walls and uh but but in the absence of all of that, I’d absence of all of that, I’d never did play to the crowd never did play to the crowd like I did to the text and see like I did to the text and see if you if you put if you play if you if you put if you play to the text and let the crowd to the text and let the crowd what. Then you’re not in what. Then you’re not in trouble, but if you were trouble, but if you were somebody who always played to somebody who always played to the crowd at the expense of the the crowd at the expense of the text, then you’re in a lot of text, then you’re in a lot of trouble right now because you trouble right now because you don’t have the crowd to set the don’t have the crowd to set the rhythm for you. the text has to rhythm for you. the text has to the rhythm. Wow because we are the rhythm. Wow because we are responsible preachers. Yeah. responsible preachers. Yeah. look at that right now, but you look at that right now, but you know it’s still been difficult. know it’s still been difficult. Uh I’d be dishonest if I said Uh I’d be dishonest if I said it was difficult. It was not it was difficult. It was not the preaching part but uh. We the preaching part but uh. We we get more than preaching we we get more than preaching we get community connectivity, we get community connectivity, we get socialization we get uh a get socialization we get uh a sense of family uh a sense of sense of family uh a sense of belonging uh all of that comes belonging uh all of that comes out of our local church. We get out of our local church. We get comfort when we’re grieving uh comfort when we’re grieving uh we have camaraderie We have we have camaraderie We have fellowship. We have our friends fellowship. We have our friends all of that has been the all of that has been the challenge for us. How do we challenge for us. How do we find ways to connect in a find ways to connect in a pandemic and create? Semblance pandemic and create? Semblance of connecting you know, the of connecting you know, the Bible said forsake the Bible said forsake the assembling of yourselves assembling of yourselves together. see it’s this together. see it’s this assembly. It’s not the word you assembly. It’s not the word you can get the word word. It’s the can get the word word. It’s the assembling of yourselves assembling of yourselves together. That’s what becomes together. That’s what becomes difficult and and we’re coming difficult and and we’re coming to find out today that there is to find out today that there is a psychological effect that a psychological effect that comes from the lack of assembly comes from the lack of assembly if you think about it when they if you think about it when they get ready to punish inmates, get ready to punish inmates, they give them solitary they give them solitary confinement uh and uh. And some confinement uh and uh. And some research that it affects the research that it affects the brain uh isolation affects the brain uh isolation affects the brain because we were not made brain because we were not made to be alone. That’s it. It’s to be alone. That’s it. It’s not good for man to be able to not good for man to be able to be alone. You miss your be alone. You miss your village. Yeah, we missed it and village. Yeah, we missed it and it’s not just an emotional it’s not just an emotional attachment It actually affects attachment It actually affects us physiologically. We were us physiologically. We were designed to be sociological designed to be sociological species so if we were fish, we species so if we were fish, we will we will travel in schools will we will travel in schools of fish. If we were a dog, we of fish. If we were a dog, we were traveling impacts. We are. were traveling impacts. We are. Internally wired to have a Internally wired to have a certain need for to see others certain need for to see others of the same kind, so I’m not of the same kind, so I’m not crazy going through withdrawals crazy going through withdrawals of people. No we’re all going of people. No we’re all going through it uh to different through it uh to different degrees and some people are not degrees and some people are not making it through and I think making it through and I think we have to understand that the we have to understand that the psychological impact from this psychological impact from this virus will be felt for years. virus will be felt for years. We can see it now you can see We can see it now you can see it on social media the people it on social media the people they think our social media they think our social media used to be that you just had used to be that you just had trolls now you got people. On trolls now you got people. On social media that you don’t social media that you don’t even know what they’re saying even know what they’re saying you you’re breaking down in you you’re breaking down in front of us. You don’t know front of us. You don’t know what there’s a compliment or what there’s a compliment or and so we’ve got marriages and so we’ve got marriages imploding. We’ve got families imploding. We’ve got families exploding uh we’ve got people exploding uh we’ve got people committing suicide. all of that committing suicide. all of that comes from the lack of a comes from the lack of a community. We’re communal and community. We’re communal and so we have to do something so we have to do something wherever we can uh to begin to wherever we can uh to begin to fix that ability to connect fix that ability to connect because we need it. but. In because we need it. but. In this isolation that has brought this isolation that has brought our family closer together, you our family closer together, you know it has brought a marriage know it has brought a marriage closer together. You’re it will closer together. You’re it will either bring you closer either bring you closer together or it will tear it together or it will tear it apart and you can’t ignore the apart and you can’t ignore the elephants anymore. No no, no, elephants anymore. No no, no, no no no not in your marriage no no no not in your marriage and not in yourself and in your and not in yourself and in your because it was I said to some because it was I said to some of us this is for us to see us of us this is for us to see us or absolutely the the the the or absolutely the the the the reality God. God uh. Allow us reality God. God uh. Allow us to break our addiction to visit to break our addiction to visit us. Do you see we we might not us. Do you see we we might not take heroin We might not be on take heroin We might not be on crack but most of us, crack but most of us, particularly as preachers and particularly as preachers and leaders CEOs executives leaders CEOs executives managers artists we have been managers artists we have been addicted to being here and and addicted to being here and and like any addiction we’re going like any addiction we’re going through terrible withdrawal through terrible withdrawal because busy allowed us not to because busy allowed us not to deal with ourselves busy busy deal with ourselves busy busy allows us to pick and choose allows us to pick and choose what problem we wanna face a what problem we wanna face a busy allows us not to be with busy allows us not to be with our own loneliness and inner our own loneliness and inner turmoil and frustration. Of turmoil and frustration. Of anxiety and our sleep is or anxiety and our sleep is or eating is thrown off for our eating is thrown off for our moods are beginning this week. moods are beginning this week. All of that is the the impact All of that is the the impact of the lack of socialization, of the lack of socialization, but we have to understand that but we have to understand that social distance and does not social distance and does not mean so emptiness that we have mean so emptiness that we have to find ways to connect as to find ways to connect as close as we can and a safe way close as we can and a safe way because we must at all costs. because we must at all costs. We must survive we have to We must survive we have to survive, We have to survive and survive, We have to survive and the survival for everything you the survival for everything you don’t need to play everything don’t need to play everything Okay, but but the survival Okay, but but the survival instinct is the strongest instinct is the strongest instinct in the human species instinct in the human species We that’s why we’ve been here We that’s why we’ve been here for thousands of years because for thousands of years because we have survived floods and we have survived floods and turmoil and I say is the turmoil and I say is the adversities and so when we were adversities and so when we were created to survive, we were created to survive, we were created to. Instinct whatever created to. Instinct whatever it takes whether it’s going out it takes whether it’s going out there and killing a bear and there and killing a bear and cooking and wearing this coat cooking and wearing this coat We We were made to survive in a We We were made to survive in a way that is totally uh way that is totally uh distinctive from any other distinctive from any other species. There’s no other species. There’s no other species like man that’s built species like man that’s built skyscrapers that’s built skyscrapers that’s built automobiles. It’s made planes automobiles. It’s made planes We are our defenses our brains We are our defenses our brains The lion roar of the cat is The lion roar of the cat is here is the defeat the giraffe here is the defeat the giraffe is our defenses are. In our is our defenses are. In our ability to adapt by creating ability to adapt by creating ways of the evolving around ways of the evolving around external calamities, alright, external calamities, alright, I’m gonna ask you this just two I’m gonna ask you this just two more questions um a lot of more questions um a lot of people call you and I’m gonna people call you and I’m gonna be open on a transparent. um I be open on a transparent. um I remember 1 day I was dealing remember 1 day I was dealing with something and I texted you with something and I texted you like can I just get 5 minutes like can I just get 5 minutes and I am honored. You gave me and I am honored. You gave me that time and I can only that time and I can only imagine how many people are imagine how many people are calling you and pulling on you calling you and pulling on you out of all the calls. What out of all the calls. What would you say just give me one would you say just give me one of the biggest challenges that of the biggest challenges that people are having doing this people are having doing this season when it comes to leaders season when it comes to leaders Business-owners pastors, I Business-owners pastors, I wanna talk to the top uh first wanna talk to the top uh first of all. Let me say that I get of all. Let me say that I get more calls I get as many calls more calls I get as many calls outside of the churches I do it outside of the churches I do it inside the church. CEO’s inside the church. CEO’s executives uh elected officials executives uh elected officials artists. I’ve I’ve dealt with artists. I’ve I’ve dealt with some of everything uh and I some of everything uh and I think the most distressing think the most distressing things that I have gotten calls things that I have gotten calls up late is people who have up late is people who have loved ones dying in a car and loved ones dying in a car and they’re inability to touch them they’re inability to touch them to be with them to to grieve to to be with them to to grieve to have normal laws and comfort have normal laws and comfort and that that has been and that that has been overwhelming uh for preachers overwhelming uh for preachers and leaders. I think it is. How and leaders. I think it is. How do I manage in a pandemic where do I manage in a pandemic where normal doesn’t work anymore? normal doesn’t work anymore? Okay, no doesn’t work anymore Okay, no doesn’t work anymore and there’s a very practical and there’s a very practical things. How do I keep my there things. How do I keep my there or do I have to lay off my or do I have to lay off my staff and I’ve become close to staff and I’ve become close to my staff and my staff is like my staff and my staff is like family and so I have grief and family and so I have grief and guilt over not being able to guilt over not being able to anxiety and the feeling of anxiety and the feeling of inadequacy because most great inadequacy because most great leaders have this Superman leaders have this Superman complex where we can fix complex where we can fix everything and when God puts us everything and when God puts us in a situation that we cannot in a situation that we cannot create we go absolutely. create we go absolutely. Because we’ve been able to fix Because we’ve been able to fix things, But now we’ve had to things, But now we’ve had to humble down and admit that God humble down and admit that God is God and we’ve had to come is God and we’ve had to come off of our uh well meaning well off of our uh well meaning well intentioned uh grown intentioned uh grown egotistical throne and and egotistical throne and and we’ve had to put him on the we’ve had to put him on the throne and put us on the cross throne and put us on the cross uh and that’s the way it’s uh and that’s the way it’s supposed to be. He can’t find supposed to be. He can’t find the cross so that I can get on the cross so that I can get on the cross and he could get on the cross and he could get on the throne. But most of us see the throne. But most of us see him going to the cross so that him going to the cross so that we could be on the throne right we could be on the throne right you know and we talk about you know and we talk about being kings and priests and all being kings and priests and all of that kind of stuff and we of that kind of stuff and we think he went to the cross so think he went to the cross so that we could go to the throne that we could go to the throne He went to the cross so that we He went to the cross so that we could take his place on the could take his place on the cross and take them on. Yeah cross and take them on. Yeah and so he went to the cross so and so he went to the cross so that he could go to the throne that he could go to the throne I have to evacuate the throne I have to evacuate the throne of being the boss over the of being the boss over the world. And crucify my flesh my world. And crucify my flesh my guilt, my guilt that I couldn’t guilt, my guilt that I couldn’t save everybody that I that I save everybody that I that I survived that I couldn’t fix survived that I couldn’t fix everybody that I couldn’t be everybody that I couldn’t be there for everybody. You know there for everybody. You know I’m pastor in a storefront I’m pastor in a storefront church for a long time and when church for a long time and when God brought me down here and God brought me down here and put me in a in a in a mega put me in a in a in a mega church, I found myself in a church, I found myself in a dilemma. I’m used to doing all dilemma. I’m used to doing all the funerals I pride myself on the funerals I pride myself on how services I pride. From the how services I pride. From the way with the grieving and when way with the grieving and when I got down here and I couldn’t I got down here and I couldn’t do it, we do 400 funerals a do it, we do 400 funerals a year and the first one I was year and the first one I was circling the church just circling the church just fighting wanting to go in and fighting wanting to go in and the Lord said to me, he said, I the Lord said to me, he said, I finally put you in a situation finally put you in a situation where you can’t give them you where you can’t give them you maybe not give them me. And I maybe not give them me. And I had to learn how to give them had to learn how to give them God and not give them me uh and God and not give them me uh and uh and and find out that he’s uh and and find out that he’s not do you not know that God not do you not know that God shut down everything in the shut down everything in the world for weeks and weeks and world for weeks and weeks and weeks and the world survived weeks and the world survived without us without us like it’s without us without us like it’s gonna do what we did It gonna do what we did It survived without us. We found survived without us. We found out that people can live out that people can live without us that that we were without us that that we were not the crusaders that we not the crusaders that we thought we were and to everyone thought we were and to everyone who’s at any type of who’s at any type of leadership, even if you’re a leadership, even if you’re a mother leading your family, mother leading your family, you’re still a leader and what you’re still a leader and what you have accomplish. Talks you have accomplish. Talks about pastors and leaders is a about pastors and leaders is a wide birth of people leaders wide birth of people leaders incorporates anybody who has incorporates anybody who has influence over others with that influence over others with that influence comes with anxiety influence comes with anxiety and a feeling sometimes of and a feeling sometimes of inadequacy when you’re going inadequacy when you’re going through a disaster of this through a disaster of this magnitude, there’s a feeling of magnitude, there’s a feeling of inadequacy when you can’t fix inadequacy when you can’t fix it for everybody. So he’s it for everybody. So he’s saying that the biggest saying that the biggest challenge with some of us is challenge with some of us is realizing that we’re not realizing that we’re not superheroes right. Right that superheroes right. Right that we can’t fix all, we can’t know we can’t fix all, we can’t know all we can’t run off and then all we can’t run off and then we’re really not on the throne. we’re really not on the throne. We’re all bearing our own cross We’re all bearing our own cross doing this season. Absolutely doing this season. Absolutely and it doesn’t matter how much and it doesn’t matter how much money you make It doesn’t money you make It doesn’t matter how big your church is matter how big your church is it doesn’t matter how famous it doesn’t matter how famous you are, you can be running in you are, you can be running in a thirteen billion-dollar a thirteen billion-dollar corporation. You can be a corporation. You can be a multi-billionaire, It doesn’t multi-billionaire, It doesn’t matter it has no discrimination matter it has no discrimination at all. It affects everybody at all. It affects everybody just the same whether you’re just the same whether you’re living in a hunter in a living in a hunter in a mansion, you’re still going mansion, you’re still going through the same kind of through the same kind of trauma, so it was a great. trauma, so it was a great. Equalizer but it’s it’s like Equalizer but it’s it’s like faith God may faith the faith God may faith the criteria for salvation, so that criteria for salvation, so that intellect would not play a part intellect would not play a part in it so that the intellectual in it so that the intellectual would be able to supersede the would be able to supersede the illiterate the same way that illiterate the same way that faith levels the playing for if faith levels the playing for if you read the book of Romans, it you read the book of Romans, it levels the playing floor levels the playing floor between the Jew and the Greek between the Jew and the Greek and makes us all come to one and makes us all come to one door. Covey brought us down to door. Covey brought us down to one common human crisis where one common human crisis where we. At each other and all of a we. At each other and all of a sudden we start honoring first sudden we start honoring first responders as pizza delivery responders as pizza delivery boys said, and at the janitor boys said, and at the janitor in the hospital and and the man in the hospital and and the man who dumped the trash and the who dumped the trash and the person who brought us food and person who brought us food and we can start calling him first we can start calling him first responders and release of them responders and release of them because they’re the greatest because they’re the greatest among us. absolutely the least among us. absolutely the least of them. Alright, I came to one of them. Alright, I came to one of your conferences, Bishop and of your conferences, Bishop and if anything I’m learning in if anything I’m learning in this season, two is um. Some this season, two is um. Some people, your crowd is getting people, your crowd is getting thinner. Your circle is getting thinner. Your circle is getting thin. You’re finding out that thin. You’re finding out that some people really aren’t with some people really aren’t with you until the end and some you until the end and some people are choosing to leave people are choosing to leave you and some people are feeling you and some people are feeling as a man, but as a people are as a man, but as a people are not faithful or whatever you not faithful or whatever you said something to your said something to your conference, you said I would conference, you said I would rather hurt now that you’re rather hurt now that you’re leaving, then that later that leaving, then that later that you stay you. Uh let me first you stay you. Uh let me first say who said that first of all say who said that first of all let’s just go who even thinks let’s just go who even thinks like that it’s hurt now that like that it’s hurt now that you are leaving then that later you are leaving then that later because you say yes, the the because you say yes, the the thing about that you can’t say thing about that you can’t say that to your experience, that to your experience, nothing takes the place of age. nothing takes the place of age. age uh. Teaches you things that age uh. Teaches you things that you cannot get in a book and you cannot get in a book and why it takes. It’s it. It gives why it takes. It’s it. It gives you so much. It’s it’s such a you so much. It’s it’s such a gift and I learned over the gift and I learned over the years as I beg people to stay years as I beg people to stay who wanted to leave that I who wanted to leave that I begged them to my own demise, begged them to my own demise, you know uh when when Isaiah you know uh when when Isaiah came to Hezekiah and told him came to Hezekiah and told him it was his time to die Hezekiah it was his time to die Hezekiah would have been smarter to die. would have been smarter to die. To stay too long that 15 years To stay too long that 15 years that 15 years, he messed up that 15 years, he messed up everything he had done in his everything he had done in his life and when you keep people life and when you keep people too long, sometimes they too long, sometimes they ferment in ways that are ferment in ways that are destructive to you and to the destructive to you and to the whole organization. you only whole organization. you only want people to be with you who want people to be with you who are called to be with you are called to be with you because they’re not your people because they’re not your people anyway they belong to them and anyway they belong to them and you have to learn that and not you have to learn that and not see them as your people what see them as your people what happens to most pastors. Is happens to most pastors. Is that we become so close to them that we become so close to them that they we think that it’s us that they we think that it’s us that they’re committed to when that they’re committed to when it is him that they committed it is him that they committed to it and I found out that all to it and I found out that all that stayed could not leave at that stayed could not leave at all that left could not stay if all that left could not stay if you’re assigned to me. if you’re assigned to me. if you’re called to me, then we’re you’re called to me, then we’re gonna have a Elijah experience gonna have a Elijah experience and there were many prophet. and there were many prophet. Walk with Elijah for a while Walk with Elijah for a while and drifted away uh there were and drifted away uh there were many people who walk with Jesus many people who walk with Jesus and drifted away. It doesn’t it and drifted away. It doesn’t it doesn’t mean you’re not a great doesn’t mean you’re not a great leader. stop thinking that it’s leader. stop thinking that it’s they’re leaving is an they’re leaving is an indictment against your indictment against your leadership. It may not be that leadership. It may not be that and they may not be evil and and they may not be evil and leaving they might not every leaving they might not every every exit doesn’t have to be every exit doesn’t have to be evil. No, it doesn’t have to be evil. No, it doesn’t have to be evil, especially if you learn evil, especially if you learn not to make it evil. uh. Pack not to make it evil. uh. Pack up a lunch like like like up a lunch like like like Abraham when Abraham heard from Abraham when Abraham heard from God and God said unto the voice God and God said unto the voice of thy wife. She’s right and he of thy wife. She’s right and he finally let go he packed her a finally let go he packed her a lunch and let her go because lunch and let her go because suddenly he began to realize suddenly he began to realize that she could not stay that that she could not stay that the son of the woman could not the son of the woman could not be raised with the son of the be raised with the son of the free woman and what I’m free woman and what I’m suggesting the pastors rather suggesting the pastors rather than to make. List the enemies than to make. List the enemies That’s what I call em you’re That’s what I call em you’re gonna have a certain amount of gonna have a certain amount of enemies, no matter what you do enemies, no matter what you do right but to create a needless right but to create a needless enemy cuz they’re gonna go enemy cuz they’re gonna go anyway when they make a demand. anyway when they make a demand. they’re gonna go. They’re gonna they’re gonna go. They’re gonna go anyway you might who are go anyway you might who are celebrating the impact them a celebrating the impact them a lunch, give them a love lunch, give them a love offering pat them on the head, offering pat them on the head, send them on their way If you send them on their way If you stay, they will become toxic stay, they will become toxic and in the killing you So I. and in the killing you So I. Hurt now come on over you’re Hurt now come on over you’re leaving then die later because leaving then die later because she stays. I love you man and I she stays. I love you man and I could ever ever ever you have. could ever ever ever you have. I don’t think I wanna say to I don’t think I wanna say to everyone is that everybody everyone is that everybody needs someone that can pour needs someone that can pour into you when you find yourself into you when you find yourself depleted when you find yourself depleted when you find yourself against the wall and I’ve done against the wall and I’ve done my best to create an atmosphere my best to create an atmosphere to bring people to pour because to bring people to pour because people are going through as people are going through as Bishop just say it the Bishop just say it the playground has been leveled we. playground has been leveled we. We are going through this thing We are going through this thing together, so I would love for together, so I would love for you guys to register if you go you guys to register if you go now for 24 hours, you can now for 24 hours, you can register and you can type in register and you can type in and get a 10% off of that. If and get a 10% off of that. If you just use the code, TD Jakes you just use the code, TD Jakes ten TD Jakes go to pastors ten TD Jakes go to pastors one.com. Listen if you can’t be one.com. Listen if you can’t be there live with us on Thursday there live with us on Thursday and Friday, we’re gonna leave and Friday, we’re gonna leave it up for 7 days so you can it up for 7 days so you can watch it later for 7 days but watch it later for 7 days but to make sure that you get in on to make sure that you get in on that bishop. I love you love that bishop. I love you love you I appreciate. I celebrate you I appreciate. I celebrate you and I am honored that God you and I am honored that God has allowed me to walk close has allowed me to walk close from a distance. Can I take from a distance. Can I take this a moment to all those this a moment to all those people who are watching us who people who are watching us who are who are watching us on are who are watching us on Facebook or Instagram and Facebook or Instagram and you’re having a day or you’re having a day or something that we say it really something that we say it really touched you in a very deep way. touched you in a very deep way. it describes something about it describes something about yourself and it triggered yourself and it triggered something I just wanna have a something I just wanna have a quick word of prayer. uh. For quick word of prayer. uh. For you, sometimes as a leader, the you, sometimes as a leader, the hardest thing in the world is hardest thing in the world is to find somebody who will to find somebody who will really pray for you and pray really pray for you and pray from a place of understanding from a place of understanding what it’s like to be you a lot what it’s like to be you a lot of times you get prayed for by of times you get prayed for by your fans and they’re praying your fans and they’re praying for who they think you are. But for who they think you are. But when you prayed for by a when you prayed for by a leader, I’m praying for who I leader, I’m praying for who I know you are come on and and know you are come on and and and so it’s almost like a child and so it’s almost like a child praying for daddy. Oh daddy is praying for daddy. Oh daddy is my hero that he can do my hero that he can do anything. God bless Danny and anything. God bless Danny and you know. Dealing with you know. Dealing with Kryptonite if you’re in a Kryptonite if you’re in a kryptonite situation right now kryptonite situation right now and you have got a Superman and you have got a Superman complex and you can’t fix it complex and you can’t fix it and you can’t resolve it. I and you can’t resolve it. I just wanna say a quick word of just wanna say a quick word of prayer father in the name of prayer father in the name of Jesus as my dear brother and I Jesus as my dear brother and I touch and agree that Hannah I touch and agree that Hannah I come in alignment and break the come in alignment and break the back of the enemy in the right back of the enemy in the right to destroy the saints of God to destroy the saints of God that. Have to their peace and that. Have to their peace and after that, I’m gonna and after after that, I’m gonna and after their mind and their emotions their mind and their emotions that person that’s wrestling that person that’s wrestling with insomnia and eating with insomnia and eating disorders that person that’s in disorders that person that’s in a situation that’s overwhelmed a situation that’s overwhelmed and that’s been exacerbated by and that’s been exacerbated by racism that’s been exacerbated racism that’s been exacerbated by covid-nineteen been Exeter by covid-nineteen been Exeter made by losing their job and made by losing their job and that they’re really out there that they’re really out there with the today in the day, let with the today in the day, let the power of God reach out and the power of God reach out and touch them and strengthen them touch them and strengthen them and make them better because and make them better because they. This word because they they. This word because they are leaders and other people are leaders and other people are depending on them. Satan is are depending on them. Satan is trying to have a two for one trying to have a two for one sale. He thinks that he sale. He thinks that he destroys them. He can destroy destroys them. He can destroy everybody upon them, but I everybody upon them, but I break the back of the enemy by break the back of the enemy by the man who released in the the man who released in the name of Jesus and I ask you God name of Jesus and I ask you God to strengthen every one of them to strengthen every one of them under the sound of my voice under the sound of my voice today those brokenhearted by today those brokenhearted by their hearts of those who have their hearts of those who have lost loved ones by the hearts lost loved ones by the hearts of those who’s marriages are in of those who’s marriages are in crisis by their hearts of those crisis by their hearts of those who have lost. Of their who have lost. Of their children by their hearts of children by their hearts of those who have lost the love of those who have lost the love of their parents, find their their parents, find their hearts of those who have lost hearts of those who have lost the love of their church by the love of their church by their hearts of those who have their hearts of those who have lost the love of their past. lost the love of their past. find their hearts of the find their hearts of the heartbreak is the hardest thing heartbreak is the hardest thing to heal. There is no drug. to heal. There is no drug. There is no surgery. There is There is no surgery. There is no medication. There’s only no medication. There’s only Holy Ghost Spirit of touch Holy Ghost Spirit of touch that. bless your name in Jesus that. bless your name in Jesus name. Thank you for it and let name. Thank you for it and let miracles come out of this miracles come out of this moment we had together in Jesus moment we had together in Jesus name. Amen. I love you bishop. I love Amen. I love you bishop. I love you too that I can for you. in you too that I can for you. in the world. God bless you. I the world. God bless you. I love to see you Friday. Okay. love to see you Friday. Okay. Bye Bye. Alright is that crazy? Listen Alright is that crazy? Listen you guys um need to register you guys um need to register you can get 10% off for every you can get 10% off for every for every pastor every business for every pastor every business owner that was just a taste of owner that was just a taste of what he’s going to do on what he’s going to do on Friday. if anything I’ve Friday. if anything I’ve learned is that and I can speak learned is that and I can speak from experience. I know what it from experience. I know what it is to be low and to get around. is to be low and to get around. Right people and either a word Right people and either a word can be spoken to basically say can be spoken to basically say to me, I’m crazy when I’m to me, I’m crazy when I’m feeling is really real um make feeling is really real um make it happen So into your next it happen So into your next because your next is now go to because your next is now go to pastors One.com. That’s One pastors One.com. That’s One Conference.com and type in the Conference.com and type in the code. TD Jakes and you can get code. TD Jakes and you can get um 10%. And I’m off of the um 10%. And I’m off of the registration process. I love registration process. I love you guys, let’s make it happen.