(CT) – When Jakes took to Twitter to share his sermon titled “Save the Scraps,” on Oct. 26, Winfrey re-tweeted the message to her 34 million followers, saying, “This sermon helped me when I was at my lowest!”
Jakes’ sermon delved into the subject of waiting for God to structure something accordingly before He can provide people with miraculous blessings.
“The best miracles in your life take time to not be driven by hunger or need or necessity. Sometimes you’ve got to get yourself structured and in order so that you’re ready to receive the magnitude of what God has for you,” Jakes said in the sermon.
“Just because you’ve got a driving need does not mean you can disperse with the order and the time and the structure that is necessary to hold the weight of what God is going to do,” Jakes said. “Some people are so busy trying to get what God has that they don’t provide the structure that is necessary to sustain what they have been given.”
Winfrey has often spoken about the respect she has for Jakes, and even consulted him prior to the release of her TV church drama “Greenleaf” earlier this year to get his blessing and assure him that the series was not based off of him, his family, or his congregation.
“I spoke to T.D. Jakes and said, ‘I just want you to know I’m doing a show about a megachurch and the only resemblance to you is that our main character is called Bishop and you’re a bishop.’ And he says, ‘I’m happy to hear that because I’ve heard something’s about it,'” Winfrey said during a Q&A session with media back in May.
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